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Scarborough on Beck: "You can't stir up that type of hatred ... and then say, 'Oh, I'm just a rodeo clown' "

September 22, 2009 7:41 am ET

From the September 22 edition of MSNBC's Morning Joe:

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Previously :

Scarborough describes Beck's rhetoric as "stupid" and "ill advised"; later adds: "Shut the hell up"

Former Bush speechwriter Peter Wehner says "the role Glenn Beck is playing is harmful in its totality"

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    • Author by wolf kotenberg (September 22, 2009 7:54 am ET)
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      Enough believers tomakeit stick. FOX is really promoting this marionette. RogerAiles new boy. He was on FOXand Friends this morning and indicates he thinks Obama was president on Jan 15. Little confused about the facts.
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      • Author by bintx (September 22, 2009 8:24 am ET)
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        Beck is not a very intelligent person. Oh, he may know how to tap into the latent hatred of his viewers so that his ratings explode, but factually, he is not a very intelligent person.
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        • Author by wolf kotenberg (September 22, 2009 9:30 am ET)
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          There was a korean dude a few years back, arev Sung Yun Moon who in a moment of truthiness, stated the reason for his success was that 90% of the US population was too smart forhim,5% was mentally incapable and 5% was too dumb. The latter 5% was the one group he was after.
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          • Author by Easy to refute wingnuts (September 22, 2009 11:24 am ET)
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            Sun Myung Moon, leader of the Unification "Church," and owner of the Washington Times.
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        • Author by CWFR (September 22, 2009 2:14 pm ET)
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          How would you know if Glenn isn't a very bright person? Do you listen to him?
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          • Author by magnolialover (September 22, 2009 4:14 pm ET)
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            Yes, I have and I do, and yes, he's not very bright.
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          • Author by mescal (September 23, 2009 2:56 am ET)
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            Are you saying that you listen to doughboy, CWFR, and you DO think that he IS a bright person?

            Seriously?
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          • Author by bintx (September 23, 2009 10:15 am ET)
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            Yep. I've listened to Beck for years on the radio. I'll stand by what I said. Glenn Beck is not a very bright person. If you believe his schtick, what does that say about you?
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    • Author by IRONY 101 (September 22, 2009 7:59 am ET)
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      Scarborough sure has pegged Beck correctly...and I like his call-out to conservatives. Even people like Joe that I dislike and disagree with can apparently be correct from time to time.
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      • Author by NiceguyEddie (September 22, 2009 8:13 am ET)
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        I disagree with a lot of Joe's political philosphy, but I have to give him props for being one of the most objective, principled conservative commentators out there.
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        • Author by wolf kotenberg (September 22, 2009 8:22 am ET)
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          Unless Beck thinks his audience are clownees.
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          • Author by neon desert (September 22, 2009 9:22 am ET)
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            This may have already been pointed out - I seem to recall another "rodeo clown" reference to Beck, that I didn't read. But I think it's important to point out that the job of a rodeo clown is to distract the bull, not to use the bull to distract the audience...
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            • Author by wolf kotenberg (September 22, 2009 9:33 am ET)
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              Distract fromthe health care debate perhaps ?
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            • Author by bintx (September 22, 2009 9:48 am ET)
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              I find his reference to himself as a "rodeo clown," offensive. I KNOW rodeo clowns and they are very brave, very selfless persons who put their lives on the line to protect the cowboy from the bulls. Beck is simply a clown.
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              • Author by neon desert (September 22, 2009 12:34 pm ET)
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                The closest relationship Beck could ever hope to have to a rodeo clown is the barrel, the bottom off which Glenn was scraped.
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              • Author by Bronwyn (September 22, 2009 11:36 pm ET)
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                I doubt that this coward has been within 10 feet of a rodeo.
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            • Author by dbtexas (September 22, 2009 11:34 am ET)
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              Wow! Well said. Rodeo clowns actually do important work, unlike Beck.
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    • Author by epkklk851 (September 22, 2009 8:13 am ET)
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      I'm still shaking my head, I'm having a hard time believing what I am hearing, but Joe, say it's so! You are calling out to Conservatives to distance themselves from Glenn? Thank you, so very much! It is about time. And I hope your former colleagues are listening. Now, can you also denounce Fixed Spews for its actions in this?
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    • Author by bintx (September 22, 2009 8:19 am ET)
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      I loved the fact that he referenced the OKC bombing as being a result of this kind of relentless hate speech. I didn't get to hear it all because heavy rain caused DirecTV "fade," was hoping that MMFA had it posted.
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    • Author by New Frontier (September 22, 2009 8:31 am ET)
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      Scarborough to Beck: Our country would be better off if you'd stop preaching hate.

      Scarborough to GOP: Our Party will be better off if you'll stop condoning Beck.
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    • Author by Thought_Criminal (September 22, 2009 8:38 am ET)
         
      What you are all witnessing is the death throws of the neo-con movement. It's loud and ugly, but it is choking itself to death on its own hate.
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    • Author by mikelartist (September 22, 2009 10:29 am ET)
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      hhehehehe. Glenn Beck.

      [http://i823.photobucket.com/albums/zz152/bugeyeddork/weepy_the_clown.jpg]
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    • Author by moe (September 22, 2009 11:10 am ET)
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      Actually Joe, he can and does.

      Beck routinely talks out of both sides of his mouth; he's quite talented that way.
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    • Author by shaggles (September 22, 2009 11:26 am ET)
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      I agree with Joe here but I still think there's too much commentary on other commentators going around. These jokers already spend half their shows talking about themselves and now they spend the other half talking about each other.
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    • Author by toombsie (September 22, 2009 12:38 pm ET)
         
      Did somebody knock some sense into Joe Scarborough or what? I'm shocked.
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    • Author by organic (September 22, 2009 2:13 pm ET)
         
      If Glenn Beck is a rodeo clown, it is time to send in the BULLS.
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    • Author by Digital Jedi (September 22, 2009 2:36 pm ET)
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      I think John McCain would have been worse for the country than Barrack Obama. And that's why I campaigned against McCain in the last elec---wait...What was the question?
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    • Author by CWFR (September 22, 2009 2:43 pm ET)
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      Who in the heck is Scarborough to tell Glenn or anyone else for that matter what they can and can't say. Glenn isn't preaching hate like these dimwits are claiming. He's identifying the character of Obama. If Mr. Beck wants to say that Obama is a racist, then so be it.

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      • Author by bintx (September 23, 2009 10:24 am ET)
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        And, if Joe Scarborough and other Americans want to call Beck on the hate speech he is preaching, then so be it.

        Do you not notice the irony in your post? You are saying it's okay for Beck to lie and call Mr. Obama a racist, but it's NOT okay for Scarborough or any of us to call him on it.

        As I said above, Glenn Beck is not a very bright person. The viewers who are believing his schtick . . . well, I think that says a lot about them.
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    • Author by jmariemo (September 22, 2009 3:31 pm ET)
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      My Dear Katie,
      He doesn't "know" why. He just "thinks". Well, he thinks he "thinks" and therefore that "thinking" is. Follow Beck logic? I can't either.
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