Comparing Obama to Al Capone, Beck declared "you can stand up and say 'Enough of your bat'" though "some people are going to get whacked"
October 23, 2009 6:31 pm ET
From the October 23 edition of Fox News' Glenn Beck:
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Look around folks the programs they want to institute in this country has not and is not working in other countries. England is calling for MORE private medical companies to get into the game because the government can't sustain the cost increase by taxing any more people.
I don't think he would. He sounds like one of those people who would step over the body of a person they've just killed, open the dead person's fridge and help themselves with some beer. I know, I know...I watch too much movies. But as Jen7 puts it: "That's twice in one show he uses violence to make a 'point'. Scary."
And that's exactly my point: this guy could care less if his incitement to hatred ends up getting someone killed. I suspect that he might even rub his hands together with a satisfaction of Voila!-finally-someone-is-not-just-paying-attention-to-my-rants-but-they're-taking-action!
And...what did that second clip have to do with anything? I mean, I realize the first clip was totally irrelevant, but the second is a clip of Kevin Costner holding a dying man in his arms? How does that remotely pertain to the convoluted point he is attempting to make? I realize the entire thing is nuts to begin with, but even if I, as a "devoted teabagger", were watching this, I would be a little confused as to what is going on. Then again, I might be giving teabaggers too much credit.
To the rational population he's joking about murdering people.
It's kind of ironic how much he gets away with saying, despite his "fears" that we're all living in Obama's "totalitarian regime".
If one can get away with making such unsubtle remarks on national TV, imagine what they are saying when the camera and microphones are off.
Are you *&**^*^ kidding me? That nonsense with all the blood? Why is this allowed? This is way past political now!!!
He is blatantly baiting a maniac to do the prez harm! This is no less than PORNOGRAPHIC!!
He's making very, very not so subtle threats in this video.
Beck is someone who will keep testing the line. Seeing how much he can get away with. He's playing a very dangerous game.
Why is this so hard for GB to understand?
This actually made me laugh. Beck purports that "those people sitting around the table," a reference he enunciated as "insurance companies, doctors, small businesses, et al," which ironically are the projection of metaphor he is utilizing here, those "thugs" and "mafias" sitting around the table. In other word, those "insurance companies, doctors, small businesses" are equivalent of those mobsters trembling in the presence of Al Capon, a.k.a, Barack Obama. Oh dear... how much ammo is this guy providing for the people with more two brain cells to have their switches flipped and go, "this guy is a whack job."
He's not legitimate. He's a fraud. Quit feeding his fire. It's only going to get out of control.
He is making overt threats towards the POTUS saying "I warn ya, that means some people are going to get whacked."
Further, he's seriously asking his audience to sacrifice themselves as martyrs to his cause. "If you stand up, what are you willing to do? You might get whacked... but let me tell you something, if you don't act soon, it will be too late."
This guy's only influence comes from hate. Hate from the left (against him) and hate from the right (against Obama).
Enough already. This is insanity. Seriously.
If you insist on continuing to cover him, at least be consistent and start covering Ayman al-Zawahri.
So I don't see the trade-off here. Beck already has millions of viewers who are exposed to this craziness, so the hypothetical that somehow he'll get more influence doesn't trump the need to maintain pressure on the only people who can get this vermin off the air.
Glenn, you are part of the team in the field. It is Rupert Murdoch, Roger Ailes, Fox News and you, sitting around that table. It is your group, trying to Whack the President and bring him to his knees. Remember you get nowhere unless your team wins. If you spend too much time in bed with the mob, if you spend too much time at that table, you are going to get whacked eventually. Remember you are only one man. And they will sell you down the river in a heartbeat, if all this back fires in their face. You, Glenn are their pawn and you Glenn, will be their fall guy.
Have a great weekend Ep.