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Beck calls Media Matters' VP Rabin-Havt a "hobbit," asks "Does Gandalf work at Media Matters, too?"

November 23, 2009 11:09 am ET

From the November 23 broadcast of Premiere Radio Networks' The Glenn Beck Program:

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    • Author by shaggles (November 23, 2009 11:20 am ET)
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      Very insightful Becky.
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    • Author by Conchobhar (November 23, 2009 11:21 am ET)
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      Well, credit where credit is due: logic, relevance and snarkiness aside, that was an impressively passable Ian McKellan.
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    • Author by princeofwheels (November 23, 2009 11:23 am ET)
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      Gollum, you are real.
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    • Author by princeofwheels (November 23, 2009 11:26 am ET)
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      Six protesters....maybe Stewart will show the six with the background crowd from 1/20/2009 and declare it the truth.
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    • Author by epkklk851 (November 23, 2009 11:29 am ET)
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      You know, when I was a kid, I always felt sorry for Ed McMahon, having to toady up to Johnny all the time. I don't feel sorry for these guys who laugh at everything Glenn says, I just hope he pays them well for selling out their souls.
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      • Author by k1dork (November 23, 2009 1:24 pm ET)
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        He made a freaking joke and people laughed. You equate that to them selling their souls?
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        • Author by epkklk851 (November 23, 2009 1:56 pm ET)
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          Have you heard some of the terrible, mean, rotten things they have said about middle-aged or older women like Norah O'Donnell, or Madeline Albright, or Hillary Clinton, or Nancy Pelosi, or Mary Landrieu or Cathy from Massachusetts, the woman Glennie screamed at like a demented tea kettle? Beckie's cackling chorus are icky, pukey little frat rats. And that is insulting to frat rats, both two-legged and four legged everywhere. Pat Gray and the other hyiena, I don't even know his name, have latched onto something bigger than themselves, and they've suppressed any sort of moral fiber they might have once had to do it. They sold their souls as far as I am concerned, but you don't have to agree.
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          • Author by k1dork (November 23, 2009 2:12 pm ET)
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            And Kieth Olbermann and Stephanie Miller would never do such things.

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            • Author by soze169880 (November 23, 2009 2:25 pm ET)
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              Look! Over there! Something else! And Reverend Wright!
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            • Author by epkklk851 (November 23, 2009 2:30 pm ET)
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              Never heard of Stephanie Miller. When Keith rips into someone, he does it based on their actions. He doesn't rant about how ugly they are, or how irritating their voices are, or how much plastic surgery they have had like Becky and his cackling chorus. Occasionally, Keith is too mean. For instance, he and another favorite guest say some really cruel things about the stupid, trashy, and sanctimonious Carrie Prejean. But their is a difference between criticizing someone's actions and someone's person. Glennie is still furious with his mother for abandoning him and he lashes out at any mature woman who has the audacity to say something he disagrees with.
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              • Author by k1dork (November 23, 2009 2:36 pm ET)
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                LOL! Oh, when Olbermann does it, he thinks he's justified. Well, that's completely different.
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                • Author by epkklk851 (November 23, 2009 2:40 pm ET)
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                  Keith is criticizing actions, not personal traits. There is a difference. He finds Carrie's hypocricy and sanctimony offensive, as do I, and he calls her on it. I just think he could be a bit gentler about it. But then again, maybe she brings out the worst in him, as she does with me. I find her so completely disgusting and annoying that if I ever saw her, I would have to bit my tongue and sit on my hands for fear of chewing her out or turning her over my knee for being such an obnoxiously spoiled brat! Would you like a catalog of actions to illustrate why I feel this way?
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                  • Author by k1dork (November 23, 2009 2:50 pm ET)
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                    I'm sure you never jest as well. How dare that Beck make jokes and laugh. He's such a meanie.
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                    • Author by epkklk851 (November 23, 2009 3:15 pm ET)
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                      Do you listen to his tone of voice? He isn't joking. He isn't being funny. He is a nasty, malicous misanthrop. The only jokes he makes are at the expense of others. And there is the difference between Keith and Becky. Keith likes people, even when he is angered or appalled by their actions. Beck hates everybody, he is just selective about who he targets.
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                      • Author by k1dork (November 23, 2009 3:39 pm ET)
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                        By "OTHERS" you mean his POLITICAL OPPONENTS. So what? They are his political ooponents and he jokes about them. Big deal.

                        But it's completely fine to suggest that someone HATES EVERYBODY. LOL
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                        • Author by epkklk851 (November 23, 2009 3:49 pm ET)
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                          The local DJ that he repeatedly called fat and made fun of, wasn't a political opponent, she was well liked and too nice to say anything about his attacks. The woman that he scretched at, with is voice in the whistle register was a caller to his show. But since he has never held an office or run for one, Albright, Clinton, O'Donnell, and Pelosi are not his political opponents, they are government officials, but not his opponents. And threatening to poison the third in line to the President isn't a joking manner. Yes, it is my judgement, based on Glenn's actions and words. Now, this is the last I will say to you today. I find your apologetics for a malicious monster to be foolish. And your repeated attempts to provoke anger to be tiresome. My patience has grown thin enough for the day. Go find someone else to annoy.
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                          • Author by k1dork (November 23, 2009 4:12 pm ET)
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                            I find you to be follish. You claim that somebody "hates everyone" with no real evidence.

                            I'm sure you can recognise satire from the political left, but if someone on the right does the EXACT same thing, you call them hate-filled or racist.
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                            • Author by epkklk851 (November 23, 2009 4:27 pm ET)
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                              Dork, you are entitled to your opinion. But Glenn is no more performing political satire than the people who you claimed sicked dogs on you as a child. Mr. Beck is a vicious, malicious huckster. Who happens to inspires some people to believe him and follow him, and he inspires a few to make apologies for him. Time will tell whether my opinions are more based in reality than yours. I would not want to be known as an apologist for Hitler, David Duke, or Joe McCarthy, would you? Perhaps you should rethink your position.
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                              • Author by k1dork (November 23, 2009 5:01 pm ET)
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                                This is what I mean. You can NOT equate an American with a political opinion that happens to be different than yours to freaking HITLER and expect anyone but partisan hacks to take you seriously. I'm sorry.

                                Perhaps you should rethink your blind follwoing of anything MM suggests, and try to be objective.

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                                • Author by epkklk851 (November 23, 2009 6:33 pm ET)
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                                  Dork, you can believe this or not, but when Adolf Hitler started out in beer halls, he wasn't spouting the final solution. He was just another fringe speaker with a limited following. He became much more threatening later. And if you find it offensive, then why, oh why aren't you condemning Becky and the Teabaggers who invoke the Nazis all the time! I believe that Glenn Beck is a dangerous, angry, hateful man and he should be stopped before he hurts someone. AND UNDERSTAND THIS, I NEVERINVOKE A NAZI IMAGE WITHOUT CAREFULCONSIDERATION! I meant what I said, I will defend that to my death. And if you think it is wrong to see something evil and dangerous, like vicious demagoguery and not call it out, then you are sadly mistaken.
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                            • Author by Easy to refute wingnuts (November 23, 2009 4:48 pm ET)
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                              I find you to be follish.
                              You find her a word that doesn't exist? No wonder MMfA is so hard for you to understand.
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    • Author by MidnightWriter (November 23, 2009 11:35 am ET)
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      Everyone wave hello to Glenn and his stooges. They've once again admitted they stop by and read the posts.
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    • Author by christopher howard (November 23, 2009 11:40 am ET)
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      Gandalf was a good guy, so my answer would be yes, Beck (or should I say: "Grima"?).
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      • Author by The_Cat (November 23, 2009 12:34 pm ET)
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        I think Grima Wormtongue is a very apt comparison for Mr. Beck. Consider who this might cast in the role of Saruman, though. Rupert Murdoch? Rush Limbaugh? Dick Cheney? And then remember what happened to Saruman when he and Wormtongue were thrown out of the Shire...
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    • Author by achorn316 (November 23, 2009 11:47 am ET)
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      Beck remindes me of Gollum.

      Of course his money and his power are his "precious".
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    • Author by rwmacdonald2091 (November 23, 2009 11:49 am ET)
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      Let's just stipulate the crowd was a million people, and be done with it, okay?
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      • Author by mescal (November 23, 2009 10:42 pm ET)
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        Liberal! How dare you say it was a million, when everybody knows that it was FIVE MILLION!

        Did I say five million? I mean TEN million! Or is it up to twenty now?
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    • Author by Good Creon (November 23, 2009 12:10 pm ET)
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      You know what journalism was missing? Slews of bad LOTR jokes to distract from actually reporting news. Thanks Glenn.
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    • Author by soze169880 (November 23, 2009 12:15 pm ET)
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      Ooh. Ouch. You Totally Got Us and Stuff.
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    • Author by MidnightWriter (November 23, 2009 12:26 pm ET)
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      Hey Glenn, since you're hung up on pop culture references, why not mention The Prisoner? The Villages is very close to The Village. And, by golly, a whole lot of us look at you and think, "There's a perfect Number 2."
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    • Author by mrhebert74 (November 23, 2009 12:50 pm ET)
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      You know it's bad when you're more of a joke than the fictional character you're using as a punchline.
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    • Author by giddy_up (November 23, 2009 1:02 pm ET)
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      This little clip of goofball pratter just demonstrates how Beck is really just a morning DJ and will always be one.
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    • Author by Boxer1979 (November 23, 2009 1:25 pm ET)
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      Beck calls Media Matters' VP Rabin-Havt a "hobbit," asks "Does Gandalf work at Media Matters, too?"

      I wonder if even knows J.R.R. Toilken's political views while he using his characters to discredit Media Matters.

      - Tolkien was a devout Roman Catholic, and in his religious and political views he was mostly conservative, in the sense of favouring established conventions and orthodoxies over innovation and modernization; in 1943 he wrote, "My political opinions lean more and more to Anarchy (philosophically understood to mean abolition of control, not whiskered men with bombs)—or to 'unconstitutional' Monarchy."
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    • Author by k1dork (November 23, 2009 1:25 pm ET)
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      Why in the hell is this even an issue? Let me guess, Beck is "RACIST" for making fun of the name or something?
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      • Author by MidnightWriter (November 23, 2009 1:39 pm ET)
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        Proving once again that if anybody's going to play the so called race card, it'll be somebody on the right.
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        • Author by k1dork (November 23, 2009 1:47 pm ET)
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          Yeah right.

          So what's the problem with what Beck said? Or are you mature people just sitting around whining that someone made jokes? Boo-hoo.
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          • Author by Max Credits (November 23, 2009 1:51 pm ET)
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            All you do is invoke race and ask people to explain things to you. Sad really.
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            • Author by k1dork (November 23, 2009 2:17 pm ET)
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              All I do is invoke race? You have to be joking?

              Every other topic or post about Glenn Beck in MM seems to be how racist he is.

              I was just wondering when it would come up in this thread.
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              • Author by MidnightWriter (November 23, 2009 2:57 pm ET)
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                It came up in this thread when you brought it up.

                As for Beck's racism, that didn't come up until he made the ridiculous accusation that the President was a racist.

                Hope that clears things up.
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                • Author by k1dork (November 23, 2009 3:01 pm ET)
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                  Thanks for clearing things up. So in your world, anyone who suggests that someone is racist, is in fact the one who is racist.

                  Got it.
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                  • Author by MidnightWriter (November 23, 2009 3:29 pm ET)
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                    No. In my world a person who makes an accusation that another person is a racist and then offers nothing to support that charge, can have their own racial attitudes questioned.

                    When that same person has recently published a book featuring stereotypical Mexican characters, when his disc jockey resume includes his frequent performances as an over the top black character, and when that same person has, in his past, mocked an Asian American on the air with phony Chinese accent and frequent use of a gong, well, I'd suggest that person may have a deep seated hatred of non-white people.
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                    • Author by k1dork (November 23, 2009 3:49 pm ET)
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                      Beck offered support for his claim (Obama attending a "militant" black church for 20 years). You just do not agree with what he said.

                      Also, based on the examples you cite, every comedian in America is a racist.
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                      • Author by mescal (November 23, 2009 10:46 pm ET)
                           
                        Well, at least all of the comedians that work for the Faux News Channel.
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                      • Author by soze169880 (November 23, 2009 11:52 pm ET)
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                        You apparently live in a horrifying alternate America where the only comedians are Jeff Dunham and Larry the Cable Guy.
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          • Author by MidnightWriter (November 23, 2009 1:56 pm ET)
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            Beck's welcome to make all the infantile jokes he wants. I would hope that he, and the legions of half wits who sit there and nod at every ridiculous thing he says, understands that when he mocks someone he makes himself fair game to be mocked back.

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            • Author by k1dork (November 23, 2009 2:18 pm ET)
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              As if he wouldn't be mocked by you and all the other libs regardless. Please.
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              • Author by soze169880 (November 23, 2009 2:32 pm ET)
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                Oh, no, a man who insists a half-white president hates "white people and white culture" (which he can't define), falsely claims that a man spent six months in prison, compares supporting the party that lost a presidential election to being raped, regularly equates people with different views than himself with Nazis, helped inspire a white supremacist in Pittsburgh to murder cops,blatantly exploits 9/11 for political gain (after openly claiming to "hate" the victims' families), regularly "jokes" about murdering people he doesn't like, left his wife and disabled daughter, called a woman up to make fun of her for miscarrying, and was revealed on camera to be pretending to cry when he's supposedly "overcome with emotion", couldn't POSSIBLY deserve to be mocked. Are you one of that peculiar brand of conservative crybabies (but I repeat myself) who think that making fun of someone is equivalent to "censoring" them?
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                • Author by k1dork (November 23, 2009 4:14 pm ET)
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                  I don't mind if you make fun of him. I just think you people asre full of crap. That's all.
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              • Author by MidnightWriter (November 23, 2009 2:36 pm ET)
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                I promise you this--once Beck gives up the lying, gives up paranoia, and altogether gives up his self appointed role of Fearmonger Czar, I'll quit mocking him.

                Until that happens I'll all too gleefully go after this buffoon.
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                • Author by k1dork (November 23, 2009 2:38 pm ET)
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                  An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.
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                  • Author by soze169880 (November 23, 2009 2:42 pm ET)
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                    HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!! This from the guy who defended Michael Weiner for advocating the mass murder of Arabs, because they were probably all terrorists anyway? And is in favor of bombing everyone you perceive as looking at us funny? And quoting GANDHI, a guy you would have been calling a dirty librul Commie if you actually lived in his time? I think you might be more comfortable with a different Ben Kingsley character.
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                    YES! YES! YES! YES! YES!
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          • Author by soze169880 (November 23, 2009 2:43 pm ET)
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            Yes, Mr. "LEAVE BECK ALOOOOOOOOONE!" accuses someone ELSE of whining.
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