Political activism: Beck urges viewers to tell their senators to vote against healthcare reform
December 11, 2009 6:32 pm ET
From the December 11 edition of Fox News' Glenn Beck:
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Stupidity does not constitute an opinion.
Like "Obama is a white-hating racist", for example.
I agree, and I feel sorry for those conservatives who have long ago been labeled RINOs by the fascist racist fundamentalists who want to purge the party of everyone who doesn't think and act like them! It was a sad day for the republican party when they let an extreme minority take control and proceeded to make racism "in".
There's nothing to be outraged at here.
Do they? Do those broadcasters say, "THIS (health care reform) MUST PASS!", in the same, urging manner as Beck? Maybe they do. I'd like to see examples.
Btw: There's Beck's activism, and then there's, 'If you'd like to make your voice heard, call your senator'. There's a quite difference of degree, imho. At one end of the scale, you have Beck's desperate, almost begging plea.
Get a life!!
Having a little trouble brushing off and ignoring criticism there, Becky?
Is it getting to you so much that you find it necessary to insert little taunts directed at your critics while you're addressing your devotees with another black helicopter tirade?
Yep I can say vote against this stink form of health care reform. Because of conservatives in the democrat and republican party bought by corporations we as a people will get screwed! Should have started with single-payer.
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Nevermind the lobbying by the Medical Industrial Complex to corrupt the politicians. Nevermind the fearmongering by the conservatives to confuse the American people. This reform bill that is on the table stinks. The only way to do it is Universal Single-Payer PERIOD!
This health care reform has turned into a health insurance company full employment act
The real problem now is political. If the Democrats, who screwed this thing up by negotiating with themselves, give up or don't get it passed, the republicans will gain strength in 2010 and that's the last thing I would want to see.
The is only one way out now. Get this bill passed. Then get rid of the Democrats who carried the water for the insurance companies and/or elect enough real Democrats in the senate to get to the 60 votes and fix the bill in 2011 before any real damage is done.
I for one would like to see Harry Reid go. He has turned out to be a spineless senate leader. If he had the gut's he would have have told these spineless democrats to vote the party line on the procedural votes or they would lose their coveted chairmanships or any other perks the party rewards them with, including financial help with their re-election.
If they want to change party's, I say go right ahead. Let them see how long they will last as "liberal" Republicans. The right wingers would eat them alive.
I snicker to myself whenever I hear XM/Sirius' commercials for "Real Liberal Talk" featuring President Obama. When the President speaks, I don't hear any liberal talk. I hear a compromiser who would rather get Joe Lieberman's vote than provide real health care reform for the millions who desperately need it. "Change We Can Believe In"- yeah, right.
Obama is a moderate, while behaving like a progressive before being elected. When he gave it to a guy who took 3.4 million from the health insurance industry to start the Max Bogus health bill it began a systematic watering down of bill that should be strong and for the people, instead of corporations.
He is behaving weak to those conservative democrats in the senate. Baucus, Nelson, and Lincoln is a start for dems that needs to go. Unfortuantly the places where they live is dominated by conservatives. SAD!
The ironic thing is that when you look at polling in those states, the Democrats wanted a public option, and the independents were pretty well split down the middle about a public option. Seems to me if they were voting to represent the folks who elected them, they would vote for at least a public option.
One day Democrats will learn they get elected by being a Democrat, not for being more like a Republican. Howard Dean understood that concept.
The problem is,RW, that these political prostitutes are representing those who FUNDED them. They are in it strictly for the money and the prestige of being members of Congress, and don't give a rat's ass about the needs and wishes of the people of their districts and their states. They are simply high-priced corporate whores, who cheerfully busy themselves about the task of fellating their corporate paramours
They haven't caught on yet, though, that the rise of the internet is changing virtually everything in national politics. It will allow us to directly fund the challengers to these useless, cheesy political courtesans in the Democratic primaries of upcoming elections. They will likely have to learn the hard way that Democratic voters want Democratic politicians who will represent THE VOTERS' INTERESTS by voting as Democrats, rather than as Republican Lites.
Beck also has the right to lie, distort & misrepresent facts - his stock in trade - but caveat emptor! The bottom line for Beck, Limbaugh et al. is this: "We make millions filling your heads with garbage. Cutting taxes at the expense of programs that help everyone means we'll keep more. As millionaires we'll be fine without a safety net. Who gives a damn about anyone else, including you & your family?"
Beck isn't stupid, he just capitalizes on the stupidity of others; but he is abysmally ignorant, which makes him genuinely funny. His explanation of "singularity", for example, is excruciating!
The line about hate speech is a typical right wing ploy. No one would call those remarks hate speech. By implying that liberals would, however, Beck insults them & simultaneously plays the victim. Poor Glenn!
The most remarkable thing about this clown is that anyone takes him seriously. Seeing him "weep" out of faux patriotism just once should be enough. Makes you gag!