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Beck: Progressivism "is the poison that's killing our Constitution"; "We've got to irradiate it"

January 21, 2010 11:42 am ET

From the January 21 broadcast of Premiere Radio Networks' The Glenn Beck Program:

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Previously:

Beck likens himself to "Israeli Nazi hunters": "to the day I die, I am going to be a progressive hunter"

Beck on progressives: "They are going to deal a final death blow to the Constitution if they can"

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    • Author by goesto11 (January 21, 2010 11:45 am ET)
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      I think he meant:

      "The Constitution is the poison that's killing conservatism. We've got to irradiate it."

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    • Author by raddave43 (January 21, 2010 11:45 am ET)
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      No Glenn, it is wingnuts like you that is the poison that's killing the Constitution. We've got to get you sent to a FEMA camp immediately!!!!
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    • Author by IRONY 101 (January 21, 2010 11:48 am ET)
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      LOL... Jonah Goldberg...intellectual elite? And some other guy whose name you can't remember...?
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    • Author by pamom (January 21, 2010 11:55 am ET)
         
      No, it's idiots like John Roberts that say that Corporations are people that are killing our Constitution and our Democracy. You Glenn are just taking delight in peeing all over it.
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    • Author by Quicksilver M.S (January 21, 2010 11:55 am ET)
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      Progressivism is a poison!
      Radation is not a poison
      ?
      Beck,Do I have that Clear, is that what you are saying?
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    • Author by wolf kotenberg (January 21, 2010 11:59 am ET)
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      You are beginning to sound like Jim Jones and David Koresh.
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      • Author by The_Cat (January 21, 2010 12:37 pm ET)
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        I keep waiting for FOX Propaganda to begin hosting the Glenn Beck Old Time Gospel Hour. He can eschew traditional advertising, and just beg and plead and cry for donations like the other fake Christians on TV do. He has no facts, and relies on the blind faith of his followers to simply accept whatever fantasy he proposes on any given day.
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    • Author by magnolialover (January 21, 2010 12:18 pm ET)
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      Dear Mr. Beck,

      This is the millionith time that you've stated this. What proof, and or evidence do you have that progressives are trying to wipe out the Constitution of the United States? Please, provide specific examples. Something tells me, you won't be able to.

      I issue that challenge to anyone else on here, show me some examples of progressives trying to destroy the Constitution. I would love to laugh at you.
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      • Author by wolf kotenberg (January 21, 2010 12:29 pm ET)
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        The Patriot Act was engineered by Cheney with Goofyface's approval. Cheney is not progressive.
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      • Author by Quicksilver M.S (January 21, 2010 1:52 pm ET)
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        BECK CALL-magnolialover- there are question you need to answer!
        Beck, you have the number to MMFA, ...... wait a sec. .... BZZZZZZZZZZ. yes, the phone still works! We are waiting to here from you!
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      • Author by Don Hussein Fabuloso (January 21, 2010 2:34 pm ET)
           
        ...show me some examples of progressives trying to destroy the Constitution.


        I've asked that before, Mag. If you get a response, I can predict what it will be.

        --Completely ignoring things like assaults on Habeus Corpus, validation of torture, etc.

        --A demonstration of an amazing misunderstanding of what the Constitution does by noting that the document doesn't specifically mention universal health care.
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    • Author by hurricaneyankee52983 (January 21, 2010 12:24 pm ET)
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      Actually, i'd say that it's NEO CONSERVATISM that's killing our constitution, not .PROGRESSIVEISM
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    • Author by txthinker (January 21, 2010 12:32 pm ET)
         
      It was the Progressives of 1776 who wrote the Declaration of Independence, and the Progressives of 1787 who wrote the Constitution. The Conservatives back then were the Torries who remained loyal to the British Crown. Yet another example of right-wing revisionism....
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    • Author by The_Cat (January 21, 2010 12:38 pm ET)
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      Interesting re-write of history, Glenn. You ignore the fact that, when it was written, our Constitution was in fact a radically progressive document.
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    • Author by Don Quixote (January 21, 2010 12:49 pm ET)
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      Spaghetti logic: A Mao Christmas ornament and a Che t-shirt fad, which has now passed as far as I can tell, will destroy our society. Don't you see it people? It's so clear! Do I have to spell everything out all the time? Just connect a few dots, and voila, Progressive Apocolypse!

      Be afaid, be so very afraid.
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    • Author by nerzog (January 21, 2010 1:00 pm ET)
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      Actually, it is the Troglodyte Propaganda Machine that is killing our Republic. The Partisan Hatred fostered by Limbaugh, Beck, Hannity et al has virtually paralyzed the Senate.
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    • Author by alienofwar (January 21, 2010 1:08 pm ET)
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      Critical Thinker says: "Can you be more specific Mr. Beck?"

      Loyal Glen Beck listener says: "He's right because millions of people follow him every day....that's all the proof I need!"
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    • Author by mwjarv (January 21, 2010 1:10 pm ET)
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      This is a wonderfully fun sentence from Beck. What exactly is "it"? If we were to diagram the sentence it would seem to be the Constitution -- as that is the object of the verb phrase proceeded by the gerund "killing." Now, to the second problem, the use of the word irradiate: the process of irradiation, of course, being the use of radiation to kill microorganisms. Now, I grant you the Constitution is old and undoubtedly full of microorganisms, it was written on animal skin after all, so maybe we do need to irradiate for preservation purposes. Or, perhaps he is taking a more X-Men approach and thinking it will make a super Constitution. I wonder...
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    • Author by Boxer1979 (January 21, 2010 1:13 pm ET)
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      Beck: Progressivism is the poison that's killing our Constitution"; "We've got to irradiate it"

      NO Becky! Neo-conservatives are poison that is killing the Constitution! We Progressives have got to get rid of them!

      NEWS FLASH: The Robert's Surpreme Court voted to let the floodgates open for corporations to fund unlimited money in political elections!

      Citizens United Is a Radical Rewriting of the Constitution by Pro-Corporate Supreme Court

      We need to move to stop this CRAP!!!
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      • Author by nerzog (January 21, 2010 2:30 pm ET)
           
        I've always found it interesting that the Troglodytes don't see Flag Burning as "expression", but think Corporate bribery of politicians is protected speech.
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    • Author by nnett8 (January 21, 2010 2:04 pm ET)
         
      this is nazi-esque rhetoric
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    • Author by bintx (January 21, 2010 2:06 pm ET)
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      Actually, the S.Ct. pretty much did it in today by completely destroying the intent of the First Amendment. In doing so, they opened the door to fascism.
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    • Author by donwelty (January 21, 2010 2:26 pm ET)
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      Isn't a progressive someone who wants to make a change that he thinks is better for the country? If so, isn't that what Beck is trying to do?

      If you believe what Beck is saying, the country is now in the hands of someone similar to Vlad Tepes, also known as "Vlad the Impaler," with advisers like Rasputin, Caligula, and Nero. I think Beck is confused and needs professional help.

      If the ancestors of these people mentioned are insulted because I mentioned their names here, I apologize for mentioning them in the same paragraph as Beck. That is an insult.
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    • Author by achorn316 (January 21, 2010 2:35 pm ET)
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      once again Beck calls for violence against progressives.

      words like "burn" and "eradicate" are code for his followers.
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    • Author by big2xrube6146 (January 21, 2010 4:37 pm ET)
         
      " We've got to irradiate it."
      Sounds like Beck is wanting violence doesn't it. Talk about a IDIOT Beck is there.
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