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Yes, Beck did just compare President Obama to Lucifer

August 04, 2010 5:26 pm ET

From the August 4 edition of Fox News' Glenn Beck:

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Beck tells listeners they are "fighting a power" greater than elected officials, warns that the "gates of Hell will open up"

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    • Author by Ro (August 04, 2010 5:35 pm ET)
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      It was only a matter of time. When you spend every working day of your life demonizing a man, eventually even Hitler and Stalin comparisons stop being shocking and you have to go to the next level.
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      • Author by cst (August 04, 2010 5:41 pm ET)
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        He's just mainstreaming that "Obama is the AntiChrist" thing the lunatic fringe was pushing.
        Now it's legitimate for the REST of Fox News to talk about it."Some people say"...
        They'll be pushing it as established fact by November- and the "liberal" media won't put up much of a fight.
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      • Author by christopher howard (August 04, 2010 6:23 pm ET)
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        "...even Hitler and Stalin comparisons stop being shocking..."

        Perhaps, but at least they were real.
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    • Author by hashadenough (August 04, 2010 5:35 pm ET)
         
      "The Tea Parties...have some ideas that haven't been tried in about 150 years" -- GB


      Whaddaya mean? Confederacy, Glenn?
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    • Author by epkklk851 (August 04, 2010 5:36 pm ET)
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      You have to love Glennie, he just finished a rant about how the Obama Administration hate the police, how Liberals all hate the police and have no respect for them, but he has no respect for the government. Guess what, the police work for the government, whether it is local or the state, police forces represent the government. If you hate the government and think they are incompetent, you hate the police, Glennie. Why do you hate the police, Glennie? Why don't you think they are here to help?
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      • Author by MickD (August 04, 2010 5:49 pm ET)
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        Libs hate the police, but love police unions.:o)
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        • Author by skycatcher (August 04, 2010 6:05 pm ET)
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          Are police unions not made up of police officers? How could a "lib" hate one, but not the other?

          Does your comment actually somehow make sense to you?
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          • Author by epkklk851 (August 04, 2010 6:16 pm ET)
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            I think he's being sarcastic. Glennie is anti-union, or at least he's against the bad, socialist unions (which is all of them, as far as he is concerned.)
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            • Author by skycatcher (August 04, 2010 6:19 pm ET)
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              Thank you epkklk.

              I beg your pardon MickD.
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              • Author by mk3872 (August 04, 2010 6:56 pm ET)
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                Irony does not work here in this forum after reading a day's worth of right-wing paranoia freak-out
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      • Author by mjh (August 04, 2010 6:49 pm ET)
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        "Why do you hate the police, Glennie? Why don't you think they are here to help?"



        Just a guess, but I'm thinking it's lack of a permit for his 8-28 rally . . .


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    • Author by shaggles (August 04, 2010 5:37 pm ET)
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      I have to commend Beck for playing this just right. Instead of backing off after criticism for calling the Prez a racist he's gone full steam ahead and even ratchetted things up a notch or two. And now these attacks are so common place that few people beyond the liberal blogoshpere even bother to comment on them anymore.
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      • Author by Unionblue (August 04, 2010 6:39 pm ET)
           
        I think Glen is almost comfortable enough to soon call Jesus the Anti-Christ. Just wait. Its about the only thing left in his wacko nut-bag to pull out.
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    • Author by FRwritings (August 04, 2010 5:59 pm ET)
         
      He Reminds Me of a Heroin User, or a Person who's on Crack. He's on some type of Medication... No Normal Human being would ever compare the president of the united states to something so Evil.
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    • Author by Agent Mulder (August 04, 2010 5:59 pm ET)
         
      How could anyone possibly feel good watching this?

      It actually gives me an uneasy feeling.

      I suppose one could infer a bit about his followers, then.
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    • Author by nerzog (August 04, 2010 6:02 pm ET)
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      And the crazy just keeps on coming.

      Sharron Angle Says Democrats' Agenda Violates 'The First Commandment,' Frames Reid as Dark Overlord.
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      • Author by shaggles (August 04, 2010 6:10 pm ET)
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        If she wants to talk about idolatry how about the worship of the free market by right wingers? On a related note the 1st commandment is just one of many passages in the Bible which seem to acknowledge the existence of other gods.
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      • Author by mjh (August 04, 2010 7:00 pm ET)
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        "We have become a country entrenched in idolatry, and that idolatry is the dependency upon our government. We're supposed to depend upon God for our protection and our provision and for our daily bread, not for our government."



        . . . says the one who's currently in a campaign to be PART of that government . . .


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      • Author by AC_Mem (August 04, 2010 7:49 pm ET)
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        Apparently the master plan talking points were handed out this morning for the GOP's birthday greetings to President Obama.

        The President is Lucifer, Harry Reid is his Dark Overlord

        yada yada...

        Yawn.
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    • Author by skycatcher (August 04, 2010 6:02 pm ET)
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      ACTUALLY...he didn't compare the President to Lucifer. Glenn Beck clearly said that, "he can't remember," to whom the book was dedicated. That Lucifer graphic in the background could have easily been a coincidence, or a simple, innocent mistake just like the Greta Van Sustern/Shirley Sherrod blunder, or maybe Glenn didn't even know it was up there. Yeah, all of that.
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      • Author by Unionblue (August 04, 2010 6:40 pm ET)
           
        That excuse is even sicker that the actual act. I bet Fox tries to use it.
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      • Author by DAWUSS (August 04, 2010 6:42 pm ET)
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        There's enough to suggest that it was no coincidence.

        Who DID Alinsky dedicate that book to, anyway?
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        • Author by skycatcher (August 04, 2010 8:50 pm ET)
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          Alas, my attempt at humor suffers the same tragic fate as did MickD's above DAWUSS. :)
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    • Author by iglou (August 04, 2010 6:02 pm ET)
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      Wow, you'd have to be really crazed to follow this line of thinking. In his opinion the Obama is pushing socialism and that sounds familiar to Marxism, oh no Saul Alinsky's dedication to Lucifer which was something older??? Seriously WTF?

      I'm sorry that was 2 minutes of my life completely wasted and it made no sense whatsoever. I can't even imagine a larger context that could make that make more sense.
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    • Author by last of da kawkshuns (August 04, 2010 6:14 pm ET)
         
      Becky claims to be a libertarian, right? He believes in the power of the free markets & free trade, right? He's a capitalist, right? If that's true, then he couldn't possibly be faithful to God because God is big government, i.e. 10 regulations, I mean commandments that restrict my decisions & ability to profit according to the market. Lucifer is the opposite of God & who Glenda would more closely align himself w/ -- no regulations, no rules, let the markets decide so I don't have to be held personally responsible for the results of my actions, & of course, if you diagree w/ me, YOU'RE GOING TO HELL!
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    • Author by nerzog (August 04, 2010 6:22 pm ET)
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      Isn't it slick how Nostradumbass has moved beyond arguing that Obama is a Marxist? He's now treating it as established fact.

      Glenn is becoming a skilled propagandist... but then, he has hours of practice every day.
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    • Author by raddave43 (August 04, 2010 6:55 pm ET)
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      I wonder if Beck knows that it wasn't Marx that came up with the idea of socialism to begin with? Since when does the teabaggers have no original ideas either?
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    • Author by bovine13 (August 04, 2010 6:59 pm ET)
         
      He wasn't comparing Obama to Lucifer....he was talking about Saul Alinksy and his comments on Lucifer...he dedicated his book to the demon.

      How about actually watching the show or *gasp* looking into these accusations before jumping on them?
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    • Author by usp (August 04, 2010 7:26 pm ET)
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      quick thought- is he the right's sacraficial(sp?) lamb? they one that AFTER the shots are fired they can 'hand over'?
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    • Author by AC_Mem (August 04, 2010 7:41 pm ET)
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      Is he DRUNK?
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    • Author by Johaely (August 04, 2010 7:59 pm ET)
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      I couldn't stomach the whole clip. Could somebody please tell me what stupidity he said now?
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    • Author by ProfessorAwesome827 (August 04, 2010 8:25 pm ET)
         
      I really appreciate how Beck didn't even have the guts to flat out SAY "Lucifer," but instead flashed it up behind him on a screen and changed subjects, even though there is a lot to the comparison he just drew. Come on, Glenn. You say the ONE thing I really want you to explain to me, and you won't even give me the satisfaction. Glenn, you tease.
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    • Author by michaelr (August 04, 2010 10:41 pm ET)
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      Beck says to Obama:
      "You should talk to those Tea Party people because they got some really new ideas that they haven't tried in about 150 years."

      And then immediately after he says to Obama:
      "Your ideas-they're brand new-I first heard your ideas about 1848."

      Glenn thinks that ideas from 150 years ago are brand new and are both good and bad.

      Glenn is an idiot.
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    • Author by KLJTech (August 04, 2010 11:05 pm ET)
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      Beck is little more than a media whore that will say anything if it makes him more money. I seriously doubt that he believes 1/4 of what he says and IF he does then he is an idiot and a media whore.
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    • Author by ratitouille (August 05, 2010 11:27 am ET)
         
      Glen Beck wouldn't use inflamitory language and disparaging lies. Didn't you know, he and his followers are in the process of 40 days of spiritual cleasing in preparation for Beck's star turn at the National Mall, which will 'change the direction of our nation,' oh and, 'remember, don't bring your guns.' Why just the other night Beck had some Tea Party leaders on his show. He and his guests were talking about how the Tea Party and the 9/12ers condemn and reject any displays of racism, and disrespectful depictions of the president. Surely given the high calling upon his person and his movement, at such a crucial moment in our nation's history, the great leader Glen Beck would not link our president to the embodiment of biblical evil in the zealosly religious minds of his followers! Because if he would...wouldn't that make Beck...evil?
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    • Author by ratitouille (August 05, 2010 12:04 pm ET)
         
      All serious Glen Beck watchers out there, do you see where he is going? He is leading his flock to the National Mall on 8/28. He has told them to "Prepare yourselves spiritually." Those who can't make it, he instructed to fast and pray that day. He said that the few people he has told about what he will reveal that day, "Said the hair stood up on the back of their necks." Two weeks ago he said that the situation we are in is like Steven King's 'The Stand'. I think that is in the "Dark Dudes are Coming" clip. And now he links Obama to Lucifer. He has also suggested that the Obama administration wants to have him, Glen Beck assassinated. Oh yeah, and 8/28 is going to, "change the course of America and maybe the world." Didn't he, a little over a month ago say that he had recieved s message from God?
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    • Author by tman418 (August 07, 2010 4:16 pm ET)
         
      Beck reminds me of the REALLY fat guy from Seinfeld, the one who laughed all the time in a sinister way, coming up with a grand scheme. Not Jason Alexander's character (George, I think).
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