Beck at Kennedy Center: "We are 12 hours away from fundamentally transforming the United States of America"
August 27, 2010 11:43 pm ET
From Beck's August 27 "Divine Destiny" event at the Kennedy Center:
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Sure, but Obama was talking about transforming away from an America by and for theelites,an America that was dominated by a small group of old, white pretend-Christians.
Beck is talking about transforming back to that model that was never in danger.
But I'm loving this crazy sh*t. I'm not optimistic enough to think that this meltdown is the death knell for the GOP,the leadership will distance themselves, but at some point they'll have to decide whether to coddle these crazies or come back towards the real world.
Either way, they have to alienate somebody, and it's going to be hilarious to watch.
I don't mean to make light of the fact that there's a group of Americans gullible and misinformed enough to be buying Beck's pablum. It may be a fraction of a percentage of the country attending, representing a small fringe, but it's still a pretty sad and frightening picture.
I'm not disregarding the potential for unstable types to be driven over the edge by this sort of emotional cultish behavior either, as much as I hope none of these idiots has some kind of vision and snaps.
Neither do I want to make a joke of the insult to the legacy of the Rev. King that's at the heart of this. Glenn Beck will be forgotten shortly, and King will be remembered long after Beck's act is over, but right now it's pretty disturbing that this is taking place.
Sounds like collectivist Marxist commie talk to me.
One possible explanation for this bizarre performance is that Glenn Beck is psychotic.
From watching this desperate performance, I don't think that could be any more of a possibility. When I look at this guy now, the first word that comes to my mind is psycho, and only getting worse.
Then again it might just be because its way past bedtime for most of Becky's loyal followers.
When this fails, he will use his trial as a platform for his ranting.
What the f--k could Glenn Beck possibly have to offer that will 'fundamentally transform the United States of America'?
Unless this really is an attempt at a mass suicide and/or a homegrown terrorist attack, I can't think of anything else that his paranoid mind could put together that would do the job.
Maybe he finally is realizing that after this weekend, he is going to be effectively marginalized.
All the blustering in the months leading up until now have made him somewhat of a celebrity. But once this little love-fest is over and America doesn't 'fundamentally change' like he predicted, he'll be just another shyster out to make money.
It's oddly similar to those Mormon prophets (who he probably admires) that predicted the world would end in a certain year and when it didn't, they just made up some other crazy s--t for their followers to fall for.
How much higher could he have set the bar? I mean, MLK? 'I Have A Dream' speech anniversary? Possibly the single most important speech in American history?
Glenn Beck is a flea compared to MLK. No, he's some kind of tracheal mite that would infest and then kill that flea. He would repel the individual bubonic plague bacteria that were residing on that flea.
This man is going down in flames quick and soon. The footage is, in all likelihood, forthcoming.
That Beck starts to cry there is very telling. He's talking about himself there. This guy is riddled with issues. I wouldn't say self-loathing because he's a narcissist, but in the quiet and lonely times, it gets black for this guy and he searches for redemption. The problem is, he's looking for redemption from himself and now he's tied a large group to it. The euphoria and inertia of this event will wain, and he's going to be left with just himself again.
BTW, could you answer my questions RE your post here?
I'm sorry if I am repeating myself