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Sunday, February 27, 2011

GLENN BECK: "THE MOST DISTURBING PERSONALITY ON CABLE TELEVISION"




Was that written by some liberal out to shut down Beck's anti-Semitic and inane conspiratorial rantings? 

Uh-huh.

That was written by Peter Wehner  in an article in Commentary and who served in the Reagan and George HW Bush administrations and became deputy director of speechwriting for President George W. Bush in 2001.

Wehner joins other GOP pundits in his condemnation of Beck's lunatic antics that pass as serious political thought on his FAUX NOOZ program.  We're wondering when more conservatives catch on to the fact that Beck is harmful to conservatives, as Wehner says here:

 

"...what ought to worry conservatives in particular is that Beck not only has the unusual capacity to discredit virtually every cause he takes up; he also confirms the worst caricatures of the right. What was true before is doubly true today. It looks to me like it’s only a matter of time — and I suspect not much time — until he blows apart professionally. If and when that happens, one can only hope that conservatism as a movement will have created enough distance from Beck to mitigate the damage."

Joe Scarborough of "Morning Joe" also recognizes that Beck is a nincompoop and a disaster waiting to happen for the conservative movement.  Here is what Scarborough has to say about Beck:

"I've been telling conservatives for about two years, this guy is bad for the movement," Scarborough said. "This guy is losing it before our eyes. He's bad for the conservative movement. He's bad for the Republican Party. He's bad for Fox News...even guys over at Fox News have to start thinking, this can't last. He's out of control...He throws bombs out all the time," he said. "It's the conspiracy theories that are the most dangerous because that gets people acting out."

Scarborough has previously said that Beck is delivering a "vile message" to the country.

David Frum:  GOP SURRENDERS TO BECK'S MOB RULE [h/t (O)CT(O)PUS]:

"Glenn Beck is not the first to make a pleasant living for himself by reckless defamation. We have seen his kind before in American journalism and American politics, and the good news is that their careers never last long. But the bad news is that while their careers do last, such people do terrible damage.



We conservatives are submitting our movement to some of the most unscrupulous people in American life. This submission disgraces conservatism, discredits Republicans, and damages the country. It’s beyond time for conservatives who know better to join us at NewMajority in emancipating ourselves from leadership by the most stupid, the most cynical, and the most truthless."



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We're wondering when conservatives will wake up and admit they've been played for fools by this self-identified "rodeo clown" and "recovering dirtbag" and renounce his destructive blatherings once and for all.

Some of us think Beck should stay where he is and be identified as the voice of today's GOP--for all rational people to see.  And don't forget that Rep. Michele Bachmann herself suggested we could all learn something from watching Glenn Beck. 
 
Yes, Michele.  We certainly could

6 comments:

(O)CT(O)PUS said...

While researching Media Matters for a Pull the Plug on Glenn Beck post, these turned up:

Former Bush speechwriter David Frum: “[Glenn Beck] such people do terrible damage

Former Bush speechwriter Peter Wehner: “the role Glenn Beck is playing is harmful in its totality

National correspondent for The Atlantic, Jeffrey Goldberg: “a classic case of anti-Semitic dog-whistling

There was another quote from Ari Fleischer along the similar lines.

I have often wondered why more conservatives have not spoken out, but the only explanation I can think of is that conservatives will approve of any stunk that annoys liberals, whether ethical or not. Thus Beck will continue to serve as a useful idiot until he finally turns himself into a liability, at which point Fox pulls the plug.

Dave Miller said...

But Shaw, you know these folks are just RINOS...

As is anyone who is the least bit critical of anyone who is even close to being a GOP leader.

Once someone criticizes anyone remotely involved in GOP leadership, they are shown the door by the remainders of the party and their views dismissed.

And all we hear is how libs and Dems are always in lock step agreement...

(O)CT(O)PUS said...

About the "Pull-the-Plug-on-Glenn-Beck" letter to Roger Ailes, I sent mine certified/return receipt, details as follows:

Label/Receipt Number: 7010 0780 0001 1418 8408
Expected Delivery Date: February 25, 2011
Class: First-Class Mail®
Service(s): Certified Mail™ Return Receipt
Status: Arrival at Unit

Detailed Results:
Arrival at Unit, February 28, 2011, 2:29 am, NEW YORK, NY 10036


Reason why I sent it this way: To underscore my concerns and to serve notice that the public is determined to hold Fox News accountable.

Anonymous said...

it says something about the conservatives that they made this charlatan a national figure...these are the sort of people they admire...? an anti-semite fear mongering recovering dirtbag...?not to mention the fact that he's a lying sack of poop.

Infidel753 said...

We're wondering when conservatives will wake up and admit they've been played for fools by this self-identified "rodeo clown" and "recovering dirtbag" and renounce his destructive blatherings once and for all.

Well, evidently some of them are. And Beck's TV ratings have been dropping for some time.

There's grounds for hope that (most of) the right is suffering from only temporary insanity.

K. said...

All well and good, but Wehner, Scarborough, Frum et. al. also ought to be asking what it is about conservatism that attracts the likes of Beck After all, Beck is only the most extreme member of a roster of conspiracy, ignorance, and demagoguery that also includes Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Ann Coulter, and Sarah Palin, not to mention elected officials like Jim DeMint, Tom Coburn, Darrell Issa, and Bachman.