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Interview with Glenn Beck-interesing

Posted: Jan 16, 2010

I know a lot of you hate Glenn Beck, but maybe this would give you some insight into him. As you all know, he doesn't hide the fact that he is an alcoholic like some do, and speaks his mind, which i why a lot of people don't like him.

(For some reason, i can't copy and paste from IE anymore). The article is on the WSJ under opinions,"Nobody's Watching Charlie Rose."

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"speaking his mind" is not why people dont like - Glenn Beck

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Well, I like him because he DOES speak his mind.. - especially about our lousy Govt.nm

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Golden boy Beck. - TXMT

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Ever since WSJ became part of the News Corp Fox fiefdom, all they are good for is preaching to the choir.

While he may like to market himself as a libertarian, his sales pitch is decidedly neocon. The golden boy boast I suppose is meant to impress us all with his early monetary success, but like most boasts, I find it to be a real turn-off, as is the â��me-being-me,â�� and â��footprint of the monthâ�� passages. I am happy for him that his WABC talk-show days helped him sober up. Wish he had stayed there. Better still, top 40 seems just about his speed.

To seriously consider him as a libertarian is a slap in the face to libertarians everywhere, including my deceased brother who is turning over in his grave as we speak. The hypocrisy of the free-is-cool clip is viscerally nauseating, as is the utter gall he displays while lamenting the paucity of â��men and women of honor,â�� as though he knows anything whatsoever about that. The bloated claim that he addresses the 75% of Americans who believe their government will not â��do the right thing,â�� is both odious and ludicrous. He addresses the fringe of the fringe, whose percentages represent only a minute parcel of that percentage. They are the only folks around who could in anyway conceivably find this guy â��entertainingâ�� on any level. He gets hammered for being an opportunist because he is, well, an opportunist.

The assertion that he was just as hard on Bush as he is on Obama is a downright lie, plain and simple. He may think he connects with the American people, but fails to realize that the majority of them do not connect back. I am happy for him that heâ��s not in it for the money and enjoys what he does. When you make the big bucks, you can afford that luxury. Affable and good-natured? Puhleeze.

â��Iâ��m the guy who debunked the conspiracy theory?â�� Delusional. He is the king of conspiracy. I wonder if he applies that comment, â��Their actions show what they areâ�� (when describing truthers) to himself, like the rest of us do? Is that postured parochial populist poppycock tea-bag speak for an intense disdain for intellect and that silly elitist notion of educated dialog?

And so the articles goes, on and on and on and on. Iâ��m pretty content to be one of those nobodies who watch Charlie Rose.

How often have you watched Beck? - Backwards typist

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Have you ever seen any of his 'good' programs? Some days he is right on the mark and doesn't use histrionics[sp]to make his point. It can be very irritable.

I don't watch him every day; in fact, hardly at all now that he's on Fox because of the hour he's on, but when I have seen him, he was on right on the money.

He also has/had a Friday night program (don't know if he does anymore; again, because of the hour of that program) that includes an audience. He had businessmen on one week, just women on on one week, etc. He has a theme for the show and the audience is made of people in the situation of the theme.

You must watch programs like this with an open mind. I've said it before...he tells you to do the research. It can be very eye-opening when you do.

Agree! He interviews people of all backgrounds, races, - open to everyone, unlike the closed minds

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that you see constantly bashing Beck. They call him crazy, conspiracy theorist, yet what details do they debunk? I find it useless to argue with the haters anymore. They refuse to SEE and only believe what they want to.

Your post beautifully illustrates - sm

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the kind of self-righteous, divisive evangelism Beck inspires in his hero worshipers.

Nope, Beck inspires people to use their own minds. - Not to become brainwashed.

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Might do you good to watch sometime.

I completely agree - jlk

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I will repeat that Beck had an all African American audience the other day and the conversation that took place the entire show was very enlightening and refreshing, particularly what they had to say about Obama. Glenn Beck has very impressive viewership because he is right on the money every time.

Hogwash. - sm

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Beck is the brainwasher-in-chief. Thanks, but no thanks, on that show to cultsville.

whatever lol - jlk

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No one is forcing you to watch the guy. However, Glenn Beck has more interesting shows with full audiences than the snarky fools at MSNBC who have their regular political pundits on who are just as bitter as they are and otherwise routinely read from teleprompters. There are also plenty of "Democratic strategists/contributors" who are regulars on Fox News, but you would never see someone who was conservative being asked to appear on MSNBC. Go back to drinking your kool-aid and watching Bill Maher rant...who has the bigger audience? - who cares...

A couple of names... - Really?

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Joe Scarborough, Pat Buchanan, Tucker Carlson 2005-2008, Alan Keyes (whose guests included Benjamin Netanyahu, Alan Dershowitz, Dr. Laura Schlessinger, Chris Tucker, Mona Charen, Neal Horsley, Bernard Goldberg, Rich Lowry, and then-Jerusalem Mayor Ehud Olmert) and Ted Olson come to mind.

Hereâ��s an article that includes color coded graphs illustrating how conservative dominate Hardball.

â��Hardball for the left, softball for the right: Conservatives dominate on Hardballâ��
http://mediamatters.org/research/200603080005

Hereâ��s a couple of ministories about MSNBC conservative hosts from the past:

During the spring and early summer of 2003, MSNBC featured a weekend talk show hosted by conservative radio host Michael Savage. In July of that year, Savage snapped at a prank caller on his show, calling him a "pig" and a "sodomite," telling him that he "should get AIDS and die," and to "go eat a sausage and choke on it." Savage's show was cancelled shortly afterward and Savage himself was fired from the network.

In early April 2007, Don Imus, whose radio show Imus in the Morning was simulcast on MSNBC, made comments about the Rutgers University women's basketball team. The comments sparked outrage, as many individuals considered the comments to be both racist and sexist. After an initial two-week suspension of Imus' program, MSNBC canceled the simulcast as sponsors started withdrawing their advertisements from the show.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSNBC

Itâ��s always helpful to look before you leap into a subject you claim to know something about. LOL. Whatever.

what does that have to do with Glenn Beck? - jlk

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FYI, Tucker Carlson is now at Fox News. What does any of your post have to do with Glenn Beck? Glenn Beck is popular and has the highest ratings and kills Hardball and anyone else in his timeslot in cable ratings. DEAL WITH IT. Your constant bashing of the guy is really pitiful and desperate. MOVE ON.

Short attention span? - Forgot what you posted?

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Here, let me help you...and I quote, "but you would never see someone who was conservative being asked to appear on MSNBC."

Its called a direct answer, as in following a thread. Last time I checked, answering a post on a forum was permissible. Sorry, maybe I forgot the rules. Beck threads are closed to outsiders.

Here's what a direct answer looks like: Tucker Carlson hosted his own show for 3 years on MSNBC in his life before Fox. This information is provided to show you that contrary to you previous claim, indeed, MSNBC had conservative representation in the past as they do in the present. In fact, all those names in my previous post were intended counter that claim. Check them out...all conservatives.

What is this obsession with popularity and ratings? Jim Jones was a really popular American guy down in Guyana and he too had a large following. Had he been a television personality, I bet his ratings would have been through the roof. Heck, he was even a published author, just like Beck. As you can see from this example, ratings and popularity are not all they are cracked up to be.

what is with this crazed obsession you have with Glenn Beck? - jlk

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Are you planning to take a hit out on the guy? "Beck threads are closed to outsiders." What does that mean?? Your constant preoccupation with a guy on television is ridiculous. I am certain you watch Fox News more often than I ever have. I would never waste my time starting a thread with a cable news commentator's name in the title and debating their significance, but it has been entertaining getting a reaction out of you. You have an unhealthy obsession with the guy. I would never start a thread ridiculing Rachel Maddow or Keith Olbermann, although I'm sure there would be a lot of people chiming in how stale they both are. Get a life.

The preoccupation with Beck - sm

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it would seem is yours, not mine. I am simply presenting a contrast to views on a forum, and answering inaccrate information I find in the thread. I did not start the original post, I responded to it, and then I responded to what ensued. All you are doing here is trying to belittle a poster with whom you obviously have issues.

Too much time on your hands... - jlk

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I'm sure your next target (taking a shot at Hannity I suppose?) will be as futile as this 'debate' was.

What's wrong? - sm

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Running out of ammo? I agree. Being reduced down to posts peppered with insults and name calling nasties seems pretty futile.

Admit your defeat - jlk

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You never clarified any of your issues with Glenn Beck. When asked to, all you could do was speak in vague insults regarding his audience and other contributors at Fox News. Is it that difficult for you to admit to your own inadequacies of making a relevant case?

Facts trump folly every time. No need to surrender - when there is no contest.

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Why don't you try putting out some of your other fires. How many times do you have to hit the brick wall before you realize you are at a dead end?

You refuse to face facts already presented before you... - jlk

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Alas, the accurate definition of a "libtard." Whether it's Obozo or Glenn Beck, you refuse to face reality.

Considering the fact that - sm

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you have spun yourself into the ground and back again, and in all that time have still not addressed any factual substance that was repeatedly presented, that facing reality thingy would be your problem, not mine.

JLK, your posts are junk. I have bigger fish to fry. Get that last word in which you obviously must have, and ream me out 9 ways to Sunday. Call me names to your heart's content. You only end up showing yourself for who you are. Whatever the case, I am done enabling your hate speech.

No comment on the Jim Jones analogy? - an interested bystander

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How about admitting that your MSNBC claims were overblown?

Call it whatever nasty name you choose, - since that is what you guys are good at

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I doubt you EVER watch Beck. You see the left make fun of his antics, which are just for entertainment purposes, but the man really has common sense. Just keep letting the others brainwash you into thinking differently.

Of course I watch Beck - sm

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while holding my breath and with a closepin pinching my nose, but I watch.

I watch because Beck is great!.nm - independent

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how very mature of you... - jlk

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Don't let the television control your life. If it pains you deeply to watch Glenn Beck, then please turn off the television and take a walk instead...

Ah,but if I did that, - sm

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I'd be called out on the carpet and be accused NOT watching the show and therefore, not entitled to an opinion or God forbid, a critique. Looks like his detractors are darned if they do and darned if they don't.

thats funny, you calling anyone else obsessive and immature - dogwiddabone

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Everything with you comes down to personal bashing and name calling. Pathetic.

speak for yourself - jlk

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Who started this ridiculous thread? You irrational zealots who are full of hate, that's who.

Backwards Typist started this thread. (sm) - Nikki

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Last time I checked, she leans conservative, she posts interesting threads, and she knows how to debate without resorting to personal insults.

Yup. That's it in a nutshell. - nm

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I watch him often - JMN

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I think he's brilliant. I have been following his lead for a while now in my side business of merchandise sales. I am pretty good at giving my sales pitch and catching just the right opportunity to offer the control of the situation to the people I'm selling to by telling them to do some research on the product, etc., therefore gaining their confidence, but I'm still working on being more convincing. Once I have put my spin on how good the product is, I always come up a little short in my opinion. I want to be like Glenn Beck and I'm working on it! He's an absolute natural. :)

Interesting sarcasm. Interesting because every word - you said could be about Obama

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instead of Beck. It's frightening actually.

Possibly so, difference being - JMN

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class. That is one thing Obama has oodles of and Beck is sorely lacking. But then again Beck knows his audience. Lack of class is obviously appealing to them. Too bad there are folks watching him to buy what he's selling instead of watching him to learn how to sell.

You got that right. - Kudos. nm

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Glenn Beck is a libertarian issue... - jlk

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I had to laugh at the long post above that went on and on about bashing Glenn Beck for identifying himself as a libertarian but really is a "Neocon." Who cares if he has conservative values? There are many Democrats who are conservative. Besides, it wasn't long ago when Glenn Beck was pro gay marriage. If he still supports gay marriage or not, who knows. But the Glenn Beck is a libertarian (but really a Neocon) issue I thought was laughable. To whomever was spouting off above, did you know that Bill Maher claims to be a libertarian? LMAO You could not get more leftist and liberal than Bill Maher, who by the way is obnoxious. I think the person who protested too much above about Glenn Beck really has a problem with his ratings at Fox because he and O'Reilly and Greta Van Susteren blow away the competition on cable news. Certainly you realize that moderate independents who are mostly conservative are the majority of the country. These people are the ones who determine the outcome of elections, and most of them (along with many Democrats) are some of Fox's biggest audience. Does anyone really watch Rachel Maddow? Go look at her poll numbers on media bistro (dot) com and see how hopeless her viewership is. Glenn Beck had an all African American audience the other day and it was very interesting to see what they were all saying about Obama. Beck wasn't forcing their answers, that's for sure. I would take Beck over Madcow (I mean Maddow) any day. Beck doesn't have to bash MSNBC or Maddow the way Maddow bashes Fox, Sarah Palin, or O'Reilly. That is because Beck, et al at Fox News don't feel insecure in their cable news ratings, which haven't changed for 3 or 4 years now... Heh heh

Fox noise - TXMT

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Obviously, conservatives do not care if Beck is a neocon. The OP was taking issue with the wolf in sheepâ��s clothing self-proclaimed ID tag, and there is a considerable amount of distance between right-sided and left-sided conservatives, contrary to your attempt to lump them all togehter into one big happy Fox family. You are entitled to your take, but let me assure you there is nothing laughable about neocons, a term which by the way is NOT synonymous with conservative.

Bill Maher personifies libertarian ideals consistently and many times more often than Beck could ever hope to. Perhaps your confusion between Beck and Maher could be cleared up by a short trip to the dictionary to check the meaning of libertarian. Hereâ��s a hint. It is not a left or right issue.

Dismissive statements about some imagined ratings envy theory add nothing to this dialog and mixing oxymoronic political terms to prop up your case are less than convincing. Please cite your sources (other than Fox news itself) that support your description of the Fox audience. You forgot to include what percentage of them have double-digit as opposed to triple-digit IQs. I would be particularly interested in the figures that threw â��many Democratsâ�� into the mix.

Personally, I donâ��t give a flip about ratings wars waged between Fox and MSNBC. They are about as important to me as the next American Idol and are meaningless in terms of news content and substance. Your Maddow bash is highly ignorable. Sheâ��s a smart lady. Deal with it. You are mistaking security for bluster and bravado in your parting shots.

In any case, bottom line for me is cable news is not where itâ��s at once the concept of inclusive, in-depth, investigative reporting enters the equation. If sound byte reporting and newsertainment satisfy you, go for it. Personally, I like a little integrity with my news with a good healthy dose of global perspective. Beck would be the last place I would go to get that.

Get over yourself you fruitcake - jlk

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YOU are the one who started bashing Glenn Beck, crazy lady. If Glenn Beck didn't have such a popular show and wasn't making millions from the many books he has written which have all topped the NYT Bestseller's list (along with Bill O'Reilly's 'Bold Fresh'), you would not be in such a huff. If Glenn Beck bothers you so much, then why do you care? Change the channel. Here's a valid source for you, you dingbat. Go to mediabistro (dot) com, Google it. Go to the website and you can look up the latest viewership numbers between CNN, Headline News MSNBC, and Fox News. You say it doesn't matter, but if it doesn't matter, then why are you ranting about Glenn Beck?!! Is it because Glenn Beck is a multimillionaire? Is it because Fox News has added several other veteran journalists to their lineup including John Stossel and that Glenn Beck himself has gained a bigger audience while at FNC after leaving Headline News? You can't have it both ways, crazy lady. You do have free will. Just ignore Glenn Beck, if you can.... On the other hand, many ignore Rachel Madcow. She doesn't even have a book on the NYT Bestseller list. She only appeals to angry feminist types and repeatedly bashes Glenn Beck, Sarah Palin, Bill O'Reilly, et al at Fox News because she knows they have a much bigger audience, and her predictable bashing is why her numbers are so low. Rachel Madcow - Zzzzzzzzzzzzz

Clearly, you are one of his disciples (should I capitalize His?) - TXMT

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who cannot tolerate my post which simply expressed counterpoints to an interview in a thread on a forum. Your response when faced with facts that debunk your claims is textbook Beck fan. Iâ��m not the one going all ballistic here and have no need to descend to tacky tactics and personalized name-calling to express my opinion. Forgive me for noticing that the huff is all yours, dear.

Bestsellers that make millions of bucks and the popularity of a show can also mean there is a sucker born every minute and prove nothing one way or the other about the integrity of the substance and content of a newscast. Letâ��s face facts here. Trash sells. Your harping about money, millionaires, ratings and such only goes to show that you measure value in dollars and cents and the size of the herd. Personally, I value truth, in-depth analysis, thorough investigation, inclusive viewpoints, respectful, informed and intelligent debate and global perspectives when sizing up the value of a newscast. Silly me.

Speaking of herds, what on earth do you have against Rachel Madcow besides her politics? Could it be her Stanford and Oxford credentials or is it the PhD that tags along after her name? Must be all that articulate intellect that drives you up the wall. Not to worry. That happens a lot with Beckâ��s devotees. Most of us outside the cult have learned to expect it.

Rachel is a big bore, though. I have tried to watch her - ..she is snobby and elitist.

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I really don't understand how she stays on the air, especially since her ratings stink. There is nothing warm, entertaining, or even newsworthy most of the time from her mouth. I wont watch her anymore.

snobby and elitist = educated? nm - oldtimer

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No -snobby and elitist as in talking down to others - She is sickening.nm

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Maddow does not talk down to anyone. - LL

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She is articulate, educated, academic, factual, inquisitive, intellectual and thoroughy well prepared. In other words, she is her opposition's worst nightmare. What they can't discredit, they denounce.

You forgot the words uppity, ignorant and sanctimonious! - nm

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Like I said, Maddow is her opponents worst nightmare. - Denouce what they cannot discredit.

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She is also boring, unattractive in every way, and - sarcastic. -cant stand her.nm

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Hope you find what your looking for - to each his own

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warm, cozy news that entertains. I'll stick with her steady flow of well researched information, insightful perspectives and intelligent, articulate delivery.

You never have a point... - jlk

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Your issue with Glenn Beck is stale and out of touch. Most of what I know about Glenn Beck is that he is against big government and special interest groups and so are millions of Americans. What is your problem with that? Also, Rachel Maddow is a bore. I have tried to watch her a few times and change the channel within 7 minutes because she is shallow and trite. She turns her political commentary into a comedic pseudo-SNL stint as she ridicules the latest bit of news about her favorite conservative (latest being Sarah Palin the last several weeks), and then she smirks at the camera with her lopsided smile and giggles like a school girl. In fact, she looks like she has had bad plastic surgery when she does that. Her snarky attitude and constant referral to Fox News (which seems nightly for her) is desperate and cheesy. She might as well be on PBS because she has no appeal whatsoever. I don't know who you think you're kidding, but you still haven't defined your problem with Glenn Beck other than to think his books are "trash" and the majority of people who have listened to him or watched him more than a couple of times have an IQ of a chimp. Your problem is that your anger against people like Glenn Beck does not represent mainstream America. Only about 30% of the population is far left liberal while the rest is moderate and conservative. Glenn Beck speaks about patriotism and the will of the people. That is not cultism, you arrogant windbag. He speaks for an overwhelming segment of the population and it drives you crazy.

Just becase you cannot find - sm

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the point(s) of the post while in the midst of belittling your opponent, blindly raging on about Rachel and exalting Beck the beneficent, does not mean there are none to be found. Speaking of boring, stale, shallow, trite ridicule, there is very little in your verbal assassination of Maddow worth commenting on except to say that your disdain for her brilliant SNL-style satires and her well substantiated Palin and Fox noise themes are all too predictable traits of Beck's following. Given that the Beck bunch conflates their importance, numbers and grass-roots appeal to "real Americans," your self-confessed inability to glean the message about how trash sells and money and ratings are highly overrated is also par for the course, as is your refusal to address that issue.

BTW, we are still waiting for those citations from sources other than Fox that support your percentage quotations. DonÃ¢ï¿½ï¿½t forget the ones where democrats confess their clandestine Fox fetishes.

I will leave you with two observations to grouse over with your morning cup. The Beck-inspired patriotism to which you refer is not necessarily the vision for America that the majority of Her citizens share, as illustrated by the 2008 election results and, no, the cult outsiders are not particularly fearful or threatened by your deluded alleged overwhelming segment.

OMG you are delusional - jlk

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You are as desperate in your responses as Rachel Madcow is in her shallow format of a show. Still the cow takes aim in her hate speech at Beck, O'Reilly and her favorite 'conservative of the month', Palin on a regular basis, and her pathetic attempt at satire still fails to increase her popularity on a national level. You sealed the coffin on your delusion when you mentioned the 2008 election results. FYI, independents who voted that clown into office have had buyer's remorse since June. Everytime our clown of a prez, Odumbo has campaigned for a Democrat seeking re-election, that seat has been lost (NJ, WV, and next MA) to a Republican. Give up. Your desperation is obvious and slightly amusing, however, now is as obsolete as any relevance you ever hoped to achieve in the first place.

This post has already been answered - sm

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in bits and pieces on scores of occasions throughout this thread. This is the same song, 137th verse. Constant pleas for my surrender indicate you are running out of gas, and have not made a single inroad in advancing your case.

It's been answered for you but you never seem to take the hint.. - jlk

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Your repetition sounds like nonsense anymore. You apparently want someone to do all of your thinking for you...

You fall for that fakeness then? Obama is artificial - "class". You cant see it?nm

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Obama has class, are you kidding me? - jlk

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Obama has publicly bashed a former President of the United States at least three different times while out "campaigning", once in San Francisco and twice elsewhere, portraying himself as some kind of comedian, all while the unemployment rate nationally rose over 10% and his stimulus package failed miserably. His national approval ratings are barely 45% and are the lowest in 50 years of a first term president in his first year in office. You're obviously not very bright or evolved if you can't grasp these facts.

What in the world are you talking about? - sm

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Do give us the juicy details of Obama the basher. Which former president? The unemployment rate was never 10% during the campaign. Your post is all over the map, essentialy incoherent. What on earth does any of this have to do with class?

OMG you are clueless... - jlk

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Obama has campaigned for several people (Corzine of NJ) and the Democrat in WV - both of whom lost by double digits to Republicans, and Obama will campaign next for Coakley in MA before the primary next Tuesday. That is all he has done his first year in office is campaign in order to try to save seats for Democrats in Congress. He has blamed former President Bush for all of his "problems", you fool, including the "war on terrorism" which he declared was over immediately after he was sworn into office. Bashing a former POTUS in front of crowds of people in SF and elsewhere in front of the cameras saying he is "cleaning up the mess left after the last 8 years" just after 6 months into his presidency was a desperate cry from a desperate man. His flunkie, Anita Dunn even lashed out at Fox News, calling them the "arm of the Republican party" because his fragile ego couldn't take it. His plummeting approval ratings (38% for healthcare and economy) and his fudging of numbers for "saved or created jobs" are what the majority of the independents who voted for him and now have buyer's remorse reveal that no one wants to listen to this guy because he has no experience and is not qualified to be a leader for the country. Wake up for crying out loud you flake.

Thank you for clarifying - sm

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your previously incomprehensible post. Just because some people like to know what they are talking about BEFORE posting does not make them clueless, flaky or any other of your seemingly endless vocabulary for nasty perjoratives.

I suppose the 3.6% margin Governor-Elect Christie garnered in the 2009 election could be construed as double digits since the figure does have two numbers, but to proclaim a Republican trounce, one would have to move the decimal one column over to the right. Could that nebulous reference to the democrat in WV mean the gubernatorial run by Deeds, a moderate centrist representative of the â��majority of Fox viewersâ�� to which you allude in our other posts? West Virginia is a red state and was solidly behind McCain in 2008 by margins statistically identical to the margin of victory garnered by his Deedâ��s opponent. These results can hardly be construed as the referendum against Obama you are trying so hard to make them out to be.

Your prediction about the Coakley outcome is premature, and like the other races, is not likely to be swayed one way or the other by Obamaâ��s endorsement or lack thereof. No need to address that laughable statement about all O has done his first year, or your tired instant replay of 2008 campaign rhetoric, debunked by that electionâ��s outcome. The mess the voters and Obama wisely attributed to the shrub is hardly a bash, but rather common knowledge amongst those of us who endured 8 years of that agony. Telling the truth is not an act of desperation, but rather a show of strength, courage and confidence. No amount of Fox spin, spew and sputter is going to change that. The dire straits you describe and silly buyerâ��s remorse comments will not change the fact that we have a long, long run to make before the end game. Personally, I remain very optimistic about the outcome.

I do tune into Fox and Beck - TXMT

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from time to time to test my tolerance for a double dose of non-stop opposition views. Please undestand, BWT, I confess this as a your garden variety, run of the mill, hopeless left-wing progressive. Sometimes I can only manage a Fox drive-by, but other times I try my best to listen, albeit probably not with a terribly open mind most of the time.

I can't speak for all libs, but I find reporting by folks like Hannity, O'Reilly and Beck hurtful to my ears, the same way I am sure that conservatives hear Olberman, Schultz and Maddow. A lot of it has to do with the smug and (in Beck's case) histrionic deliveries, but truth be told, I think the bulk of the pain comes from realizing just how divided our nation's partisans really are.

I am still recovering from Bushitis and am only just now settling into a more relaxed frame of mind where I care more about seeking avenues of communication that lead to compromise and unity. I will be the first to admit that I am a long way from being able to control defensive, skeptical, cynical and sarcastic reactions. I believe this stems from 8 years of hiding out in the shadows in an environment where the word liberal was deemed a 4-letter word.

I appreciate your calm and respectful tone and the measured prescription you dispensed that may help me take myself to the next level, or at least be able to open my mind long enough to be able to tolerate taking in more than a few minutes of those viewpoints. Common ground cannot be reached in a vacuum.

schizophrenia is a treatable condition... - jlk

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and you are obviously a poor, miserable woman desperately crying out for help by the look of your disjointed, longwinded pontification with no substance and psychotic preoccupation.

Huh? Word salad actually is a symptom - sm

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of schizophrenia. You have managed to provide a perfect example of this in your short little 2-line snipe. Talk about disjointed. Help decipher. You have thrown together some words and phrases that convey no cohesive, comprehensible or discernable meaning. Go back to Zzzzzzz bed or grab a cup of java and before you post again, try to keep in mind that personal attacks only end up making you, and not your target, look really bad.

TXMT is an expert on word salad... - jlk

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and verbal diarrhea to be more precise. It's terribly amusing that a wingnut would spend so much time writing hate speech in a thread she dedicated to a tv cable news commentator, the "unprecedented" Glenn Beck - Obozo's favorite word....

Her post was a reply to BWT - LL

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and I found the respect she returned to a poster with considerably different viewpoints pretty interesting. It's not enough that you have filled the board with your hate today. Here you are, barging right in with hate to spare. You don't sound smart or cute or funny or relevant. You sound jealous.

He has his faithful "fringe" thinking that they are in...sm - oldtimer

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the majority. I have faith that common sense will prevail and "life after Bush" will slowly get better and better.

"common sense will prevail" only when Obama is gone.nm - Dallas

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nm

OT, it's been a while since - sm

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I've encountered your thoughtful, down-to-earth gems of wisdom. You always have a knack for reducing what takes me paragraph upon paragraph to say down to a few words or sentences. Thanks for the much needed comforting optimism

Ditto! (nm) - Nikki

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:-)

Glenn Blech - Cutbank

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I wish I would have said that!

I wonder how big he is - or small

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Beck - Vikefan

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I've really grown to like him. Yes, is an alcoholic but per AA the there's a difference between alcoholics *recovering* alcoholics. Active alcoholis (the ones who continue you to drink.

Recovering alcoholics means that yes, are the ones who get sober and stay sober.

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