9/12.

[blueduck37.livejournal.com]

Today is the day Glenn Beck is rallying assorted teabaggers, Larouchies, and miscellaneous malcontents in Washington DC to protest against the President and the imaginary horrors he will soon unleash upon us. To mark this special day, I'll post (again) this Colbert bit from earlier in the year on the Beck 9/12 project-

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PS- Before the comments get going, I'll just say that people like Glenn Beck don't make me angry. They get off on that. It's performance art, like a male Ann Coulter. If he believes more than half of what he says, I'd be very shocked. It's theatre, people.

Comments

[phillipalden.livejournal.com]

"It's theatre, people."

I say the same thing about Rush Limbaugh, but so many idiots take these people seriously. I was also unaware that Chuck Norris is an "author."

But even though it's "theatre," I cannot stand Anne Coulter. Listening to Limbaugh, Beck or Coulter makes my teeth grind. It's like watching a comedian that isn't funny, but also racist and homophobic.

But thanks for posting that Colbert video. I don't watch TV so I miss stuff like that, (as well as the 99% that's total crap.)

The satisfying thing is that these people are really upset because there's a black man in the Oval Office. I have a friend in Florida who witnessed prayer circles, complete with gnashing of teeth and crying, on her college campus the day after the election.

That vision gives me comfort.

[mcpreacher.livejournal.com]

rush limbaugh genuinely has problems.

i know a guy who has listened to him for ages, solely for the purpose of entertainment and character assessment, and based on his findings, rush is really really depressed and his ego is incredibly fragile.

like he gained a shitload of weight when al franken released that book a while back ("rush limbaugh is a big fat idiot") and he even refused to discuss it on his show. painkiller addiction is also a common manifestation of severe medical depression.

[phillipalden.livejournal.com]

I know Rush Limbaugh is mostly shtick, and that he's actually an intelligent guy who can be quite funny. But there are many stupid people who believe what he and Glenn Beck say - and these guys take no responsibility for their inflammatory statements when some idiot goes too far and does some real damage.

I believe that what we say matters.

[mcpreacher.livejournal.com]

you'll get no argument from me, i'm just sick of people going "well the left is just as bad herp derp derp" as though keith fucking olbermann is calling for the blood of tyrants on a daily basis.

limbaugh and the fox squad have much more influence and do far more damage than maddow's snide remarks or olbermann's delusions of edward r. murrow

[phillipalden.livejournal.com]

"limbaugh and the fox squad have much more influence and do far more damage than maddow's snide remarks or olbermann's delusions of edward r. murrow."

I don't watch tv, but I've seen video clips on the web that gives me the impression you pretty much nailed it.