Glenn Beck: My DC rally will ‘reclaim the civil rights movement’

[jillian]

what's he reclaiming? the civil rights blacks got because of MLK?

 

[Modbert]

Beck says some dumb things, but he's not a dumb guy. i actually think he's pretty smart; he's found a huge market that laps from the hand of the media persona he's crafted, and he's exploiting it for mountains of money.

I'm wondering when they're going to award him his Oscar.

 

[ABikerSailor]

Beck's not a dumb guy?

Right......he just keeps spewing out bullshit information that he crafts into fear mongering.

I'd consider that to be stupid as well as dumb.

 

[Sheldon]

Beck says some dumb things, but he's not a dumb guy. i actually think he's pretty smart; he's found a huge market that laps from the hand of the media persona he's crafted, and he's exploiting it for mountains of money.

I'm wondering when they're going to award him his Oscar.

Probably about the same time he gets the Pulitzer.

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[elvis]

Beck's not a dumb guy?

Right......he just keeps spewing out bullshit information that he crafts into fear mongering.

I'd consider that to be stupid as well as dumb.

I don't like the guy, but he's made millions being "stupid".

 

[ABikerSailor]

Beck's not a dumb guy?

Right......he just keeps spewing out bullshit information that he crafts into fear mongering.

I'd consider that to be stupid as well as dumb.

I don't like the guy, but he's made millions being "stupid".

Got news for you Elvis, you can have a lot of money and still be dumber than a bag of rocks. Wealth does not necessarily equate to intelligence.

Just look at Paris Hilton.

If you equate the amount in someone's bank book to their intelligence, you're gonna miss out on a lot of knowledge (some poor people are smarter than most because they know how to make do without), as well as possibly get screwed over by the rich person you think is intelligent because you're blinded by the glitter.

Are you gonna tell me that Michael Steele is intelligent because he's got money as well?

 

[elvis]

Beck's not a dumb guy?

Right......he just keeps spewing out bullshit information that he crafts into fear mongering.

I'd consider that to be stupid as well as dumb.

I don't like the guy, but he's made millions being "stupid".

Got news for you Elvis, you can have a lot of money and still be dumber than a bag of rocks. Wealth does not necessarily equate to intelligence.

Just look at Paris Hilton.

If you equate the amount in someone's bank book to their intelligence, you're gonna miss out on a lot of knowledge (some poor people are smarter than most because they know how to make do without), as well as possibly get screwed over by the rich person you think is intelligent because you're blinded by the glitter.

Are you gonna tell me that Michael Steele is intelligent because he's got money as well?

I thought of Paris hilton after I posted that. and you have a point. But she was born into money, as was nicole richie.
Glen Beck is self-made. Does that not take some level of intelligence?

 

[Sheldon]

Beck's not a dumb guy?

Right......he just keeps spewing out bullshit information that he crafts into fear mongering.

I'd consider that to be stupid as well as dumb.

Don't get me wrong: I don't like the guy, mainly because I think his FoxNews facade spouts some things that are cancerous to political debate.

You don't even have to look any further than this board to see the connection between the script on his show and the regurgitated posts:

Obama as Lenin, correlation constantly conflated as causation, socialist symbols in everything as a subversive plot to take over America, obsessive reverence for anything and everything the founding fathers did and said as if they were all unanimous.

But I'm sure he makes some interesting and intelligent points, too. I don't watch enough to know enough.

Still, you don't make millions by being mentally deficient and unaware of your surroundings. He's not riding the short bus; he's driving it.

 

[GHook93]

Reclaim it?

Does that mean Beck is black or gay?

I know, he's a "feminist". I should have known it.

This one is for you little dean!

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[jillian]

I don't like the guy, but he's made millions being "stupid".

Got news for you Elvis, you can have a lot of money and still be dumber than a bag of rocks. Wealth does not necessarily equate to intelligence.

Just look at Paris Hilton.

If you equate the amount in someone's bank book to their intelligence, you're gonna miss out on a lot of knowledge (some poor people are smarter than most because they know how to make do without), as well as possibly get screwed over by the rich person you think is intelligent because you're blinded by the glitter.

Are you gonna tell me that Michael Steele is intelligent because he's got money as well?

I thought of Paris hilton after I posted that. and you have a point. But she was born into money, as was nicole richie.
Glen Beck is self-made. Does that not take some level of intelligence?

depends on the type of intelligence. sometimes people are just shrewd. sometimes they have huge amounts of chutzpah. sometimes they just work harder than the next person and it doesn't take much intellect.

in beck's case, i think he's shrewd.

i think the rodeo clown is a race hustler like al sharpton.

 

[Liberty]

I hope beck gets at least 100,000 people to show up. I'll bet anyone $20.

 

[ABikerSailor]

I don't like the guy, but he's made millions being "stupid".

Got news for you Elvis, you can have a lot of money and still be dumber than a bag of rocks. Wealth does not necessarily equate to intelligence.

Just look at Paris Hilton.

If you equate the amount in someone's bank book to their intelligence, you're gonna miss out on a lot of knowledge (some poor people are smarter than most because they know how to make do without), as well as possibly get screwed over by the rich person you think is intelligent because you're blinded by the glitter.

Are you gonna tell me that Michael Steele is intelligent because he's got money as well?

I thought of Paris hilton after I posted that. and you have a point. But she was born into money, as was nicole richie.
Glen Beck is self-made. Does that not take some level of intelligence?

Glen Beck was living in an upper middle class family, and they provided him with what he needed to go to school. He was working in radio at the age of 13, and built his brand up from there.

Self made? Maybe. However, I can't believe that he didn't have someone watching out for his career since he's been a teenager.

 

[Liberty]

Got news for you Elvis, you can have a lot of money and still be dumber than a bag of rocks. Wealth does not necessarily equate to intelligence.

Just look at Paris Hilton.

If you equate the amount in someone's bank book to their intelligence, you're gonna miss out on a lot of knowledge (some poor people are smarter than most because they know how to make do without), as well as possibly get screwed over by the rich person you think is intelligent because you're blinded by the glitter.

Are you gonna tell me that Michael Steele is intelligent because he's got money as well?

I thought of Paris hilton after I posted that. and you have a point. But she was born into money, as was nicole richie.
Glen Beck is self-made. Does that not take some level of intelligence?

Glen Beck was living in an upper middle class family, and they provided him with what he needed to go to school. He was working in radio at the age of 13, and built his brand up from there.

Self made? Maybe. However, I can't believe that he didn't have someone watching out for his career since he's been a teenager.

you say that like opportunity is a bad thing. people like you make people like me just more motivated to support the tea party, you realize this right?

 

[Zona]

Glenn Beck: My DC rally will ‘reclaim the civil rights movement’ | Raw Story

Beck, a popular figure among tea party activists and a polarizing Fox News Channel personality, has said it is merely a coincidence that the event is taking place on the 47th anniversary of King's plea for racial equality. Beck has called President Barack Obama a racist.

"This is going to be an iconic event," Beck says. "This is going to be a moment that you'll never be able to paint people as haters, racists, none of it. This is a moment, quite honestly, that I think we reclaim the civil rights movement. It has been so distorted and so turned upside down. It is an abomination."

Organizers of Saturday's rally advise attendees not to bring signs, "as they may deter from the peaceful message we are bringing to Washington."

I'll just leave this here.

What civil rights is he fighting for? I mean, really....what?

MLK was for social justice, and Beck says if you are for social justice, you are un American.

 

[Zona]

I hope beck gets at least 100,000 people to show up. I'll bet anyone $20.

I will bet you he reports there are at least 100,000 people there no matter how many show up.

(Just like the last time)

 

[Zona]

How the fuck is a self educated (he's said as much on his show) idiot like Beck gonna reclaim ANYTHING?

He's shown his ignorance REPEATEDLY on his show about stuff like the Constitution and civil rights already, so how can he do anything when he doesn't even have the knowledge?

Personal opinion? I think this is one of the more fucked up moves that Beck has made in a long time, and his excuse about not knowing what date it was is bullshit as well. I'm wondering what he's gonna say, because on his radio show yesterday he said that he wasn't going to write a speech, he was just going to write bullet points, so that he could allow the "Holy Spirit" to speak through him if the Spirit so wished.

Wonder if Beck is gonna declare himself a messiah in this speech?

I disagree, he just happened to pick that date and that place. Its all a coincidence. He happens to be talking about civil rights.

Its all a coincidence.
Remember, he said if you take what he says as gospel, you are an idiot.

 

[xotoxi]

Beck is taking up Ike's banner

frank, you know i love ya, but if you mention ike and beck in the same sentence again, i'll neg you into the stone age.

What if I don't mention both of them, but I post a picture of both of them?

 

[ABikerSailor]

I thought of Paris hilton after I posted that. and you have a point. But she was born into money, as was nicole richie.
Glen Beck is self-made. Does that not take some level of intelligence?

Glen Beck was living in an upper middle class family, and they provided him with what he needed to go to school. He was working in radio at the age of 13, and built his brand up from there.

Self made? Maybe. However, I can't believe that he didn't have someone watching out for his career since he's been a teenager.

you say that like opportunity is a bad thing. people like you make people like me just more motivated to support the tea party, you realize this right?

Sorry about your brain trauma. Was it a blow to the head or too much of the tea bagger kool-aid?

If you're gonna join a bunch of idiots, that's your choice, it is a free country after all.

 

[Mr Natural]

I'd like to hear more about these civil rights us white folk have lost.

 

[Ravi]

I'd like to hear more about these civil rights us white folk have lost.

We can't say the n-word anymore.