At ZOA dinner, Glenn Beck dishes out the pro-Israel meat

[Scurrilous]

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"The Zionist Organization of America’s annual dinner is a place where conventional thinking about the liberal proclivities of American Jews goes to die. But never quite like Sunday night -- when Tea Party darling and Republican presidential hopeful Michele Bachman served as the opening act and Glenn Beck was swarmed like a rock star.

Beck, who was on hand to receive the ZOA’s Defender of Israel Award, made his way into the VIP reception at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Manhattan shortly after 5 p.m. and almost instantly was beset by a crush of admirers. He found himself wedged into a corner as a crowd of well-wishers surged forward to have their photographs taken with him. Bachmann and her fellow Republican congresswoman, Florida’s Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, were there, too -- but it was clear who the star was.

“Love, love, love, love, love,” Ros-Lehtinen said, extending her hand to Beck, who responded by clasping hers in both of his. All around her, an expanding mass of people pressed in closer, seemingly eager to express the same sentiment.

“I need everyone to back up please,” a photographer practically yelled as he tried to create a cordon around the VIPs to set up his shot. But despite help from Beck’s two bodyguards, an assistant, and assorted publicists and ZOA personnel, the crowd kept pushing ahead.

Crowd control proved to be a recurring problem at the dinner. After the appetizer was served, seemingly half the room converged on Beck and his wife, Tania, tying up the traffic flow in the center of the ballroom and rendering the area impassable. A succession of ZOA officials implored the crowd to sit down so servers could get dinner on the table, but with little effect."

http://www.jta.org/news/article/2011/11/21/3090389/at-zoa-dinner-glenn-beck-dishes-out-the-pro-israel-meat

[Angry Dragon]

1. they must really love their bigots

[holdencaufield]

2. Mr Beck...

... is only taking advantage of an opportunity.

Filling the gap in support of Israel that SHOULD be coming from the American Left. After all, the American Left has more in common with the citizens of Israel than Mr. Beck EVER will. Pity they can't see that.

[Scurrilous]

3. Did Glenn Beck just join the 2012 presidential race?

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"The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) held a gala dinner last night and paid respect to Glenn Beck, who received the “Dr. Miriam & Sheldon Adelson Defender of Israel Award.”

Beck, as usual, shed a few tears during his speech. But like the true entertainer that he is, he left the audience (and us) wondering after these comments:

Beck said that “there is an 18 month window” left in which to save the world – “and I believe I know how to do it”. He pledged to announce on December 8 where he is headed – “there is a vacuum and I intend to stand in its place”, he said – but gave no details what he was referring to.

First of all, 18 months! Whoa! There’s a headline.

But December 8… hmmm. What will he announce? Another TV channel? A new book? A new trip to somewhere? To Israel again? Or maybe straight to the lion’s den in Tehran?

Or maybe, just maybe, he’s joining the race. Sure, he said before he’ll never run. But, come on folks… he said there’s a vacuum. And he’ll stand in its place."

http://972mag.com/did-glenn-beck-just-join-the-2010-presidential-race/28137/

[oberliner]

4. The person who wrote this obviously does not live in the USA

Otherwise he would not be asking such a dumb question.