Glenn Beck?

[New Earth]

Ok..my friend is watching Glenn Beck and says she likes him. Honestly, I've never watched the guy's show and I don't think I even know what he looks like. But on DU I always hear how everyone hates him and thinks he's a complete idiot, and I always got the impression he was some right wing Bush supporter. My friend insists that is not true, and she is not a Bush supporter or a Republican herself.

So, why does everyone hate Glenn Beck? Is my friend dumber than I thought she was? (just kidding)

[babylonsister]

1. Listen to him for 10, nay! 5 minutes, and you will know. The guy is

a hatemonger-period. He's Limbaugh on TV, or worse if that's possible.

[NanceGreggs]

2. Tell your friend to drop the remote ...

... kick it away from herself, and step slowly backwards away from the TV.

If she can watch ten minutes of Glenn Beck and not know that he is a just another right-wing hack spewing bullshit, maybe you will just have to accept the fact that, yes, she is indeed dumber than you thought.

[Catch22Dem]

3. I hate to be the bearer of bad news about your friend, but...

She may be pretty dumb.

[Gabi Hayes]

4. no offense, but does your friend have any critical thinking skills?

the only defense I can think of for him is that he always seems to 'say it with a smile'

what other things does she watch on TV?

he really is one of the very worst things on television. remarkably stupid, mindbogglingly sexist, astoundingly racist, just for starters

show her one of these links. take your pick, but the first one is a GREAT summary. he doesn't even know that most of the people who lost their homes in the Cal fires live in very republican areas, yet they "hate America"

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=glenn+beck+hateful

[Harper_is_Bush]

5. Yes, I'm afraid she is. n/t

[backscatter712]

6. Yeah, you summed him up.

He's a hatemonger, and he is genuinely dumber than a sack of hammers.

There's his statements about the fires in the San Diego area "I think there is a handful of people who hate America. Unfortunately for them, a lot of them are losing their homes in a forest fire today." Just a quick example. Didn't he suggest genocide in the Middle East last week?

[PollThis]

7. He is the asshole who told Keith Ellison ( Dem, Minnesota congressman)

who happens to be Muslim " Prove to me your not a terrorist"
And there is plenty of other crap he spews.

[Blue-Jay]

8. Beck used to fill in for Limbaugh on occasion.

Any other questions?

[PollThis]

14. So did Tony Snow. Years ago. nt

[sam sarrha]

9. he has a likable appearance, a smile'n baby faced O'Rieley Limbaugh sycophant..

[FormerDittoHead]

10. The only reason Beck may not like Bush is because Bush compromises too much with liberals... n/t

[New Earth]

11. thanks everyone for your responses

I don't think she is dumb, but she is weird when it comes to politics. I am now trying to convince her to watch some Keith Olbermann this week :D

[rurallib]

12. Today (listened for 5 minutes) he blamed our economic situation on

CHINA. Nothing Bushco has done (or Wally etc) has caused the problem; it is ALL CHINA'S FAULT.
He makes Bush seem like a genius. Yet they pay him millions.

[frogmarch]

13. When Beck's show first came on CNN,

I watched all of five minutes before I emailed CNN and told them what a piece of shit I thought he was.

[cordelia]

15. Show your friend this

Nationally syndicated Clear Channel radio host Glenn Beck referred to survivors of Hurricane Katrina who remained in New Orleans as "scumbags." Also, after acknowledging that nobody "in their right mind is going to say this out loud," Beck attacked victims of the disaster in general and the families of victims of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, saying: "I didn't think I could hate victims

Link:

http://mediamatters.org/items/200509090003

Beck is vile, which is just another way to spell evil.

[abq e streeter]

16. Just adding my voice

Beck is an ignorant racist hate-monger; I certainly don't want to insult your friend, but I can't comprehend how 5 minutes of watching Beck wouldn't make anyone with a functioning brain want to puke.

[Harper_is_Bush]

17. He's the worst kind of repuke apologist there is: a global warming denier

He is CONSTANTLY poh-pooing Al Gore and claiming that "real" scientists are being silenced by the pro-global warming industry.

There is a special chair waiting in Hell's repuke section for Beck.

[Historic NY]

18. REPUKE JACKASS.........

:puke: purveyor of disinformation

[Mz Pip]

19. He couches his

hatred, bigotry and diviseness in humor. He asked our first Muslim congressmen to prove he wasn't a terrorist. It was so off the wall it almost seemed like a joke. But it wasn't.

Mz Pip
:dem:

[Gabi Hayes]

20. send her this link/clip, in which he says he'd like to take naked pix of his hot guest:

http://gawker.com/news/clips/glenn-beck-would-like-to-see-you-naked-241003.php

ask her what she thinks of that

[RaleighNCDUer]

21. Unfortunately for your friend, I'd say "yes".

Glen Beck is a RW, mouthy, thoughtless, racist, homophobic POS. I don't see how anyone could watch him for 10 minutes and not realize it.

Actually, I don't see how anyone could watch him for 10 minutes.

[PassingFair]

22. Your friend must be a little slow.

Even my 12 year old had his number from the get-go.

They have him on at the local diner where we eat
once or twice a week....

"Look at that ORANGE guy" she said,

"He looks like he smells like soup!".

(This is her big BURN, I'm not entirely sure
what it means, but it fits him.)

[Obamarama]

23. I listened to him for 1st time last week. Wanted to cut my ears off after 5 min!

OMG....of course I knew OF him from DU, but had avoided him on CNN, and was apparently unaware that the schmoe had a radio show. So, I was driving home from out of town last weekend and was bored by what I found on the FM dial. I hopped over to AM and ran across this whiny, negative, smug asshole spouting conservative, right-wing Republican talking points like they they were going out of style. I could barely make it 5 min until the commercial break to find out who this giant hemmorhoid was. It was....you got it: Glen Beck.

If your friend LIKES to listen to him, your friend needs help.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

24. The guy isn't always a tool....

But about 85% of the time he is. And he's not a Bush fan anymore. He used to be, but not anymore. He is still a Rush Limbaugh sycophant, though.
Duckie

[AlCzervik]

25. "Prove to me you aren't working with the terrorists", can Glenn prove he isn't a white supremacist

no he can't, i'm sorry for your friend.

[Marr]

26. He's absolutely disgusting, and just plain bad to boot. As for being "pro-Bush".

he's basically the corporate shill variety of fascist. He makes a show of saying Bush 'hasn't been conservative enough, as people despise Bush now and he's trying to separate the con-man from the scam.

[UTUSN]

27. Because he's an A-hole of the most absurd dimensions?! How could anybody hear for more than 1 minute

and *NOT* know?!1

[Oilwellian]

28. Just show her my video

Beck is in the beginning and end of it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmP_eX2X5M8

[Swamp Rat]

29. isn't human.

Glen Beck's audience = dumb racists. :dunce:

[Skittles]

30. Glenn Beck is a rightwing nutjob whore

and your friend is a complete idiot

[PufPuf23]

31. I do not think your friend exists because

one cannot watch Beck and not realize he is one of the worst self-righteous hatemongers in the "media".

My theory is you made up this "friend" so folks at DU could bag on Beck.

Or do you have a pet rock that talks to you. :-)

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

32. Beck's existance gives atheists everywhere the chance to say "I told you so"

He's a bad AM radio morning zoo guy, who mixes in rightwing politics and gets marketed as the "funny, hip conservative"
He's touted as some kind of Gen X answer for the GOP, but John Stewart and Colbert register more with youth in one episode than beck will in his entire career