Glenn Beck - Laughing all the way to the bank

[Danascot]

to the tune of $18 million/year.

This is disheartening but apparently being a rightwing lunatic pays really well.

Glenn Beck's Cash Machine

You might know Glenn Beck as the wild and wildly popular Fox News Channel talk show star.

But as Beck was growing into stardom at Headline News, he built a media operation that stretches from radio to the web to concert halls and convention centers.

Throw in the second piece of a $3 million book deal with Simon and Schuster, and the voice of the conservative opposition is on track to have an $18 million year.

http://www.businessinsider.com/the-empire-of-glenn-beck-slideshow-2009-4

Here's breakdown of how he made it. (slideshow):

http://www.businessinsider.com/the-empire-of-glenn-beck-concerts

[muntrv]

1. I hope that bank goes under and loses his money.

[polichick]

2. I truly can't imagine what kind of person would find Beck credible...

I've never met anyone who admitted that they watched him.

[thunder rising]

3. Him, Smith & Wesson, Remington ... (got the idea?)

The morans are dumb as rocks and 'herdable' as sheep.

[YOY]

4. Ever notice just how much these guys get paid...

and our pundits you never hear how much they get paid?

...probably because it's nice pay...but not multi million nice pay.

Somebody pays these guys well for what they say.

[Faygo Kid]

5. That's why you can't turn on the AM radio without hearing how much they hate Obama

Lots of newbies out there on hate radio, and the usual suspects all scrambling desperately to outdo one another.

It's all about $$$$. Just a matter of time until one of them takes the inevitable step, and calls for eliminating Obama directly (instead of by innuendo, which they all do each day).

That person will be suspended, then come back with a bigger contract than ever.

It's all they've got.

[MrScorpio]

6. There apparently are enough dumbasses to keep him bathed in champagne and caviar

Never underestimate the stupidity of Americans

[sweetladybug]

7. I figured him and other Republican mouth pieces were paid good money but

I never thought they were paid that much money.

[MrScorpio]

8. Stupidity pays

Because, Glenn Beck is, by far, the biggest idiot of them all