The Strange Saga of Glenn Beck’s Bizarre Gift

Share your pain with Glenn
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Come closer. Let Glenn look into your eyes.

Glenn has a gift.

A bizarre gift.

It doesn’t matter if you’re a stranger. He has the ability to take just one look at your face, and instantly feel your pain.

But it’s OK. Glenn will tell you it’s OK, and then you will cry and cry, and hug Glenn, and know that it’s OK. Everything is gonna be OK.

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144 comments
1 Targetpractice  Wed, May 8, 2013 4:00:31pm

So he’s basically a very creepy parody of Oprah?

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2 The Ghost of a Flea  Wed, May 8, 2013 4:03:55pm

Glenn Beck instantly feels your pain…

unless you’re feeling uncomfortable about his constant unjustified evocations of Nazism and the Holocaust, or about his love of anti-Semitic writers.

3 Charles Johnson  Wed, May 8, 2013 4:04:04pm

And after you cry, and hug Glenn, you must thank Glenn.

Thank him. And tell him you love him. Glenn loves you.

4 erik_t  Wed, May 8, 2013 4:04:17pm

I’m sorry, Glenn. Star Trek V was a shitty movie.

5 Tiny alien kittens are watching you  Wed, May 8, 2013 4:08:46pm

re: #4 erik_t

I’m sorry, Glenn. Star Trek V was a shitty movie.

Besides, what does a Beck need with a Starship? :p

6 thedopefishlives  Wed, May 8, 2013 4:10:43pm

re: #5 Tiny alien kittens are watching you

Besides, what does a Beck need with a Starship? :p

Why, to smite God’s and America’s enemies with holy laser beams, of course.

7 freetoken  Wed, May 8, 2013 4:12:21pm

What I notice about these Beck clips are the methods the directors are using in the camera work. The continual slow motion panning, to make it look like the background is moving, is a technique in visual manipulation. Yes, the imagery in the background is up there to elicit emotion all by themselves, but the slow movement is a technique of distraction and holding attention.

A few months ago I put up a Page about magic with embedded videos (of none other Teller) from a study that was about slight of hands and distracting people.

I’m not sure if anyone really grokked that.

Anyway, techniques to control/influence people are the bedrocks of magicians, politicians, and religious leaders.

8 Targetpractice  Wed, May 8, 2013 4:14:24pm

re: #4 erik_t

I’m sorry, Glenn. Star Trek V was a shitty movie.

Your pain runs deep. Share it with me.

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9 Eventual Carrion  Wed, May 8, 2013 4:14:59pm

re: #3 Charles Johnson

And after you cry, and hug Glenn, you must thank Glenn.

Thank him. And tell him you love him. Glenn loves you.

He’s ripping off Barney the dinosaur’s gig.

10 Kid A  Wed, May 8, 2013 4:15:00pm

Glenn, you have a gift alright. A gift of selling complete bullshit.

11 GeneJockey  Wed, May 8, 2013 4:17:38pm

re: #10 Kid A

It’s gold, I tell ya! GOOOOLD!!!

12 Gus  Wed, May 8, 2013 4:17:55pm

P.T. Barnum would be proud. Hey, is it me or does he seem to be slowly turning orange?

13 ProTARDISLiberal  Wed, May 8, 2013 4:19:15pm

I am half-way through reading “Tenth Circle of Hell” by Rezak Hukanovic.

Should be finished in the next several days, and I have some thoughts on it.

He is a survivor of the Omarska Death Camp during the Bosnian War.

14 goddamnedfrank  Wed, May 8, 2013 4:20:27pm
15 Dr. Matt  Wed, May 8, 2013 4:22:07pm

People actually pay to listen to this bullshit?

16 DO WINGNUT WORDS SHOW THEY EVOLVED BRAINS?11!!  Wed, May 8, 2013 4:22:33pm

re: #12 Gus

No. Not just you. He’s definitely getting that “Boehner glow”.

17 thedopefishlives  Wed, May 8, 2013 4:24:20pm

re: #16 DO WINGNUT WORDS SHOW THEY EVOLVED BRAINS?11!!

No. Not just you. He’s definitely getting that “Boehner glow”.

*snicker*

18 Vicious Babushka  Wed, May 8, 2013 4:26:59pm

Look who’s irrelevant!

19 thedopefishlives  Wed, May 8, 2013 4:29:03pm

re: #18 Vicious Babushka

OH SNAP.

*rolls eyes*

20 Vicious Babushka  Wed, May 8, 2013 4:30:32pm
21 DO WINGNUT WORDS SHOW THEY EVOLVED BRAINS?11!!  Wed, May 8, 2013 4:31:14pm

You know what’s sad? My life.

~Robert Stacy McCain #HeUsedToNeverBeSomebody

22 ProTARDISLiberal  Wed, May 8, 2013 4:31:49pm

re: #20 Vicious Babushka

Projection: He’s got all of it.

23 darthstar  Wed, May 8, 2013 4:33:05pm
24 Lidane  Wed, May 8, 2013 4:33:08pm

Glenn Beck’s real gift is convincing uneducated people that he’s not completely bugfuck insane.

Also, wasn’t “feeling someone’s pain” a cliche about Bill Clinton in the 90’s? WTF.

25 Vicious Babushka  Wed, May 8, 2013 4:33:20pm

DERP

26 Vicious Babushka  Wed, May 8, 2013 4:33:40pm

They’re unhinged.

27 ProTARDISLiberal  Wed, May 8, 2013 4:33:56pm

I’m coming to the conclusion that Republika Srpska is a state built on Genocide.

28 wrenchwench  Wed, May 8, 2013 4:34:29pm
29 Amory Blaine  Wed, May 8, 2013 4:36:32pm

Like a bartender walking up to a patron and saying “I know you are thirsty”. If you’re in line at a Beck book signing, you got fucking problems man.

30 wrenchwench  Wed, May 8, 2013 4:38:35pm

Thread soundtrack:

31 darthstar  Wed, May 8, 2013 4:39:45pm

re: #2 The Ghost of a Flea

Glenn Beck instantly feels your pain…

I’ve got some explosive diarrhea and severe cramping right now, Glenn, and my asshole feels like a fucking active volcano. Look into my eyes, please…you want to feel my pain, have at it. In fact, I wish it on you eternally. I really need to go home…but I think we have dinner plans…damn. Long night, here I come.

32 Kid A  Wed, May 8, 2013 4:40:13pm
33 Lidane  Wed, May 8, 2013 4:40:14pm

re: #26 Vicious Babushka

They’re unhinged.

The crazy on the far right got bumped up to ZOMG ELEVENTY DERP on November 4, 2008 and shows no signs of slowing down.

It’s amazing just how many people lost their goddamn minds when a black man got elected POTUS.

34 Kid A  Wed, May 8, 2013 4:41:22pm

I saw a lot of crap thrown W’s way when he was POTUS, but nothing even remotely comes close to what the right has thrown at Obama. Not. Even. Close.

35 wrenchwench  Wed, May 8, 2013 4:41:59pm

re: #31 darthstar

I’ve got some explosive diarrhea and severe cramping right now, Glenn, and my asshole feels like a fucking active volcano. Look into my eyes, please…you want to feel my pain, have at it. In fact, I wish it on you eternally. I really need to go home…but I think we have dinner plans…damn. Long night, here I come.

And you fell asleep while typing….

Go home. Cancel plans. Go to bed. Tomorrow’s version of you will be grateful.

36 Vicious Babushka  Wed, May 8, 2013 4:42:03pm

DERP

37 Amory Blaine  Wed, May 8, 2013 4:42:13pm

re: #33 Lidane

The crazy on the far right got bumped up to ZOMG ELEVENTY DERP on November 4, 2008 and shows no signs of slowing down.

It’s amazing just how many people lost their goddamn minds when a black man got elected POTUS.

38 Kid A  Wed, May 8, 2013 4:42:57pm

re: #36 Vicious Babushka


Thinker of my own device.Concerned parent & Amer.citizen. I take my permission to think seriously. I’m a conservative who doesn’t fit the mold. Lakota.

39 Kid A  Wed, May 8, 2013 4:44:57pm
40 Vicious Babushka  Wed, May 8, 2013 4:46:41pm

re: #38 Kid A

Why do they keep retweeting this bullshit when 2 seconds on Google proves they are wrong!

BTW there is no photo of Bush like this one:

41 Amory Blaine  Wed, May 8, 2013 4:50:50pm

Amazon Warehouse Workers Sue Over Security Checkpoint Waits

Whenever he clocked out after his 12-hour shift at an Amazon warehouse, Jesse Busk had one more critical task to perform before he could hop into his car and head home to sleep: Pass through the sprawling warehouse security checkpoint.

The purpose of the checkpoint was to prevent workers like Busk from pilfering electronics or other pricey goods from the Amazon stock. The process deeply annoyed Busk, but not because of any indignity he may have felt in being checked for contraband. What bothered him was the time it required after an exhausting day — up to 25 minutes, all of it unpaid.

Sorry to go off topic already.

42 thedopefishlives  Wed, May 8, 2013 4:52:48pm

re: #40 Vicious Babushka

Why do they keep retweeting this bullshit when 2 seconds on Google proves they are wrong!

BTW there is no photo of Bush like this one:

Because they don’t care if it’s wrong, they just want to hate Obama.

43 Vicious Babushka  Wed, May 8, 2013 4:54:48pm

re: #42 thedopefishlives

Because they don’t care if it’s wrong, they just want to hate Obama.

It’s not that it’s wrong, they tweet wrong shit all day long, it’s just that it’s so laughably disproved in a single Google search, are they so stupid they don’t even know this?

44 EPR-radar  Wed, May 8, 2013 4:56:22pm

re: #42 thedopefishlives

Because they don’t care if it’s wrong, they just want to hate Obama.

The GOP convention of 2012 apparently did not include ‘two minutes of hate’. This deficiency may be remedied in 2016.

45 thedopefishlives  Wed, May 8, 2013 4:57:03pm

re: #43 Vicious Babushka

It’s not that it’s wrong, they tweet wrong shit all day long, it’s just that it’s so laughably disproved in a single Google search, are they so stupid they don’t even know this?

And I maintain that it’s not that they’re stupid, they just don’t freaking care.

46 EPR-radar  Wed, May 8, 2013 4:59:12pm

re: #45 thedopefishlives

And I maintain that it’s not that they’re stupid, they just don’t freaking care.

And many wingnuts seem to have lost the ability to relate to anything outside their self-defined reality.

It was a real surprise when this effect screwed up the Romney campaign polling in 2012.

47 Kid A  Wed, May 8, 2013 5:02:25pm

I think my favorite wingnut meme is the

DEMOCRATS ARE THE REAL RACISTS!!!

when they discuss the civil rights movement. They never face up to the fact that those same Democrats became Republicans overnight.

48 Lawrence Schmerel  Wed, May 8, 2013 5:02:50pm

He can read minds. Like a real psychotic.

49 Amory Blaine  Wed, May 8, 2013 5:03:00pm

A Final Embrace: The Most Haunting Photograph from Bangladesh

Many powerful photographs have been made in the aftermath of the devastating collapse of a garment factory on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh. But one photo, by Bangladeshi photographer Taslima Akhter, has emerged as the most heart wrenching, capturing an entire country’s grief in a single image.

Shahidul Alam, Bangladeshi photographer, writer and founder of Pathshala, the South Asian Institute of Photography, said of the photo: “This image, while deeply disturbing, is also hauntingly beautiful. An embrace in death, its tenderness rises above the rubble to touch us where we are most vulnerable. By making it personal, it refuses to let go. This is a photograph that will torment us in our dreams. Quietly it tells us. Never again.”

50 Vicious Babushka  Wed, May 8, 2013 5:03:49pm

re: #47 Kid A

I think my favorite wingnut meme is the

when they discuss the civil rights movement. They never face up to the fact that those same Democrats became Republicans overnight.

The last Republican to give a shit about civil rights was that RINO commie Eisenhower.

51 Kid A  Wed, May 8, 2013 5:06:15pm

re: #49 Amory Blaine

That is an amazing photograph.

52 Vicious Babushka  Wed, May 8, 2013 5:06:54pm
53 gwangung  Wed, May 8, 2013 5:07:50pm

re: #47 Kid A

I think my favorite wingnut meme is the

when they discuss the civil rights movement. They never face up to the fact that those same Democrats became Republicans overnight.

It’s like they ignore the fact THERE ARE STILL PEOPLE ALIVE FROM THAT ERA. And they, for SURE, know who the real racists are.

54 Kid A  Wed, May 8, 2013 5:08:27pm

re: #49 Amory Blaine

From the comments, lol:

I suppose this photo is powerful in its own way, but it’s also a distraction. Shouldn’t we, as a nation, be focusing on Kim Kardashian’s pregnancy?

55 Romantic Heretic  Wed, May 8, 2013 5:11:18pm

re: #20 Vicious Babushka

That’s good advice, Mr. McCain.

You should take it.

56 bratwurst  Wed, May 8, 2013 5:12:12pm

I’ve been schooled:

57 AlexRogan  Wed, May 8, 2013 5:16:54pm

re: #18 Vicious Babushka

Look who’s irrelevant!

Robert Stacy who?

58 Charles Johnson  Wed, May 8, 2013 5:22:20pm

re: #18 Vicious Babushka

The twisted racist freak likes to announce publicly that I’m irrelevant and nobody loves me, at regular intervals. Seems to assuage some deep need. Real psycho obsessive stuff.

59 Charles Johnson  Wed, May 8, 2013 5:23:28pm
60 OLDHEAD  Wed, May 8, 2013 5:26:58pm

You couldn’t pay me to watch that clip. Beck is a creep and his psycho bullshit got old 10 years ago before he went completely off the rails.

61 efuseakay  Wed, May 8, 2013 5:27:23pm

re: #39 Kid A

Dick Cheney was prepared. PREPARED I tell you!

62 bratwurst  Wed, May 8, 2013 5:29:38pm

Ok, I’ve learned my lesson…no more snarky replies to Glenn Beck.

63 thedopefishlives  Wed, May 8, 2013 5:34:28pm

re: #62 bratwurst

Ok, I’ve learned my lesson…no more snarky replies to Glenn Beck.

Obama’s state run media? When did that happen?

64 Vicious Babushka  Wed, May 8, 2013 5:34:42pm

re: #58 Charles Johnson

The twisted racist freak likes to announce publicly that I’m irrelevant and nobody loves me, at regular intervals. Seems to assuage some deep need. Real psycho obsessive stuff.

You’re so irrelevant he’s begging you to pay attention to him.

65 Renaissance_Man  Wed, May 8, 2013 5:36:29pm

re: #33 Lidane

The crazy on the far right got bumped up to ZOMG ELEVENTY DERP on November 4, 2008 and shows no signs of slowing down.

It’s amazing just how many people lost their goddamn minds when a black man got elected POTUS.

I still believe it would be exactly the same level of hate, just without an obvious racist flavour, had it been Hillary.

It’s not really underlying racism, it’s just an addiction to hate.

66 Vicious Babushka  Wed, May 8, 2013 5:39:06pm

I have to say the “Dead Giveaway” autotune is much better than “Hide yo wife, hide yo kids” autotune.

67 EPR-radar  Wed, May 8, 2013 5:40:08pm

re: #65 Renaissance_Man

I still believe it would be exactly the same level of hate, just without an obvious racist flavour, had it been Hillary.

It’s not really underlying racism, it’s just an addiction to hate.

Which raises the disturbing question of how this all comes to an end. I would prefer not to see some US wingnut gotterdammerung in my lifetime, but freaks like these don’t usually calm down on their own.

68 HappyWarrior  Wed, May 8, 2013 5:41:35pm

re: #67 EPR-radar

Which raises the disturbing question of how this all comes to an end. I would prefer not to see some US wingnut gotterdammerung in my lifetime, but freaks like these don’t usually calm down on their own.

The GOP needs a new Eisenhower just like they did in the 50’s following FDR and WWII/The New Deal for such a thing to happen. Unfortunately, all their candidates want to be the next Reagan rather than the next Eisenhower.

69 ProTARDISLiberal  Wed, May 8, 2013 5:41:48pm

I’ve finshed “Tenth Circle of Hell.”

I won’t write the page until tomorrow, when I cool down a bit from what I read about. It was infuriating.

However, the end of the book taught me that the International Red Cross/Red Crescent is a great organization, that I should give money too once in a better position.

70 Vicious Babushka  Wed, May 8, 2013 5:42:10pm

re: #68 HappyWarrior

The GOP needs a new Eisenhower just like they did in the 50’s following FDR and WWII/The New Deal for such a thing to happen. Unfortunately, all their candidates want to be the next Reagan rather than the next Eisenhower.

Chris Christie, but he’s a RINO.

71 Renaissance_Man  Wed, May 8, 2013 5:43:09pm

re: #67 EPR-radar

Which raises the disturbing question of how this all comes to an end. I would prefer not to see some US wingnut gotterdammerung in my lifetime, but freaks like these don’t usually calm down on their own.

Actually, I think they do. I’ve seen it myself, in people who just stop listening to Rush and watching Fox. They admit, some months later, that they just don’t feel as angry any more all the time. The constant emotional manipulation is a powerful and addictive thing, made all the worse by the fact that people will actively seek out things that will give them the fix of hate they need. But people do deprogram.

72 HappyWarrior  Wed, May 8, 2013 5:43:25pm

re: #70 Vicious Babushka

Chris Christie, but he’s a RINO.

Exactly. Christie instead of having his chances of being the Republican nominee raised after Sandy had them lowered because he acted like a statesman rather than a partisan hack.

73 Bubblehead II  Wed, May 8, 2013 5:43:26pm

Night Lizards

74 Vicious Babushka  Wed, May 8, 2013 5:45:30pm
75 EPR-radar  Wed, May 8, 2013 5:46:19pm

re: #68 HappyWarrior

The GOP needs a new Eisenhower just like they did in the 50’s following FDR and WWII/The New Deal for such a thing to happen. Unfortunately, all their candidates want to be the next Reagan rather than the next Eisenhower.

Unfortunately, I don’t think such a relatively normal political realignment is possible now. For one thing, a new Eisenhower in the GOP would be hard to distinguish from many Democrats these days.

On the other hand, there was an enormous amount of RW hatred of FDR that mostly dissipated after WWII, so perhaps it isn’t as impossible as I fear.

76 HappyWarrior  Wed, May 8, 2013 5:46:22pm

What there needs to be in the Republican party is someone who has the courage to tell people like Limbaugh, Hanntiy, Beck, and others that they’re full of shit. And frankly, social moderation needs to be seen as a virtue rather than being a demerit. The Republican Party hasn’t learned jackshit if you ask me from the past two elections. None of the presumed front runners is someone moderate and with crossover appeal. There was Christie but Christie but Christie’s become persona non grata as said.

77 Patricia Kayden  Wed, May 8, 2013 5:46:30pm

re: #34 Kid A

I saw a lot of crap thrown W’s way when he was POTUS, but nothing even remotely comes close to what the right has thrown at Obama. Not. Even. Close.

I agree with you. They threw a lot at Clinton too. I think the difference between Clinton and Obama is that Obama really hasn’t had any real scandals (none that I can think of). Nothing has stuck to him. I can’t see Benghazi being his Achilles heel.

And by 2016, I can’t imagine that Americans are going to care about Benghazi enough to hurt Secretary Clinton’s chances of being President.

78 goddamnedfrank  Wed, May 8, 2013 5:46:43pm

re: #74 Vicious Babushka

Pretty sure he’s kissing it, with tongue.

79 EPR-radar  Wed, May 8, 2013 5:47:58pm

re: #71 Renaissance_Man

Actually, I think they do. I’ve seen it myself, in people who just stop listening to Rush and watching Fox. They admit, some months later, that they just don’t feel as angry any more all the time. The constant emotional manipulation is a powerful and addictive thing, made all the worse by the fact that people will actively seek out things that will give them the fix of hate they need. But people do deprogram.

Individuals can deprogram (with time and effort), but it is much harder to see how the GOP leadership gets off the back of this extremist/Tea Party tiger they are riding.

80 HappyWarrior  Wed, May 8, 2013 5:48:02pm

re: #75 EPR-radar

Unfortunately, I don’t think such a relatively normal political realignment is possible now. For one thing, a new Eisenhower in the GOP would be hard to distinguish from many Democrats these days.

On the other hand, there was an enormous amount of RW hatred of FDR that mostly dissipated after WWII, so perhaps it isn’t as impossible as I fear.

True on both points. And I agree, I guess what I mean about a new Eisenhower is someone who transcends party and isn’t blinded by party label. All these guys want to be Ronald Reagan but the one thing that Reagan had that none of them have is optimism. They’re all a bunch of America is doomed eleventy asses.

81 Vicious Babushka  Wed, May 8, 2013 5:51:53pm

re: #75 EPR-radar

Unfortunately, I don’t think such a relatively normal political realignment is possible now. For one thing, a new Eisenhower in the GOP would be hard to distinguish from many Democrats these days.

On the other hand, there was an enormous amount of RW hatred of FDR that mostly dissipated after WWII, so perhaps it isn’t as impossible as I fear.

Yeah but, we don’t want to have to go through another World War. That would suck.

82 goddamnedfrank  Wed, May 8, 2013 5:52:06pm
83 EPR-radar  Wed, May 8, 2013 5:53:33pm

re: #80 HappyWarrior

True on both points. And I agree, I guess what I mean about a new Eisenhower is someone who transcends party and isn’t blinded by party label. All these guys want to be Ronald Reagan but the one thing that Reagan had that none of them have is optimism. They’re all a bunch of America is doomed eleventy asses.

I wouldn’t say Reagan transcended party. By 1979, he was consistently pushing things as far to the right as they would go, and the Reagan years set the stage for much of the grief we see today.

Reagan was a good enough politician that he could attract crossover votes from disaffected Democrats and independents. He did it with charm and appeal, as opposed to any real moderation in his political positions.

84 Joanne  Wed, May 8, 2013 5:54:41pm

re: #68 HappyWarrior

The GOP needs a new Eisenhower just like they did in the 50’s following FDR and WWII/The New Deal for such a thing to happen. Unfortunately, all their candidates want to be the next Reagan rather than the next Eisenhower.

No, all their candidates want to be zombie Reagan, the imaginary Reagan in their minds. In reality, where most of us live, Reagan raised taxes, raised the debt to then never head of limits, and did amnesty for those pesky illegals.

Reagan is the original RINO in today’s GOP.

85 ProTARDISLiberal  Wed, May 8, 2013 5:54:49pm

re: #81 Vicious Babushka

Heck, I think there is a possibility that Eisenhower would be to the LEFT of today’s Democrats.

86 HappyWarrior  Wed, May 8, 2013 5:54:59pm

re: #83 EPR-radar

I wouldn’t say Reagan transcended party. By 1979, he was consistently pushing things as far to the right as they would go, and the Reagan years set the stage for much of the grief we see today.

Reagan was a good enough politician that he could attract crossover votes from disaffected Democrats and independents. He did it with charm and appeal, as opposed to any real moderation in his political positions.

Oh, you misread me. I said Eisenhower transcended party. I didn’t say that Reagan did. I just said that Reagan unlike the Republican candidates of 2016 wasn’t a doom and gloomer. Totally agree with what you’re saying about Reagan right here.

87 Charles Johnson  Wed, May 8, 2013 5:55:06pm
88 HappyWarrior  Wed, May 8, 2013 5:55:56pm

re: #85 ProBosniaLiberal

Heck, I think there is a possibility that Eisenhower would be to the LEFT of today’s Democrats.

There’s not a possibility. He would be. Hell Nixon would be a liberal today. Ford would probably be too when you consider that he and Betty supported ERA and GLBT rights.

89 HappyWarrior  Wed, May 8, 2013 5:58:16pm

re: #84 Joanne

No, all their candidates want to be zombie Reagan, the imaginary Reagan in their minds. In reality, where most of us live, Reagan raised taxes, raised the debt to then never head of limits, and did amnesty for those pesky illegals.

Reagan is the original RINO in today’s GOP.

You’re right. I should have clarified to explain that they want to be Abstract Reagan whereas Reagan the real man is the guy who talked with the USSR, appointed Sandra Day O’Connor to the USSC, signed an amnesty, raised taxes, etc amongst other things.

90 ProTARDISLiberal  Wed, May 8, 2013 5:58:26pm

re: #88 HappyWarrior

If Eisenhower came back from the dead, I would vote for him in a heartbeat. Hell, if anyone from FDR to Johnson did so, I would vote for them in a NYC minute.

Same with Teddy Roosevelt, Lincoln, and a few others.

91 HappyWarrior  Wed, May 8, 2013 6:00:10pm

re: #90 ProBosniaLiberal

If Eisenhower came back from the dead, I would vote for him in a heartbeat. Hell, if anyone from FDR to Johnson did so, I would vote for them in a NYC minute.

Same with Teddy Roosevelt, Lincoln, and a few others.

You wouldn’t be alone there.

92 Charles Johnson  Wed, May 8, 2013 6:00:59pm

I looked into the face of Glenn, and cried, and now there is only Glenn. I have never been happier. Everything is gonna be OK.

93 thedopefishlives  Wed, May 8, 2013 6:02:06pm

re: #92 Charles Johnson

I looked into the face of Glenn, and cried, and now there is only Glenn. I have never been happier. Everything is gonna be OK.

ALL HAIL HYPNOTOAD.

Oh, whoops. Wrong line.

94 HappyWarrior  Wed, May 8, 2013 6:02:19pm

Sometimes I wonder how much of this is really generational and instead merely cultural. As I said, Gerald Ford who would be 100 this July was more progressive on GLBT rights than many elected Republicans are today. As a millennial, I want to deeply believe that issues like choice, contraception, and GLBT rights are generational but I just can’t fully accept knowing that there were right leaning judges and Republican presidents more progressive minded on that issue than their counterparts today. Generation is important but I fear it’s not everything.

95 Decatur Deb  Wed, May 8, 2013 6:05:34pm

re: #94 HappyWarrior

Sometimes I wonder how much of this is really generational and instead merely cultural. As I said, Gerald Ford who would be 100 this July was more progressive on GLBT rights than many elected Republicans are today. As a millennial, I want to deeply believe that issues like choice, contraception, and GLBT rights are generational but I just can’t fully accept knowing that there were right leaning judges and Republican presidents more progressive minded on that issue than their counterparts today. Generation is important but I fear it’s not everything.

Generational progress is nothing, if you choose to do the same old shit.

96 Lidane  Wed, May 8, 2013 6:05:39pm

re: #93 thedopefishlives

ALL HAIL HYPNOTOAD.

Oh, whoops. Wrong line.

97 aagcobb  Wed, May 8, 2013 6:06:50pm

Love the wingnut logic. Free breakfasts at school are bad because hungry children will learn to pull themselves up by their own bootstraps rather than become wards of the state.

98 EPR-radar  Wed, May 8, 2013 6:07:14pm

re: #94 HappyWarrior

Sometimes I wonder how much of this is really generational and instead merely cultural. As I said, Gerald Ford who would be 100 this July was more progressive on GLBT rights than many elected Republicans are today. As a millennial, I want to deeply believe that issues like choice, contraception, and GLBT rights are generational but I just can’t fully accept knowing that there were right leaning judges and Republican presidents more progressive minded on that issue than their counterparts today. Generation is important but I fear it’s not everything.

It is unfortunate that progress can’t be taken for granted. I think the main reason for this is that keeping the US culture wars going is perfect for distracting just about everyone from many of the real issues we face (e.g., extreme wealth concentration, people at the top being above the law, etc.)

99 HappyWarrior  Wed, May 8, 2013 6:07:38pm

re: #95 Decatur Deb

Generational progress is nothing, if you choose to do the same old shit.

Sounds right.

100 wrenchwench  Wed, May 8, 2013 6:09:45pm

I just Benghazied some brake pads into their caliper, which was much more difficult than it was supposed to be, and when I threw my hands up in the air, hollering “YES!”, one of them whacked the bike’s seat, and now it hurts.

Does Glenn make house shop calls?

101 thedopefishlives  Wed, May 8, 2013 6:10:47pm

re: #100 wrenchwench

I just Benghazied some brake pads into their caliper, which was much more difficult than it was supposed to be, and when I threw my hands up in the air, hollering “YES!”, one of them whacked the bike’s seat, and now it hurts.

Does Glenn make house shop calls?

No, but it works over the Interwebs.

102 Joanne  Wed, May 8, 2013 6:10:50pm

re: #97 aagcobb

Love the wingnut logic. Free breakfasts at school are bad because hungry children will learn to pull themselves up by their own bootstraps rather than become wards of the state.

Reason #585 why I hate “conservatives”. They’re total sociopaths. This I-Got-Mine-Fuck-You attitude brings tears to my eyes. Their disdain for humanity is revolting.

103 goddamnedfrank  Wed, May 8, 2013 6:11:55pm

re: #90 ProBosniaLiberal

If Eisenhower came back from the dead, I would vote for him in a heartbeat.

Really? By today’s standards he was a gigantic bigot.

Fifty-five years ago today, on April 27, 1953, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed Executive Order 10450, which mandated the firing of all federal employees who were determined to be guilty of “sexual perversion.” Over the next two decades, thousands of gays and lesbians would loose their jobs solely because of their sexual orientation.

Eisenhower is the reason that this nation lost the services of many good, talented people, like Frank Kameny.

104 wrenchwench  Wed, May 8, 2013 6:11:55pm

re: #101 thedopefishlives

No, but it works over the Interwebs.

Do I have to watch the video again?

105 Decatur Deb  Wed, May 8, 2013 6:12:27pm

re: #104 wrenchwench

Do I have to watch the video again?

Lay your hands on the monitor this time.

106 thedopefishlives  Wed, May 8, 2013 6:12:27pm

re: #104 wrenchwench

Do I have to watch the video again?

Every time you need to repent, you need to watch it again. It’s an incentive not to screw up, y’see.

107 wrenchwench  Wed, May 8, 2013 6:13:13pm

Now I have to do the front brake.

108 HappyWarrior  Wed, May 8, 2013 6:14:07pm

re: #102 Joanne

Reason #585 why I hate “conservatives”. They’re total sociopaths. This I-Got-Mine-Fuck-You attitude brings tears to my eyes. Their disdain for humanity is revolting.

It’s like some of them want an oligarchy. The worst though are the people like Paul Ryan, who bitch about government and vote against similar and the same programs that helped get them good jobs. That’s why I could never be a conservative. I realize that government has helped me. I realize while government is not perfect or always the answer, it’s not an evil in itself.

109 thedopefishlives  Wed, May 8, 2013 6:14:48pm

re: #107 wrenchwench

Now I have to do the front brake.

Do not fear. Glenn is watching over you.

110 jaunte  Wed, May 8, 2013 6:15:39pm

So, which of the con blogs have declared victory in
Benghazigate?

111 Charles Johnson  Wed, May 8, 2013 6:15:54pm

OK, I took a quick shower and now Glenn is just a raving freakazoid nut sandwich again.

112 thedopefishlives  Wed, May 8, 2013 6:16:12pm

re: #110 jaunte

So, which of the con blogs have declared victory in
Benghazigate?

Yes.

113 EPR-radar  Wed, May 8, 2013 6:16:19pm

re: #102 Joanne

Reason #585 why I hate “conservatives”. They’re total sociopaths. This I-Got-Mine-Fuck-You attitude brings tears to my eyes. Their disdain for humanity is revolting.

‘Death cult’ sums up this aspect of the wing nut world view nicely.

From the death penalty, to war mongering, to “let them die” (if medically uninsured), to stand your ground in public places, to support for denial of legal due process, to support for torture, there is a consistent urge to turn people into hated ‘others’ to be killed or maimed.

114 wrenchwench  Wed, May 8, 2013 6:16:33pm

BTW, is there anyone here who hasn’t updinged this yet? 9 more to reach 100!

115 JeffFX  Wed, May 8, 2013 6:17:56pm

re: #18 Vicious Babushka

@rsmccain For someone who’s irrelevant, you sure think about and talk about him a lot.You really can’t stand that he wised up to the RW derp

116 Charles Johnson  Wed, May 8, 2013 6:20:57pm

re: #110 jaunte

So, which of the con blogs have declared victory in
Benghazigate?

It was weak. Even the winger blogs seem to be getting a vague sense that it’s not working. The stupid ones are going crazy, but on the mainstream right there’s none of that furious baying pack of hounds thing we’d be seeing by now if there was something really juicy today.

It was a wash.

117 gwangung  Wed, May 8, 2013 6:23:05pm

re: #97 aagcobb

Love the wingnut logic. Free breakfasts at school are bad because hungry children will learn to pull themselves up by their own bootstraps rather than become wards of the state.

Penny wise, pound foolish.

They think nothing of starving and killing potential Einsteins (unless they’re embryos).

118 Amory Blaine  Wed, May 8, 2013 6:25:03pm

re: #92 Charles Johnson

I looked into the face of Glenn, and cried, and now there is only Glenn. I have never been happier. Everything is gonna be OK.

Sometimes my special snowflake has to wipe away the tears and put on a stiff upper lip.

~someones mom

119 jaunte  Wed, May 8, 2013 6:26:31pm

According to convicted bribe-taker and cover-up expert Oliver North, Admiral Mike Mullen and Ambassador Thomas Pickering lack integrity.
thinkprogress.org

120 HappyWarrior  Wed, May 8, 2013 6:28:40pm

re: #119 jaunte

According to convicted bribe-taker and cover-up expert Oliver North, Admiral Mike Mullen and Ambassador Thomas Pickering lack integrity.
thinkprogress.org

Because if anyone should be asked to comment about integrity, it’s Oliver North. But thanks Fox News for giving this admitted liar a bully pulpit.

121 Kragar  Wed, May 8, 2013 6:32:34pm

Bachmann could face lawsuit for ‘propagating complete and utter lies’

A religious freedom advocate told U.S. News he is considering suing Rep. Michelle Bachmann (R-MN) over allegedly slanderous comments she made in a fundraising pitch.

“We are caucusing with our legal counsel to consider the most expeditious course of action we can take in a federal court to stop these bald-faced lies,” Mikey Weinstein of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF) said. “About 96 percent of our members [at MRFF] are Protestant or Roman Catholic… of our unpaid volunteers, at least well over 80 percent are Christian… I say [to Bachmann]: Tell it to the judge.”

Earlier this month conservative bloggers falsely claimed that Weinstein was behind a plan to court-martial Christians in the military who shared their faith. The conspiracy was quickly debunked by the Pentagon itself, which noted that proselytizing — a form of religious harassment — has long been prohibited, but service members are free to evangelize and speak about their faith.

122 wrenchwench  Wed, May 8, 2013 6:33:37pm

Wow. The front brake pads went right in like they’re supposed to.

Thanks Glenn!

123 EPR-radar  Wed, May 8, 2013 6:34:56pm

re: #103 goddamnedfrank

Really? By today’s standards he was a gigantic bigot.

Eisenhower is the reason that this nation lost the services of many good, talented people, like Frank Kameny.

From the linked article, it looks more like Eisenhower’s executive order was the culmination of years of institutionalized hysteria about ‘perverts in government’, driven by a baying mob including McCarthy.

Eisenhower’s signature went on the executive order, but the blame for it is certainly not 100% on Eisenhower.

124 thedopefishlives  Wed, May 8, 2013 6:38:07pm

re: #122 wrenchwench

Wow. The front brake pads went right in like they’re supposed to.

Thanks Glenn!

Glenn wants you to know that you are welcome.

125 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce  Wed, May 8, 2013 6:39:59pm

re: #122 wrenchwench

Wow. The front brake pads went right in like they’re supposed to.

Thanks Glenn!

This would be my luck.

126 Single-handed sailor  Wed, May 8, 2013 6:41:02pm

re: #94 HappyWarrior

Sometimes I wonder how much of this is really generational and instead merely cultural. As I said, Gerald Ford who would be 100 this July was more progressive on GLBT rights than many elected Republicans are today. As a millennial, I want to deeply believe that issues like choice, contraception, and GLBT rights are generational but I just can’t fully accept knowing that there were right leaning judges and Republican presidents more progressive minded on that issue than their counterparts today. Generation is important but I fear it’s not everything.

My high school was protesting for gay rights back in 1973/4. We invited lots of controversial speakers including those for gay rights, and Margo St James for Coyote, which she was trying to organize as a prostitution union at the time. The school on the other hand was trying to protect our delicate minds.

127 GeneJockey  Wed, May 8, 2013 6:41:41pm

re: #117 gwangung

Penny wise, pound foolish.

They think nothing of starving and killing potential Einsteins (unless they’re embryos).

Yeah, but who needs Scientists anyway? Scientists claims there’s Global Warming and Evolution!

128 GeneJockey  Wed, May 8, 2013 6:45:37pm

re: #94 HappyWarrior

You know what a lot of it is, I think? The Bubble. One Wingnut I know talks about hearing Rush on the radio for the first time and thinking, “Hey, this guy says what I’ve only been thinking!”

So, the problem is that prior to the advent of Rush and Right Wing Hate radio, a lot of proto-wingnuts didn’t have anyone to validate their hatred and bigotry. The Right Wing Noise Machine not only provides ‘evidence’ for them that everything is as they think it is, it also makes it okay to think and say things that you really should be ashamed to have thought.

129 EPR-radar  Wed, May 8, 2013 6:52:23pm

re: #128 GeneJockey

You know what a lot of it is, I think? The Bubble. One Wingnut I know talks about hearing Rush on the radio for the first time and thinking, “Hey, this guy says what I’ve only been thinking!”

So, the problem is that prior to the advent of Rush and Right Wing Hate radio, a lot of proto-wingnuts didn’t have anyone to validate their hatred and bigotry. The Right Wing Noise Machine not only provides ‘evidence’ for them that everything is as they think it is, it also makes it okay to think and say things that you really should be ashamed to have thought.

Back in the day there was Father Coughlin, but in general I agree that present-day RW talk radio is a much more effective amplifier of all of the worst aspects of american culture/politics, including racism, misogyny and homophobia.

Somehow, Rush Limbaugh’s $400 million contract for being Lord Foul of the open sewer of RW talk radio is the greatest obscenity of all.

130 chadu  Wed, May 8, 2013 6:58:13pm

re: #34 Kid A

I saw a lot of crap thrown W’s way when he was POTUS, but nothing even remotely comes close to what the right has thrown at Obama. Not. Even. Close.

And W was essentially a useless douchebag.

BDS has nothing on ODS.

131 chadu  Wed, May 8, 2013 6:59:33pm

re: #43 Vicious Babushka

They want to believe what they believe is fact, and reality be damned.

132 Vicious Babushka  Wed, May 8, 2013 7:02:11pm

re: #97 aagcobb

Love the wingnut logic. Free breakfasts at school are bad because hungry children will learn to pull themselves up by their own bootstraps rather than become wards of the state.

Whoa. I remember when Dennis Prager used to have Charles as a guest on his program. Was he always this fucking insane?

We have turned a corner and never looked back.

133 chadu  Wed, May 8, 2013 7:06:22pm

re: #90 ProBosniaLiberal

If Eisenhower came back from the dead, I would vote for him in a heartbeat. Hell, if anyone from FDR to Johnson did so, I would vote for them in a NYC minute.

Same with Teddy Roosevelt, Lincoln, and a few others.

I hate zombies. But if TR and AL came back as such, I would follow their standard, willingly.

134 wrenchwench  Wed, May 8, 2013 7:09:43pm

re: #125 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce

This would be my luck.

An hour and 20 minutes of Spalding Gray? Or do I have to watch it to see what you mean?

135 wrenchwench  Wed, May 8, 2013 7:12:13pm
136 Vicious Babushka  Wed, May 8, 2013 7:14:10pm

I tweeted this as a counterpoint to the wingnut photo of Reagan using the flag for a snot rag

137 Vicious Babushka  Wed, May 8, 2013 7:15:27pm

BUT NO BIRTH CONTROL FOR U SLUTZ. PUT AN ASPIRIN BETWEEN UR KNEEZ.
DERP.

138 SpaceJesus  Wed, May 8, 2013 7:27:17pm

re: #136 Vicious Babushka

totally photoshopped

139 goddamnedfrank  Wed, May 8, 2013 7:30:09pm

re: #123 EPR-radar

From the linked article, it looks more like Eisenhower’s executive order was the culmination of years of institutionalized hysteria about ‘perverts in government’, driven by a baying mob including McCarthy.

Eisenhower’s signature went on the executive order, but the blame for it is certainly not 100% on Eisenhower.

Nobody held a gun to the man’s head and forced him to sign that shit. He was a grown man and President of the US, he absolutely owns what he chose to put his name to. I’m not a big fan of contextualizing bigotry according to contemporary morés. Everyone gets to own their own behavior when faced with an ethical dilemma, so choosing to go along with a massive tide of public opinion doesn’t really mitigate objectively bad leadership in my opinion.

140 stabby  Wed, May 8, 2013 8:02:13pm

Damnit, LGF is unusably slow on my machine right now.
Disabling scripts from from twitter doesn’t help. Probably it’s the new key thing.

Firefox, windows7, atom netbook, 2 gig ram.

It takes 4 seconds after hitting scroll or typing a key for anything to happen.

141 stabby  Wed, May 8, 2013 8:06:00pm

Restarting firefox fixed it.

142 Patricia Kayden  Thu, May 9, 2013 6:18:33am

I’m sure this has already been noted before, but under Bush’s presidency, 60 diplomats were killed overseas. Love the graphic at the link.

occupy-my-blog.tumblr.com

143 majii  Thu, May 9, 2013 5:14:25pm

re: #53 gwangung

I’m one of those people, gwangung. I grew up under segregation. It pisses me off when one of these RW critters claim to know what it was like to live under segregation, and when they claim to know about the Civil Rights Movement. I was 18 years old before I could enter any public park or establishment that my parents helped to support with their tax money. It’s easy for these tools to try to appropriate the civil rights movement/civil rights for themselves and speak as if they would have been my “champion.” No way I believe this. Based on their behavior/words in regard to LGBTQ persons, the poor, the elderly, People of Color, etc. there’s no way I believe the BS they’re trying to peddle. What republicans don’t realize is that many young POC don’t buy their BS, either, and that even if they vote for immigration reform, it won’t suddenly make millions of us trust them/vote for them because we know they’re self-servig b*stards first, and that they give a little bit with one hand and take a whole lot more away with the other. Republicans are confounded as to why we don’t vote for them in large numbers. In their minds, we’re nowhere near as intelligent or interested in politics as they are. They can say what they want to about us, but we’re smart enough to stay away from poisonous snakes like them. Their goals are not our goals, even though they tell us they are. This is why Rand Paul got his ass handed to him at Howard University. I don’t think many republicans are aware of the fact that we were forced to assimilate into this culture, and what it really means. This means we know way more about them and how they think than they know about us and the way we think, or what we think on a range of issues. Assimilating into a society doesn’t mean one doesn’t/can’t retain the right to practice one’s right to thinking independently. My dearly departed parents were right when they told me that an education is something no one can take from you. The republicans think they can take away all of their ugly past over the last 60 years by telling us they’ve changed. I don’t see any pigs flying by my window.

144 RabbitRunner  Thu, May 9, 2013 8:50:28pm

re: #143 majii

Pretty contemptible when white Christian conservative males pretend they are the new Jews in Nazi Germany or the new blacks in Jim Crow South while they bleat about being victims of leftist oppression


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