Glenn Beck: You have to be like Gandalf to fight Obama

[RamboLiberal]

If resisting the White House’s agenda makes you Gandalf, does that mean that President Barack Obama — or, more broadly, the US government — is Sauron, dark lord of Mordor?

That seems to be the implication of Glenn Beck’s comments this morning on Fox News’ Fox & Friends, when the controversial news show host made the comparison between the American political situation and The Lord of the Rings.

Referring to what he sees as an attempted power grab by the Obama administration, Beck said: “You cannot give these people any more power. You know, it’s like Gandalf. Somebody needs to stand at that bridge and say ‘you shall not pass.’”

Fresh from his successful campaign to oust Van Jones as the White House green jobs adviser, Beck promised Tuesday morning that “I’m going to introduce you to another one tonight,” evidently referring to another member of the Obama administration that Beck plans to pursue.

Later on in the segment, he added: “By the end of the week you will see that something everybody feels in their gut is wrong — but nobody has really exposed it — is going to be exposed this week, and you will see by the end of the week that people will go to jail.”

http://rawstory.com/08/news/2009/09/08/beck-gandalf/

I'm at work so leaving it up to you DU'ers to rip this vile pompous fool Beck!

[jaxx]

1. The rightwing will be foaming at the mouth on this one.

Stand up to them and get ready to counteract the bullshit.

[dionysus]

2. beck is lower than a piece of shit.

[Jennicut]

3. Glenn Beck is more like Saruman...a vicious coward. Gandalf? Wisdom is not Beck' s strong suit.

And yes, I am a LOTR geek and have read the book and watched the movies over and over again.

[Gman2]

7. Crapola, he is wormtongue.

[Lorien]

8. You beat me to it

Sorry BecKKK, but Professor Tolkien was a tree hugging Liberal who would have cast you as the lowly minion of a dark master that you are.

[SidneyCarton]

19. +1

A man who speaks lies potent enough to destroy a nation.

[Jennicut]

13. Actually...Wormtongue is more appropriate.

:)

[grantcart]

4. Well it is a fact that excessive drinking does kill brain cells

Should have quit the booze a lot earlier Glenn.

[cliffordu]

6. Huh?? you taklking tooo mee>>??

[damntexdem]

5. What, a fantasy of someone's mind?

Well, if so, at least Gandolf, unlike Beck, is a fantasy of a literate person's mind. ;-)

[zbdent]

9. "and you will see by the end of the week that people will go to jail."

you mean like people who rape and murder young girls in 1990?

:evilgrin:

[Mystayya]

10. Gandalf would beat the crap out of Beck with his staff.

[Lars39]

11. Glen Beck's jealous of Gandalf's mad ninja wizard skills.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20QdaN_EOJY&NR=1

[Lorien]

12. He obviously missed the anti-corporate, anti-industry message of "The

Lord of the Rings". Tolkien felt that big corporations and industry was destroying England; both the way of life of it's citizens and the natural beauty of the world. The orcs represent mindless, enslaved workers and soldiers who destroy at their master's bidding because their master controls them with fear. When the orcs conquer an area the first thing they do is tear down all the trees ("wreck them all" command Saruman in the film). How is that different than Beck's cheering and glee when he broadcast an anti-environmentalist cutting down old growth trees just to upset nature lovers?

[ShortnFiery]

14. He's OUT THERE ...

"He's out there operating without any decent restraint.
Totally beyond the pale of any acceptable human conduct.
And he is still in the field commanding his troops."

[polichick]

15. The funny thing is the blubbering creep has no idea what he's so afraid of. nt

[Arkana]

16. That would work if Obama wasn't Gandalf, Spock, AND the goddamn Batman

rolled into one

[HopeOverFear]

20. and Shaft...don't forget Shaft

:rofl:

[burning rain]

17. Ah, but what if Obama's the Witch-King of Angmar,....

who surprised and overcame Gandalf at Gondor, and was about to finish him off--when he heard the trumpets of Rohan and hasted to fly off and meet King Theoden and his horsemen? Perhaps Beck needs to find a Eowyn/Merry the hobbit tagteam to take on the Lord of the Nazgul? Ah, but that won't work because Robert Reich is a loyal Democrat! lulz.

[SidneyCarton]

18. Tonight on Glenn Beck!

J.R.R. Tolkien wrenches himself from the tomb to throttle that "bloody stupid yank" that has been using his masterwork to back up his lunacy.

[PVnRT]

21. A telling comparison

Given that Tolkein's work is full of racist imagery, it makes sense for that racist scumbag to lump Obama in with the stand-ins in the book for the non-white European races who are shown as "evil."

[depakid]

22. Can anyone think of another western nation where someone who's clearly lost the plot

Would get this sort of airtime?

It's pretty clear (especially given his family history) that the man is mentally ill- and the condition is not improving.

What's it going to take? Suicide on the air?

[JBoy]

23. Well, Beck does remind me of a low bit-rate modem...