Beck: "handful of people who hate America are losing their homes in a forest fire today"

[RamboLiberal]

On the October 22 edition of his nationally syndicated radio program, host Glenn Beck stated, "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." Beck continued: "There are a few people that hate America. But I don't think the Democrats are those. I think there are those posing as Democrats that are like that." Beck's comment came as forest fires ravaged parts of Southern California, leaving one person dead, four firefighters wounded, and forcing about 1,500 people from their homes, according to The New York Times.

Beck's comment immediately followed his statement that "we're all one America" and "just because I disagree with you doesn't mean you hate America, and I love America. We all love America. We just disagree on how we should function." Beck had been distinguishing his views from those of California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R), who, according to the Financial Times, "has urged Republican presidential candidates to capture the political centre ground ahead of next year's election by focusing on healthcare reform and education." Beck criticized Schwarzenegger's proposed strategy as "not the way to win on any front" and offered the following clarification: "When I say on the air, and I've said it a lot lately, that we need to come together, and we need to get back into the center, we're being pushed on to the edges -- I want you to understand, that is not on policies. I don't mean that we come in the center on policies. We come to the center on principles."

http://mediamatters.org/items/200710220003

When is CNN going to drop this low-rated jerk?

[goclark]

1. They won't even have him say"I'm sorry" for anything

They want him to say exactly what they pay him to say.

It is so sad in Amerika these days.

[spanone]

2. news has never sunk so low

[dkofos]

36. I wouldn't call his show NEWS!!

[scarface2004]

3. beck means asshole!!

is that piece of crap still on the air?!?!!? it would be better if cnn just left the screen blank for christs sake!!!

[babylonsister]

4. He really is a pig. I can't even imagine saying something like that about

people who just lost everything.

[tsuki]

11. Why? He said it about the 9/11 survivors and the Katrina survivors.

But, down here, he's done a lot of damage to the Romney campaign, even among Independents (those formerly known as Republics.)

[babylonsister]

33. He was a pig then, and he's still a pig. nt

[fooj]

5. These fucking people need to be stopped. NOW.

Edit to add: San Diego County is RED.

[gateley]

9. OT - your avatar always makes me smile - thanks! nt

[Raksha]

34. Maybe SD County WON'T be so red after the word gets around.

They are really suffering there, and in northern L.A. county, and now we're threatened here in San Bernardiono county. What he's saying is, "If you're a lib'rul, I hope your house burns down." Even the cons aren't going to take kindly to that sentiment.

[TomClash]

6. He's a regular Smokey the Bear nt

[rucky]

7. Whenever I see a human tragedy...

I think of how I can use it to further my agenda.

WTG, Beck

[DearAbby]

64. Ranks right up there with 911 was because of the gay lifestyle

it was god's punnishment...spew by Pat Robertson.

Have you no decency, sir? ::smacks forehead::: what was I thinking?
Bastards will even politicize this disaster

[acmavm]

8. What the deal, him and Rush have a contest on for the most despicable

piece of two-legged garbage on the planet?

[redqueen]

10. I can't get over how STUPID this assclown is... San Diego is no liberal enclave.

:eyes:

[DBoon]

28. especially the areas hit by the fires

a lot of very conservative former military types live3 in those areas.

Most of those people have likely always voted republican

[redqueen]

30. LOVE your sig.

:hi:

[piesRsquare]

12. Does this asshole even fucking realize

that many of these fires are in areas that are REPUBLICAN STRONGHOLDS?!?!?!

Orange County is the REPUBLICAN CAPITOL OF CALIFORNIA, for fuck's sake!!!

Too angry to write more!!!


:grr: :grr: :grr: :grr: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :grr: :grr: :grr: :grr: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :grr: :grr: :grr:

[Sequoia]

13. He'd better not hope his home catches fire. Fire is a bad karma.

[riverdeep]

14. I read the actual comments from Beck on MM just now,

he doesn't make any sense. It's that simple. Total rambling. Especially this point, "I'm not even talking about -- the least I care about is winning the election." Huh? If you don't win the election, you don't get a seat at the table. Why wouldn't you care?

BTW, what the hell is his salary? I'm pretty sure he could've bought a house in Cali. Why wouldn't he identify with them?

[Horse with no Name]

15. They never apologize and they never back down

when forced in a corner, they say they misspoke and move on, but they NEVER say they are sorry.

[MrModerate]

16. Besides being despicable, he's also unintelligible . . .

"Don't come to the center on policies, come to the center on princples."

Outside of filling dead air -- which is apparently an FCC requirement -- and pure paid blatheration, what the bloody hell is that supposed to mean?

And CNN doesn't want to drop him because if they truly looked for a center-right commentator, they're afraid they'd end up with some no-opposable-thumb, serial-killer-candidate like Michael Savage and be stuck with him. Having a smiley-face dolt gives them street cred with other smiley-face dolts and allows them to mutter under their breaths, "I'll give you 'fair and balanced,' you schmucks."

[LeftCoast]

17. Hey CNN! Glenn Beck speaks for you!

You pay his salary. Do you really want to be spouting this kind of horse-shit?

[Fresh_Start]

18. LOL...San Diego county voted for Bush

but I bet he thought he was singling out democrats

[Disturbed]

19. Glenn Beck is only spouting his Mormon values.

He has been consistent with those.

[Fresh_Start]

22. Since when is it Mormon values to call

other people names like 'America haters'?

Other Mormons seem to be content with trying to convert people without labelling them as anti-American

[MindPilot]

21. Please...

FUCK OFF.

Thank you.

[Hekate]

20. Oh now I get it. He thinks all 38 million Californians live in Malibu & are lib-ruls

Christ on a trailer hitch, WHY is this man allowed air time? What an ignorant hateful pig.

PS to Beck: Mel Gibson lives in Malibu.

Hekate

[sce56]

53. I was about to say that! Malibu is more liberal but the biggest evacs are in Red territory SD County

[Greyskye]

23. I see another "Worst Person in the World" win for Beck.

:puke:

Paging Keith Olberman!

[Disturbed]

25. "Since when is it Mormon values to call

other people names like 'America haters'?

These are Beck's Mormon values, not "Mormon values". See the diff.?

[marmar]

24. What a festering pile of hippo dung.....

Hell is going to be overwhelmed by right wingers. :evilfrown: :evilfrown:

[Contrary1]

26. Between Beck and Gallagher today,

Olbermann will have a hard time picking the worst person in the world.

Do they ever think before they open open their hateful mouths?

[rodeodance]

27. I hope you ALL write your feedback to cnn

[Raksha]

29. What an evil bastard! How can anyone be that cruel,

even a right-winger? I'm in San Bernardino county, and today for the first time there is the smell of smoke and haze from the new fire in Fontana. Now I know how those people in Florida feel when they are threatened by hurricanes and the evil RW preachers tell them it's punishment for their sins! I've never listened to Glenn Beck...all I know is his name, but I hate his guts! How can this bastard SNEER at our misfortune? Is he even a human being?

Edited to add: I just now read the entire OP, and I now I see that Glenn Beck was making some attempt to distinguish "Democrats" from "people who hate America." Has he ever done that before? If not, I wonder how he distinguishes between "Democrats" and "people who hate America." It seems like RWWs use those terms interchangeably.

[Initech]

31. What a dick!

This "California is on fire" shit isn't anything to laugh at, asshole. This is like emergency condition weather. It fucking sucks.

[SammyWinstonJack]

32. Here's his first problem, he "thinks".

:eyes:

[Quantess]

67. His 3 brain cells are fighting.

[spanone]

35. when ideology trumps humanism it exposes fools like beck for what they are. assholes

[AntiFascist]

37. This is stupid...

Orange County and San Diego County are full of conservatives and Pepperdine University is a very right-wing religious school. It would be nice if the Blackwater Camp burned.

[AntiFascist]

63. Just for the record...

my above post was not meant to imply that I wish any harm on residents of these areas, I was merely trying to point out the fallacy of what Beck was trying to say. I hope the fires are dealt with quickly and there is no more suffering due to them. Also, I didn't know that there really was a fire in the planned Blackwater camp area and I certainly would not wish any harm to come to the surrounding communities.

[OzarkDem]

38. No doubt most right wingers agree with him

along with those that troll and post here.

[stlsaxman]

39. PLEASE specify GLENN Beck... not the musician.

sorry but when i read that i said to myself "Man, Beck has become an ASSHOLE!?!?!"

*shwew*

[RamboLiberal]

45. Who?

I had to google musician Beck. I try but I'm not completely up to date on pop culture. B-)

[stlsaxman]

47. dude- Beck Hanson is da shiznitz (that means he's really good)!

his new album is wonderful... fun, eerie and beautiful.

hope i helped your awareness of popular culture along this evening ! ;)

[hatrack]

40. Well gee, Glenn, why don't you pick up a Pulaski and hit the fire line, you big tough conservative?

Maybe you'd be able to do something useful for a change, assuming (of course) that you didn't just fill your pants and run in drippy, squishy panic for the nearest exit road in your first five minutes on the job.

Otherwise, SHUT THE FUCK UP.

[long_green]

41. What is it with us?

someone like Beck hears about these fires and says, "good. They're just a bunch of liberals."
someone else hears about it and says, "good. San Diego County is GOP country."
I'm not trying to say "Oh Dear, you people are monsters," but something else instead. When some people hear of a disaster, they feel the need to identify the unfortunate people affected as somehow deserving their misfortune. Really weird.

[MedleyMisty]

51. I think it's part of their psychological makeup

Google "authoritarian personality". Basically, they're messed up in the head.

[Arugula Latte]

42. I'll be waiting with bated breath for Reid and Pelosi to condemn Beck.

I'm sure it will happen, because they're so concerned with unseemly comments from the left, they must be equally concerned with comments from the right.

[mmonk]

68. Don't hold your breath. That would be dangerous.

Besides, the comment wasn't involving the military anyway.

[LeftishBrit]

43. Whaattttt???

What a loathsome, disgusting thing to say.

'Hate America'??? And to say it in the context of people losing their homes to a forest fire?

I really hope that the forest fires are controlled, and that everyone will be OK, or as OK as possible.

And I hope that Glenn Beck gets the boot for saying things like that!

[JuniperLea]

44. His Karma Bank is Now Bankrupt!

He will reap what he has sewn.


My sister is about to lose her home... again. She lost her home in the Lake Arrowhead fires of 2003, rebuilt, and has evacuated again. My brother lost his home as well in the fires of 2003; he has evacuated. They are not rich, and they have five kids under the age of 16 between them.

This is the sickest thing I've read in a while... I don't even want to type his name.

[devilgrrl]

46. I hope your sister is okay.

:hug:

[JuniperLea]

52. Thanks, devilgrrl

I needed that:)

[knight_of_the_star]

48. This asshat better get his ass fired for saying something like that

That easily makes Imus' comments look like kids making yo mamma jokes.

[RainDog]

49. Beckerhead, not Beck

please, call him something other than Beck. Beck is an excellent musician who has created things of beauty and wonderment.

Glenn Beck is a peckerhead. so, rather than confuse the two, can we officially refer to Glenn Beck as Beckerhead?

Surely he'll be thrilled... like he's getting his own Limpballs insulting nickname.

oh, and his remarks are...what? We come to the center on principles? what in the hell does he mean by that? but not on policies. okay, so what sort of center is that? Certainly not the folks he agitates for.

[Quantess]

50. The face of CNN "Headline News"

CNN has lost a huge chunk of its credibility now that they have Glenn Beck.

[sce56]

54. Got the bronze on Olbermann's Worst Person in the World!

[Raksha]

58. Yeah, I heard that. For the first time I question Keith's judgment...

I was sure Beck would be in first place today. But when I heard who did place first and what he said, I have to agree it was a tough call. Always lots of competition in that area!

[Cha]

55. glen beck is a fucking liar..anyone

can see he's a fucking fascist prig who Hates America.

[bdamomma]

56. that is a venomous remark.

geez, what the hell are wrong with these people (beck), that's if you could call them people.

[KitchenWitch]

57. Is Beck being tutored by Ann Coulter?

:nuke:

[Faryn Balyncd]

59. Is he talking about Potrero? Is he saying that to oppose Blackwater is to "hate America"?

[Faryn Balyncd]

60. Does C.N.N. now believe that Blackwater is the essence of America?

This is par for the course for a radio hatemonger who thought a caller who claimed to be a CIA agent who specialized in interrogations aided by pulling teeth out with pliers was the Messiah.http://mediamatters.org/items/200510070011

But the real disgrace in this sorry affair is C.N.N., a once proud network that has sunk far below Fox. At least Fox plowed new ground.

[ShortnFiery]

61. How can this hate-monger keep his show? ... I expect O'Reilly on FOX, but CNN ...

continuing to promote the racist and "all things liberal hater," one each, Glenn Beck?!? :shrug:

[Faryn Balyncd]

62. Email C.N.N......Ask them how much they pay this poser to say protesting Blackwater = "hate America"

http://www.cnn.com/feedback/



C.N.N. pays its propagandist to say while he thinks we should all come together, and, of course while he would never think :sarcasm: that Democrats in general "hate America", he just thinks some people "posing as Democrats" hate America.

Well, let's just spare the :sarcasm:, and set the record straight about just who is doing the posing:

- - Glenn Beck is a fascist posing as a conservative.

- - And C. N. N. executives are whores posing as media moguls.

[EFerrari]

69. Sent and kick

[DemGa]

65. Who is this man, and why do people watch him on teevee?

I heard his extremely vulgar radio show a few times--several years ago, just out of curiosity. That was some nasty stuff!!

[Junkdrawer]

66. K&R

[onenote]

70. I suggest that Ah-nold invite Glenn over for an arm wrestling contest

and after he rips beck's arm out, he can beat him senseless with it.

[Vinca]

71. IMHO, this guy is far worse than Imus ever was. Beck is a hatemonger and fuels

the fire at any opportunity. Like Limbaugh, Coulter, Malkin and the rest of them, they're making big bucks off of creating a divide in this country so deep it will never be healed.

[wicket]

72. What a fucking piece of shit

:grr:

[Quantess]

73. He's paid by CNN.

Wouldn't you be a "piece of shit", too?

[wicket]

74. Nevermind

Misread your post :hi: