Skip to main content
  • CNSNews.com
  • MRC TV
  • Biz & Media
  • Culture & Media
  • Take Action!

Join Us @:
Facebook
Twitter
Amazon Kindle

Free email alerts!

NewsBusters logo
June 19, 2013
  • Home
  • Blogs
  • About
  • Forum
  • Take Action
  • Contact
  • Donate
  • Search
  • RSS

Hot Topics

  • Obama ScandalWatch
  • IRS Targets Tea Party
  • Censoring the News
Home » Blogs » Jeff Poor's blog
  • MSNBC: Obama and Merkel Are the New 'Ronnie and Maggie'; Matthews Sees Conspiracy to Push Hillary 2016
  • NBC's Todd Excuses Obama's Poor Speech Performance: Crowd Too Small, 'It Was Hot'
  • Chris Matthews Whines About Sun Harming Obama's Berlin Speech
  • MSNBC's Hayes Slams 'Shameful Spectacle' of 'Anti-Food Stamp Jihad' by Republicans
  • The Inconvenient Suffering of China’s Laogai Prisoners
  • Serena Williams Slams French Taxes: 'Seventy-Five Percent Doesn't Seem Legal'
  • Bozell Column: Censoring the 'Anti-Gay' Viewpoint
  • Martin Bashir, Who Compared Conservatives to Hitler, Now Decries Nazi Comparisons

Air America Host to Left-Wing Nutroot Bloggers on Health Care: Stop Giving Me a Daily Transcript of Glenn Beck

By Jeff Poor | September 15, 2009 | 17:32

A  A
Jeff Poor's picture

Over the last several weeks, no one has been the target of the left-wing media and blogosphere more than Fox News host Glenn Beck, even more so than his radio host counterpart Rush Limbaugh.

Although conservatives have decried the daily ad hominem attacks, some voices on the left are starting to realize that's not an effective strategy for championing their cause, especially when it comes to the hot-button issue of the day, health care.

And that is really starting to bother Air America host Lionel - that is the daily repetitive nature of attacking Glenn Beck and/or Rush Limbaugh by giving a litany of complaints about what they said, as he laid out in a nearly three-minute tirade on his September 14 Air America radio show.

"And let me tell you something right now my friends - to all of my friends listening, to all of those individuals who are in the world of either left, progressive, liberal or counter-programming, blogging and the like - damn it, stop giving me a transcript every single day of what Rush Limbaugh and/or Glenn Beck say," Lionel said. "Why are you doing this? Don't you understand this is a work? He is laughing his way to the bank."

And, according to Air America host, Beck isn't really in it for the best interest of the country, but instead his own self-interest, which is a testament to him after his problems earlier in life.

"He doesn't give a damn about 9/12, health care - it's a shtick," Lionel continued. "It's a work and you keep falling for it every single day. I can't believe it."

Lionel compared Beck pleas for values, principles, the Constitution, etc. are similar to late-1970s and early-1980s wrestling matches between Sgt. Slaughter and the Iron Sheik.

"Quit giving me a daily transcript of what Glenn Beck says every day," Lionel continued. "Somebody said to me the other day, ‘Do you listen to Glenn Beck?' I said, "No, I don't have to. I'll go on, name it - the Daily address - whatever. I'll read word-for-word what he says. What is the matter with you people? He doesn't care! He's a clown! He's a millionaire!"

He continued with his sarcastic criticism of his own side - that using the method of Twitter and blogging really isn't putting a dent in the obstacles liberals have to overcome cause by the message Beck is offering to his listeners and viewers.

"And do you know who makes him a millionaire?" Lionel said. "You do you insufferable putzes, schmucks, who every single day, word-for-word, give me a verbatim account of what he says. And you're so snarky in your self-righteousness. ‘Haha - I show him, look I'm tweeting! I'll show him! I got two pennies to rub together; he wipes his ass with $100-bills. But I'm tweeting! Hahaha."

The bottom line - the tactic employed by the Daily Kos, the Huffington Post and other left-wing storefronts, which are meant to show their audience what Glenn Beck was saying - it isn't working.

"Jesus Christ folks, get with the program," he continued. "Do you really want to win? Do you want to fight back? Do you really want to cause health care reform to happen? Quit giving me a daily summary of what he says."

About the Author

Jeff Poor is Click here to follow Jeff Poor on Twitter.
  • Medical Insurance
  • Health Care
  • Lionel
  • Blogs
  • Daily Kos
  • Fox News Channel
  • Huffington Post
  • Media Matters
  • Video
  • Jeff Poor's blog
  • Login to post comments
  • Printer-friendly version
Stop George Soros
Stop Censoring The Gosnell Trial!

Editors' Picks

  • The regulated states of America infringe on pursuit of happiness (Niall Ferguson)
  • The rationale for wind power won't fly (Jay Lehr @ WSJ)
  • President Obama parrots false 'equal pay' statistic (Bader @ OpenMarket.org)
  • Whose war on women? (FRC)
  • Romney's revenge (Avik Roy @ NRO)
  • Relax, the Arizona voter registration ruling was narrowly drawn by Scalia (Hans von Spakovsky)
  • Snowden loses his moral authority with dangerous leaks (Rothman @ Mediaite)
  • Rapper Lil' Wayne stomps on American flag (Rare)
  • Apple releases information about data requests from NSA, other agencies (LA Times)
  • Five myths about privacy (Solove @ Washington Post)
Chuck Norris's picture
Chuck Norris
Chuck Norris Column: The Superman of Dads and Grads
Cal Thomas's picture
Cal Thomas
Cal Thomas Column: Broadcast Nets, Ailes Is What's Good for You
Ann Coulter's picture
Ann Coulter
Coulter Column: If the GOP Falls for 'Immigration Reform' Ruse, It Deserves to Die
Walter E. Williams's picture
Walter E. Williams
Walter E. Williams Column: Let People Sell Their Organs to Sick, Needy Recipients
Michelle Malkin's picture
Michelle Malkin
Malkin Column: Anthony Weiner's Underage Girl Problem
More >

RSS FeedAmazon KindleFacebookTwitter

Stop Censoring The News!

Audit the Man of Steel?!
more cartoons
  • Slate Says Lack Of Emotionalism Sunk Gun Control Bill
  • O’Reilly: Obama Could Be Impeached If Evidence Shows Intel Agency Read Emails Without Warrant
  • Christie: Obama’s ‘Charm Offensive Should Have Started January 2009’; ‘Bit Late in Dating Game’
  • Howard Stern to Jimmy Fallon: ‘How You Got The Tonight Show I Don't Know. You Barely Beat Craig Ferguson’
  • National Media Skip Over Charges U.S. Ambassador Abused 'Minor Children'
More >
NewsBusters

Executive Editor
Matthew Sheffield

Editor at Large
Brent Baker

Senior Editors
Tim Graham
Rich Noyes

Managing Editor
Ken Shepherd

Associate Editor
Noel Sheppard

Contributing Editors
Tom Blumer
Geoffrey Dickens
Dan Gainor
David Limbaugh
Mithridate Ombud
Clay Waters
Scott Whitlock

Senior Contributor
Mark Finkelstein

Contributing Writers
Matthew Balan
Michael M. Bates
Erin R. Brown
Jack Coleman
Kyle Drennen
Douglas Ernst
P. J. Gladnick
Stephen Gutowski
Matt Hadro
D. S. Hube
Kathleen McKinley
Dave Pierre
Amy Ridenour
Julia A. Seymour
Terry Trippany
Rusty Weiss
Brad Wilmouth

Publisher
Brent Bozell

Site Design
Dialog New Media

 

  • Home
  • Blogs
  • About
  • Forum
  • Contact
  • Donate
  • Search
  • Account
  • rss
  • CNSNews
  • MRC TV
  • Biz & Media
  • Culture & Media
  • Take Action!
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Amazon Kindle
  • Advertise
  • Jobs

Copyright © 2005-2013 NewsBusters.
Privacy Policy | Terms of Use