This ought to get the folks at the left-wing noise machine all wound up.
Fox News host Glenn Beck on his Oct. 14 show, after being a regular recipient of MSNBC host Keith Olbermann's "Worst Persons in the World" on his "Countdown" program, decided to have a little fun by mocking Olbermann and his MSNBC colleague Chris Matthews.
Beck mocked Olbermann's "Shakespearean" performance he puts on nightly on his "Countdown" program and also mocked Chris Matthews for his February 2008 "Obama gave me a thrill up my leg" comments.
"Now, the President has an entire network devoted to singing his praises," Beck said. "There is a guy at night I love, he's like Shakespearean, he is waxing poetic about his oratory skills, writing soliloquies - got another one I must say about the greatness of Obama's speaking ability. And then another guy is like, ‘I got a thrill is going up my leg' when they just hear him speak. It is incredible."
Beck also noted how the nightly network news and NBC's "Saturday Night Live" never could find a fault with the guy.
"The three network news is divisions can't find a flaw in this guy. Supposed comedians are like, ‘There's nothing funny to say about him, not a single funny thing to say - not one. You notice on ‘Saturday Night Live' the guy doesn't do anything except play him straight. ‘Hey, you know I'm just trying.' You got to be kidding me!"
But he saved his best criticism for David Letterman, who has recently been embroiled in a scandal involving marital infidelity.
"David Letterman, who eviscerated President Bush nightly, and Bush deserved it for years, not to mention what he did to Sarah Palin and her children during and after the campaign, practically made out with the guy when Obama stopped by the Ed Sullivan Studio. I thought he was going to take him upstairs to the bedroom above the stage for awhile."
Beck asked, with only one network - Fox News Channel, willing to question the administration, but also be punished for it - is their an attitude the administration has about freedom of the press in the U.S. Constitution.
"That is so great," Beck continued. "That was the question I wanted to know - how is the family? When face with any prospect of any kind of critical analysis of their policies, either the White House is so thin-skinned that nobody belongs in politics like that, or they simply want to silence all of the dissent. Why does this White House have a problem with the First Amendment? If so, do they have issues with other parts of our founding documents as well?"




















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Don't Tease the Animals
October 14, 2009 - 18:41 ET by allanfRemember what happened to those two young men who riled up the tigers at the San Francisco Zoo a while back? Well the left is even more agitated than those tigers.
Is you fromentin' violence...?
October 14, 2009 - 19:09 ET by SlyrrTo paraphrase the late waitress-drowner Ted Kennedy, 'You better durn well make sue you ain't fromentin' no gol-durn violence agin' nobuddy!'
In this political climate, with THIS president, any warning aimed at preventing criticism of the left could be misconstrued as wishing assassination on conservatives...
But seriously: I hear you. You worry they'll get even crazier than they are now. But you have to understand - right wing politicians and media could totally surrender, and Olbermann et. al would STILL be acting like this. They are so deep into their insane rage and hate that if they could breathe through the tops of their heads they'd STILL be in trouble.
Oh wait - they DO
First they bite off old people's fingers at protest rallies - beware - for now the socialist left has a taste for human blood and flesh...
Don't Tease the Animals? Bull!
October 15, 2009 - 07:07 ET by GeneralAlHey allanf, I want a fight with these nack stabbing cowards! If you think they are agitated, take a look at me! I've just finished closing a small business that had provided work for a few people for over 25 years! A huge investment of personal dollars down the drain. Want to know when it starte south, July of 2007! That was 6 months of Communist control of Congress, As they started inacting their Communist agenda on America, they started putting the screws to small business! With the coronation of King Kussein in January, the final touches were put on our demise! So let the little sissies get agitated! I'll pull their little pacifier out of their Communist mouths and put it up their exhauxt pipes!
Bring it on you Looney, Liberal, Lefty, Spineless, Commies!
As usual, the libs misuse the analogy.
October 19, 2009 - 16:17 ET by bfrankIt is the WH who are the disobedient kids teasing the tiger because they do not know their place. If the WH realizes it is time to govern rather than campaign, they may silence the criticisms. Fox News is doing their job effectively. Can the WH do theirs? Oh, silly me, I forgot. In addition to being a businessman, a economist, a policeman, a doctor, a banker, an automotive executive, a hedge fund manager, a lawyer and a community organizer, Obama is also a news man and media mogul. What's next? Is he going to manage Game 3 for the Angels? Wasn't he the manager in the movie 'Angel's in the Outfield'? You know, the black guy?
Jeff.. How's the "family" How ya dealing w/ the VRWC. How's ..
October 14, 2009 - 18:51 ET by Gary HallIt's the MSM's next question (there's a selection of them) when they don't want to follow up on something needing to be followed up on, something serious, or whatever, when they are interviewing or discussing Obama. Held true during the campaign, as well.
Taking a little liberty here - not much, mind you.
Let's see. Katie Couric asked him about his illegal aunt in Boston. He responded, "we haven't been able to locate her." Really? Couric responded with, ".. so how you standing up to those evil right wing attacks."
Let's see. Brian Williams had asked him about what Obama really felt was the cause behind the housing bubble and resultant crisis. Obama answered that it was HUD that really started the whole thing. Well, that's a given, but Williams' shrinking whimpy response. "So we hear that your really getting fired up out on the campaign trail now." Mmm
..and Charlie Gibson:
Letterman's not the only one practically making out w/ Obama - it's been the entire MSM since day one, when they started begging him to run.
(;~/ gary
I am so glad I don't have
October 14, 2009 - 18:52 ET by jdhawkI am so glad I don't have to go to CNN anymore to view Beck. And, like the rests of the socialist propagandists, they are the worse for it. Now, if only Lou Dobbs will move over as well . . .
Meanwhile, the Drudge Report, recently published the stats for the nightly news broadcast from the alphabet companies and like clock work they had lost huge amounts of viewership - again!
Yeah, the state-run media, losing listeners, readers, and viewers with every article they publish!
I hope they fail . . .
Glenn Beck says George Bush
October 14, 2009 - 19:06 ET by Conserv1Glenn Beck says George Bush deserved David Letterman's attacks? I disagree.
I sorta like Beck...
October 14, 2009 - 19:11 ET by MightyMouth..kinda, but he is..how should I say it?... "quirky"?
Like Ron Paul without the Chihuahua and Ross Perot components.
"The bureaucracy is growing to meet the needs of the growing bureaucracy"
Yep me to C1
October 14, 2009 - 20:17 ET by general companyGetting a little tired of him trying to play both sides of the fence, when the most egregious stuff by far is on the left. Bush may not of been as conservitive as I would like, he was a long way from being corrupt
My Gov. thinks I am dangerous, so be careful
"Television is a freak show" Bernie Goldberg
And Don't Forget!
October 15, 2009 - 07:13 ET by GeneralAlAnd don't forget Bush never waged a war against any of the networks! Yet, the Tele-Prez cries like a baby because FOX is unfair to him! In the meantime, Bush retires quietly to his ranch as did Reagan and the elder Bush and who do we constantly hear from? Jimma, Bubba, and Algore!
Shame
October 14, 2009 - 19:11 ET by KansasgirlI'm perplexed with this country.
Has anyone else noticed that
October 14, 2009 - 19:13 ET by d1carterHas anyone else noticed that the rhetoric has been turned up since the White House declared war on Fox. Let the festivities begin.
d1... I surely
October 14, 2009 - 19:21 ET by bigtimerd1...
I surely have...been fun since they sent out that twit Sunday with her words of wisdom.
Let the festivities begin indeed.
'Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea'~Breitbart
d1...I have noticed that.
October 14, 2009 - 19:29 ET by celatord1...I have noticed that. Rush, Levin, Ingraham and others have come on strong, pointing out the hypocricies, foibles, tall tales and evil motives of the WH, Sharpton, Jesse Jacksons, Olberdufuses, Matthews, et al. What these creeps has spread for years will now come back to haunt them.
There's a devastating sharpness to their commentary now, as they expose the left wing scoundrels and liars which the MSM has elevated over the years. That's a good thing.
This has been long overdue.
No citizen's right to life, liberty, pursuit of happiness, or property is safe as long as Obama is President of the United States.
Final question
October 14, 2009 - 19:32 ET by MCPO AirdaleTo answer Beck's final question; Of course they do!!!
Making the crew belly laugh . .
October 14, 2009 - 19:36 ET by desertdwellerPriceless!
She took the insult rather
October 14, 2009 - 20:02 ET by BettendorShe took the insult rather well, though:
http://tinyurl.com/yks5o2o
Give Michelle points for having a sense of humor about the whole matter...:)
"You just don't get it." - Pa Grape, "Veggietales"
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Arguing against FOX's
October 14, 2009 - 20:37 ET by Mitchell BlattArguing against FOX's coverage doesn't reflect on their view of the First Amenment. It just shows the administration (rather idiotically I might add) asserting their First Amendment rights. Their choice of Censorship Czar might reflect on their First Amendment views.
Their accusations against
October 14, 2009 - 23:24 ET by mattmTheir accusations against FOX (which are false, BTW) are definitely an indication of their view of the First Amendment:
Free Speech for all who say what we consider to be the right things; and for those who don't: anything and everything from back-door censorship policies like the unfairness doctrine to demonization and slander to outright censorship, if they could get away with it.
mattm... Bulls-Eye! 'Dou
October 14, 2009 - 23:32 ET by bigtimermattm...
Bulls-Eye!
'Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea'~Breitbart
"Why does this White House
October 14, 2009 - 22:08 ET by ckc1227"Why does this White House have a problem with the First Amendment? If
so, do they have issues with other parts of our founding documents as
well?"
Uh.....yeah, they do. Duh.
I haven't watched Beck very
October 14, 2009 - 23:13 ET by G. MayI haven't watched Beck very much at all, mainly because I'm not really into his schtick, but it's a shame to see him directly engaging his detractors. I'd rather see him address them indirectly or just outright ignore them. That's just far more effective at forcing them to amplify their stupidity.
GMay... for me...it is
October 14, 2009 - 23:27 ET by bigtimerGMay...
for me...it is past high time people start fighting back.
the ignore or anything else with the leftist hasn't and won't work...politeness doesn't always win...sometimes it gets you nowhere, and I've watched that for far too many years now ...look at the results...this country is on a tipping point right now...fight, real gut fighting has to happen...or this country and our freedoms that we hold dear, with all the blood that's been shed for us from day one, will be for naught.
'Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea'~Breitbart
Or...
October 15, 2009 - 12:00 ET by KJ_sez..as put very succinctly on one of my favorite TV shows: you can always get more with a kind word and a 2"x 4" than with just a kind word.
I enjoyed Beck's taunting and mockery of the WH staff last night, and am glad to see someone treating these fools and idiots with the amount of "respect" they deserve. And, overall, I'm very pleased to see/hear conservative commentators start swinging back against the vacuous libtards - it's about damn time!
OBAMA = One Big Ass Mistake, America!
I agree with you in some
October 15, 2009 - 17:01 ET by G. MayI agree with you in some cases, but not in the case of punditry. The only reason Olbermann has the few viewers he has is because O'Reilly engaged him in this same manner.
To me, it's not that ignoring the left hasn't worked, it's trying to appeal to the left that hasn't worked. Most of the leftists in media are so utterly childish that their heads will explode if ignored. They're only trying to push buttons to see if they get a reaction of any sort at all.
I dont know
October 14, 2009 - 23:33 ET by general companyLampooning your distractors can be very effective, now if he takes them to seriously then yes I would agree
My Gov. thinks I am dangerous, so be careful
"Television is a freak show" Bernie Goldberg
Who would have a "Worst
October 14, 2009 - 23:38 ET by mattmWho would have a "Worst Person in the World" segment but a self-righteous, judgmental, arrogant bastard?
Olberputz, Mr. Tingles and Lesserman and the rest of their ilk deserve to be mocked, if only to expose their error and their hypocrisy.
Hilarious!
October 15, 2009 - 00:20 ET by MaratBeck and his direct line phone to Anita is absolutely hilarious. Both my daughter and I were rofloao! And then today after a break, there he was on the phone in conversation. I yelled for my daughter and backed it up so we could watch. And then he hangs up and basically says "fooling" but that is what it would be like if they ever do call. We were humorously pissed off!
And the best Anita and the Whitehouse has done so far is say one of the Czars isn't really a Czar and Beck named the wrong Olympic city! They don't seem to refute anything but get engaged in nassive whining!
Obama versus Beck
October 15, 2009 - 02:39 ET by Retired GeekBarack Obama is all about presenting Barack Obama (as a Special Human) with little if any 'Substance'.
Glenn Beck is all about presenting 'Substance' with Glenn Beck (as an Imperfect Human).
Barack Obama wants everyone to listen to what he says because of his self made (with help from the MSM) image as the 'Perfect and Annointed One'.
Glenn Beck wants everyone to listen to what he says as an 'Imperfect Human' like the rest of us.
Barack Obama supporters are victims in a 'Cult Of Personality' and a False Reality.
Glenn Beck supporters are members of those who accept and recognize 'Reality'.
The Paradox of Barack Obama is NOT a Conflict "IN" 'Reality' based on facts, logic and reason, it is a Conflict "OF" 'Reality' based in feelings, hopes and projections.
It
October 15, 2009 - 09:47 ET by jessieHIt doesn't matter how corrupt, sleasy, or stupid you are, if you're a liberal, it's ok. They will still love you. I stopped watching Letterman a long time ago. The man is not funny. Even his band sucks.
What makes men like Beck
October 15, 2009 - 10:41 ET by Trix RabbitWhat makes men like Beck and Limbaugh class acts is that they are appreciative of their audiences...and they will say so.
That is something that Uberdork, Tingles, Maher, Madcow, Behar, Garofalo, etc., can or will never do. They are sociopathic misanthropes who believe that they are profoundly better and brighter than their audiences. Beck and Limbaugh will answer their critics. The aforementioned putrid, arrogant, and toxic imbeciles will take no criticism. They would fall apart if they did.
Having said that, I hope that they continue with their idiotic tantrums and tirades against Glenn and Rush so that everyone and all can behold that the former cannot hold a candle to real men like the latter.
For the MSM: In your pomp and all your glory, you're a poorer man than me. As you lick the boots of death born out of fear.
Ian Anderson "Wind up"