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DefenseLawyer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-24-08 11:53 AM
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The genius that is Glen Beck
Flipping stations in the car this morning I stumbled across Glen Beck. He was rambling on about how Democrats were all socialists and he would never support John McCain because he would compromise with the socialists. Then he said something to the effect of "I refuse to flirt the socialism or anything that is socialist, I'll move to Cuba or Canada if I want socialism. I prefer something called The American Experiment, which was working VERY WELL until the New Deal ruined it." Yeah Glen it was working swimmingly, except for that little thing called The GREAT DEPRESSION! See kids, you don't need college when you can learn history from a disc jockey.
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meegbear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-24-08 11:57 AM
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1. I guess you missed this then ..
Glenn Beck: FDR Was "One Evil Son Of A B***h"

Last night on his show, Glenn Beck — still riled up over his ass surgery gone awry — unleashed his anger on our 32nd president. Hosting the Wall Street Journal's Stephen Moore, Beck went on a rant about Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who he called "one evil son of a bitch." According to Beck, FDR's misdeeds include nationalizing "health care, energy, and everything else" and making the depression "go on and on and on for a decade."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/01/16/glenn-beck-fdr-was-one-_n_81831.html
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lame54 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-24-08 11:59 AM
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4. The Dr's definitely threw the wrong half away
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ProgressiveFool Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-24-08 12:02 PM
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5. I missed this whole surgery thing
I take it by "awry" you mean that they amputated the ass and left the bad part (rest) of him? How does one do ass surgery on someone who is a complete ass anyway?
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TheUniverse Donating Member (954 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-24-08 11:57 AM
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2. What are all the right wing hacks who trashed McCain gonna do when he wins the nomination?
Edited on Thu Jan-24-08 11:57 AM by TheUniverse
Are they gonna march in lockstep and pretend it never happened?
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dorkulon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-24-08 11:28 PM
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7. Yup, just like us. /nt
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Robb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-24-08 11:32 PM
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9. Ouch. /nt
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dorkulon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-24-08 11:47 PM
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10. Heh.
You see what I did there. :hurts:
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liberal N proud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-24-08 11:58 AM
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3. The right wing and neocon versions of history are little different
than the true history.
They cherry pick the parts they want and the rest just didn't happen. The same principle they apply to their religious beliefs as well.
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DefenseLawyer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-24-08 11:26 PM
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6. That is the same history that says Joe McCarthy was a hero
He just got a bad rap by the commies in the press. Oh and we really won in Vietnam, Watergate was just a second rate burglary and we found the weapons of mass destruction. I'm getting it now.
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gratuitous Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-24-08 11:30 PM
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8. Beck's first name is Glenn
The second "n" is for knowledge.
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dorkulon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-24-08 11:47 PM
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11. hah! /nt
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Johonny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-25-08 01:05 AM
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12. Has he ever heard the term
Robber Baron? Yeah the 19 th century model of wealth distribution was great...
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Quantess Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-25-08 01:35 AM
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13. Can you believe CNN's "Headline News" channel
features (at least) two full hours of Glenn Beck during prime time?
It may even be 3 sickening hours of Glenn Beck blathering and whining like an overgrown adolescent. What in God's name is CNN thinking?!
CNN, no longer the most trusted name in news.
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