Brilliant stuff, Glenn! You’re turning into a conservative version of Lib SNL hack Tina Fey. Keep it going!

Also, I’m pretty sure Beck knows that then-candidate Obama, teleprompter-free during the time in question (part of Beck’s defense of Palin’s hand “notes”) was joking about having been to 57 states, making for a bit of lame punchline I have to say.

Wait… Obama was “joking” about that? Was he also “joking” when he said he’d be in office for 10 years?

What is your evidence that he was “joking?”

I liked that Beck used Obama’s 57 state gaffe, and it was a gaffe, he really said it on the campaign trail, no joke, he said it as if fact. I do wish Beck had added the “corpse” man gaffe that the media has all but ignored as well. TDear Reader really said “Navy Corpse Man” three times as he read the speech that someone loaded onto his teleprompter. That was truly an embarrassment, perhaps the reasoning behind the media spiking it completely.

All in all, a very entertaining segment by Beck. I look forward to more of these segments by Beck, mocking the One and the left biased media in general.

Good job Glenn.

Somebody, make this guy stop, he’s killing me!!! I’ve never laughed so hard in my life, I’m here to tell you, I’m splitting a gut!!! We are witnessing some of the finest comedy EVER!! Colbert is an amateur next Glenn Beck, comedian and…something else.

Has this cretin no sense of what an ass he is, or does he just exist in the comfort of knowing that his audience finds this witty and bright, which pretty much defines their intelligence level. What a buffoon.

well whether or not you like his humor is irrelevant. the point here is that joe kline is claiming that the american people,who associate themselves to the tea party movement, are not intelligent and he is actually trying to compare sarah palins 5 words written on her hand, probably to put here speech topics in some sort of comprehensive order, to obamas non ability to give a speech without a telepromtper. then kline says repeatably that this country is a democracy when in fact we are a republic! this portion of the beck program is about kline not being able to put anything into context and not being educated on our own history and form of government! beck continues to prove without a doubt that joe kline is a die-hard obama supporter and media progressive!

“What a buffoon.” Gosh, meursault69, I was just thinking the same thing about you.

Brilliant! If only that swamp-hole MichelleF (who called me a racist) could view it. :)

How revealing that when posters such as meursault69 attack Beck, they resort to the same elitist insults that Beck was parodying in his monologue. Beck clearly hits close to home, and gets a rise out of them.

Beck’s presentation overwhelmed the message he was trying to sell and it’s becoming easier to dismiss him because lately, he’s been undermining his message on his own. (“I have little people to do things for me” — well yeah, you do, we can see her and “Joe is so smart because he went to college… though it was just Penn”)

Magister has probably never been to a Gilbert & Sullivan operetta, read Swift or Trollope or Fielding. That’s the trouble here, the left is really ignorant.

….the left is really ignorant. Joe Klien says the right are dumb asses. Sheeesh, being neither “left nor right”, Y’all look like idiots calling each other names. Grow up.

@JimW: Whatever… I just felt that the showmanship overwhelmed the words and especially in this instance, but more so lately, he seems to be contradicting himself. Of course, I thought this was a media site and was addressing the packaging, but if it makes you feel good to insult me, then by all means…

@Magister… You are quite right. I apologize for the insulting remark. Earlier I was called a racist for a political opinion and I got sucked into the Mediaite Milieu.

That is a good book. I read it awhile back when it came out in hardcover. The 9-11chapter was put in the paperback edition. It wasn’t nearly has critical of Lincoln for taste, though. It completely ignored the simultaneous genocide of plains Indians and acts of terrorism against the civilians of the South. All ordered by “The Great Emancipator”; who didn’t emancipate anyone.

It wasn’t nearly has critical of Lincoln for taste, though.
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Should read: It wasn’t nearly as critical of Lincoln for my taste, though. :-P

Obama was so NOT joking. View the tape again; he seriously flubbed. The whole “joking” theory is what they apparently say when caught in huge fopauxs such as this. Just like when Anita Dunn said that Mao was one of her favorite people to turn to for inspiration. When you watch that video, it is very clear she was NOT joking; but what did she say when it all hit the fan? … That she was joking, of course. Goes to show how truly ignorant these people think we are. That whole “he/she was only joking” excuse is not only getting old, but is also quite insulting to those aimed at. Just out of curiousity, did they ever give Bush the benefit of the “He was only joking” theory? NOT.

Oh yeah… P.S. – GLENN ROCKS!

Klein was a boorish snob and Beck was priceless.

As far as the “57 states” being a joke, where’s the evidence? And the last I checked, “corpsemen” is not a word. The man couldn’t even speak to a bunch of sixth graders without his teleprompters. Pathetic.

I love how Glenn Beck is upset when people call tea party racist, but he calls Obama a person a racist who has a deep-seething hatred towards white people (when most likely around 95% of the people he spends around with all day are white) it’s “fine”.

If I had all the free time as some of the people in this comment section seem to have, I’d pretty much enjoy to pick and deconstruct every single argument Beck makes in a video like this.

>Just like when Anita Dunn said that Mao was one of her favorite people to turn to for inspiration.

She wasn’t joking, it was taken completely out of context.

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I’m confused:

“Obama, teleprompter-free during the time in question (part of Beck’s defense of Palin’s hand “notes”) was joking about having been to 57 states, making for a bit of lame punchline I have to say.”

Are you saying that Obama was joking, or Beck was joking about Obama’s gaffe?

Obama clearly wasn’t joking, he just goofed, or he confused it with the OIC, which has 57 member states. But, I’m guessing he was just tired and goofed.

In the age of Bush, we would be allowed to make fun of the POTUS for this. But, with Obama…not so much. Obama is a gaffe master, but you would never know it when watching Late Night TV.

Beck had a laundry list of material he could have picked from… The 57 states one isn’t even the best one.

Unbelievable Obama gaffes and goofs.

OBAMA’S GAFFES, LIES, BROKEN PROMISES & EXAGGERATIONS!

Top 10 gaffes by Barack Obama and Joe Biden

Top 10 Obama Gaffes

Barack Gaffes

Navy “Corpse-men” everywhere ask: Where’s the Mainstream Media?

Top 10 Obama Gaffes (Part II)

Sara(h) N. Italy: Did you hurl as many pointless, mindless, repetitive insults at the president immediately preceding, or do you just reserve your contemptuous, demeaning, inane bashing for African-American presidents? By the way, the question is rhetorical. In other words, it is a literary device not intended to solicit a substantive answer. That answer is already well known.

The latent and not so latent racism in the posts notwithstanding, I find Beck’s “humor” to be a bit puerile, clownish. I’ve never much cared for clowns. The question I have is: Will Beck’s slavishly adoring fans grow tired of the same routine, over and over? Or, are they content with Henny Youngmanish repetition? I apologize. That’s not fair to Mr. Youngman, who at least had some modicum of humor (I told the doctor I broke my leg in two places. He told me to stop going to those places. — My grandmother is 80 years old, and she doesn’t need glasses. She drinks straight out of the bottle. — I take my wife everywhere, but she keeps finding her way back.) and could be witty (A self-taught man usually has a poor teacher and a worse student. — How to drive a guy crazy: send him a telegram and on the top put ‘page 2.’ — If you had your life to live over again, do it overseas.)

For what it’s worth, I think 57 was a slip of the tongue, and he meant to say 47. He continues to talk about the continental 48.

So a gaffe, I guess. But…not much.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpGH02DtIws

The Real Royal King says:
February 10, 2010 at 7:52 am

LOL! ANOTHER RACE CARD!

real royal pain in the rear – For eight years I heard (even from my friends) the most vitriolic attacks ever imaginable, including from the media and Democrats against Bush. Now, those very same people scream racism any time someone criticizes Obama. Spare me your bullsh*t.

“pointless, mindless, repetitive insults, contemptuous, demeaning, inane bashing” – examples?

Because frankly, this is exactly what you do to anyone on this site with whom you disagree. You make pointless, mindless, repetitive insults, you have contempt for anyone you disagree with, and you try to demean them with your inane bashing. You try to present yourself as some sort of intellectual, but every time you leave a comment, you just reinforce how intellectually stunted you actually are.

You’re correct, I am sure, Sara(h) N. Italy. A number of links meant to ridicule and demean our President is most congenial, mannerly, graceful and ladylike. How dare I take exception to anything you have to offer! What must I have been thinking. And, thank you for once again bringing up the W canard. If you were not to do so, we might forget just how disastrous those eight (8) years were.

Also, I’m pretty sure Beck knows that then-candidate Obama, teleprompter-free during the time in question (part of Beck’s defense of Palin’s hand “notes”) was joking about having been to 57 states, making for a bit of lame punchline I have to say.

Nice sidestep, instead of acknowledging the obvious “breathalyzer/inhalator” gaff (and “inhalator” isn’t even a word).

Some news here: Steve Krakauer thinks “57 states” was a gaffe. A slip of the tongue if you will and Glynnis MacNicol thinks Cand. Obama was Joking.

That’s a conflict.

@fkoehl: It looked to me that he was thinking nebulizer, but couldn’t grab the right word.

Just a friendly suggestion for Glynnis. If you find the Beck parody “getting a bit old”, stop writing about it. Don’t post any entries of Beck’s segments you find getting old or feel compelled to tell us that you find it getting old. Either way.

I’m sure Mediaite will be fine not posting any entries on Beck’s segments their writers find are getting old. If Mediaite can’t survive with less Beck, then give to a writer who will appreciate more .As a reader, to me came off as if you were forced to write. Being (segment) Not fun or entertaining has got to be a bitch to have to write about.

The Real Royal King says:
February 10, 2010 at 7:52 am

Uh-oh Sara… must be getting close to the truth! The nonsensical race card makes an appearance. The last ditch effort for a leftie who hasn’t got the facts or knowledge to debate… and the sense not to keep his/her mouth shut.

If Royal doesn’t have an outright hatred for the white race, he certainly has a chip on his shoulder against it. Bush could be endlessly mocked and bashed into the ground, but because Obama is black, it’s strictly hands off, no matter what he does. Every president has been criticized. But because Obama is our first black president, the rules must be changed. I thought the left was always saying we should treat everyone the same. If we have a president beyond criticism, isn’t he being treated differently?

INB: I hate to tell you this, but the Drop Out Governor and the truth are and shall always remain miles and miles apart from one another. If I could make a suggestion: Find another extreme rightist to which you can give your fealty. One who is reasonable, intelligent and articulate. You’ll be happier, and you will do your nation a great favor.
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Writer: I’m White. Very White. White meat chicken salad on white bread with mayonaise and Pinot Grigio white.And, I am not self-loathing. In fact, I am impressed, even smitten with myself. My wife is even whiter. I love her dearly. My children are as white as I am. I am not unfond of them. Find a new theory.

From all your generalizations about white people, I’m sure you can see how the self-loathing perception could be drawn. If anyone generalized and vilified other races like you do the white race, you would call them racists.

writer says:
February 10, 2010 at 11:22 am

they just don’t get it do they. Funny how they like to forget about all of the skits making fun of Bush….But god forbid, someone makes fun of (the hundreds of) Obama gaffes and suddenly they’re running around in white robes. Makes me ill.

The Real Royal King says:
February 10, 2010 at 11:31 am

I’ve decided to ignore your schoolyard insults. If you want to play like a child, keep it up. When you’re ready to be a big boy (or girl), you can respond that way.

Until then, I don’t know who the “Drop Out Governor” is, and refuse to discuss that issue further.

But, FYI… I am no fan of any politician now, and put my faith in them even less. Why you ascribe me to a particular person or persons is YOUR problem, not mine.

Anyway, you ARE a racist… and I stand by that comment. The evidence is clear, and I’m sure that’s why you’ve chosen to ignore the issue. Sorry… but that is the truth.

Have I ignored the racist taunt thrown at me? Perhaps. I’ve never seen much value in arguing the point. The “reverse racist” hurlers in the world are not taken seriously outside of Alabama and Cape Town.

It seems that The Royal King is just as pompous and full of himself as the Beck take on Klein. You don’t suppose its his alter ego?

Well, Sara, I enjoyed your links especially b/c I hadn’t seen or heard many of them. I guess the MSM has finally realized how rabidly obsessive their often silly criticisms of Bush were and have vowed to treat their President with more courtesy and common sense.

Glynis MacNicol……”Obama, teleprompter-free during the time in question (part of Beck’s defense of Palin’s hand “notes”) was joking about having been to 57 states, making for a bit of lame punchline I have to say.”.

So, what is your take on our CIC andPOTUS with his TOTUS calling corpsmen “corpse men” not once but three times? In fact I read somewhere he used “corpse man” sometime during the campaign.

Sara, Blue, writer and anyone else interested let me clue you in about The ERSATZ Royal King. I have been exposed to him under a multitude of names and sock puppets for several years.

His behavior here is by far and away the best I have ever seen from him. If Mediaite didn’t enforce a set of standards he would be curling our monitors with his crude, disgusting vulgarities and profanities. He was quite fixated with bestiality at one time that resulted in an entire blog being shut down for months to keep him off. BTW, Sara, he is particularly vicious toward we ladies.

He’s a real gent, he is. My advice is to talk about him if you must but never to him. That is guaranteed to send him into frenzies of insults to get your attention. Just think of him as a three year old with a perpetual tantrum who has heard all his daddy’s potty words and revels in them.

Grammie:

How lovely to hear from you. Welcome. I hope you enjoy this site as much as I do.

Do the three or four [ir]regulars over at the FOX Fan Klub know you have wandered away?

I am a bit hurt by your comments, but I do understand there is a certain coercion cast upon you, and I forgive you.

As to Sara(h) N. Italy, might I suggest you read through her posts? Such profanity and vulgarity is highly unusual at Mediaite and most reputable blogs. The racism, intolerance and vacuousness, you can find anywhere, I suppose, but I recommend Greta Van Susteren’s blog, “Greta Watch” for a good dose of it.

What do I think about Glen(n) Beck’s kudos to Mediaite? Well-deserved, and I am pleased to see them. Many, Beck is beginning to get out of his little right-tilting igloo. But, don’t clue Koldys in about this. He’ll be upset.

Hope to hear from you again soon. In the interim, all my very best to you, I am sure.

Hi again, Royal. Above, you asked Sara if she only reserved her bashing for an African-American president. The obvious implication being that criticism of Obama by a white person must have a racist motive. So see if you can answer something honestly for a change. When the Daily Kos disagrees with Obama on sending more troops to Afghanistan, is it really about Afghanistan, or are they simply disagreeing because Obama is black? When Keith Olbermann disagrees with Obama on the subject of gay marriage, is it really about gay marriage, or is it because Obama is black? And here are a couple of sample statements for you. “All black men are a bunch of lazy, watermelon-eating criminals.” Is that a stereotype? Now try this one. “All southern whites are a bunch of ignorant, redneck, hillbilly trailer trash.” Is that a stereotype? Did you cringe at the first statement and giggle at the second one? Have you ever heard of a double standard?

No, Writer. I am a Southerner, of sorts, myself. We don’t understand double standards.

Disagreement on policy matters is always fair game, and it is healthy.

Personal attacks, constant shrill bashing, of the Sara(h) N. Italy sort, albeit not exclusive to her by any means, are not. When leveled, with no apparent purpose, ought we not ask what the motivation might be? And, if the target is an African American male or a Hispanic Woman or an Asian doctor or a Middle Eastern cleric in a turban, might we not begin the query with whether race, ethnicity, religion or national origin is playing into the unfounded and unfair attacks? And, if we answer that threshold question in the affirmative, don’t we then go into questions of intent? Do you have any fundamental problem with this methodology?

And using that methodology and having heard and read remarks like Sara(h) N. Italy’s all my life, might I just not have a clue as to intent? Do you require me to leave my life experiences at the door and come to this site naked as babe?

Actually, I dislike both of the stereotypes you have set forth. I don’t cringe. I have been callous to the remarks about African-Americans. I have heard them all of my life, and I simply say they reflect the truth of the character of the individual making the remarks, and little or nothing else. The same holds with the latter stereotype, although as a white Southern male myself, I might be a bit excused for not having the same degree of revulsion.

Again, I really do appreciate your analytical process and I generally leave one of your posts with something about which to think. Thank you.

You’re welcome. But can you also tell the intent of people at the Daily Kos, or Olbermann, when they disagree with Obama? And for someone who doesn’t believe in stereotyping, many of your posts go out the way to mention (White) tea partiers or (White) southerners, or (White) people who disagree with Obama, as if the (White) race of the person disagreeing makes that (White) person’s motives suspect. I don’t see you using that practice with (Black) people or (Hispanic) people.

Thank you, Writer, for addressing this hideously low-blow attempt to smear sarainitaly by this filthy old apparachik!

Quote: “I’m pretty sure Beck knows that then-candidate Obama, teleprompter-free during the time in question (part of Beck’s defense of Palin’s hand “notes”) was joking about having been to 57 states”

Obama does not joke; when he tries to be funny, it has to be carefully scripted, like that time when he referred to himself as a mutt. But 99.9% of the time, Obama is as humorless as Dick Nixon.

For me to believe that he was joking about visiting 57 states, I’d have to see the entire video clip, including the joke before and the joke after. If there were no jokes before or after, then I would not believe that “57 states” was a joke either.

Thank you, Cecelia, for your lovely avatar. It puts me in mood for warmer times.

” ‘Just like when Anita Dunn said that Mao was one of her favorite people to turn to for inspiration.’ She wasn’t joking, it was taken completely out of context.”

Anita Dunn was NOT taken completely out of context. When this first came out they showed her up there long enough before and after the “Mao” remark to see this to be clearly her belief. Now they tend to show a shorter clip for times sake, which does nothing to vary or edit on the actual remark – or its meaning. And remember, it is SHE who said that she was joking and then walked away. There was nothing more to take from that encounter except that she lied. Or, hey, was she joking about joking? Hmmm, now that really is quite a brain scratcher! (NOT.) What really gets me are the people that go around saying things such as, “If I had all the free time as some of the people in this comment section seem to have, I’d pretty much enjoy to pick and deconstruct every single argument Beck makes in a video like this,” … AND THEN THEY DON’T! Yet, they had enough free time to set up an account and make a quick, off-the-cuff , uneducated remark to show us what’s what, I tell ya. Typical Beck-Basher. They go around – like ranting children – saying how stupid he is, without any backup. And why is this? BECAUSE THEY HAVE NONE! Beck, on the other hand, has learned through the years to get complete backup for all of his remarks or all hell would break loose. (Not that it doesn’t, regardless!) Aside from his extensive study and having complete audio, video, and articles to back him up, he has insiders – in the government as well as listeners – to confirm and reconfirm. And what of the few times he may be mistaken? He is honorable enough to gladly retract.

Politics aside, one difference between Beck and Keith Olbermann is in the tone of their presentation. Since the left is always saying Beck is a clown, I’ll use that example. If Beck and Olbermann were dressed as clowns, Beck would be Bozo. (jovial, tongue in cheek.) Olbermann would be John Wayne Gacy. (humorless, evil.)

The lunatic fringe of the Left never cease to amaze me… As John Adams famously said “facts are stubborn things”. Credentials? And you watch Rachel Maddow – the 12 year-old boy on MSNBC?? And Olbermann – please – he’s nothing but a coward who, like all liberals, spouts his hateful intollerance to a sounding board of likeminded pussies who refuse to actually participate in a debate.

But gee, what do I know… I’m just a bitter Pennsylvanian who “clings to his guns and religion, with antithapy towards immigrants”. Or was that yet ANOTHER Obama quote “taken out of context”.

Wake up America.