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Stormfront Promotes Deleted Glenn Beck White Power Twitter Fave

by Tommy Christopher | 11:06 am, August 7th, 2010

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The uproar over a tweet from a White Power message board that showed up in Glenn Beck‘s Twitter favorites continues, as the New York Times of White Power, Stormfront (whose founder is named Don Black), is now promoting the story on its website and Twitter feed, claiming “Glenn Beck Supports White Nationalists On Twitter.”

The site that originally sent the tweet, meanwhile, has published a blog entry that expands on the statement they gave Mediaite, while opining that Beck would make a “pretty poor White Nationalist.” Several Stormfront members appear to agree.

The website StopBeck.com was first to publicize the fact that a tweet from White Nationalist message board Malevolent Freedom appeared at the top of Beck’s Twitter favorites (all of which were later deleted). It spread to other sites, before Keith Olbermann highlighted the story on Countdown.

Stormfront added its own headline to the post that started it all, but did not directly accuse Beck of supporting White Nationalism. Upon making that leap, Stormfront’s members reacted in revoltingly predictable fashion, wondering if Beck has an “Illegal Mexican wife,” and when another member disagreed by posting a Beck family photo, one of them commented, “His wife looks like a hook nose to me.”

Malevolent Freedom, meanwhile, offered its own defense of Beck, capped with the best defense of all – a repudiation of Beck:

Twitters ability to reach out to specific demographics is also the motivating force behind this sites Twitter account using the @GlennBeck and #Beck hashtags. This isn’t an attempt to infer that those who use the same tags or view those feeds endorse or practice the doctrine of White Nationalism- but rather its an attempt to make our literature available to them if they choose to read it. As the general public starts to view the main stream media as an unreliable resource, they are taking to the internet to reference “Second Source” or “Civilian Journalism” for reference material- and Twitter is an effective tool to market your information on.

When the Tweet was made- it wasn’t directed to Mr. Beck as the individual- it was made to Glenn Beck as The Brand. I could only speculate that Mr. Beck is only himself in the few hours that he has alone with his family and those that are close to him. All other times- he represents “Glenn Beck” as the commercial entity that a person who has reached his level of exposure is forced to do. I can say with a high degree of certainty that the Tweet was favorited by “The Brand” for either reference or research use, and not by “The Individual” because I’m sure he has better things to read in his free time.

…In closing- I feel it necessary to add that Mr. Beck makes an extremely poor White Nationalist, if at any time in the future he chooses to identify himself as one. And that statement comes from the mouth (or at least the keyboard) of an actual White Nationalist. He simply would not be accepted into our community. While we both may share common ideals as it applies to the liberty of the individual as absolute above the government, and that the free practice of our founding traditions need to be safeguarded- the similarities end there. Every time a “Racist” hears that claim thrown at Mr. Beck- he shake his head. We find it hilarious that the left is trying to “throw him at us” while we don’t really even accept him in the first place.

Will disses from the White Power set mollify Beck’s critics? Probably not, and that’s really not the important thing here. Malevolent Freedom’s marketing scheme fails to explain why they’re really only trying to recruit Beck’s audience. As I’ve said before, that’s the question Beck needs to answer, and perhaps, the reason he bookmarked that tweet in the first place.

Don Black, Glenn Beck, keith olbermann, Malevolent Freedom, Stop Beck, Stormfront, White Culture, White Power

http://apostrophejones.com Apostrophe jones

You need to take a nice walk in the sunshine . And take Herr Olbermann with you .
http://www.facebook.com/people/Bill-Tarpon/100000127880000 Bill Tarpon

When does all this Beck bashing become stupid?
Bootleghaircut

Good catch Tommy!

Well if anything this is a feather in Beck’s cap and if he were smart he’d use it on his show to illustrrate the fact that he does not support this kind of nonsense and these loathsome mother fuckers.

Let’s hope he does.
lonestar77

Tommy wrote: “Will disses from the White Power set mollify Beck’s critics? Probably not, and that’s really not the important thing here. Malevolent Freedom’s marketing scheme fails to explain why they’re really only trying to recruit Beck’s audience. As I’ve said before, that’s the question Beck needs to answer,…”

So, it’s unimportant that Beck has nothing to do with these nuts. It’s unimportant that the left-wing media uses it to call Beck a Nazi. What’s important is that this group targeted Beck’s audience and Beck needs to answer for that? Basically, since Beck had nothing to do with that, Tommy can’t call Beck a racist but he can call all of his fans racists. Typical far-left craziness. Tommy, you are truly despicable. As we all know, those (like you), who continually call others racists, tend to be the true racists. You should look inside yourself and deal with your own racial problems.
MysteriousTraveller

Bill Tarpon said:
When does all this Beck bashing become stupid?

I never bash the mentally ill.
FearMonger

lonestar77 said:
Tommy wrote: “Will disses from the White Power set mollify Beck’s critics? Probably not, and that’s really not the important thing here. Malevolent Freedom’s marketing scheme fails to explain why they’re really only trying to recruit Beck’s audience. As I’ve said before, that’s the question Beck needs to answer,…” So, it’s unimportant that Beck has nothing to do with these nuts. It’s unimportant that the left-wing media uses it to call Beck a Nazi. What’s important is that this group targeted Beck’s audience and Beck needs to answer for that? Basically, since Beck had nothing to do with that, Tommy can’t call Beck a racist but he can call all of his fans racists. Typical far-left craziness. Tommy, you are truly despicable. As we all know, those (like you), who continually call others racists, tend to be the true racists. You should look inside yourself and deal with your own racial problems.

Well said lonestar…. ” As we all know, those (like you), who continually call others racists, tend to be the true racists. ”

I’ve pointed that out to Mr. Christopher several times but he continues to ignore the truth even though it was proven beyond a shadow of a doubt.

Who made this provably stupid statement and never admitted they were wrong Tommy?….

“Give me just one example of someone being accused of racism simply for disagreeing with Obama.”

How many ‘examples’ are we up to now? The tally continues….

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2010/08/06/chris-matthews-do-republicans-oppose-obama-because-his-race

MAN UP TC. Perhaps you could use your articles to put a stop to this kind of shit instead of participating in it and encouraging it.

Are you looking more and more like a race-baiter? Perhaps the commenters will weigh in further on that question.

After all, this whole ‘controversy’ is a great example of BS laundering….. aka– Throw yet another RACISM CHARGE out there and hope it sticks……
gar

Take a look at all of his articles and a large majority are about the race angle. He’s a one trick pony ridden HARD by Olbermann and Tommy loves it. What qualifications does it take to get in his position?
valkyrie101

lonestar77 said:
Tommy wrote: “Will disses from the White Power set mollify Beck’s critics? Probably not, and that’s really not the important thing here. Malevolent Freedom’s marketing scheme fails to explain why they’re really only trying to recruit Beck’s audience. As I’ve said before, that’s the question Beck needs to answer,…” So, it’s unimportant that Beck has nothing to do with these nuts. It’s unimportant that the left-wing media uses it to call Beck a Nazi. What’s important is that this group targeted Beck’s audience and Beck needs to answer for that? Basically, since Beck had nothing to do with that, Tommy can’t call Beck a racist but he can call all of his fans racists. Typical far-left craziness. Tommy, you are truly despicable. As we all know, those (like you), who continually call others racists, tend to be the true racists. You should look inside yourself and deal with your own racial problems.

Here is a youtube compilation of Beck and his “obsessive” Nazi comparisons: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdTkCQupCR4 And of course Rush and Glenn are famous for calling Obama a racist. Here is one from a couple days ago with Glenn comparing the Obama administration to Planet of the Apes: http://www.salon.com/news/glenn_beck/index.html?story=/opinion/walsh/politics/2010/08/06/glenn_beck_planet_of_the_apes

And what, you are outraged that it comes back? Beck lives by the sword…
Azarkhan

“Mr. Beck makes an extremely poor White Nationalist”

I agree. The man is roly-poly, out of shape, and has lately taken to wearing glasses. Beck is no stormtrooper!

BTW, I say that with a degree of certainty because my Jungian arch-type is “Waffen SS”, and I assure you, those boys knew their calisthenics.
http://sharethisurlaboutglennbeck.com/ GlennBeckReview

FearMonger says:…Who made this provably stupid statement and never admitted they were wrong Tommy?….
“Give me just one example of someone being accused of racism simply for disagreeing with Obama.”
How many ‘examples’ are we up to now? The tally continues….
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2010/08/06/chris-matthews-do-republicans-oppose-obama-because-his-race”

Here’s the problem with News Busters, Media Matters and AIM: Critiquing Media or Self-Serving Analysis?

In the case of Media Matters, MRC and AIM, it often seems that these organizations are simply used by the men who founded them to voice their own personal criticism of the media, based on their respective ideologies. This casts doubt on the organizations as providing legitimate forms of media criticism, as they appear to mainly be driven by political ideologies more than quest for truth or accuracy.

While FAIR sets itself apart by not falling victim to this downfall as the other three media watchdogs mentioned here do, FAIR is also unique in the fact that it makes structural reform part of its mandate. The right-wing organizations in particular do not suggest any changes to the current media structure, other than a neo-liberal approach to further loosen restrictions on ownership and content. It is essential that media watchdog groups themselves view the public as citizens and not just consumers of products and political ideologies.

Read more at Suite101: Media Watchdog Groups: A Brief Overview of the Organizations That Critique the Media http://media-watchdogs.suite101.com/article.cfm/media_watchdog_groups#ixzz0vwQm4yBi
FearMonger

GlennBeckReview said:
FearMonger says:…Who made this provably stupid statement and never admitted they were wrong Tommy?….“Give me just one example of someone being accused of racism simply for disagreeing with Obama.”How many ‘examples’ are we up to now? The tally continues….http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2010/08/06/chris-matthews-do-republicans-oppose-obama-because-his-race” Here’s the problem with News Busters, Media Matters and AIM: Critiquing Media or Self-Serving Analysis? In the case of Media Matters, MRC and AIM, it often seems that these organizations are simply used by the men who founded them to voice their own personal criticism of the media, based on their respective ideologies. This casts doubt on the organizations as providing legitimate forms of media criticism, as they appear to mainly be driven by political ideologies more than quest for truth or accuracy. While FAIR sets itself apart by not falling victim to this downfall as the other three media watchdogs mentioned here do, FAIR is also unique in the fact that it makes structural reform part of its mandate. The right-wing organizations in particular do not suggest any changes to the current media structure, other than a neo-liberal approach to further loosen restrictions on ownership and content. It is essential that media watchdog groups themselves view the public as citizens and not just consumers of products and political ideologies. Read more at Suite101: Media Watchdog Groups: A Brief Overview of the Organizations That Critique the Media http://media-watchdogs.suite101.com/article.cfm/media_watchdog_groups#ixzz0vwQm4yBi

WOW! Thanks for the lesson GBR. It never occurred to me that some people have a bone to pick and that’s what they base their ‘review’ on.

What do you think of Tommy’s challenge/ assertion?……

“Give me just one example of someone being accused of racism simply for disagreeing with Obama.”

Show me just how OBJECTIVE you can be GBR….
Tommy Christopher

FearMonger said:
Well said lonestar…. ” As we all know, those (like you), who continually call others racists, tend to be the true racists. ”

I’ve pointed that out to Mr. Christopher several times but he continues to ignore the truth even though it was proven beyond a shadow of a doubt.

Who made this provably stupid statement and never admitted they were wrong Tommy?….

“Give me just one example of someone being accused of racism simply for disagreeing with Obama.”

How many ‘examples’ are we up to now? The tally continues….

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2010/08/06/chris-matthews-do-republicans-oppose-obama-because-his-race

MAN UP TC. Perhaps you could use your articles to put a stop to this kind of shit instead of participating in it and encouraging it.

Are you looking more and more like a race-baiter? Perhaps the commenters will weigh in further on that question.

After all, this whole ‘controversy’ is a great example of BS laundering….. aka– Throw yet another RACISM CHARGE out there and hope it sticks……

I’ve actually tried to discuss each of them with you like an adult, but you don’t seem interested in progressing past the belligerent phase. Too bad.
lonestar77

Tommy Christopher says:
“I’ve actually tried to discuss each of them with you like an adult, but you don’t seem interested in progressing past the belligerent phase. Too bad.”

Belligerent – as in continually calling people who oppose big government policies, “racists”? How about you go to a tea-part and take a poll. Ask each person who’d they’d rather see as President: Nancy Pelosi or Condi Rice? Harry Reid or Larry Elder? Then, you can put that in your race-baiting pipe & smoke it!
Tommy Christopher

lonestar77 said:
Tommy wrote: “Will disses from the White Power set mollify Beck’s critics? Probably not, and that’s really not the important thing here. Malevolent Freedom’s marketing scheme fails to explain why they’re really only trying to recruit Beck’s audience. As I’ve said before, that’s the question Beck needs to answer,…”

So, it’s unimportant that Beck has nothing to do with these nuts. It’s unimportant that the left-wing media uses it to call Beck a Nazi. What’s important is that this group targeted Beck’s audience and Beck needs to answer for that? Basically, since Beck had nothing to do with that, Tommy can’t call Beck a racist but he can call all of his fans racists. Typical far-left craziness. Tommy, you are truly despicable. As we all know, those (like you), who continually call others racists, tend to be the true racists. You should look inside yourself and deal with your own racial problems.

It’s unimportant whether his critics are mollified, since that’s not likely to happen, and since Beck’s critics don’t seem all that important to him.

I guess it’s equally unimportant whether you are mollified, as well, but I’ll still point out that you’re fundamentally misinterpreting everything I’ve said about this story.

Let’s face it, everyone has a point of view. I write with one, you read with one. That’s not the problem. The problem is in making assumptions. I’ve been pretty clear that I’m not a Beck fan, and I am a liberal, but I have not made any assumptions about Beck or his audience. Malevolent Freedom did. They assumed that a large enough portion of Beck’s audience would be open to their content to make it their only Twitter marketing target.

You also seem to be making assumptions about me, since I haven’t called anyone a racist in any of these stories. If you can’t bring yourself to read what I’ve written with an open mind, I’m not sure why you bother.
Tommy Christopher

lonestar77 said:
Tommy Christopher says:
“I’ve actually tried to discuss each of them with you like an adult, but you don’t seem interested in progressing past the belligerent phase. Too bad.”

Belligerent – as in continually calling people who oppose big government policies, “racists”? How about you go to a tea-part and take a poll. Ask each person who’d they’d rather see as President: Nancy Pelosi or Condi Rice? Harry Reid or Larry Elder? Then, you can put that in your race-baiting pipe & smoke it!

Well, I’ve never “calling people who oppose big government policies, ‘racists’,” so if that’s your excuse for being belligerent when I’m trying to have a conversation with you, no sale.
FearMonger

Tommy Christopher said:
I’ve actually tried to discuss each of them with you like an adult, but you don’t seem interested in progressing past the belligerent phase. Too bad.

Another lie. Just so we are clear…. you stand by your statement Tommy?….

“Give me just one example of someone being accused of racism simply for disagreeing with Obama.”
FearMonger

Tommy Christopher said:
Well, I’ve never “calling people who oppose big government policies, ‘racists’,” so if that’s your excuse for being belligerent when I’m trying to have a conversation with you, no sale.

But but but…. you HAVE INDEED SAID that those ‘who oppose big government policies’ heve never been accused of RACISM simply for their opposition.
FearMonger

No comment from you on this post from yesterday….

FearMonger wrote:

Here’s a story for you Tommy….. YET ANOTHER MOONBAT TOSSES OUT THE RACE CARD….SEVERAL TIMES.

CAROLINE HELDMAN, PH.D., OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE PROFESSOR on ‘The O’Reilly Factor’ last night…

“I think what we REALLY see at work here is a republican racial fear-mongering machine…”

She goes on to make it abundantly clear that it’s not about policy, it’s all about race. If she was striving to be a completely obtuse race-baiter then she succeeded marvelously.

CHRIS METZLER, PH.D., GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR was incredulous. The look on his face was priceless!

I DVRed it but alas, with my limited resources, I couldn’t find the transcript online. Looks like it won’t be availiable tomorrow for a FearMonger like me but….. TOMMY CHRISTOPHER could get it I’ll bet!
___________

Who was it that said THIS a few days ago???

“Give me just one example of someone being accused of racism simply for disagreeing with Obama.”

How many examples have I given you now TC? I lost count…..

Are you ever gonna MAN UP and acknowledge the truth or will you SIMPLY continue to keep your head shoved up… um …. in the sand?
FearMonger

Not to mention the one from today THAT YOU EVEN QUOTED but still managed to ignore….

Well said lonestar…. ” As we all know, those (like you), who continually call others racists, tend to be the true racists. ”

I’ve pointed that out to Mr. Christopher several times but he continues to ignore the truth even though it was proven beyond a shadow of a doubt.

Who made this provably stupid statement and never admitted they were wrong Tommy?….

“Give me just one example of someone being accused of racism simply for disagreeing with Obama.”

How many ‘examples’ are we up to now? The tally continues….

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2010/08/06/chris-matthews-do-republicans-oppose-obama-because-his-race

MAN UP TC. Perhaps you could use your articles to put a stop to this kind of shit instead of participating in it and encouraging it.

Are you looking more and more like a race-baiter? Perhaps the commenters will weigh in further on that question.

After all, this whole ‘controversy’ is a great example of BS laundering….. aka– Throw yet another RACISM CHARGE out there and hope it sticks……
FearMonger

Tommy Christopher said:
I’ve actually tried to discuss each of them with you like an adult, but you don’t seem interested in progressing past the belligerent phase. Too bad.

What’s ‘TOO BAD’ is the fact that you can’t admit it when you are proven wrong. That’s why I don’t expect anything you write to be fair OR truthful any more.

A real man would SIMPLY say ‘OOPS! I made a mistake’ or at least ‘That was a poor chlice of words’ but NOOOOO!!! Not you Tommy! You are intent on going to the mat to defend an indefensible statement… not smart. And anyone here that wants to see for themselves if what i say is true….like Jim Treacher for example…. can go back and have a look at this thread..

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/exclusive-helen-thomas-tells-mediaite-how-she-feels-about-fox-news-front-row-seat/#comments

That’s the beginning of me giving you the ‘examples’ you requested in your challenge. I’ve followed it up with several more that have been completely ignored by you.

Only a punk-ass bitch issues a challenge like that and then refuses to acknowledge the truth.

But go right ahead TC.

For the record, here it is again for those who may have missed it…

Tommy Christopher wrote:

“Give me just one example of someone being accused of racism simply for disagreeing with Obama.”

I’m more than happy to let the people here read what has been written and make up their own minds about who is or is not ” interested in progressing past the belligerent phase”….

MAN UP TOMMY.
itzmec

@val

two things. first, beck didnt compare the obama regime to the planet of the apes, and even if he did, your taking it out of context. your full of crap dude
valkyrie101

itzmec said:
@val two things. first, beck didnt compare the obama regime to the planet of the apes, and even if he did, your taking it out of context. your full of crap dude

Well of course it is out of context, Glenn would never saying anything mean about Obama or his administration, he is very reasonable in that way:

“Consider these tallies from Glenn Beck’s show on Fox News since Obama’s inauguration: 202 mentions of Nazis or Nazism, according to transcripts, 147 mentions of Hitler, 193 mentions of fascism or fascist, and another 24 bonus mentions of Joseph Goebbels. Most of these were directed in some form at Obama — as were the majority of the 802 mentions of socialist or socialism on Beck’s nightly “report.” ” http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/16/AR2010071602855.html?hpid=opinionsbox1
Ted-

Obviously, white racists groups would go after Beck’s audience; Beck afterall has some sort of perverse fetish with nazi’s. A quick glance at just a few comments from these brain stems and you’ll understand why Stormfront and others would try to recruit them. After all, if Glenn Beck is able to manipulate hundreds of thousands of brain dead sheep with his bullshit, then why wouldn’t groups like Stormfront try to do the same? They’ll get some; probably a few that post here.
Tommy Christopher

FearMonger said:
What’s ‘TOO BAD’ is the fact that you can’t admit it when you are proven wrong. That’s why I don’t expect anything you write to be fair OR truthful any more.

A real man would SIMPLY say ‘OOPS! I made a mistake’ or at least ‘That was a poor chlice of words’ but NOOOOO!!! Not you Tommy! You are intent on going to the mat to defend an indefensible statement… not smart. And anyone here that wants to see for themselves if what i say is true….like Jim Treacher for example…. can go back and have a look at this thread..

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/exclusive-helen-thomas-tells-mediaite-how-she-feels-about-fox-news-front-row-seat/#comments

That’s the beginning of me giving you the ‘examples’ you requested in your challenge. I’ve followed it up with several more that have been completely ignored by you.

Only a punk-ass bitch issues a challenge like that and then refuses to acknowledge the truth.

But go right ahead TC.

For the record, here it is again for those who may have missed it…

Tommy Christopher wrote:

“Give me just one example of someone being accused of racism simply for disagreeing with Obama.”

I’m more than happy to let the people here read what has been written and make up their own minds about who is or is not ” interested in progressing past the belligerent phase”….

MAN UP TOMMY.

I refuted the examples you gave me for awhile, but conversing with you is a fool’s errand. You only seem concerned with declaring what a (faceless, anonymous) man you are by calling me names (from safely behind said anonymity) and declaring yourself correct. If you want to be a man, act like one and have a conversation.

If you’re willing to do that, I’m happy to have a look at the last example you gave me, and discuss it. Throw in a link, and try to be civilized.
FearMonger

Tommy Christopher said:
I refuted the examples you gave me for awhile, but conversing with you is a fool’s errand. You only seem concerned with declaring what a (faceless, anonymous) man you are by calling me names (from safely behind said anonymity) and declaring yourself correct. If you want to be a man, act like one and have a conversation. If you’re willing to do that, I’m happy to have a look at the last example you gave me, and discuss it. Throw in a link, and try to be civilized.

Dude, you ‘refuted’ JACK. All you did was move the goal-post and even then I showed that your assertion was false. I have showed you at least 6 blatant examples that destroy your claim. Anybody can check these threads and decide for themselves whether I have been ‘civilized’ and whether you are FULL OF SHIT.

And you still refuse to answer the simple question …DO YOU STAND BEHIND THIS STATEMENT?”

“Give me just one example of someone being accused of racism simply for disagreeing with Obama.”

Any clear thinking person can look at that statement and know that it is easily disproved and completely delusional. The fact that you refuse to see the truth about something so blatantly and provbably false speaks volumes about your credentials as a ‘JOURNALIST’ by any definition.

I’ve provided all the information AD NAUSEUM and you have answered the way you have. I’m perfectly content to let the commenters here at Mediaite judge your idea of ‘fairness’ and whether or not you are willfully obtuse and blinded by ideology.

Frankly, I’m shocked that Mediaite allows such a partisan this platform but…. they will reap the whirlwind.
Ted-

FearMonger said:
FearMonger says:

Mongrel, aka dip-shit – Either you are mentally challenged and dumb as a shovel or deleberatley being asshole. Of course with you tea-bagging morons there really is no distinction so the issue is moot. Jesus H. Christ, what is it with you fucking moronic nitwits and comprehension? I think if you don’t get it by now you never will you idiotic asshole.
FearMonger

Ted- said:
Mongrel, aka dip-shit – Either you are mentally challenged and dumb as a shovel or deleberatley being asshole. Of course with you tea-bagging morons there really is no distinction so the issue is moot. Jesus H. Christ, what is it with you fucking moronic nitwits and comprehension? I think if you don’t get it by now you never will you idiotic asshole.

Tell me again Tommy who is ‘civilized’ and who is ‘belligerent’. Liberal, know thyself.

So Ted…. may I assume that you agree with Tommy’s statement?….

“Give me just one example of someone being accused of racism simply for disagreeing with Obama.”

Help me ‘comprehend’ por favor. I really do want to ‘get it’. So far all I’ve seen is BS excuses for exactly the behavior that TC claims does not exist.

Prove me wrong you hypocritical, ranting, expletive-spewing, willfully ignorant broken record.

I’m guessing you will more likely prove my point, as many of the other posters here have done. (Thanks Cobra!)

So please tell me the REAL reason why….in your honest opinion…. us ‘tea-bagging morons’ so strenuously disagree with President Obama.
gar

Fear Monger is right on ,If you need anymore examples listen to that other one trick pony Eugene Washington. Anything negative about Obama is because of his skin color.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Larry-King/100000689413015 Larry King

Bill Tarpon said:
When does all this Beck bashing become stupid?

WHEN HE LEAVES THIS EARTH.BECK BASHES EVERYONE TURN ABOUT IS FAIR PLAY.
Bootleghaircut

“Tell me again Tommy who is ‘civilized’ and who is ‘belligerent’. Liberal, know thyself.

So Ted…. may I assume that you agree with Tommy’s statement?….

“Give me just one example of someone being accused of racism simply for disagreeing with Obama.”

Help me ‘comprehend’ por favor. I really do want to ‘get it’. So far all I’ve seen is BS excuses for exactly the behavior that TC claims does not exist.

Prove me wrong you hypocritical, ranting, expletive-spewing, willfully ignorant broken record.

I’m guessing you will more likely prove my point, as many of the other posters here have done. (Thanks Cobra!)

So please tell me the REAL reason why….in your honest opinion…. us ‘tea-bagging morons’ so strenuously disagree with President Obama.”

And Tommy leaves him sputtering and ranting into the wind.

And yes he is an odious creep. this is a well known fact.
lonestar77

Tommy Christopher wrote:
“They assumed that a large enough portion of Beck’s audience would be open to their content to make it their only Twitter marketing target.”

So what? The problem is that you are trying to use that to demean “Beck’s audience”. You’re a typical angry leftist who has complete hate for those who disagree with your politics. Therefore, you attempt to label them as racists. Don’t play stupid word games with me. I’ve seen how the left-wing media has done it my entire life. You don’t have to actually say “Everyone who likes Glenn Beck is a racist”. You do it the way they taught you in your left-wing run J-school. You say “they assumed that a large enough portion of Beck’s audience would be open to their content to make it their only Twitter marketing target”. That way you get to call thousands, if not millions, of people racists without actually saying it. That’s why the left-wing media is in a free fall. YOu think we don’t understand these games but we do.
FearMonger

lonestar77 said:
Tommy Christopher wrote:“They assumed that a large enough portion of Beck’s audience would be open to their content to make it their only Twitter marketing target.” So what? The problem is that you are trying to use that to demean “Beck’s audience”. You’re a typical angry leftist who has complete hate for those who disagree with your politics. Therefore, you attempt to label them as racists. Don’t play stupid word games with me. I’ve seen how the left-wing media has done it my entire life. You don’t have to actually say “Everyone who likes Glenn Beck is a racist”. You do it the way they taught you in your left-wing run J-school. You say “they assumed that a large enough portion of Beck’s audience would be open to their content to make it their only Twitter marketing target”. That way you get to call thousands, if not millions, of people racists without actually saying it. That’s why the left-wing media is in a free fall. YOu think we don’t understand these games but we do.

Just look at the headline. Who gave this BS ‘story’ legs in the first place?

Now it’s crossed the bridge from “Glenn Beck Watchdogs Exploit White Power Tweet Found On Beck’s Twitter Faves” to….

“Deleted Glenn Beck White Power Twitter Fave”.

‘JOURNALISM’ at it’s finest!
the real john t

FearMonger said:
Anybody can check these threads and decide for themselves whether I have been ‘civilized’ and whether you are FULL OF SHIT.

OH yes. That is real civilized. Where do you live the hollows in TN?
FearMonger

the real john t said:
OH yes. That is real civilized. Where do you live the hollows in TN?

Why not quote the whole post john t? There’s no need to cherry pick, right? Since we’re all big on ‘context’ these days?
________________

Dude, you ‘refuted’ JACK. All you did was move the goal-post and even then I showed that your assertion was false. I have showed you at least 6 blatant examples that destroy your claim. Anybody can check these threads and decide for themselves whether I have been ‘civilized’ and whether you are FULL OF SHIT.

And you still refuse to answer the simple question …DO YOU STAND BEHIND THIS STATEMENT?”

“Give me just one example of someone being accused of racism simply for disagreeing with Obama.”

Any clear thinking person can look at that statement and know that it is easily disproved and completely delusional. The fact that you refuse to see the truth about something so blatantly and provbably false speaks volumes about your credentials as a ‘JOURNALIST’ by any definition.

I’ve provided all the information AD NAUSEUM and you have answered the way you have. I’m perfectly content to let the commenters here at Mediaite judge your idea of ‘fairness’ and whether or not you are willfully obtuse and blinded by ideology.

Frankly, I’m shocked that Mediaite allows such a partisan this platform but…. they will reap the whirlwind.
jjpeditor

I’d be more concerned with how many in Congress and the WH administration are socialists than whether the AN hates GB.
Tommy Christopher

lonestar77 said:
Tommy Christopher wrote:
“They assumed that a large enough portion of Beck’s audience would be open to their content to make it their only Twitter marketing target.”

So what? The problem is that you are trying to use that to demean “Beck’s audience”. You’re a typical angry leftist who has complete hate for those who disagree with your politics. Therefore, you attempt to label them as racists. Don’t play stupid word games with me. I’ve seen how the left-wing media has done it my entire life. You don’t have to actually say “Everyone who likes Glenn Beck is a racist”. You do it the way they taught you in your left-wing run J-school. You say “they assumed that a large enough portion of Beck’s audience would be open to their content to make it their only Twitter marketing target”. That way you get to call thousands, if not millions, of people racists without actually saying it. That’s why the left-wing media is in a free fall. YOu think we don’t understand these games but we do.

You are reading things that aren’t there. I make no claims, implications, or characterizations of Beck’s audience whatsoever. The issue isn’t my perception of Beck’s audience (I offered none), but Malevolent Freedom’s. If you’re angry at someone for assuming things about Beck’s audience, your quarrel is with them.
the real john t

FearMonger said:
“Give me just one example of someone being accused of racism simply for disagreeing with Obama.”

Where did the statement come from, and why do you keep bringing it up?
Tommy Christopher

FearMonger said:
And you still refuse to answer the simple question …DO YOU STAND BEHIND THIS STATEMENT?”

Yes, I do.
lonestar77

Tommy Christopher says:

“You are reading things that aren’t there. I make no claims, implications, or characterizations of Beck’s audience whatsoever. The issue isn’t my perception of Beck’s audience (I offered none), but Malevolent Freedom’s. If you’re angry at someone for assuming things about Beck’s audience, your quarrel is with them.”

You’re playing word games again. I can only assume you got an “A” in that class at J-school. You said, ” As I’ve said before, that’s the question Beck needs to answer…”. Why would Beck need to answer that? That’s beyond a moronic statement. Your continued word games make you look more foolish. Nobody cares about this story except for the hard-left virulent Beck haters like you and bathtub boy. It’s YOU who needs to answer the question of why you and those like you continually label everyone to the right of Nancy Pelosi a racist. It’s people like you who are responsible for the state of race relations in this country. When you, either directly or indirectly, call the majority of white people racists, there’s going to be a backlash. Your kind has been doing it for years but you’ve really amped up the race-baiting since BHO was elected. I will no longer let anybody, especially some northeastern media-elitist get away with the most despicable form of slander which is to play the race card. Unfortunately for you and your peers, you can no longer do it and expect to go unchallenged. Everybody knows what your up to. You can play word games all you want but you know what your intent is and that’s to label Beck fans as racists. It’s dishonest, stupid & despicable. I would say you should be ashamed, but I’m sure you been trafficking in hate for most of your life. Look in the mirror and you’ll find the true bigot.
the real john t

lonestar77 said:
Nobody cares about this story except for the hard-left virulent Beck haters like you and bathtub boy.

But you seem to keep commenting on it. If you don’t care about it, why bother? You seem to be kind of a hypocrite.
lonestar77

Of course there are too many examples to list regarding the left-wing media calling people racists for opposing big government so I’ll just mention one of the most egregious: Contessa Brewer – “A man at a pro-health care reform rally wore a semiautomatic assault rifle on his shoulder and a pistol on his hip….there are questions about whether this has racial overtones….white people showing up with guns.” Of course, the man was, ahem, BLACK.

It happens everday but we all know Tommy doesn’t have the intellectual honesty to admit it. He’s part of the media establishment that carried this failed, inexperienced person into the White House. BHO has been a disaster and since he was propped up by the MSM, it’s their fault that we are stuck with someone so woefully unqualified and unprepared for the job. It’s tough for them. They’re embarrassed. They’ll keep their head in the hand for close to forever ever, only bringing it up to call the majority of this country “racist”.
the real john t

lonestar77 said:
Of course there are too many examples to list regarding the left-wing media calling people racists

How about Beck calling Obama a racist. You want to comment on that?
lonestar77

the real john t says:

“But you seem to keep commenting on it. If you don’t care about it, why bother? You seem to be kind of a hypocrite.”

I don’t care about the story, I care about the continued slandering of people who believe in small government. The more people who realize that folks like Tommy, Olbermann & Mathews are nothing but bigoted race-baiters, the better. They have to know that the era of the left-wing slandering conservatives is over. If you do it, you’ll be called out as the ass-clown you are.
the real john t

lonestar77 said:
I care about the continued slandering of people who believe in small government.

Small Government my ass. Where were these people during the Bush years? You’ve got a fake agenda and you know it.
the real john t

the real john t said:
How about Beck calling Obama a racist. You want to comment on that?

Hey lonestar, you want to answer that question?
lonestar77

Where were you? There were a lot of conservatives who were upset about government spending but it was no where like it is today. Bush didn’t believe it was the job of the government to make decisions for the people. Obama does. Bush didn’t believe in taking money from those who work in order to re-distribute it to those who would rather sit at home and wait for a welfare check. Yeah, as a conservative, I was disappointed in the spending by the R’s over those years but to compare that to where we are today is like comparing a water leak to a tsunami. Obama wants a nanny state. He want as many people depending on the government as possible. The more people who depend on the government, the more votes the Dems get. The more successful people are, the more votes Repubs get.
the real john t

lonestar77 said:
Obama wants a nanny state. He want as many people depending on the government as possible.

How about proving that. And I don’t want anything from Newsbusters. And try answering my question about Beck calling the President of the United States a racist.
lonestar77

the real john t said:
“How about Beck calling Obama a racist. You want to comment on that?”

What about it? Big deal. Obama sat in the pews of a hard-core racist for 20 freaking years…listening to him spew his hate and bigotry. How is what Beck said worse than all the people on the left who called Bush a racist, nazi or fascist? How is it worse than the add the NAACP ad that blamed Bush for the dragging death of James Byrd. The difference between the two is that there is at least circumstantial evidence that Beck was correct. Afterall, when it comes to white cops & black citizens, white cops act “stupidly”.
lonestar77

the real john t says:
August 8, 2010 at 2:02 am (Quote)
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lonestar77 said:
Obama wants a nanny state. He want as many people depending on the government as possible.

How about proving that. And I don’t want anything from Newsbusters.

Seriously? Who is for: government run healthcare, taxes on tobacco, soft drinks, fatty foods, alcohol, etc? Who gives tax credits to people that purchase a Chevy golf cart, err, Volt? Cap N’ Tax? Who wants to regulate what temperature you set your thermostat at? Who wants to re-distribute wealth? I could go on & on & you know it.
lonestar77

BTW, all those things that Obama has either already done or is for, are against the will of the majority of this country. They all give greater power to the government and less power to it’s citizens. That equals nanny state.
the real john t

“Seriously? Who is for: government run healthcare, taxes on tobacco, soft drinks, fatty foods, alcohol, etc?”

There is a lot of people that want the health care. And for the taxes on “tobacco”, soft drinks and alcohol it’s always been there. What closet did you just come out of? BTW, the Taxes on “tobacco” and alcohol are managed by the states. Are you RWers really that stupid?
the real john t

the real john t said:
BTW, the Taxes on “tobacco” and alcohol are managed by the states

Should have added “mostly”.
lonestar77

Obama signs FEDERAL cig tax hike:
http://www.wkrg.com/financial/article/federal_cigarette_tax_going_up/23323/Feb-05-2009_8-29-am/

alcohol/soda tax:
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-5297780-503544.html
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0509/22675.html

I forgot about the new federal tax on tanning.

Methinks you should research before calling someone “stupid”. Hey, I gotta give you credit. It’s been about 30 minutes and you haven’t called me a racist.

BTW, I’m in the middle of a crossword and the clue is “Obama’s grandma (nickname)” 4 letters. I’m not a big fan so maybe you can help me…
lonestar77

crossword: nevermind, it was “toot”. Hah. Yes, seriously.
the real john t

Lonestar,

Maybe you should go back and read the whole articles you linked to. Because the comment you made makes you look dumber than hell.
the real john t

lonestar77 said:
Hey, I gotta give you credit. It’s been about 30 minutes and you haven’t called me a racist.

lonestar77 said:
the real john t said:
“How about Beck calling Obama a racist. You want to comment on that?”
What about it? Big deal. Obama sat in the pews of a hard-core racist for 20 freaking years…

OH! Look here, who is calling who a racist? What do you say, hypocrite?
http://www.facebook.com/people/Bill-Adkins/1585417987 Bill Adkins

Bill Tarpon said:
When does all this Beck bashing become stupid?

When Beck proves to be intelligent — but there’s no indication it’s going to occur.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Bill-Adkins/1585417987 Bill Adkins

lonestar77 said:
Tommy wrote: “Will disses from the White Power set mollify Beck’s critics? Probably not, and that’s really not the important thing here. Malevolent Freedom’s marketing scheme fails to explain why they’re really only trying to recruit Beck’s audience. As I’ve said before, that’s the question Beck needs to answer,…” So, it’s unimportant that Beck has nothing to do with these nuts. It’s unimportant that the left-wing media uses it to call Beck a Nazi. What’s important is that this group targeted Beck’s audience and Beck needs to answer for that? Basically, since Beck had nothing to do with that, Tommy can’t call Beck a racist but he can call all of his fans racists. Typical far-left craziness. Tommy, you are truly despicable. As we all know, those (like you), who continually call others racists, tend to be the true racists. You should look inside yourself and deal with your own racial problems.

What’s important is that they have anything to do with Beck – and they do, they promote him and his fabricated astroturf movements, ie., Tea Party and 9/12ers. And they do it for obvious reasons.
Pablo

Malevolent Freedom’s marketing scheme fails to explain why they’re really only trying to recruit Beck’s audience. As I’ve said before, that’s the question Beck needs to answer, and perhaps, the reason he bookmarked that tweet in the first place.

Why would Beck need to answer that? If your question pertains to what Malevolent Freedom is doing and why, how about asking them instead of speculating into the ether?
BatBoy

Tommy does like to pal around with Racists….

“It may sound corny to some, but Helen Thomas is never very far a way from my thoughts…”

“I called her this afternoon to reconnect, and to get her reaction to the news. I was surprised to learn that my call was the first she’d heard of it. Her reaction, and those of some of our colleagues…

“I also took the opportunity to thank Helen for being such a good friend and role model…”

Tommy, let me suggest you change all of those responses you feel you have to make by just saying….”Can’t we all just get along?”
Mr B

Black people hate Glenn Beck.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GizNwzKo3n8&feature=player_embedded#!

Plus, Shirley Charade thinks he’s a racist for supporting her.

I have to laugh every time I see these ridiculous hit pieces of manufactured OUTRAGE! Glenn Beck must be striking where it hurts again. Watch out for the uppercut from Glenn. TKO soon.
FearMonger

Tommy Christopher said:
Yes, I do.

Thanks for the answer TC.

So…. let’s make it abundantly clear for folks like ‘the real john t’ who missed it and are too lazy to figure it out for themselves…

Tommy Christopher said:

“Give me just one example of someone being accused of racism simply for disagreeing with Obama.”
___________

FearMonger cited numerous ‘examples’ per Tommy’s request…. the first being this statement by J. Garofalo…

“It’s not about bashing Democrats, it’s not about taxes, they have no idea what the Boston tea party was about, they don’t know their history at all. This is about hating a black man in the White House. This is racism straight up. That is nothing but a bunch of teabagging rednecks. And there is no way around that.”
___________

Tommy Christopher commenced with game-playing… semantics and goal-post moving …instead of simply admitting that his assertion was wrong.
__________

FearMonger continued to provide examples, some of them happening on this very forum and some happening in the media. I posted the link to this transcript from Thursdays OReilly Factor…

http://www6.lexisnexis.com/publisher/EndUser?Action=UserDisplayFullDocument&orgId=574&topicId=100007214&docId=l:1236130446&isRss=true

which absolutely clearly shows this silly lib CAROLINE HELDMAN saying Obama’s low approval numbers are all about his race.
___________

Crickets from Tommy on that one but he did finally chime in on this thread to continue his game-playing.
___________

FearMonger wrote:

DO YOU STAND BEHIND THIS STATEMENT?”

“Give me just one example of someone being accused of racism simply for disagreeing with Obama.”
___________

Tommy Christopher wrote:

“Yes, I do.”
FearMonger

Mr B said:
Black people hate Glenn Beck. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GizNwzKo3n8&feature=player_embedded#! Plus, Shirley Charade thinks he’s a racist for supporting her. I have to laugh every time I see these ridiculous hit pieces of manufactured OUTRAGE! Glenn Beck must be striking where it hurts again. Watch out for the uppercut from Glenn. TKO soon.

Mr. B, I forgot about St. Shirley! Didn’t she say people who opposed the HC BILL are racists?? I’ll have to go check on that….

Hmmm, whaddayathink Tommy? Another one added to the list?
Pablo

Mr B said:
Black people hate Glenn Beck.

Here’s more. It’s a wonder he made it out of there alive!
lonestar77

FearMonger:
Let’s not forget Chris (Tingles) Mathews: “”What is it that`s gotten into your Party`s water supply, the Republican Party`s water supply, that makes them strangely hostile to the president, not just against his policies, but personally? Is it race?”
FearMonger

lonestar77 said:
FearMonger:Let’s not forget Chris (Tingles) Mathews: “”What is it that`s gotten into your Party`s water supply, the Republican Party`s water supply, that makes them strangely hostile to the president, not just against his policies, but personally? Is it race?”

lonestar, that doesn’t mean what you think it means…. just like Garofalo was misunderstood.

Besides, Thrill Matthews SIMPLY asked an innocent question, right Tommy?
lonestar77

Tommy, Olbermann, Mathews, Garofalo and the rest of the crazy-left have run out of ammo. All they are left with is the race card. It’s sad, yet entertaining to watch. If someone on the right were to say: “you know, I’m not comfortable with all this spending”, Tommy & his cohorts would write, “Republican doesn’t like government spending because Obama is black.”.
Sean68

lonestar77 said:
FearMonger:Let’s not forget Chris (Tingles) Mathews: “”What is it that`s gotten into your Party`s water supply, the Republican Party`s water supply, that makes them strangely hostile to the president, not just against his policies, but personally? Is it race?”

Matthews is the first to opine on race. (Though he has been suspiciously silent on the recent racist massacre in Connecticut.) Why doesn’t he confront Pat Buchanan on the issue directly? The left screams hysterically about Buchanan whenever he offers a forceful opinion on the matter.
FearMonger

Sean68 said:
Matthews is the first to opine on race. (Though he has been suspiciously silent on the recent racist massacre in Connecticut.).

That’s not NEWS Sean. It would only be news if it was Timothy McVeigh doing the shooting.

Or, of course, if the shooter was one of ‘Beck’s deleted twitter faves’.
http://sharethisurlaboutglennbeck.com/ GlennBeckReview

FearMonger says: “Who gave this BS ’story’ legs in the first place?”

Stop Glenn Beck first noticed this, and it was picked up by Olbermann.

I doubt Fear Monger has bothered looking at The Glenn Beck Review, but FYI, I have not touched this story. There are too many things I do not understand about Beck’s Twitter account to try to make hay of this.

I have Mediaite to thank for this insight. Tommy Christopher, your interactions with the commentors on your story boards is helping you rise in my list of admired journalists. Keep up your excellent work. You’re right about FearMonger; he’s a cowardly sock puppet as are many who post comments on The Glenn Beck Review.
FearMonger

GlennBeckReview said:
FearMonger says: “Who gave this BS ’story’ legs in the first place?” Stop Glenn Beck first noticed this, and it was picked up by Olbermann. I doubt Fear Monger has bothered looking at The Glenn Beck Review, but FYI, I have not touched this story. There are too many things I do not understand about Beck’s Twitter account to try to make hay of this. I have Mediaite to thank for this insight. Tommy Christopher, your interactions with the commentors on your story boards is helping you rise in my list of admired journalists. Keep up your excellent work. You’re right about FearMonger; he’s a cowardly sock puppet as are many who post comments on The Glenn Beck Review.

FYI… nobody was talking about you except you….as usual. What’s not to admire about Tommy? He’s honest and forthright and of course he admits it when he says something that, in hindsight, makes him look ridiculous.

Speaking of ridicule, the fact that you have a high opinion of Tommy and a low opinion of me is a ‘scarlet letter of recommendation’ that I will proudly wear…. a ‘badge of honor’, if you will.

Enjoy your obsession.