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Glenn Beck, Voice Cracking And Eyes Misting, Explains His Rally In Israel

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by Jon Bershad | 7:42 pm, May 16th, 2011

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This morning we got the surprising announcement that Glenn Beck would be following up last year’s rally in Washington, D.C. with another one all the way in Israel. And, despite a brief cold open relating to the debt ceiling, Beck spent his entire show today discussing the event. There were quotes from the Old Testament, comparisons of Israel’s current troubles to the Nazis, and even an extended interview with Nir Barkat, the Mayor of Jerusalem, himself. And, unsurprisingly, for you old school Beck fans out there, there was a moment when the host’s voice cracked as he explained the grave importance of what he intended to do.

Beck explained that, when he held the Restoring Honor rally last year, it was originally intended as a “last hurrah.” He also told his audience members that there was a time when he would’ve turned his back on the Middle East, telling them to figure things out themselves. However, he spoke directly to the Christian viewers and promised them that, were Israel to be split into two states, the Arabs would never again allow them to visit their religious landmarks.

It’s interesting. Last year, everyone expected Beck to give a political rally and was surprised when it was 100% based in religious faith. Now, by setting this rally in Israel and becoming demonstrably anti-Palestine, Beck positioned himself smack-dab in the middle of the two subjects.

He finally began to break as he quoted from the Book of Ruth, comparing Ruth’s refusal to leave her mother-in-law to his refusal to turn away from Israel.

“That is what needs to be said to Israel and to the world and to God. What God commands to be said through his prophets of old. This August, I will stand where he has always been; in the ancient walls of the city of Jerusalem. I ask you tonight to spread the word and put the call out to the entire world to stand. It will be expensive to get there. It might be dangerous and, in all honesty, it may just be you and me and like four other people. I don’t know. But, I ask you, has there ever been a time in the history of man, in a relative period of peace and calm, before the storm really got under way, has there ever been a call to return to his city, a call to stand and to be counted?”

Beck asked his viewers to search within themselves and their spouses to decide whether they would like to attend since it is “better to know now.” Unfortunately, he has not been able to set an exact date in August yet so no one can purchase their plane tickets just this morning. However, maybe everyone will get lucky and there will be a Groupon discount sometime in the coming months.

Watch the clip from Fox News below:

Glenn Beck, Israel, Nir Barkat, Restoring Courage Rally

http://www.swissarmyjew.com Keeva

It is now official. Beck is really a character in an old Paddy Chayefsky script.
kvon

Psycho!
george L

Hmmm…
Israel is where “He (Christ) has always been.” That doesn’t sound very Mormon to me. Isn’t the Mormon faith based on a belief that Jesus appeared in the New World (now America) after he was crucified?
Sam M.

Hello padded cell.
Nacho

His viewers are all ready chartering busses.
Michael_T

How can Jon Bershad write this as a straight pieced with no reflection on what this might mean for Beck’s reputation?

Jon must be a fan. Oh well.
WillP

Good heavens!! Just when you think Glenn Beck is out of control he gets worse. Going to a foreign country now to exploit God for his personal fame and fortune? I never imagined although I should have after the religious rally last summer. Last summer on August 28, the date of his religious fest in America, he chose to exploit God for personal gain on the anniversary of Martin Luther King. I just hope he doesn’t seek to exploit an important, memorable day of celebration for his rally in Israel. I have spent my adult life servicing the needs of mental health patients. Folks, you don’t need a degree in mental health to see a type of narcissistic personality disorder here.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Bren-Tierney/627320549 Bren Tierney

Beck is nothing more than a cartoon character who peddles his fear agenda to corral the weak and aimless.

On this side of the of the pond, he’s merely the source material for satire.
Barack Must Go

I believe Beck feels a special kinship with Israel and her people because he like them are surrounded by those who openly call for their total destruction and death.

Also, just like in the case of Israel, most people look the other way, or worse say they deserve to be dead.

Anything or in Glenn’s case anyone that can highlight the plight of Jews around the world, but especially in Israel is a good thing.

It will force the so called civilized societies, especially a Barack Obama amerika To NEVER FORGET, what the Jews have in the past and continue to endure today at the hands of the barbaric islamic countries which surround them on 3 sides.
milynily

That man is such a phony and a joke, Glen just go spend your money and shut up.
OxyCon

Jon Bershad, why did you conveniently forget the portion of Beck’s show when he mentioned how everyone (and that definitely includes MessNBCiaite®) ridiculed and mocked him since January for predicting that something big was going to happen to Israel on May 15th, and the fact that on May 15th, an anti-Israeli Facebook campaign organized thousands of muslims to breach Israel’s border and attack Israel’s sovereignty at three locations, resulting in numerous deaths and injuries?

Oh…that’s right…silly me! You’re job is to ridicule and mock Glenn Beck! Which means, like almost every liberal member of the media, you have to conceal and omit information which doesn’t fit your narrative or proves your narrative wrong. Can’t have any of that “Beck was right” nonsense posted anywhere, because we all know that “Beck is craaaaazy!”
Jaurez

I see the bigots are showing their colors….classy.
Barack Must Go

OxyCon said:
Jon Bershad, why did you conveniently forget the portion of Beck’s show when he mentioned how everyone (and that definitely includes MessNBCiaite®) ridiculed and mocked him since January for predicting that something big was going to happen to Israel on May 15th, and the fact that on May 15th, an anti-Israeli Facebook campaign organized thousands of muslims to breach Israel’s border and attack Israel’s sovereignty at three locations, resulting in numerous deaths and injuries?

Oh…that’s right…silly me! You’re job is to ridicule and mock Glenn Beck! Which means, like almost every liberal member of the media, you have to conceal and omit information which doesn’t fit your narrative or proves your narrative wrong. Can’t have any of that “Beck was right” nonsense posted anywhere, because we all know that “Beck is craaaaazy!”

And on the very same day MEDIAite pulled the story about a Lemon being a fruit. go figure….
Girth Brick

Barack Must Go said:
I believe Beck feels a special kinship with Israel and her people because he like them are surrounded by those who openly call for their total destruction and death.

.

Beck is some kind of weird fag like yourselt – Mop Boy.
OxyCon

Barack Must Go said:
And on the very same day MEDIAite pulled the story about a Lemon being a fruit. go figure….

Madcow must be doing backflips since she wants every gay person in the news business to out themselves.
NonElite

The main thing that irritates me about Beck is that he keeps being right about stuff that people call him crazy for saying. There are just too many things that I wish he had been wrong about like the Muslim Brotherhood, the Fed printing money, the unrest spreading across the Middle East, things about the economy, the rise of the socialists and quite a few things about Obama. It’s downright unnerving.
The thing is that you’ve got to keep track of what he’s saying to find these things out when no one else is saying them.
I don’t know if he’s right about his effort to help Israel, but there is rising opposition that calls for Israel to be wiped off the map. They need more allies.
King Of Hell

Every teardrop that Beck drops is like acid in the eyes of the Baby Jesus. The King Of Hell is alive and well!
Jaurez

Girth Brick said:
Beck is some kind of weird fag like yourselt – Mop Boy.

homophobe hypocrite much?
Girth Brick

King Of Hell said:
Every teardrop that Beck drops is like acid in the eyes of the Baby Jesus. The King Of Hell is alive and well!

Beck is like JAYSUS Himself! Holy friggin’ Jerry Falwell!

The USA Teabag idiots love to mix Jesus with the ass-kicking and homo-killing Allah of the Old Testimant!
Jaurez

NonElite said:
there is rising opposition that calls for Israel to be wiped off the map.

The liberals actually want Israel wiped off the map. Go figure.
Girth Brick

Jaurez said:
homophobe hypocrite much?

Did you queef toward me?

Git along, little pony girl.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Greg-Palmer/100000481076398 GJPinks

Keeva, Kvon, george L, Sam M., Nacho, Michael_T , WillP, Bren Tierney, milynily , Girth Brick: Glad to know that Barabas still has so many supporters. Genesis, Chapter 12, Verse 1-3
jim bronson 990cc

OxyCon said:
Jon Bershad, why did you conveniently forget the portion of Beck’s show when he mentioned how everyone (and that definitely includes MessNBCiaite®) ridiculed and mocked him since January for predicting that something big was going to happen to Israel on May 15th, and the fact that on May 15th, an anti-Israeli Facebook campaign organized thousands of muslims to breach Israel’s border and attack Israel’s sovereignty at three locations, resulting in numerous deaths and injuries? Oh…that’s right…silly me! You’re job is to ridicule and mock Glenn Beck! Which means, like almost every liberal member of the media, you have to conceal and omit information which doesn’t fit your narrative or proves your narrative wrong. Can’t have any of that “Beck was right” nonsense posted anywhere, because we all know that “Beck is craaaaazy!”

You consider that big? You are small!
jim bronson 990cc

NonElite said:
The main thing that irritates me about Beck is that he keeps being right about stuff that people call him crazy for saying. There are just too many things that I wish he had been wrong about like the Muslim Brotherhood, the Fed printing money, the unrest spreading across the Middle East, things about the economy, the rise of the socialists and quite a few things about Obama. It’s downright unnerving.The thing is that you’ve got to keep track of what he’s saying to find these things out when no one else is saying them.I don’t know if he’s right about his effort to help Israel, but there is rising opposition that calls for Israel to be wiped off the map. They need more allies.

Then why does he keep apologizing for the things he says? He is an apology tour.
Girth Brick

What kind of child thinks Jesus is coming back from the dead fiction land?

Beck does.

A dry drunk high-school dropout does.

Glenn Beck does. Why this idiot has a TV show is obvious – 2 million more idiots believe in his fairy tales.
Barack Must Go

WillP said:
Good heavens!! Just when you think Glenn Beck is out of control he gets worse. Going to a foreign country now to exploit God for his personal fame and fortune? I never imagined although I should have after the religious rally last summer. Last summer on August 28, the date of his religious fest in America, he chose to exploit God for personal gain on the anniversary of Martin Luther King. I just hope he doesn’t seek to exploit an important, memorable day of celebration for his rally in Israel. I have spent my adult life servicing the needs of mental health patients. Folks, you don’t need a degree in mental health to see a type of narcissistic personality disorder here.

Barack Obama came here from a foreign country ( Kenya ) to exploit God knows what for HIS personal fame & fortune. How come we don’t see you pissing your un – American pants about that , you lib you?
http://www.swissarmyjew.com Keeva

GJPinks said:
Keeva, Kvon, george L, Sam M., Nacho, Michael_T , WillP, Bren Tierney, milynily , Girth Brick: Glad to know that Barabas still has so many supporters. Genesis, Chapter 12, Verse 1-3

“1. And the Lord said to Abram, “Go forth from your land and from your birthplace and from your father’s house, to the land that I will show you.
2. And I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you, and I will aggrandize your name, and [you shall] be a blessing.
3. And I will bless those who bless you, and the one who curses you I will curse, and all the families of the earth shall be blessed in you.”

Your point? Beck is not Abram and if he thinks he is, then that adds a whole new layer of uh-oh.
OxyCon

jim bronson 990cc said:
You consider that big? You are small!

You told me!
Tedderman

Ironic though, there’s been no mention of the killings of 15 Palestinians by the I.D.F at Israel’s borders. And proving he knows nothing of “the Arabs,” they kept Christian holy sites open for decades before Israel closed them. Arafat used to attend midnight mass in Jerusalem every year with his Christian wife. One more useless idiot who thinks the Palestinians are the problem…..moron.
OxyCon

Tedderman said:
Ironic though, there’s been no mention of the killings of 15 Palestinians by the I.D.F at Israel’s borders. And proving he knows nothing of “the Arabs,” they kept Christian holy sites open for decades before Israel closed them. Arafat used to attend midnight mass in Jerusalem every year with his Christian wife. One more useless idiot who thinks the Palestinians are the problem…..moron.

Jordanian rule
During the 1960s Jerusalem saw economic improvement and its tourism industry developed significantly, and its holy sites attracted growing numbers of pilgrims, but Israelis of all religions were not allowed into East Jerusalem.[10] Jews were not allowed access to the Mount of Olives, Western Wall and other holy sites, in contravention of the 1949 Armistice Agreements.

…

Israeli rule
Under Israeli rule, members of all religions were largely granted access to their holy sites, with the Muslim Waqf maintaining control of the Temple Mount and the Muslim holy sites there.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Jerusalem
Greg

Glenn is a profit…

http://www.boingboing.net/2011/05/16/gentleman-sports-uni.html
WillP

Barack Must Go said:
Barack Obama came here from a foreign country ( Kenya ) to exploit God knows what for HIS personal fame & fortune. How come we don’t see you pissing your un – American pants about that , you lib you?

I’m sorry to say good heavens again. You watch way too much Fox News if you believe Obama is from Kenya.
Dredayz

Isn’t this guy a Mormon?

Don’t they believe Jesus is somewhere in New York some Indians?
Girth Brick

Barack Must Go said:
Barack Obama came here from a foreign country ( Kenya ) to exploit God knows what for HIS personal fame & fortune. How come we don’t see you pissing your un – American pants about that , you lib you?

Your typical dickle-lick post.
OxyCon

Here’s some more “Glenn Beck is Craaaaaaazy!” news:

(MEMRI) — Following are excerpts from an interview with Hamas MP and cleric Yunis Al-Astal, which aired on Al-Aqsa TV on May 11, 2011:

Yunis Al-Astal: The Jews are brought in droves to Palestine so that the Palestinians – and the Islamic nation behind them – will have the honor of annihilating the evil of this gang.

All the predators, all the birds of prey, all the dangerous reptiles and insects, and all the lethal bacteria are far less dangerous than the Jews.

In just a few years, all the Zionists and the settlers will realize that their arrival in Palestine was for the purpose of the great massacre, by means of which Allah wants to relieve humanity of their evil.

When Palestine is liberated and its people return to it, and the entire region, with the grace of Allah, will have turned into the United States of Islam, the land of Palestine will become the capital of the Islamic Caliphate, and all these countries will turn into states within the Caliphate. When this happens, any Palestinian will be able to live anywhere, because the land of Islam is the property of all Muslims.
http://www.memri.org/clip_transcript/en/2934.htm
Dredayz

Oh snap, I just got it!

He is trying to separate the fanatics from the causal followers. You think they will serve kool-aid there?
King Of Hell

What better way to get to know who HIS big-money donors are. That fat-wallet fools that follow THIS PUTZ to Israel are the friends HE needs to sidle up to during HIS transition to obscurity. HA HA HA HA ( echos down the chute to HELL).
Skippy

for the first time in History dog will make his voice be heard

Helloooooooo buyble thumpers?!!

You heard that?

The Baboon Beck IS THE ONE! to bring you the voice of dog!

For the first time in HISTORY!

ROFLMAO!
Greg

Best- Beck- Video- EVER!

http://boingboing.net/2010/10/02/when-donald-duck-met.html
WillP

Dredayz said:
Isn’t this guy a Mormon?

Don’t they believe Jesus is somewhere in New York some Indians?

It’s actually a very interesting subject. Glenn Beck as a Mormon believes some pretty outrageous things. For the few drunk sheep remaining who still view him as a shepherd on television he might finally turn them away if he shared everything he believed as a Mormon.My favorite one is that the Garden of Eden is located in the state of Nebraska. Some evangelical Christians are seriously turned away by the beliefs of the Church of Latter Day Saints. The great majority of Americans are ignorant knowing very little about Mormonism. What you will never hear from Beck or for that matter Mitt Romney are the espousal of beliefs contrary to mainstream Christianity. When they discuss faith and religion they purposely avoid the very bizarre aspects that occurred during the provenance of the religion in the 19th century in favor of the common themes shared between the faiths. I can easily expect him giving a speech in Israel rallying the helpless sheep that forgets Joseph Smith ever lived just like he did last summer on the mall in Washington.
insideguy

Would people really follow this guy over to Israel? Really I mean my god he wants people to spend thousands of dollars to go over there with him? Does this sound normal to you righties? It sounds like a cult to me. Im gonna be really interested in seeing how many people go over there with him. Oh and yea the evangelicals hate the mormons WillP.
Newsjunky

I sure hope Israel understand that this scumbag in no way represents America. Not that they give a shit that he’s even coming. *crickets*
insideguy

I have to give Beck credit he got some balls on him to do this. Or he is completely delusional, which I think is more accurate. What is he trying to accomplish? What is he doing? I don’t get it. I mean it just seems like some goofy PR stunt, like evil kenival jumping a rocket ship across the grand canyon or something. Does he really think his visit with a bunch of nutjobs is going to change anything? Im baffled
WillP

insideguy said:
Would people really follow this guy over to Israel? Really I mean my god he wants people to spend thousands of dollars to go over there with him? Does this sound normal to you righties? It sounds like a cult to me. Im gonna be really interested in seeing how many people go over there with him. Oh and yea the evangelicals hate the mormons WillP.

What is troublesome about Glenn Beck are the fervor and intensity of his followers unlike the supporters of other television or radio show hosts. Beck’s followers see him as a messianic figure who can not only predict, but respond effectively to future events. So Glenn Beck unlike any of his peers does have a cult-like following. I’m inspired though because I do believe he has peeked in the public arena. He is losing his coveted platform on Fox News. The majority of Americans see him correctly now as a bizarre outcast in the news media that can not be taken seriously.
I will be interested to see the public reaction to Beck. Something tells me that most people there are not aware that Beck has been repeatedly condemned by American Jewish organizations for making anti-semitic comments such as stating that radical Islam and contemporary Judaism have much in common. There are a many comments Beck has made rebuking Judaism looking for sound bites and attention that are highly insensitive and bigoted in nature.
As for what you said about disdain for Mormons among evangelical Christians, this is a highly underreported story. It’s whole heckuva lot more important than the attendance by the rapper Common at a gathering at the White House. But, then again that story attacks the credibility and character of the president. Such a story is cat fodder for Roger Ailes and the other former GOP operatives who run Fox News. All you needed to do was remember Bill Ayers or Van Jones for this one.
Romney is expected to lose my home state of South Carolina because of this segment of the population. It is part of why he wants to have a massive treasure chest so he can afford to lose early primary states, but still win the nomination. It will be interesting to see how much his faith and religion shape this outcome….
Skippy

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I will gladly book you on the few and hard to obtain tickets left!

I need your name, your SS#, your name as spelled in your passport, your 2 major credit cards with the security codes behind, and permission from the sheriffs office to take you out of the loonie house.
Sespurgeon

Is Beck going for the big to do in the Gay Pride Parade through Jerusalem? Should be a party.
BOMBSHELL

Fear not liberals, my Daddy, the Goober-Brained Reject (a.k.a. “GBR”) will soon reveal to you that item he named after me–his favorite son–about the eeeeeeevil and conspiratorial Glenn Beck! My Daddy will save you all if you only believe in him. He is currently in the basement conjuring up the spirits of mineral to make contact and become enlightened. (If you will only sniff mineral spirits like he does, you can become enlightened, too! What’s that? You mean ALL liberals sniff minerals spirits? Oh, well, that tells us everything we need to know.
BOMBSHELL

)
insideguy

Yea i wrote about this on another board but I do think if everything lined up Romney could beat Obama( not that i wish that would happen) but i think his weak spot is the mormon thing. As I have said before I could care less if he’s mormon( I feel all religion is ridiculous) but the Evangelicals would not vote for this guy no way no how. I don’t see how he can get that vote I just don’t see it. Evangelicals feel Mormons are part of a cult, that is against the god they believe in. Im not sure how Romney gets this vote. But who knows Kennedy won and he was a catholic. Although there are way more catholics than mormons and the Evangelicals weren’t as powerful at the time.
insideguy

very good post WillP but out of all the strange things Beck has don’t I think this tops it and that saying a lot! Its like he’s constantly trying to one up himself in scope and grander. Wheres he going next, The MOON? or MARs. I can see it now. Space the final frontier please join me in a celebration of our world, no dare I say the universe? We will float around in orbit together I know this may cost a lot but it will be the most amazing thing for you, no dare i say it will effect all of humanity as we float around the earth holding hands and yelling at liberals.
Kitsune

Aaaaaaand, there we go. Glenn Beck has finally lost the last ounce of sanity he had left. Somehow, to him, getting “7 people” to shell out to go to Israel with him is more important than making sure people know how evil Cass Sunstein is. Glenn’s perfectly fine with Sunstein making us all helpless slaves to the federal government, because what the hell, he can just pack it all up and become a Martyr in Jerusalem!

I’m no progressive (and can’t stand how nasty, hateful, and obsessed with silencing or killing political opponents that they are), but even I can see that Glenn has lost it, and I feel bad that he’s dragging Israel down with him.

I think Glenn has a death wish, I really do.
david r

The Jews have a word for people like Glenn Beck: putz.
hgarner2000

From what I’ve heard, there was a time when both the Israelis and Palestinians got along fine working side by side in the orange tree groves. That was before all this outrageous hatred and paranoia set in. I hate to say this, but I really think all the blood feud in that land is based on pure, religious fantasy (and I sort of consider myself to be religious).
Prom Night Dumpster Baby

george L said:
Hmmm…
Israel is where “He (Christ) has always been.” That doesn’t sound very Mormon to me. Isn’t the Mormon faith based on a belief that Jesus appeared in the New World (now America) after he was crucified?

It doesn’t matter if what he says is of any substance, is disingenuous or insincere, or even jibes with anything he said previously or believes in. It’s all about money. Period.

Beck came along at the right time, on the right outlet (Fox News), and is the latest in a long line of far right pundits to prey on the fears and ignorances of the part of American society open to his brand of fear mongering and incitement.
insideguy

I know its about money or he’s insane. Im leaning with insane, cause doesn’t he already have enough money?
http://www.swissarmyjew.com Keeva

hgarner2000 said:
From what I’ve heard, there was a time when both the Israelis and Palestinians got along fine working side by side in the orange tree groves. That was before all this outrageous hatred and paranoia set in. I hate to say this, but I really think all the blood feud in that land is based on pure, religious fantasy (and I sort of consider myself to be religious).

Basically that is accurate. Most Israelis and Palestinians still work side by side and get along. It is the extremes among the Palestinians and the haters that take advantage on both sides that caused the mess…not to mention the endless meddling from the rest of the world who thinks they have a right to dictate to the Middle East in general and Israel in particular.

Like everywhere and everyone else, 99.5 percent just want a peaceful life for themselves and their families.
Nacho

Is he making his viewers pay for this one also?

I didn’t see anything about charity so I don’t know, but I did catch his pitch for viewers to watch it on the internet. I don’t imagine that will be free to watch. pay-per-view or paid Insiders only?

beckerheads, please correct me if I’m wrong.
insideguy

why do you righties give thumbs down but don’t comment. Come on defend this lunatic i gotta hear it.
rushlimbang

insideguy said:
Would people really follow this guy over to Israel? Really I mean my god he wants people to spend thousands of dollars to go over there with him? Does this sound normal to you righties? It sounds like a cult to me. Im gonna be really interested in seeing how many people go over there with him. Oh and yea the evangelicals hate the mormons WillP.

They will not be going to follow Glenn Beck they will be going to show their support for the Jews and Israel.
insideguy

Cant they do that on their own?
Ajolily

How?
Ajolily

Then need someone with name recognition to get any attention and he has that. It will be interesting to see how many go.
ProObamaAgenda

Rabbi Beck is going to Isreal huh…..what a conversion….from flaming antisemite…to the savior of the isrealites……..cash in those pop bottles wingnuts….ROAD TRIP!!!!!!!!!!!!
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insideguy said:
I know its about money or he’s insane. Im leaning with insane, cause doesn’t he already have enough money?

Exactly what is insane about going to Isreal smart guy? Newflash- Just because you hateful libs deem it so, does NOT make it true. You assign motive (money) and then argue it from there. Day in and day out same ol same ol. Don’t you guys EVER tire of being so angry and hate filled?
gottosay

Why is Israel allowing such a fool to hold a rally in their nation. Beck has done nothing but split hate against muslims and his presence is a sign that Israel has no place at the peace tables ever again…this is a mess…Israel needs to re think inviting this foolish man to Israel….its bad for the image and never will I consider Israel a vacation spot again…
Nacho

Like Italy kicked out the Jersey Shore, I don’t imagine Beck will film in Israel.

Just another scam by the scam artist to make a buck. The anti-Semite will come out of it the victim…
Pablo

gottosay said:
Beck has done nothing but split hate against muslims and his presence is a sign that Israel has no place at the peace tables ever again

OK, it’s long been clear that you’re not very bright, but this is the stupidest goddamned thing I’ve seen here in a long, long time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hfYJsQAhl0
Nationman

the televangelist is setting up franchises. more tshirts for his idiot followers to buy, more merchandising rights.
BarneyFranken

tgk said:
Exactly what is insane about going to Israel smart guy? Newflash- Just because you hateful libs deem it so, does NOT make it true. You assign motive (money) and then argue it from there. Day in and day out same ol same ol. Don’t you guys EVER tire of being so angry and hate filled?

Perhaps liberals assign money as a motive to Beck because doing something out of conviction and faith is quite the foreign concept to them, and they need to make sense out of his motivations.

For those that do understand, its a malicious, concerted effort to discredit him, because in their mind there is nothing less righteous then being motivated by money.

By trying desperately to discredit him, they hope that the things that he is exposing become discredited as well.

The problem with that strategy is that Beck keeps on being right. The truth is a pesky thing isn’t it?

Notice that when they character assassinate the guy, its never about him being wrong about something, its always that he is “crazy” or “insane” without any factual basis. Now the new thing is that hes all about money- still nothing about the information that he presents being factually wrong. Even the all-knowing, all-powerful Jon Stewart only can make fun of his style, not his substance.

Just remember, the truth has no agenda.
Nacho

tgk said:
Exactly what is insane about going to Isreal smart guy? Newflash- Just because you hateful libs deem it so, does NOT make it true. You assign motive (money) and then argue it from there. Day in and day out same ol same ol. Don’t you guys EVER tire of being so angry and hate filled?

How much money have you spent on Beck Inc.?
my dogs gone

Beck’s neurotic need for public validation knows no bounds.
He is one pathetic puppy.
How sad for those feeble minded folks who suckle at his teat.
Fox, pull the plug on this bizarre charade.
george L

The trend continues.
First, Beck had the idea for the rally in D.C. When he came up with that one in Feb of 1010, his ratings were at their peak, and his ego was, too. He was absolutely sure he was going to lead the US in an entirely new direction and it was going to be political, not religious.
But, by the time August came around, his ratings were dropping and he could not find a sponsor who would let him do political stuff. He wanted to drop the whole thing, but it was too late. He had to go with religion instead.
Then, Stewart and Colbert had a counter-rally that clearly was much larger than Beck’s (though he and Fox News continue to deny it) and Beck’s ratings and TV income dropped even more.
The Israel thing is a last desperate attempt at salvaging his fame and fortune, which will then be followed by oblivion for him.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Chris-Jones/1384303476 Chris Jones

I’m so glad he’s drawing attention to this issue. Palestinian thugs and killers and trying to destroy Israel and desecrate Christian and Jewish holy places with their phony Islam. We cannot allow this to happen. Obama and his cronies and the UN are going to try and force a Palestinian state on Israel.
Michael_T

Glenn Beck can be quite the showman and deliver an entertaining and provocative hour of televion.

But this was not one of them. A real snooze fest IMO.

Did it impact his ratings? Apparently not, as he still attracted 1.8M of his loyal audience.

Those kind of numbers amaze me.
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Chris Jones said:
I’m so glad he’s drawing attention to this issue. Palestinian thugs and killers and trying to destroy Israel and desecrate Christian and Jewish holy places with their phony Islam. We cannot allow this to happen. Obama and his cronies and the UN are going to try and force a Palestinian state on Israel.

Bravo!

I stand with Israel, too.
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Michael_T said:
Those kind of numbers amaze me.

Which exceeds all his competitors COMBINED. And that does NOT amaze me.
insideguy

Please please please wingnuts look into history. Israel will be fine they have been attacked over and over and have always won. This is nothing new. Glenn Beck predicting problems in the middle east is like me predicting im going to take a crap tomorrow. I know I will but this does not make me a prophet.
NadePaulKuciGravMcKi

note how Glenn Beck and the other “Israel-firsters” are acting
NadePaulKuciGravMcKi

note how Glenn Beck and the other “Israel-firsters” are acting
NadePaulKuciGravMcKi

note how Glenn Beck and the other “Israel-firsters” are acting