Friday, May 28, 2010

Glenn Beck Attacks Obama's Daughter On Air

From an article by Jason Linkins at The Huffington Post:
So, call me crazy, but I'm beginning to think that Fox News infotainer Glenn Beck's principles lack some internal moral consistency.

See, a couple of days ago, Beck interviewed sometime-Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, and he took what appeared to be a principled stand on the matter of how people should treat the families of public figures. Speaking with Palin, Beck decried the tactic: "Leave my family, leave people's families alone...When it was Bill Clinton, you don't go after Chelsea Clinton. You don't talk about the Bush kids. Now, the minute they get into politics, that's a different story. You leave the families alone."

Now, Beck's stand here was rooted in the belief that Sarah Palin's new neighbor, journalist Joe McGinnis, moved in next door to her with the intention of being a danger to Palin's children. That is, as they say, some horsedung. Nevertheless, I can definitely get on board with the whole "leave the families alone" idea. Glenn Beck has had a long time to reflect upon that time he mocked a woman's miscarriage because her husband committed the terrible crime of being the host of a rival morning show in the same market as Beck. Maybe he felt bad about that! But whatever the reason, decrying the practice of criticizing the families of public figures is, at the root, very laudable.

Here's the thing, though: Beck was only able to abide by those principles for a few hours. On this morning's broadcast of his radio show, he chucked all of that out the window and went on an extended jag of mocking Malia Obama, who had the temerity to get herself caught up in the news cycle...

So, to revise the central tenets of Beck's "leave the families alone" credo, people should only criticize the children of public figures of people whom Glenn Beck doesn't like, including the ones who are stillborn.
This is a perfect example illustrating the lack of Glenn Beck's principles and his full-blown hypocrisy.  I hope the president calls him out and tells this scum to leave his kids alone.  What would Beck do then, cower into his paranoid delusional state and claim the administration is out to get him?

2 comments:

  1. I had to laugh when I read this article and saw two ads for Goldline on the site. Every time Beck's name comes up as a keyword, Goldline is right there! Too funny.

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  2. I thought the same thing when I was reading about this story on the Huffington Post...

    In the middle of the transcripts was a big square Goldline ad!

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