Morning everyone!
Well, I've spotlighted the troubled (well, as troubled as you can be when you have you own live thread each and every day on FR) relationship bewteen the Beckerheads (that's what they call themselves) and Free Republic. I'ts been a Liz-and-Dick kinda relationship to be sure, but lately it's fraying more than a little.
Suits on? Respirators set? Let's go!
At first they were all - "But Beck was the only reason I watched the left-wing FOX News channel!!"
Glenn Beck to End Daily Fox News Program
NY Times ^ | April 6, 2011 | Brian StelterPosted on Wednesday, April 06, 2011 12:12:10 PM by ConjunctionJunction
Glenn Beck will end his daily Fox News Channel program later this year.
His departure was jointly announced in a statement on Wednesday by Fox and Mr. Beck’s company, Mercury Radio Arts. The statement did not specify an end date for the show, called “Glenn Beck,” which has been telecast at 5 p.m. on Fox News since early 2009.
1 posted on Wednesday, April 06, 2011 12:12:14 PM by ConjunctionJunction
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To: ConjunctionJunctionlose, lose situation for Beck & Fox. Myself, I limit the comp time to FR, ect; but will watch Beck on his late show before heading off to bed. Probably completely lose track of him now. Maybe Beck just needs a break before he loses his mind.
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To: ConjunctionJunctionah the Soros media matters, Van Jones, socialists, communists, bigots towards mormons and the establishment GOP will be having parties over this if true.
FOX gets rid of the only person who has balls to say what is going on with facts and their own voices and video’s
10 posted on Wednesday, April 06, 2011 12:26:23 PM by manc (Shame on all who voted for the repeal of DADT, who supported it or never tried to stop it. Traitors)..To: who knows what evil?“‘New phase’??? What exactly does that mean?”
I think that means the boss is giving him a “career change oppurtunity.” In other words, “pack your crap and get out!”
41 posted on Wednesday, April 06, 2011 12:34:26 PM by forgotten man (forgotten man)
‘Stop With the Damn Birth Certificate!’ Beck Delivers Strong Message to Birthers
The Blaze ^ | 04/14/2011 | Jonathon M. Seidl
Posted on Thursday, April 14, 2011 3:32:53 PM by Rational Thought
“Stop with the damn birth certificate!” he said. “Stop!” According to him, it is a non-issue that only detracts from the real problem in America, which is progressives fundamentally transforming America.
“If you’re going to lose your country– we’re going to lose it on a birth certificate?” he asked. “You have a real opportunity to talk about American exceptionalism … instead you’re going to waste time on the birth certificate?”
“You’re out of your mind if you think that is a winning argument for the next election. You’re out of your mind. You have to go fight the battle on the principles of America!”
1 posted on Thursday, April 14, 2011 3:33:00 PM by Rational Thought
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To: Rational ThoughtBeck has become a tool. Just like BOR, Rove and many others on Fox.
Have the Obama goons gotten to them?
BOR has become an Obama butt boy. Watching him is like watching MSNBC.
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To: Rational Thought; DarthVaderwatching paint dry is a more valuable use of time than listening to glenn beck.
7 posted on Thursday, April 14, 2011 3:36:42 PM by kingattax (99 % of liberals give the rest a bad name)..
To: Rational ThoughtScrew beck and the horse he rode in on!
8 posted on Thursday, April 14, 2011 3:36:42 PM by JoSixChip (Top 10% of wage earners pay 70% of total income taxes collected. Bottom 50% pay less then 3%, fair?)..
To: Rational ThoughtWhat an a-hole. We wouldn’t even be having this discussion if losers like this did there(sic) job. Didn’t FOX fire his goofy ass?
Time he hit the bricks with his lame chalkboard.
32 posted on Thursday, April 14, 2011 3:42:44 PM by JerseyDvl (Sometimes the road less traveled.... is less traveled for a reason.)..
To: Rational ThoughtUp Yours Glenn.
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To: Rational ThoughtFUGB
Glenn Beck: Sarah Palin damaged her brand
Politico ^ | April12, 2011 | Andy Barr
Posted on Tuesday, April 12, 2011 12:19:48 PM by FreeManDC
Glenn Beck doesn’t see Sarah Palin running for president and said she has done some damage to her political brand.
Beck, a constant Palin cheerleader, said flatly on his radio show Monday, “Sarah Palin, I don’t think, wants to run for president.”
The outgoing Fox News personality has hosted Palin on his show several times – once for a full hour – and she has frequently lavished praise on him.
Still, even with all that good will, Beck was frank in assessing what Palin has done to hurt her own political stock – even though he credited her with surviving tough media coverage.
“There are some things about Sarah Palin,” he said, going on to suggest Palin made a mistake by selling her personal story in her first book after leaving the governor’s office, rather than demonstrating some policy credentials.
“She should have come out with that first book, and it should have been deep policy,” he said. “It should have shown that, yes, she knows where Russia is.”
“She didn’t help herself by doing some things to shore herself up,” Beck added.
Still, Beck predicted that Palin “wants to shape the debate,” though he sees her role as outside elective politics.
“I personally think she is on a smart path for the future to be able to hold people together,” Beck said. “It’s ideals that I think she is going for.”
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To: FreeManDCBeck today put down Donald Trump proving
Beck has the intelligence of a retarded monkey.His comments on Gov. Palin confirm that.
2 posted on Tuesday, April 12, 2011 12:22:56 PM by Diogenesis (Those who would repeat the past must control the teaching of history. - Bene Gesserit Coda)..To: FreeManDCYou know... he has a lot of nerve. Ruining her brand? coming from this yahoo????
maybe he finds distancing himself from her is a plus for her.
hmmmmmm
..To: FreeManDCI have been a big Beck supporter. No Longer. I canceled my insider extreme subscription this morning. His ridicule of Trump on the birther issue and his Mocking and ridicule of Trumps faith this morning was that proverbial straw. Bye Glenn, we used to be friends, but now I must move along15 posted on Tuesday, April 12, 2011 12:34:36 PM by faucetman (Just the facts ma'am, just the facts)..
To: RedStateRocker“... can do more good as kingmaker than as President”
In Alaska did she think she could more good as a kingmaker than as Governor?
To: ElsiejayBeck, in his recent chat with B. O., did not say that he is leaving Fox, breaking his ties with Fox. Actually, I heard quite the opposite, but possibly I dozed off for a moment.Beck in another venue claimed that Fox handlers had gotten to impossible to work with. We got a taste of that here in Cincinnati when FOX cancelled a Hannity Appearance at a Tea Party event.
Ultimately though,the issue is that Saudi money has entered FOX, and Beck doesn't toe the line as far as they are concerned.
To: tsowellfanAs dangerous as he claims Obama is (and we know he is dangerous)... if Palin wins how can Beck be taken serious when he tries to pull for her in the general election?He can't.
That is why Beck is being serious NOW even if it means stepping on the toes of the Sarah Palin Adoration Society.
Sarah Palin's poll numbers are ABSOLUTELY TOXIC for a general election.
Why would anybody that fears Obama, like I do, be crazy enough to want a candidate such as Sarah Palin running against Obama when SEVENTY TWO PERCENT (72%) of ALL voters believes that Sarah Palin would NOT be a good President?
Such insanity is handing Barack Hussein Obama reelection on a silver platter. That is why I am so against the irrational Sarah Palin Cult of Personality.
A vote for Sarah Palin in the Republican primaries is a vote to reelect Barack Hussein Obama in November of 2012.
And will he have credibility with his republican listeners?
Since when did the unquestioning worship of Sarah Palin define somebody as a Republican?
According to the February FOX NEWS Poll, FIFTY SIX PERCENT (56%) of REPUBLICAN voters believes that Sarah Palin would NOT be a good President.
FOX News Poll (February 7-9, 2011)
Question 3: I am going to read you a list of names. Tell me if you think that person would make a good President or not.
Sarah Palin:
.................YES.........NO.......DK.....Never heard of
ALL...........23%.......72%.........4%.......1%
Dem ...........7%........87%........5%.......1%
Rep ...........40%.......56%.......3%.......1%
Ind ...........25%........69%.......3%.......1%
To: PolybiusGet lost, troll.
59 posted on Tuesday, April 12, 2011 1:29:29 PM by Virginia Ridgerunner (Sarah Palin has crossed the Rubicon!)
To: FreeManDCFUGB
Sen. Saxby Chambliss defends NPR
The State ^ | 3/15/11 | Staff
Posted on Tuesday, March 15, 2011 11:30:07 PM by pissant
Georgia Republican U.S. Senator Saxby Chambliss is breaking ranks to oppose efforts to restrict federal funding for National Public Radio.
The Georgia Republican defended the news organization over the weekend, saying restricting federal funding may not be the “wisest thing.”**********************************************************
Another democrat with an R after his name..To: pissantHe has a target on his back.He is in our cross-hairs.
3 posted on Tuesday, March 15, 2011 11:32:10 PM by E. Pluribus Unum ("If they bring a knife to the fight, we bring a gun." -- Barry Soetoro, June 11, 2008)
To: pissantIdiot. They’re all idiots. They still don’t get how pissed off we are...
To: pissantWTF is it with this guy? Send him back & bring back the liberal Vietnam War hero. At least he is what he pretends to be.RINO's have a special circle of Hell just for themselves.
7 posted on Tuesday, March 15, 2011 11:34:22 PM by outofstyle (Down All the Days)..
House Votes to Defund NPR
NRO ^ | 3/17/11 | Daniel Foster
Posted on Thursday, March 17, 2011 11:28:16 AM by xtinct
The House just voted 236-181 to remove federal funding for National Public Radio via the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
Yayyy !!..To: xtinctBWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
3 posted on Thursday, March 17, 2011 11:29:17 AM by max americana..
To: xtinctDoesn’t mean jack. Senate will NOT pass it. If they truly had any cojones at all they would have put it in the CR.
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To: xtinctIs this part of the overall appropriations bill? I don’t think so. If not, it is a purely symbolic vote. If it is not part of the overall bill, the party poobahs are not serious about defunding NPR.
45 posted on Thursday, March 17, 2011 11:51:15 AM by ModelBreaker
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To: xtinctHold on to your "yaaaays" and "cheers"....The senate has to pass it....and it won't. And even if it did, the stain will veto it.
So...NPR goes merrily on....safe, left wing biased, and economically secure with your tax money.
Voting to defund NPR has the exact same effect as voting to repeal the stain's new healthcare law.
None.
51 posted on Thursday, March 17, 2011 11:58:01 AM by Logic n' Reason ("Don't start coloring until you know where the lines go.")
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To: GeronLSorry, it got through the House in the CR. It will be funded in the next CR too. The House GOP leadership is not going to get serious about defunding anything.Well, poopie.
Start circulating the third-party petitions, I guess.
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In case you weren't snarking, "FUGB" Most likely means "Fuck You Glenn Beck".
And when you've lost the Freeperati...
Posted by: Jay in Oregon | April 18, 2011 at 07:52
Wait. Watching Bill O'Reilly is like watching MSNBC? And Fox is turning liberal? They are fucking delusional. Tommy, how do you wade around in this toxic stew and not lose your mind?
Posted by: leinie (iPad) | April 18, 2011 at 09:03
leinie: Hip waders.
Jay: Oh, it was shark, to be sure. Just picture me rubbing my chin while wundering out loud
Tommy
Posted by: Tommy T | April 18, 2011 at 11:29
This is sincere inquiry:
Is there an equivalent site that represents leftist wackadoodle crazy horse goeblesdegook like FR????
Seriously. I think its pathological to the right, but I'm willing to entertain the notion that there is a tiny but totally insane leftist equivalent.
Is there? Links are not necessary, as I have no intention of visiting.
Posted by: left rev., ferret envy | April 18, 2011 at 11:40
Democratic Underground, I guess.
Some of the comments there are pretty radical.
Tommy
Posted by: Tommy T | April 18, 2011 at 11:54
I lied. I took a trip over to Democratic Underground.
Must have caught them on a good day or something. No frothing.
Maybe I wasn't looking hard enough.
And I suppose the freepers have their good days too. Right?
You provide a valuable service for those who snark, Tommy. Many thanks.
Posted by: left rev.; proud cheesehead | April 18, 2011 at 13:59
And one last thing...
"The stain"?
Posted by: Jay in Oregon | April 18, 2011 at 14:24
Tommy—
I love the new airlock. Just don’t go and drop your key ring in the seals again.
As you know, you go to a campaign with the qualifications you have. They're not the qualifications you might want or wish to have at a later time. [No apologies to Donald Rumsfeld.]
Meaning that even a retarded monkey could figure those two out. (Oh, and isn’t that tag line the slogan of the wing nuts?)
And not to keep picking on Diogenesis (OK, I will), does he/she/it mean: diagenesis (“In geology and oceanography, diagenesis is any chemical, physical, or biological change undergone by a sediment after its initial deposition and during and after its lithification,...”); or Diogenes, who kept searching for an honest man? Given the forum, I’m betting on the former.
Damn. They might be starting to rub their collective two brain cells together.
Well, she would have, if she could have found it. (Hint: it’s not in the “country” of Africa, nor does it separate Alaska from the contiguous 48 states.)
--Kibitzer
Posted by: Kibitzer 2006 | April 19, 2011 at 00:55