Sarah Palin is a Verb!
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Sarah Palin has been accused of being many things, but a verb wasn’t one of them. At least, not until now.
Yes, she’s been promoted to a part of speech by none other than Glenn Beck, in his latest entertaining and incomprehensible paranoid rant. It is worthy of note that even South Carolina Senator Lindsay Graham, the fringiest of the conservative right is trying to distance his party from Beck.
Sen. Lindsey Graham, (R-S.C.) offered unusually blunt assessments of the fringe elements of his party and conservative media on Thursday, calling the popular and bombastic Fox News host Glenn Beck a “cynic” whose show was antithetical to American values.
“Only in America can you make that much money crying,” Graham said of Beck. “Glenn Beck is not aligned with any party. He is aligned with cynicism and there has always been a market for cynics.
There are those who would say that his assessment of Beck as a cynic falls a little short of the mark. And as for Beck not being ”aligned with any party?” Nice try.
I’ll tell you the truth. I don’t care. I am willing to go into the night, broke for what I believe in. I am willing to lose everything. I am willing….I am willing to be alone! It doesn’t …it doesn’t bother me. I believe that our eternal souls are at stake when it comes to freedom. If we don’t stand for freedom, I believe our souls are at stake. I damn near lost my soul once. I ain’t gonna play with that. I made a bargain for my soul, and that is … if you just give me another chance. If you just take all this stuff away, if you give me another chance, I won’t make that mistake again. Shoot me in the head. I am not going to violate what I believe is right. My soul is more important than dollars, more important than my life, it’s more important than anything. Period.
But mark my words, I will tell you the truth. I will tell you that in my past I’ve done bad things. I’ve already… I mean, read my books…. Hello. Very clear. I was a bad dude. You don’t roll up in a ball, you know, in a fetal position on the floor thinking about putting a gun in your mouth if you’re a good guy! Why would you do that? I couldn’t live with myself any more. Got it? But I will tell you this. I’ll admit to my mistakes. But I do believe he is right. It’s only a matter of time before they find a way to destroy me. And that’s fine! And they’re going to try to use me to intimidate you. Because anybody else get’s out of line that’ll happen to you too! Don’t think that what happened to Sarah Palin didn’t go through my mind when I saw my character on Saturday Night Live and we all laughed, and my wife said, “My gosh, they have you down. I mean, that is really…I mean even your mannerisms and your moves.” Don’t think that I didn’t feel like, “Oh my gosh, they’re going to ‘Sarah Palin’ me.” That’s what they want you to understand. You get outta line, we’ll destroy you.
Bring it on, Jack! I don’t really care. You know, many days, like today quite honestly, I got up and I thought, “I don’t know how much longer I can do this. I’m tired. I’m tired. I’m tired of the…the thought of someone always constantly out to getcha. Constantly. Do you have any idea what it’s like to … I don’t talk in restaurants any more. I can’t talk in restaurants because somebody is listening. Somebody will take anything that I say take it and twist it out of context. I can’t go out in public with my family any more. That’s crazy talk! That’s crazy.
So, go ahead. Because quite honestly, I know when my job’s done, my job’s done and whatever happens I’ll go back to my regular life.
Let’s forget for a moment that he just said that all suicidal people are “bad guys,” and forget that if you suggest he go to a restaurand you are engaging in “crazy talk.” Let’s just focus on the part where he says that he is perfectly willing to be broke and alone and lose his job and go back to his “regular life.” Sounds like a great idea. Bring it on, Jack!
October 2nd, 2009 at 11:04 AM
Excerpt:
“I made a bargain for my soul. . .”
With the devil, obviously.
October 2nd, 2009 at 11:17 AM
I’m sure Beck is actually thrilled to be an SNL sketch and would be thrilled to achieve the notoriety of Palin. Even Ann Coulter recently expressed jealousy that Beck is being hated more than she is lately. And like he admitted, “I made a bargain for my soul…”
He’s being paid millions to complain about his job in front of millions of unemployed people. Today, he’s been practically hysterical with joy at Chicago’s loss of our olympic bid, while we in Chicago just lost our best hope for real economic recovery.
October 2nd, 2009 at 11:23 AM
13 rebekkah Says: October 2nd, 2009 at 7:25 AM
First of all, Glenn needs a holiday.
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In Cambodia? heheheeee…
btw, proofreading alert… “restaurand”
and btw, nice pic (by fly?) of beck… he truly is screwy. And if he’s stuck at home with his wife, so much the better for polite society.
October 2nd, 2009 at 11:31 AM
Wait. This guy has a wife? Wow.
October 2nd, 2009 at 11:32 AM
Beck makes $20 million with his psycho act, so “giving up his job” is not in the cards. My prediciton is that the current crazy talk and hate orgy will wear thin with the public, and the hate mongers will start turning on each other.
October 2nd, 2009 at 11:37 AM
55 Bystander Says: October 2nd, 2009 at 11:32 AM
My prediciton is that the current crazy talk and hate orgy will wear thin with the public, and the hate mongers will start turning on each other.
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We can only hope. The sooner they turn on each other, the better for this country.
October 2nd, 2009 at 12:01 PM
And, like most junkies, he still isn’t willing to take responsibility for the consequences of his actions. You can’t yell fire in a crowded theater Beckerhead! No matter what the voices in your little head tell you.
But seriously, what do you think happens to this idiot when he is out in public? People must spit on him or get in his face. Even if they yell, “wingnut alert” behind his back. My sister is a nurse and I keep telling her she and others in her profession can do us all a great favor by missing a vein, making shots hurt a little more, oh so many things…
October 2nd, 2009 at 12:03 PM
Oh and I love the graphics!
Complete with white shoes. Ha!
October 2nd, 2009 at 12:16 PM
when Beck rants like this, it reminds me of Scarah’s “if I die, I die”.
October 2nd, 2009 at 12:35 PM
Yes, that Media Matters video is good and accurate.
When I first saw the tear gas and crowd control business on tv, I thought what is going on? why are they being treated that way? what is the big threat here? seriously, did they have guns? hmmm?
October 2nd, 2009 at 12:57 PM
wonder if Beck will jump on board this train…….
http://mediamatters.org/blog/200910020028
“Education expert Kevin Jennings wrote the forward to a book about education, and education expert William Ayers wrote a blurb for the back. To Hannity, that’s a huge story. To everyone else – especially those that read the book’s forward, in which Jennings controversially called for valuing “every human being as a precious gift” and looked forward to the day when students could “walk down our streets without fear” — it’s a sad commentary on Hannity’s obsession with Ayers and his need for attention.
But while Hannity is having an on-air mid-life crisis over Jennings, Beck has yet to mention the man’s name. The carnival music is playing, but the self-described “rodeo clown” isn’t responding to his cue. Is it possible that Beck has decided that this smear is so sleazy even he won’t touch it? And if so, what could that possibly say about Hannity’s own standards?”
October 2nd, 2009 at 1:45 PM
No smear is too sleazy for Beck. By the way, the student that is the subject of the smear has released a statement to Media Matters that he was over the age of consent at the time, had no sexual contact, and appreciates Mr. Jenning’s counselling him.
Of course the truth is irrelevant to the hateful pricks at Fox. Hannity and Beck are both pathological liars whose lies are never challenged by the imbeciles in their audience.
October 2nd, 2009 at 2:27 PM
Got to give a tip -o-the -hat to Flyinureye on this one.
He captured the Beckster beautifully.
{not that there is anything beautiful about Beckster.}
The wing-nut almost look like Micky Mouse Ears as well. And the nut is obviously there to keep his head from coming apart.
If only Meg was still around to hold a Press Conference and complain that someone had desecrated the ‘ Iconic image ‘ of a true REAL American.
The graphic would be sure to go viral that way. Poor Meg… where is she when we need her the most.
October 2nd, 2009 at 4:53 PM
Is there one particular link where all of Flyinureye’s wonderful graphics are maintained? A collection of those might be a great seller, whether as a small book, calendar, notecards, etc.
I would love nothing better than to have notecards to send a weekly note to my dear sister and her jerk of a husband who adores Palin and is a dyed-in-the-wool rightwingnut.
BTW – Jeff Sharlett is on Rachel Maddow right now – talking about C Street and the Family again.
October 2nd, 2009 at 5:05 PM
Beck’s musings sound like the loss of sponsors and the blow back from his nastiness is starting to rumble his inflated throne.
Everything he is complaining about happening to him is exactly what he has done to others, can he be so blind?
He sounds like he is trying to cover every angle, not knowing from which will come the final blow that boots him out of his tv job.
“Oh just today…I am so tired….I don’t know if I can do this anymore, poor me. Oh dear, I feel like crap, I’m about to lose my job and my wife isn’t all that happy with me either…oh dear. Well, I’ll act like it is my great sacrifice in the fight for freedom. I’ll cry, they’ll pity me and I’ll go home and write another book.”
Beck has enough to live on the rest of his life, he won’t even suffer a day if he gets fired.
But…he needed to be popular, how is that going to feel, being hated?
October 2nd, 2009 at 5:13 PM
rylly, you hit it on the head: Beck needs to be popular. He has enough money, and I don’t think it is power with him. It is the same kind of neediness for attention a drama queen or person with Munchausen’s has. The big baby…
October 2nd, 2009 at 7:32 PM
Here’s the link to a YouTube video about Beck – applying Vicks under his eyes to help him cry for his show.
http://rawstory.com/2009/10/leaked-video-glenn-beck-uses-vicks-to-cry-on-cue/
October 2nd, 2009 at 8:52 PM
BuffaloGal and GreatGranny2B:
Thanks for the Glenn Beck videos showing how he really produces his tears. The videos confirm what I’ve long suspected: Beck manipulates a viewer’s emotions because it brings in the money.
On a related note, my study group got a great laugh last week when we were practicing timed speeches with questions from an audience. I was not able to get back to my talking points quickly enough, but brought down the house with, “I’m no Sarah Palin, but…” before trying to “pivot” back.
October 2nd, 2009 at 11:02 PM
Beck plays all the angles. A veritable smorgasbord of emotional manipulations of the viewer:
-self-pity…”just give me another chance”…”I’m tired. I’m tired. I’m tired of the…the thought of someone always constantly out to getcha.”
-roguish defiance…”I don’t care. I’m willing to go into the night.”….” Bring it on, Jack! I don’t really care.”
-”fundie” patriotism…”If we don’t stand for freedom, I believe our souls are at stake.”
-melodrama…” I made a bargain for my soul..” (I really don’t want to hear the back story on this one)
-confession…”You don’t roll up in a ball, you know, in a fetal position on the floor thinking about putting a gun in your mouth if you’re a good guy! Why would you do that?”
-repentance…”I couldn’t live with myself any more.”….” I’ll admit to my mistakes.”
-paranoia…” “Oh my gosh, they’re going to ‘Sarah Palin’ me.” That’s what they want you to understand. You get outta line, we’ll destroy you.”
-victimization…”It’s only a matter of time before they find a way to destroy me.”….“I don’t know how much longer I can do this.”
He sounds mentally ill to me….or a very manipulative actor. So, he’s the right-wing’s idea of a standard bearer for their ideology?? Nothing ideological about it…..it’s all about playing on the viewer’s emotions. He reminds me of Jim Bakker (the disgraced televangelist) who used to cry piteously for donations to his TV empire.
October 3rd, 2009 at 9:41 AM
Beckanoia is the absolute epitome of an UNTREATED alcoholic/drug addict. That explains EVERYTHING about him and his actions. He knows he is making millions and could care less about any of his followers.
October 3rd, 2009 at 9:41 AM
Beckanoia is the absolute epitome of an UNTREATED alcoholic/drug addict. That explains EVERYTHING about him and his actions. He knows he is making millions and could care less about any of his followers.
October 3rd, 2009 at 9:55 AM
I would suggest that if Glenn Beck truly wants to save his soul, then he needs to stop with all of the hate and fear mongering.
The man is definitely a borderline schizophrenic, if not full blown. I’d bet he’s been in a Clinical Depression for years upon years, without the proper treatment.
In one breath he calls himself a clown, the next crazy. He is both. And he desperately needs psychiatric help. How old is he? Guessing at mid 40’s. If it took this may years to eff him up, it will take at least 20 something years of psychiatric care with meds and talk therapy to help him achieve some kind of ‘normalness’.
This man is a danger to society and himself. They could legally have him committed without a crime being involved, depending on whet state he resides in. I’m betting N.Y.
Can you even imagine being one of his children? God, he is destroying their lives.
October 3rd, 2009 at 9:57 AM
Eykis,
I agree with you. But usually there is an underlying reason why people become alcoholic/drug addicts. He may have been schizoid/clinically depressed as a child.
October 3rd, 2009 at 10:03 AM
By the way, what did ‘they’ do to Sarah Palin that she hadn’t done all by herself?
I don’t get it.
October 3rd, 2009 at 10:05 AM
Sorry I posted so many different times.
“Beck’s musings sound like the loss of sponsors and the blow back from his nastiness is starting to rumble his inflated throne.
Everything he is complaining about happening to him is exactly what he has done to others, can he be so blind?”
That is classic republican projectionism. That’s pretty much all their good at anymore. Projecting on to others and having big, loud temper tantrums.
October 3rd, 2009 at 12:38 PM
@maryb #72,
Beck must be around 44 years old, as he graduated from my high school, in the class one year behind.
When Beck attended high school here he was in the drama club and choir. He’s had a lot of years to practice his theatrics.
I don’t remember him, but my friend got our her annual and checked him out. She said he was cute back then, but that some people age better than others, and he’s not one that has held up well. Maybe that thing our mothers said about “keep making that face and it’ll get stuck that way” really is true?