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bigdaddy2003

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Nov 19, 2009 12:19 AM
^ Negative.

The agenda is different than I follow but everyone is free to their own opinion.
Nov 19, 2009 12:19am
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Nov 19, 2009 7:31 AM
Elliot Stabler wrote: I really don't think he's all the popular right now

Define popular... Everyone knows who he is, regardless of whether or not they like him. I'd say he's popular... both positive and negative.
Nov 19, 2009 7:31am
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Nov 19, 2009 7:34 AM
[quote='Elliot Stabler' pid='27975' dateline='1258607533'Whatever you say my friend
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Anyone can look at any word(s) and misconstrue them any way you want. If I say "I love you," you can either think I'm gay, or I love you like a brother.

Words are words, and they are almost always taken out of context.
Nov 19, 2009 7:34am
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Elliot Stabler

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Nov 19, 2009 2:28 PM
Last night...

He told Al Gore to "go eat a hamburger fatty"

and..

Pretty much called everybody who is a liberal or supports President Obama a "pot head" and told them to go smoke some grass
Nov 19, 2009 2:28pm
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bigdaddy2003

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Nov 19, 2009 2:31 PM
^ Yeah, because Al Gore is a hypocrite.
Nov 19, 2009 2:31pm
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Elliot Stabler

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Nov 19, 2009 2:32 PM
And that give him the right to call a former VP of the United States a "fatty"
Nov 19, 2009 2:32pm
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bigdaddy2003

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Nov 19, 2009 2:35 PM
Nah, but since he isn't a reporter or legit news source I don't find it that big of a deal.
Nov 19, 2009 2:35pm
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Elliot Stabler

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Nov 19, 2009 2:36 PM
^^^

Figures you would agree with Beck
Nov 19, 2009 2:36pm
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Nov 19, 2009 4:18 PM
^ This isn't so much about me agreeing with Beck but the fact that he is widely considered to be nothing but an entertainer so it shouldn't be a big deal if he spews out comments like that. Now if he was an actual source of news on a channel like ABC or NBC then I could understand it.

I think the man is over dramatic and I don't go to him for my news like I have mentioned earlier but like I said he had the balls to uncover the radicals in the administration and he is standing up for what he believes in. That is what I like about him.
Nov 19, 2009 4:18pm
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Nov 19, 2009 5:10 PM
The man is an entertainer, he can say whatever he wants, and most of it is an act.

He were as crazy and imbalanced in real life as he is on the shoe he would be homeless by now.
Nov 19, 2009 5:10pm
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Nov 19, 2009 6:00 PM
Elliot Stabler wrote: And that give him the right to call a former VP of the United States a "fatty"
He IS a fatty. It's not like Beck's lying.
Nov 19, 2009 6:00pm
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Nov 19, 2009 9:27 PM
He is over the top on some issues, but he is also trying to stir the pot and get ratings also.
Nov 19, 2009 9:27pm
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Elliot Stabler

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Nov 19, 2009 11:06 PM
fish82 wrote:
Elliot Stabler wrote: And that give him the right to call a former VP of the United States a "fatty"
He IS a fatty. It's not like Beck's lying.
He still hasn't earned the right to call him that.

What the hell has Glenn Beck ever accomplished??
Nov 19, 2009 11:06pm
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Nov 19, 2009 11:13 PM
Elliot Stabler wrote:
fish82 wrote:
Elliot Stabler wrote: And that give him the right to call a former VP of the United States a "fatty"
He IS a fatty. It's not like Beck's lying.
He still hasn't earned the right to call him that.

What the hell has Glenn Beck ever accomplished??
How do you earn the right to call someone fatty?
Nov 19, 2009 11:13pm
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Elliot Stabler

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Nov 19, 2009 11:17 PM
I'm meant what has he done to earn the right to call a former VP and Nobel Peace Prize winner names??
Nov 19, 2009 11:17pm
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Nov 19, 2009 11:38 PM
He is allowed to spit out his opinions. Al Gore has made himself into a joke. I have heard that from people on both sides of the political spectrum.
Nov 19, 2009 11:38pm
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Nov 20, 2009 8:45 AM
Dislike him very much.
Nov 20, 2009 8:45am
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Nov 20, 2009 9:19 AM
The only thing missing is a big red ball for his nose and a pair of big floppy shoes. Clown
Nov 20, 2009 9:19am
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Nov 20, 2009 2:20 PM
He is entitled to express his opinion and I will always support that right. It's my right to ignore him.
Nov 20, 2009 2:20pm
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GeneralsIcer89

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Nov 21, 2009 3:40 AM
Bigdaddy, how is he standing up for what he believes in when what he believes in is appealing to his audience and saying what his network wants him to say? On CNN, it was our healthcare sucks, Bush is an idiot, vote Democrat. Now that he's on FOX, our healthcare is fine as is, Obama is an idiot, vote Republican. As far as I can tell, all that Glenn Beck believes in is lining his pockets no matter who is paying!
Nov 21, 2009 3:40am
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Nov 21, 2009 11:06 AM
First off he hasn't told anyone to vote Republican since he has been on Fox. The man isn't a Republican. How hard is that for anyone to understand? I guess since he is bashing Obama and the administration you figure he has to be on the right. I watched him while he was on CNN but I guess I didn't pay enough attention because I don't remember him saying that our health care sucked and to vote Democrat. I know he said Bush was an idiot though. I will have to try and find some of the old episodes and then I will get back to you.
Nov 21, 2009 11:06am
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Nov 21, 2009 11:29 AM
GeneralsIcer89 wrote: Bigdaddy, how is he standing up for what he believes in when what he believes in is appealing to his audience and saying what his network wants him to say? On CNN, it was our healthcare sucks, Bush is an idiot, vote Democrat. Now that he's on FOX, our healthcare is fine as is, Obama is an idiot, vote Republican. As far as I can tell, all that Glenn Beck believes in is lining his pockets no matter who is paying!
I disagree. Beck has not changed his views from when he was on CNN at all. He was a neoconservative over there and he is a neoconservative on Fox today.

His mantra is much more wacko today on Fox...that is a given...but he has always been conservative.

People cry that Ted Turner rules the politico heads over there. Well, I disagree with that. CNN is a lot more fair and balanced than Fox claims to be. Dobbs for years, Cafferty et al. Neither one even close to being liberals. I would not classify Wolf Blitzer as being liberal for that matter.

Now...MSNBC...now you are talking liberal.

All this rambling...and I haven't wached any of these channels for years other than an occasional glance.
Nov 21, 2009 11:29am
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Nov 21, 2009 11:31 AM
^ Yeah, I agree with any of you guys who say he is a nut job. I just simply respect him for standing up for liberty and what not.
Nov 21, 2009 11:31am
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GeneralsIcer89

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Nov 22, 2009 3:56 AM
bigdaddy2003 wrote: First off he hasn't told anyone to vote Republican since he has been on Fox. The man isn't a Republican. How hard is that for anyone to understand? I guess since he is bashing Obama and the administration you figure he has to be on the right. I watched him while he was on CNN but I guess I didn't pay enough attention because I don't remember him saying that our health care sucked and to vote Democrat. I know he said Bush was an idiot though. I will have to try and find some of the old episodes and then I will get back to you.
He went off on the healthcare system when he had surgery on his ass (literally, not making that up), then completely pulled a 180? on his stance later.

http://www.indecisionforever.com/2009/08/14/jon-stewart-owns-glenn-beck-on-healthcare-hypocrisy/

I've looked for clips of one of his episodes in 2006 in which he said to vote Democrat to take away Bush's power with a majority Congress, but I can't find one. He had Andrew Sullivan on that night. I know he isn't a Republican, but I don't exactly get the feeling he's voting Libertarian right now, either. His rhetoric tells me otherwise.
Nov 22, 2009 3:56am
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Nov 22, 2009 1:59 PM
I love when Stewart just lets the clips speak for themselves like he did with the Jim Cramer fiasco and the Lenny Dykstra drama.
Nov 22, 2009 1:59pm