Mad Man: Is Glenn Beck Bad for America?
What's this rich and talented man afraid of? He is afraid of one-world government, which will turn once proud America into another France. He is afraid that Obama "has a deep-seated hatred for white people" — which doesn't mean, he hastens to add, that he actually thinks "Obama doesn't like white people." He is afraid that both Democrats and Republicans in Washington are deeply corrupt and that their corruption is spreading like a plague. He used to be ... Full Story »
Posted by Kaizar Campwala - via Ana Marie Cox, Nicholas Kristof, Fair Spin (Right), Publish2 (Politics), Real Clear Politics, Drudge Report, Memeorandum
Personally I find Glenn Beck repulsive. He deals in innuendo more than facts, and some of his assertions defy logic--for example his statement that "Obama has a deep hatred of white people and white culture," but "that doesn't mean he doesn't like white people." Yet, like it or not, Beck has a voice in the debates that are raging around us, and he often makes legitimate points that resonate with the American people. Because Beck has the potential to become a true demagogue, we ignore him at our peril. As a sidenote, I might mention that I also find Michael Moore repulsive; yet occasionally, beneath his similarly heavy use of innuendo and his purposeful distortions, Moore's work contains a discernible element of truth.