Monday, May 23, 2005 |
11:50 - Thanks but no thanks
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You know, this is just something we don't need:
From the May 17 broadcast of The Glenn Beck Program:
BECK: Hang on, let me just tell you what I'm thinking. I'm thinking about killing Michael Moore, and I'm wondering if I could kill him myself, or if I would need to hire somebody to do it. No, I think I could. I think he could be looking me in the eye, you know, and I could just be choking the life out -- is this wrong? I stopped wearing my What Would Jesus -- band -- Do, and I've lost all sense of right and wrong now. I used to be able to say, "Yeah, I'd kill Michael Moore," and then I'd see the little band: What Would Jesus Do? And then I'd realize, "Oh, you wouldn't kill Michael Moore. Or at least you wouldn't choke him to death." And you know, well, I'm not sure.
I don't listen to talk radio, so I have no idea how civil or uncivil it routinely is... but this kind of thing is just ridiculous. It plays into every negative stereotype people have about "right-wing talk radio" and it exonerates Michael Moore in people's minds, turning him back into a legitimate victim instead of a swamp-draining, mansion-building Sad Clown in a hobo costume who did more damage to the Democratic Party's credibility than he ever did to Bush.
You're not helping, Glenn Beck.
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