Glenn Beck as Hypocrite: Ridicules Newt

There are many entertaining aspects of the Glenn Beck radio show. I remember laughing so hard when his team took to the streets in a waffle car instructing people to vote for John Kerry the day before the official election day. I remember crying because I was laughing at their impersonation of Teresa Heinz.

I don’t always agree with his articulations (see when he & his crew took joking about progressive politics as cancer a bit too far) but I think I agree with his Libertarian leanings more than I get frustrated with his sheer lunacy.

However I listened to his show recently and discovered his hypocrisy.

ABC Hypocrisy All Time High

Make no mistake, divorce is a horrible thing. I’d believe anyone who has gone through it would say that it is not an enjoyable time. It is not the desired result of anyone getting married.

Newt Gingrich has gone through two divorces.

We get to hear from his ex-wife. From ABC.

Does this strike anyone else as newsworthy? Two days before a major primary contest in fact.

And maybe it is newsworthy. Maybe the American people deserve to know how ugly their divorce was and how an ex-wife believes her ex-husband to be evil incarnate. This could all be true.

My rant is against the ABC newspeople. Is it odd that they are airing this interview at this time? Is it odd that they even conducted the interview? What possible insights may we glean from this interview?

Is Gingrich The One To Defeat Obama?

There is no question that Newt Gingrich connects with voters during his debate performances. This is also no question that he is studied in history. He threw enough “red meat” to the Conservative audience in South Carolina that you wouldn’t believe he’s failed in New Hampshire and Iowa.

Gingrich claims he’s the only candidate who could seriously take on President Obama in debates. But will debating be enough?

Obama Uses TV Show For Speech

Back when Senator Obama was running for office, he met with writers of the television show, The West Wing and informed them that his team was going to use some of their speeches for his campaign. This comes back now that he’s running for office for the last time.

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“I absolutely believe that the American people still have confidence and faith in this country and there’s a core decency and strength and resilience to be tapped, and that most of the time the better angels of our nature win out.”

I was going along and really agreeing with his speech when I read the last part of that sentence. This, “better angels of our nature” comes from the characters Toby Ziegler and President Jed Bartlet. (Richard Schiff and Martin Sheen)

Obama: The Next Clinton?

For President Obama’s weekly address, he shared how he wanted more power … to shrink the federal government. Does this sound like the President Obama we’ve had for the past three years?

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“I told those CEOs what I’ll tell any business leader: ask yourself what you can do to bring more jobs back to the country that made your success possible.  And I’ll make sure you’ve got a government that does everything in its power to help you succeed.”

This is a weird thought. All businesses need to do is ask themselves a question and President Obama will help them succeed? This is creating the confusion for our businesses. They want to bring jobs back to the United States but then they see that the taxes and regulations will actually cause the business to fail.