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.
We won’t talk about how Glenn was incorrect about his memory of Star Wars: The Phantom Menance. (Queen Amidala wanted to return to her planet and Senator Palpatine instructed her to stay with him) At least we won’t talk about it too much because I’ve already displayed my Star Wars geekyness.
I remember when the media was giving Herman Cain a hard time because he paused for a number of seconds while collecting his thoughts after being asked about foreign policy. I remember how Beck and his crew staunchly defended Cain and hammered the media for making a case of the pause.
I remember agreeing with Beck and others who essentially said, “Let the man collect his thoughts”.
Now here comes the problem.
When talking about Newt Gingrich and his debate performance in Florida, they aired a segment where Mitt Romney was hammering Newt about his relationship with Fanny & Freddie.
While listening to the audio, Glenn made this comment while Newt took a moment to collect his thoughts for a response, “pause, pause, pause”. A comment made in derision as if it was poor form to take a moment before responding. Glenn is clearly anti-Gingrich. I just find it curious that he would perform akin to the media in which he hates so much.
