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Thread #122558   Message #2690712
Posted By: Lonesome EJ
30-Jul-09 - 07:37 PM
Thread Name: BS: Glenn Beck - Obama's a racist
Subject: RE: BS: Glenn Beck - Obama's a racist
Don Cherry. We had him here in Denver for a few years when he coached the Colorado Rockies. The hockey team, not the baseball team. But the Rockies were sold to New Jersey and reborn as the Devils, and Don went back to Canada. While he was here, he made several commercials in a bizarre plaid blazer, accompanied by his bulldog "Blue". A very irritating individual.

Glen Beck started on CNN, and was actually a fairly reasonable commentator, at least in the very beginning. He has gradually moved further to the right and become more edgy, especially after he moved to FOX. Now he's trying to out-Hannity Hannity. He's a kind of a sensitive man's Bill O'Reilly. He likes to interject touching personal stories to shore up his credibility as a real American. The Obama-as-racist ploy is the kind of reversion technique that Limbaugh popularized. Take an insult that is usually used to describe you and your politics, and use it on the opposition. "Feminazis" being a case in point. It is obvious, but often quite effective in putting your target on the defensive, or at least getting their dander up. Nobody but the true believers buy it though, so it is a way of preaching to the choir.