CNN host compares Gore to Hitler.
By on Jun 9th, 2006 at 1:39 pm
CNN host compares Gore to Hitler.
Glen Beck, a host on CNN Headline News, said “Hitler said a little bit of truth, and then he mixed in ‘and it’s the Jews’ fault.’ That’s where things get a little troublesome, and that’s exactly what’s happening [with Al Gore].” Media Matters has the audio and the details.
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Liberal media my ASS!
June 9th, 2006 at 1:43 pmI love how CNN has diversified and tried to be more like ratings-leader Fox News by giving people like Beck an outlet. It really adds to a healthy debate, don’t you think? Oh, and can you smell the thick stench of sarcasm from this post?
June 9th, 2006 at 1:46 pmI’ll bet Ted Turner is livid at what’s happened to his old station.
Let’s see….Valid Nazi/Hitler comarisons: George W Bush, Karl Rove, Dick Cheney, Don Rummsfield, Tom DeLay, Bill Frist, etc.
Nonlinear & invalid Hitler/Nazi comarisons – Al Gore certainly.
Screw CNN.
June 9th, 2006 at 1:47 pmGore needs to respond to this directly, forcefully, promptly, and clearly FOR ALL OF US. If he remains silent, we are all harmed. Our country is harmed. Because this kind of talk unchallenged is leading us to a very dark time.
June 9th, 2006 at 1:49 pmI can’t help but feel that Red state America REALLY fears Al Gore. Running in 2008? What’s the concensus out there?
t-mac
June 9th, 2006 at 1:51 pm#5 – I think you are right, t-mac. Gore won’t even have to run, all he has to do is let the wingnuts THINK he’s running for as long as possible.
June 9th, 2006 at 1:53 pmWhat did Beck say about Dick Durbin? Enquiring minds want to know…….
June 9th, 2006 at 1:54 pmt-mac: “I can’t help but feel that Red state America REALLY fears Al Gore.” – - If Politician Al Gore shows up, the blue states will fear him too. Filmmaker Al Gore needs to show up. Politician Al Gore needs to get in that lockbox and never, ever come out again.
June 9th, 2006 at 1:55 pmA more apt comparison for Hitler would be our present dictator. He blames everything on the Gays and terrorists. He runs a completely secret government. He defies international law. He wabnts unchecked absolute power. He has a department of propaganda that regularly publishes lies to support his actions.
Somebody show me where Bush is that different from Mister H. Of course he dosen;t speak German, I will give him that.
June 9th, 2006 at 1:55 pmi agree. I know some Republicans that would not vote Democrat unless Gore ran. I’m for Gore/Feingold….or……..Clinton/Feingold ( second choice) Only Clinton because she’s gonna squak so loud and wants it so badly that we may be stuck with her running. Feingold would increase her appeal.
June 9th, 2006 at 1:57 pmWhat a disgrace to CNN to bring in this shill. It is only a matter of time before he implodes. This tool is terrible on TV immitating an effeminate person with a lisp as if thats entertaining. I suspect like other right wing hate radio this guy is a repressed homosexual with displaced projections.
June 9th, 2006 at 1:57 pmIt’s Glenn (2 n’s) Beck and that’s a great statement.
June 9th, 2006 at 1:58 pmYou should have seen Beck when he tried confronting the real facts of 9/11.
June 9th, 2006 at 2:04 pmBeck was having these scary convulsions when he didn’t think the camera was on him, [think Dr. Strangelove struggling with his arm], I thought Beck was literally about to implode. Which btw, wouldn’t have been a bad thing.
[...] Radio talk-show host & CNN Headline News personality made a comparison between Al Gore and Adolph Hitler today, and the liberals are going crazy. Beck was going through some inconsistencies in “An Inconvenient Truth” when he made this statement. “Hitler said a little bit of truth, and then he mixed in ‘and it’s the Jews’ fault.’ That’s where things get a little troublesome, and that’s exactly what’s happening [with Al Gore].†[...]
June 9th, 2006 at 2:08 pmC Storms gets a woody for moronic Glenn’s with 2 n’s & Hitler comparisons.
June 9th, 2006 at 2:09 pmWatch the MSM implode behind global warming. Stooges like Beck are under strict orders from their corporate masters to engage in any sort of slander, calumny and outright nonsense to safeguard run amok greed. There’s no way they can keep it up very long.
June 9th, 2006 at 2:12 pmSo global warming is a myth like bigfoot and fiscally conservative republicans?
June 9th, 2006 at 2:15 pmThe liberals are going crazy
Who’s crazy?
Even the National Review agrees with the science:
And the NAS panel that Bush commissioned to study the problem begins:
I’d say the guy calling Gore Hitler sounds tons shriller than anyone here.
June 9th, 2006 at 2:16 pmPolitician Al Gore needs to get in that lockbox and never, ever come out again.
Comment by Badmoodman — June 9, 2006 @ 1:55 pm
The ol “lockbox” doesn’t sound like such a silly idea anymore… neither does doing something about global warming… Gore was just a little ahead of his time.
If he won in 2000 he ought to be able to win in a landslide in 2008.
June 9th, 2006 at 2:21 pm#9
June 9th, 2006 at 2:23 pmHeck, he doesn’t even speak English. Other than that I agree with your comments totally.
This people is really frightened. What a sad thing must be an asslicker.
June 9th, 2006 at 2:25 pmDid Beck go onto say that the mixing of the truth and propeganda leading up to the war was like the Nazis making their case for invading Poland too? Oh….thought not.
June 9th, 2006 at 2:25 pmHOW THE HELL CAN THESE PEOPLE COMPARE GLOBAL WARMING TO THE HOLOCAUST?!?!?!
This is shameful in the worst of ways. They’ll say ANYTHING to keep the attention away from the real issue.
June 9th, 2006 at 2:30 pm“that’s where things get a little troublesome”
That’s an interesting way to describe the Holocaust.
June 9th, 2006 at 2:33 pm#23 – When they got nothin’, they play the Hitler/Nazi card.
June 9th, 2006 at 2:33 pmt-mac
We hope Gore runs, he’d be a dream candidate from the republican view point.
June 9th, 2006 at 2:34 pmGlenn Beck is the guy who said he “got crabs” just by looking at Madonna.
He claims he’s just looking out for our kids.
Glenn Beck: he sniff panties for your children. Do I even need to tell you he’s a conservative? That right there should be enough.
June 9th, 2006 at 2:36 pm.
I disagree Squeegee,
I think the repblicans would way rather have Hillary on the ticket.
June 9th, 2006 at 2:37 pmKrazny
Either one would be wonderful.
June 9th, 2006 at 2:38 pmWith Beck and Coulter, the right is truly close to bashing itself out of existence. Yay! These people are absolute nutjobs. How the hell can they get away with this? If this were some unknown far-left nut that decided to spout off some crazy things the right, and the MSM, would snap that up in an instant. These are two of the most recognizable right-wingers in the country. Where is the outrage?
http://www.lcoliberal.blogspot.com
June 9th, 2006 at 2:38 pmAN OUTRIGHT THREAT AGAINST ANN COULTER. WILL YOU JOIN LCL?
Only on LCL
Conservatism, the latest fad gone bad. They just can’t pull it off from the inside, IE: Getting elected, they just have to sit on the sidelines like impotent curmudgeons and complain about the way it ought to be.
June 9th, 2006 at 2:43 pmCNN has become a Fox wannabe. The hiring of this freak, Glenn Beck on their Headline channel is an example.
June 9th, 2006 at 2:43 pm#16 Purvis Ames is right when he says, “Stooges like Beck are under strict orders from their corporate masters to engage in any sort of slander, calumny and outright nonsense to safeguard run amok greed.”
Environmental information just doesn’t fit into their schemes.
Out of curiosity… When did CNN “Headline News” decide that it was a better idea to switch to a “Jerry Springer” format and fill all their prime hour programming with the cable-carried verbal diahrea of Nancy Grace, Jeff Beck and some twit named Robin and her “friends” in the morning?
This is Headline News?
WTF…?
June 9th, 2006 at 2:49 pmI’ve turned away from “America’s most trusted news source” to the far more trustworthy tabloids. Who do you think the space alien will endorse in 2008?
June 9th, 2006 at 2:51 pmEveryone, please follow the links from here http://mediamatters.org/campaign/beck-cnn.htm to write to CNN. He needs to be kicked off the air for his outrageous vitriolic statements, not for his low ratings (which will eventually happen anyway.)
June 9th, 2006 at 2:51 pm#34
Thanks for the chuckle!! That’s the best one I’ve heard all day!
t-mac
June 9th, 2006 at 2:54 pmO.K., so we lost the television. It’s only 60 years old. We may go back to the nineteenth century. Join the likes of Frederick Douglass and Garrison. CNN, NBC, ABC, CBS will NEVER be just. The only way to make it not matter is to not watch it. If it frustrates so, run outside and clip your neighbors’ cable wires, instead of fuming like-minded thoughts to like-minded souls. What do you think they did for fifty years in the Soviet Union? Actually believe what state TV had to say? Chernobyl was a brush fire, Gorbie ate off a paper plate and drank from a tin cup.
June 9th, 2006 at 3:02 pmThen Bush must compare to Vlad the impaler
June 9th, 2006 at 3:16 pm“Then Bush must compare to Vlad the impaler”
They both fought the muslims.
June 9th, 2006 at 3:20 pmIt’s such a tragedy to watch the rise of fascism in America………Of course, it will be too late and at some point and then the breastbeating of…”How could this happen” will begin….
Beck, Coulter, Savage and their ilk are doing their best to sow civil war and smash the remnants of this once great nation on the rocks of hate, intolerance and religious fanaticism.
Heckuva job.
-GSD
June 9th, 2006 at 3:28 pmCNN or any other medium for that matter wouldn’t hire these sleeze balls if they didn’t generate revenue. What’s that say about the American people? What sleeze ball are they going to elect next time? We’re in deep kaka.
June 9th, 2006 at 3:30 pmIt’s the cons fault! Round em up! sew on an elephant patch to their clothing and insted of boxcars we’ll send Hummers to pick them up, instead of showers we’ll tell them they are going to gay bathhouses.
June 9th, 2006 at 3:41 pmDenver: “HOW THE HELL CAN THESE PEOPLE COMPARE GLOBAL WARMING TO THE HOLOCAUST?!?!?!” – - Well, there’s that prospect of turning Earth into a gigantic oven, but let’s not go there.
June 9th, 2006 at 3:42 pmHey now lets not go too crazy on CNN here, so a little Eichmann managed to get some air time, no need to blow a gasket yet.
June 9th, 2006 at 3:59 pmGlen Beck described what every politician does, he just chose the politician named Hitler as a comparison. I don’t view Al Gore as a politician in this context, he’s a maker of documentaries. I am minimizing any attention this Beck guy is getting, which is best to do.
June 9th, 2006 at 4:01 pmThere’s only one conclusion we can draw. Conservatives as a whole can no longer be taken seriously. We need to start calling them moonbats with GDS. Some op-ed pieces about Republicans peeing their pants couldn’t hurt, either.
June 9th, 2006 at 4:06 pmI don’t recall Al Gore saying global warming is the Jews’ fault.
June 9th, 2006 at 4:21 pmTo the tune of “Won’t Get Fooled Again”
Meet the new Fox.
June 9th, 2006 at 4:25 pmSame as the old Fox.
#14
The liberals are going crazy? Oh you so funny.
Who goes crazy whenever Gore utters the words “Global Warming”?
Oh, let’s see…
Glen (1 n) Becker…and Ian Murray…and Jason Steorts…and Jerry Falwell…and Jonathan Hoenig…and Sterling Burnett…and Dr. Robert Balling…and David Asman…and Steve Forbes…and Matt Drudge…and Competitive Enterprise Institute…
Just to name a few.
June 9th, 2006 at 4:32 pmbranch here is link that describes your mo. see #1
June 9th, 2006 at 4:59 pmhttp://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=floater
Beck is sooooooo awesome.
You sound like you’re talking about this Beck: http://www.beck.com/ If that were so, you might have a case.
But this guy? If so, step away from the radio… Apparently those AM radio waves can do a bit of damage…
June 9th, 2006 at 5:15 pmWow, they’re really trying to make the “Nazi” comparison stick.
Sorry right-wing, Al Gore hasn’t sent anyone off to prison camps and spied on his own citizens. Al Gore +1, Right-wing -3.
June 9th, 2006 at 5:19 pmMe thinks his brain got twisted and confused Gore with bush .Its really bushco that is very much like Hitler and using the very means that hitler used to take over the people minds and hearts in Germany .
This latest fisaco in Iraq was preplaned do I buy that 2 500lbs bombs killed a much wanted man nope I don’t he would be just bits and pieces and not able to speak since his lower and upper body would be shredded like bushco has shredded our Consitution.. so before anyone hails this majic rabbit pull from the hat stop and think not react! plus 6 yrs ago America would never put a picture of a tortured killed man on the news there is a law against that mr bushco!
June 9th, 2006 at 5:21 pmquickly:
1) Bush is definitely a better comparison to Hitler except that, as I understand it, Hitler was especially charismatic when speaking. Bush, on the other hand, makes even conservatives wince when he opens his mouth.
2) CNN is pathetic — they got crushed when Fox went hard right but instead of seeing the light, and going hard left (which is what the next wave will be) they are trying to compete head-to-head. That Murdoch gave Clinton money for her campaign suggests he might see the next wave coming. CNN will only fall farther behind as it becomes so much more messy pudding.
3) You have to feel sorry for wingnut commentators who can’t get onto Fox. They’re essentially second string. Tucker Carlson, for example… he just seems so sad. He reminds me of the early Mtv veejay’s five years after they’d been replaced — he just stinks of hasbeenness.
4) Bush built a wall against the truth and the people and that wall is falling on him.
June 9th, 2006 at 5:22 pmWhat we’re seeing from branch here is a jerk rallying around a bully. Think of him as one of the sidearms of the big bully on the playground, running around pushing over anyone smaller and smarter than him because they feel so inadequate around all of the smart kids. That is all these people are.
They lie because they have no facts.
They mock because they’re getting called on their lies.
And they bully because there’s a whole bunch of us waking up to their lies, and if you can beat ‘em, beat ‘em up.
That’s the right wing tactic of the modern times– I’m sorry to see that we have to jump into the pit with them, but we do. They tap into the lesser nature of people, and liberals don’t naturally go into that territory to swing our fists, but we all know the best defense is a strong offense.
June 9th, 2006 at 5:27 pmProject for the new american century is not that different from what Hitler dreamed up.
June 9th, 2006 at 6:47 pmAnd remember this is the party of Leo Strauss and Karl Rove.
I think they are at ZERO in the 4 STages of Global Warming Denial…
June 9th, 2006 at 6:59 pmIf ANYONE needs to be compared with Hitler, it’s Bush/Cheney, Rumsfield, Wolfowitz, and the Nazi thugs in this administration and their supporters in the propaganda ministry(Coulter, Limbaugh, Hannity, OReilly, Kristol, et al).
June 9th, 2006 at 7:02 pmIs it anything like when things go bad in Iraq its the Liberals fault.
Delay says Liberals are the culture of death.
What has OUR institution become. In all my years being born and raised under the notion that what happened in Germany would never happen here, is unfolding before me.
My biggerst fear is that the majority of the rants i see on this type of stuff will make those people feel as if they have stated their feelings and everyone else will vote for them.
Our Government is out of balance WE need to get it back. VOTE!
June 9th, 2006 at 7:33 pmI don’t think even Al Gore takes his film seriously. He’s just trying to get his name in the spotlight and make a few bucks.
June 9th, 2006 at 8:08 pmGlenn Beck is the republicans Gay Poster Boy without coming out and saying as much.
The pugs are hoping to grab some gay votes without asking for them or admitting that they need them.
As for Gore, did you see him on Leno last night? He said he has no plans to enter into politics again.
I’m hanging on to the “no plans” language which in my opinion leaves the door wide open.
I agree with the Gore/Fiengold ticket. Not hoping for a Clinton bid because Bill claims he likes George W. Bush as a person. Can’t have a Bush friend in the White House.
Hillary would have to divorce Bill to get my vote.
If Gore doesn’t run, Fiengold gets my vote.
Someone mentioned Nancy Grace. EEEEEWWWWWWWW! She looks like Linda Tripp! She has the personality of the paparazzi. She’s nothing but a sick joke. Barf, puke, gag.
June 9th, 2006 at 9:07 pmIt’s such a tragedy to watch the rise of fascism in America…
Watch Frank Zappa on CNN’s Crossfire during the Reagan Administration. You will recognize the neocons he that surround him. They are no match for Zappa.
Frank was way ahead of his time, he recognized the roots of facism taking hold a long time ago. Take the time to check this out.. You won’t believe how far ahead of his time Zappa really was. The video is about 30 minutes long. Save it and share it, its priceless.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ce5JG978QV0
June 9th, 2006 at 9:23 pmI was entertained by Nancy Grace, not as much informed. But I did enjoy the entertainment value, she phreaking goes for the jugular sometimes.
June 9th, 2006 at 10:33 pmGore put in NAFTA and one way trade with China. And millions of jobs went offshore
June 9th, 2006 at 11:12 pmor companies closed down because they can’t compete with China because of Gore.. And you want tor run him for president? Are you NUTS?
#63,
Stupid Republicans,
That video with Zappa is pricless. Novak said at the end he’s a “first amendment man”.
Also notable, the Braden from the left and Novak from the right don’t even argue. Nowadays it’s an all out dogpile.
June 9th, 2006 at 11:23 pmThere hasn’t been a liberal media in america for over 10 years. Get that folks … the media is nothing but right-wing propogandists! FOX, CNN, MSNBC … just to name a few. Glenn Beck is another right-winger who spews his lies and hate over the airwaves. Shame on CNN for hiring this scumbag. Write letters and tell them they should be ashamed.
America yearns for a liberal media. America needs reporters who tell the real stories that matter in our lives, give us the facts … not feed us bs GOP memos, talking points, opinion pieces and lies. Limbaugh, O’ Rielly, Coulter, Beck, Hannity, … these people are not reporters or journalists. These people are traitors. Time to call them on their own sh^t.
June 10th, 2006 at 1:14 amNo trolls on this thread-so far.
B.T.W. That Glen Beck sure has some d!ck su
June 10th, 2006 at 3:10 amWhy would you hire someone with a mouth like mr Becks . he seams to speak directly fromhis ass not his brain. I think the only reason his kind are hired is for the ratings , no matter what he screams about the louder & more vile the better in your eyes . If your running a comic section I guess it would be ok ,but people listen to you to keep up with true world events , not this trash .
June 10th, 2006 at 9:00 amWhy would you hire someone with a mouth like mr Becks . he seams to speak directly fromhis ass not his brain. I think the only reason his kind are hired is for the ratings , no matter what he screams about the louder & more vile the better in your eyes . If your running a comic section I guess it would be ok ,but people listen to you to keep up with true world events , not this trash .
June 10th, 2006 at 9:00 amliberals and progresives are worse than Nazis- they are a bunch of whining commie- wannabes. you are bunch of vile disgusting disillusioned leftards who spew your illogical drivel . You all live in your own liitle socialist world and I ‘ll laugh when the next elections come and you are further driven into the dirt. Hey Bush won in 2004 grow up and get over it.
June 10th, 2006 at 9:22 amIf the elections in California last week ( which ultra CNN ignored) you commies are going to be relegated the the shit heap of politics where you belong.
Chris, Chris, Chris – you wouldn’t know “logic” if it walked up to you and said “I am logic. Let’s share an ice-cold Coca-Cola.”
Your manner of expressing yourself suggests that you are around 14 or 15 years old. If this is not the case, perhaps this is something on which you might work. You are doing a very poor job of presenting the conservative “viewpoint.”
Now go away, sweetheart, and let the adults continue to discuss important things.
June 10th, 2006 at 11:22 amGore has compared numerous people to Nazis. If you can’t take the heat, get out of the kitchen.
June 10th, 2006 at 11:41 am