Glenn Beck freaks out about the missing Bible at Obama’s do-over swearing in.
Glenn Beck freaks out about the missing Bible at Obama’s do-over swearing in.
Today on his new Fox News show, Glenn Beck panicked about the re-do oath of office President Obama took last night, because Obama did not place his hand on a Bible. “I checked. We have never had a president sworn into office without a Bible,” he intoned dramatically. Watch it:
Beck is simply wrong. As Slate recently reported, official records kept by the Architect of the Capitol show that Teddy Roosevelt did not use a Bible in 1901; and Lyndon Johnson is rumored to have used “a Catholic missal aboard Air Force One after Kennedy’s assassination.” According to his own letters, John Quincy Adams placed his hand on a constitutional law book rather than the Bible. Beck’s vaunted devotion to research must have taken a dive when he moved from CNN to Fox.
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Who cares? Oh and who is Glenn Beck and why should I care if he cares?
January 22nd, 2009 at 6:09 pmThis was predictable…and HILARIOUS!!
January 22nd, 2009 at 6:10 pmBecks an a$shole…him, and Hannity can have fun blowing each other at Fox now.
January 22nd, 2009 at 6:10 pmSince the Constitution specifically prohibits a religious test to become president, there is no constitutional requirement that a Bible be used at the swearing in. That is a matter of personal choice for the incoming president. What’s Beck gonna do if Rep Keith Ellison ever becomes president?
January 22nd, 2009 at 6:10 pm“Vaunted devotion to research?” Beck? Since when?
January 22nd, 2009 at 6:13 pm“I checked” in Beckspeak means “I have no idea what I’m talking about.”
January 22nd, 2009 at 6:13 pmthe “opposition” will try ANYTHING to create controversy … AND their little followers will continue to bleat it out to anyone who will listen.
January 22nd, 2009 at 6:14 pmBeck’s vaunted devotion to research must have taken a dive when he moved from CNN to Fox.
Snarky!!
January 22nd, 2009 at 6:15 pmHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!
OMG, these guys are never going to be able to maintain this level of hysteria for 8 years!!
January 22nd, 2009 at 6:16 pmBeck’s vaunted devotion to research must have taken a dive when he moved from CNN to Fox.
Of course, Fox doesn’t do research. If they checked their facts before they ever said anything, they would have a lot of dead air going out.
January 22nd, 2009 at 6:17 pm“Glenn Beck freaks out about the missing Bible at Obama’s do-over swearing in.”
lol This is getting ridiculous. Was Beck the peck there to witness the “missing” bible? Beck gives the word “journalist” a bad name. Who cares the bible was missing.
January 22nd, 2009 at 6:17 pmfor real other than these clips I have never seen this oddball. Why should I care what weird shit he thinks? I suppose I should give a shit what that lady with all those cats thinks or that guy that is always muttering to himself. Take an oath on the McDonald’s Value Menu for all I care…
January 22nd, 2009 at 6:17 pmWayne A. Schneider Says:
What’s Beck gonna do if Rep Keith Ellison ever becomes president?
Wayne: see my post at #10…;o)
January 22nd, 2009 at 6:17 pmdbadass Says:
I suppose I should give a shit what that lady with all those cats thinks or that guy that is always muttering to himself.
And Jane and I appreciate that you value our opinions. Thanks. :)
January 22nd, 2009 at 6:19 pmBeck: “I checked. We have never had a president sworn into office without a Bible,”
– - On the Re-Oath, Obama used the Koran. Suck it, Glenn.
January 22nd, 2009 at 6:19 pm“I checked” means he pulled out the waistband of his pants and peered in.
January 22nd, 2009 at 6:19 pmJ.Davis, go start your own blog. Really, it’s simple.
January 22nd, 2009 at 6:21 pmJ.Davis Says:
Please see post 11. Thanks!
We did. The answer is “No”. You’re welcome.
January 22nd, 2009 at 6:21 pm“Take an oath on the McDonald’s Value Menu for all I care…”
lol Or any dollar value menu. Seriously, Beck is looking for attention. I don’t take this clown seriously as a journalist. He took the wrong pill today in his so-called reporting.
January 22nd, 2009 at 6:21 pmJ.Davis Says:
Please see post 11. Thanks!
– - “Hey!!! Over here…..I’VE got a computer!!”
January 22nd, 2009 at 6:23 pm“I checked. We have never had a president sworn into office without a Bible,” he intoned dramatically.
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“I checked. Glenn Beck is full of crap,” misshusseinmolly intoned dramatically.
Anyone want to take a guess as to which of us is correct?
January 22nd, 2009 at 6:26 pmI am surprised that Beck is still employed. Wingers continually appear to be people who were dropped on their heads at birth or potty trained improperly. What a bunch of goofballs.
January 22nd, 2009 at 6:27 pmJ.Davis Says: “Is there any place on here where we can discuss Constitutional Government and our views on States Rights and on the Progressive/Liberal movement?”
Civil War Era? We’re aways beyond that now, sir. Sorry, your presidency didn’t count. We’re on number 44 now.
January 22nd, 2009 at 6:27 pmGlenn Beck 2009 Misinformer of the Year
January 22nd, 2009 at 6:28 pmFord used a Chilton’s manual.
January 22nd, 2009 at 6:30 pmCalm down Glen, let me buy you a drink.
January 22nd, 2009 at 6:31 pmdbadass Says
January 22nd, 2009 at 6:17 pm
Take an oath on the McDonald’s Value Menu for all I care…
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Since the idea of taking an oath while swearing on some kind of document is that the document should have personal meaning for the oath-taker, that could work. Are we sure that the recent McDonald’s-loving president didn’t do just that?
Personally, I find swearing on ANYTHING to be going against the directive Jesus Christ gave us in the Sermon on the Mount. And my Muslim friends tell me the Quran gives similar direction. So I find all the religious posturing silly at best, and sinful at worst.
January 22nd, 2009 at 6:33 pmJ.Davis Says:
Is there any place on here where we can discuss Constitutional Government
Piss up a rope, jerk. Why in the hell should anyone care what the fck you think?
January 22nd, 2009 at 6:36 pmGlenn Beck “freaks out”! Freaks out?
Too bad he didn’t have a stroke. If he has a stroke he’s going to lay there a long time, probably having to make his own 911 call.
January 22nd, 2009 at 6:37 pmOh lawd.
We will never get anything done if repugs keep faking their outrage over nothing. War is ok not having beans with his franks is unforgivable.
dummies all of them
January 22nd, 2009 at 6:37 pmAnother Fox maroon!
January 22nd, 2009 at 6:40 pmglenn beck, research,
in the same sentence?
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January 22nd, 2009 at 6:40 pmGlenn Beck follows the teachings of a “prophet” that a great many in the Christian community think was a utter crackpot.
I see Glenn is just fulfilling that stereotype.
January 22nd, 2009 at 6:41 pmWayne A. Schneider Says:
J.Davis Says:
January 22nd, 2009 at 6:36 pm
Was that supposed to move me to tears?
January 22nd, 2009 at 6:41 pm
It moved me to tears — of laughter.
January 22nd, 2009 at 6:41 pmJ.Davis Says:
January 22nd, 2009 at 6:36 pm
Was that supposed to move me to tears?
January 22nd, 2009 at 6:41 pmMaybe it would be cool if people were forced to take oaths while someone holds a blade to the throat of one of their loved ones instead of on some book filled with stories which make no sense. Two of every insect, yeah right…
January 22nd, 2009 at 6:44 pmWow. Time travel…
January 22nd, 2009 at 6:44 pmDid Glenn take a few classes in the online revisionist history courses at Liberty University?
January 22nd, 2009 at 6:44 pmJ.Davis Says:
“But, it confirms the feeling I have held for years,the citizens of this land are far too different to be in the same country together…”
Have you ever considered living in Alaska?
January 22nd, 2009 at 6:45 pmLushInterior Says:
How soon we forget…..GW used “Cat In The Hat”.
I thought the second time around that was a Sesame Street coloring book.
January 22nd, 2009 at 6:46 pmHe must have Regent students as interns. They’re cheap – and lazy.
January 22nd, 2009 at 6:46 pmZooey Says:
Wow. Time travel…
I’ve been getting that a lot here, lately. I guess the software that checks the time stamps to sort them chronologically doesn’t check the seconds, only the hour and minute. Either that or it does check the seconds and puts them in the wrong order. Either way, it’s on my list of things to write to TP about to get them to make some more changes. Like substituting one of their comments for the ones they delete, so they doesn’t screw up the numbering of the posts.
January 22nd, 2009 at 6:46 pmLushInterior Says: Nothing….again….no tool like a stupid tool.
January 22nd, 2009 at 6:48 pmJ.Davis Says:
Very little is learned or teached by preaching to the choir.
Then J. Davis Says:
the citizens of this land are far too different to be in the same country together
Anyone else find it ironic that J.Davis has an urgent need to discuss his need to be separate from those who disagree with him with those who disagree with him?
‘We have so much to teach each other about how to stay away from each other…’
Beck would prolly agree…
January 22nd, 2009 at 6:49 pmnofltwlt Says:
Glenn Beck “freaks out”! Freaks out?
Too bad he didn’t have a stroke. If he has a stroke he’s going to lay there a long time, probably having to make his own 911 call.
Jesus will save him. Christ saved him on that Christmas night, according to that gawd awful movie advertisement right before Quantum of Solace. Good thing that crap was for “one night only”.
January 22nd, 2009 at 6:52 pmHere’s to the end of the Bush years and the irrelevant wrong wing party. Its over now, the storm is over now:
http://www.imeem.com/allsing87/music/Ocq48kAN/kirk_franklin_storm_is_over/
Enjoy
RIP
January 22nd, 2009 at 6:53 pmSGT Stephen R. Sherman
C CO 1-5 IN (STRYKER)
KIA 3 Feb 2005
Mosul, Iraq
Here’s another gem :
J.Davis Says: “At least I tried to understand those that hate me. Like I said before,we don’t belong in the same country together. Do you agree?
He wants to believe people hate him, therefore justifying his desire to be ostracized. I think I remember this guy from grade school…
January 22nd, 2009 at 6:54 pmJ.Davis Says:
Wayne,I made an effort at dicussion.
Make an effort to discuss the topic on hand, not whatever attention-seeking topic you want everyone else to discuss. Like I said, get your own blog.
January 22nd, 2009 at 6:55 pmWhere’s D-Man? Aren’t his bible-senses tingling?
January 22nd, 2009 at 6:55 pmJ.Davis Says: “You have confirmed my fears.”
Do you have a spread sheet for all of them?
January 22nd, 2009 at 6:56 pmGlenn Beck is going to need those extra Faux dollars if he’s gonna keep crapping his special, god approved undies on a daily basis!
January 22nd, 2009 at 6:56 pmchildish especially when becky and the rest of his tea party bff stomped a hole in the Constitution and then crys when he breaks his widdle toe while doing so. No Fair—whaaaa
Give becky the Dr. Hyde award for using the Bile for his baseless outrage.
January 22nd, 2009 at 6:56 pmNevar Says:
He wants to believe people hate him, therefore justifying his desire to be ostracized. I think I remember this guy from grade school…
I’m guessing he’s still there.
January 22nd, 2009 at 6:57 pmJ. Davis….do you own a gun? If you do you might want to clean it and get your bullets togeather…..time for discussion is short.
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January 22nd, 2009 at 6:59 pmguns are for pussies. Atleast be man enough to get your hands dirty.
barfly Says:
Where’s D-Man? Aren’t his bible-senses tingling?
Daryll is trying to persuade people that beating yourself until bloody with a whip is better than hours of steamy sex.
January 22nd, 2009 at 7:00 pmJ.Davis Says:
You have confirmed my fears.
Go hide under your bed Mr. Pissypants.
January 22nd, 2009 at 7:00 pmJ.Davis Says:
Wayne,I made an effort at dicussion. At least I tried to understand those that hate me. Like I said before,we don’t belong in the same country together.Do you agree?
January 22nd, 2009 at 6:45 pm
Oh please. This is more authoritarian “all or nothing” thinking.
J.Davis: “Fiddle dee dee, if we can’t all agree on everything, we don’t belong in the same country. I think I’ll go to the garden and eat a worm.”
Grow up. We don’t care enough about you to hate you.
January 22nd, 2009 at 7:01 pmBuckie Boy Says:
Go hide under your bed Mr. Pissypants.
January 22nd, 2009 at 7:00 pm
Ok, that sent me into giggles. :D
January 22nd, 2009 at 7:02 pmGrow up. We don’t care enough about you to hate you.
Heh.
January 22nd, 2009 at 7:05 pmGame of Life
I bet Beck thinks Dumbya earned those 1,000+ days of his presidency with “hard work, dedication and resilience” that he spent away from the White House at Crawford or Camp David.
January 22nd, 2009 at 7:06 pmThe second time, they should have used the military interrogations handbook.
Roberts probably would’ve dropped the damn thing on his foot.
January 22nd, 2009 at 7:06 pmOde to JDavis…
“Oh my dog died just yesterday,
left me all alone…
the finance company,
dropped by today,
and repossessed my home…
but that’s just a drop in the bucket,
compared to losing you…
and I’m down to seeds and stems again, toooo…”
With acknowledgment to Commander Cody and his Lost Planet Airmen.
January 22nd, 2009 at 7:07 pmBeck is a total loser. He never checks facts, never does research. He is nothing but right-wing radical fact-less opinion. No one should ever listen to what he says, because what he says is mostly lies or unsubstantiated/twisted GOP talking points. He is a total fraud as far as news goes. And worse, while he lies & distorts, he tries to be cute & cuddly. What a crock of sh*t this “man” is.
January 22nd, 2009 at 7:08 pmdb moved to Oregon? I didn’t know that!
January 22nd, 2009 at 7:08 pmNews flash, instead of the bible, President Obama was sworn in using the book “My Pet Goat”. Beck and Hannity go into spasms.
Ok, sorry, old and haggard but I couldn’t resist.
January 22nd, 2009 at 7:09 pm“I would like to take you seriously (Glen Beck), but to do so would affront your intelligence.”
plagiarized from William F. Buckley, Jr.
January 22nd, 2009 at 7:11 pmJ. Davis,
I said, “Good day, Sir!”
January 22nd, 2009 at 7:11 pmLush Says:
Whats a matter db?? You must be one of the three Oregonions who DO NOT own a gun…….you the mayor of Portland and his boyfriend. HAAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHa!
You’re only off by about 3,000 miles, nitwit.
January 22nd, 2009 at 7:13 pmIs there anyone more irrelevant than Glenn Beck? He has no facts, no charisma, no research, and a few viewers. He acts like a childish, smirking no-talent, which is exactly what he is.
January 22nd, 2009 at 7:15 pmLush…
January 22nd, 2009 at 7:17 pmdbadass could probably turn you into pickled herring before you knew what that swishing noise was.
db moved to Chicago!?
Lushie, knock off the sauce.
January 22nd, 2009 at 7:18 pmLushInterior Says:
db moved to Oregon? I didn’t know that!
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Thats what I heard on CNN……Chicago, the murder capital of the US with more murders than Baghdad was a little to rough for db so he hitched up his wagon and moved to Oregon.
And then he was shot by some crazy lady in Idaho. ;) Yeah, I saw the same report, too. Is there a point to this new tactic of yours?
January 22nd, 2009 at 7:21 pmtravelling man…
January 22nd, 2009 at 7:21 pmLushInterior Says: HAAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHa!
More proof that cons can’t do comedy…your wit is not sharp enough to try posting humor….and then laughing at your…uh….joke….that was classy.
January 22nd, 2009 at 7:22 pmSince when did Beck “do research” on CNN? The clown is just like Limpbore – he pulls his “facts” out of his ass and their listeners believe every word of it.
January 22nd, 2009 at 7:22 pmChester A. Arthur also didn’t use a Bible. TR didn’t use one in 1901 but did use one in 1905. But John Quincy Adams stands apart for he is the only one to not use a Bible at an actual inauguration.
Over on some conservative website, they were stating that since he didn’t swear or affirm on a Bible, he’s still not President. Actually Constitutionally only the oath is required. The Bible is not.
January 22nd, 2009 at 7:24 pmrepublicans hate facts Says:
J.Davis Says:
Very little is learned or teached….who that is interested in ideas…
…I have a feeling that he’s not the sharpest knife in the drawer.
January 22nd, 2009 at 7:25 pmHe can’t, Zoo. it’s like mother’s milk to ‘im. It’s where he gets all his best ideas.
January 22nd, 2009 at 7:27 pmSo we claim Bush wasn’t a legitmate president because he didn’t actually win the election and was selected by a partisan Supreme Court, and they have… no Bible?
And they’re running with that?
January 22nd, 2009 at 7:28 pmActually Constitutionally only the oath is required. The Bible is not.
The Bible is definitely not required, and can never be mandated. As for the oath itself, people are making the argument that the 20th Amendment says that he became president at 12 noon on January 20, oath or no oath. Personally, I disagree. I think the 20th only changed what date his term starts on. It did not remove the requirement that the oath be taken.
Without the oath that the president will support and defend the constitution, the constitution is meaningless.
January 22nd, 2009 at 7:29 pmAnd they’re running with that?
No, ralph, they’re also still saying he was born in Kenya.
January 22nd, 2009 at 7:31 pmLush:
January 22nd, 2009 at 7:33 pmHave you ever huffed gasoline out of a ziplock bag? Be sure to make a good seal over both mouth and nose.
Oh, and on this day of Oscar nominations, I must give J. Davis his due props for an outstanding achievement as Best Performance as a Wingnut in a Victim Role
“J. Davis brings both depth and whining to his portrayal of a misunderstood wingnut, who simply wants to come to a liberal blog and discuss what HE wants to discuss, but no one will play with him.
It’s tragic, it’s full of pathos. If you see only one Wingnut-as-Victim this Oscar season, this is the one!”
January 22nd, 2009 at 7:35 pmLushInterior Says: He’s got nothing….waaaaa, waaaaa, I’m irrelevant and don’t like it…no one likes me….waaaa, waaaa.
Bugger off, brainless.
January 22nd, 2009 at 7:40 pmLushy, why is a community organizer a worse choice as head of the military than an alcoholic failed businessman?
(I mean, if we’re comparing apples to apples, let’s compare Obama’s first job out of college to Bush’s, right? It’s only fair.)
January 22nd, 2009 at 7:41 pmActually, Buckie, you said it better than I.
kudos.
January 22nd, 2009 at 7:42 pmFor crying out loud.. Glenn Beck is the guy who got all choked up and started crying when trying to introduce Sarah Palin to his show. Sarah-flipping-Palin!
January 22nd, 2009 at 7:47 pmHe was just so in awe of her.. Sheesh..
I don’t see a flag pin on Chief Justice John Roberts robe either! For the love of the bible & the United States, man, you must be wearing your pin when administering the Oath of Office to the President!
I’m surprised Beck doesn’t know this. Spit.
January 22nd, 2009 at 7:47 pmAnd, um, Lushy… Obama has nothing to do with who is head of the House Banking Committee. Never did.
And anyone who supported Sarah Palin for Vice-President has no standing from which to criticize Joe Biden, especially as a “comedian”.
I mean, come one. Most of Tina Fey’s lines on SNL came verbatim from Sarah ranscripts. You can’t get much more “comedian” than that.
Okay, Al Franken qualifies. But he’s an actual comedian.
January 22nd, 2009 at 7:47 pmOh, Glenn, get a grip!
We’ve also never had a President sworn in twice in two days because the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court can’t spit out 35 words in the right order.
Why aren’t you indignant over that little screw up?
January 22nd, 2009 at 7:53 pmSo Lushy thinks that an Ivy league grad who eschews big-money offers in Manhattan to work as a low-paid community organizer in Chicago ghettos is the moral and practical equivalent of an alcoholic C-student who was turned down by the U of Texas Law School and then put in charge of an oil company, which he promptly drove into the ground.
Okay, Lushy, I think we know where your head is at now. Thanks for sharing.
But you still didn’t explain what is so bad about a community organizer.
January 22nd, 2009 at 7:54 pmWell, Lushy, if you thought the last eight years were “fun”, then perhaps, from that twisted perspective, yeah, a Sarah Palin Vice-presidency would have been “fun”.
Not sure why you insist that “Stuart Smalley IS Al Franken”, though.
Do you understand the concept of professional actors? And they, like create and play certain roles? I think there’s a wikipedia entry on that if you’re not familiar with the concept.
January 22nd, 2009 at 7:58 pmWait. Beck isnt trying to be funny?
January 22nd, 2009 at 8:09 pmSay.. isn’t Glenn Beck a prominent voice for the White Majority?
Suppose this fellow is a fan?
January 22nd, 2009 at 8:11 pmLushInterior Says:
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J. Davis….do you own a gun? If you do you might want to clean it and get your bullets togeather…..time for discussion is short.
January 22nd, 2009 at 6:53 pm Recommend (1) | Report Abuse I believe lush arsehole just made a threat to othr posters on this thread.
Time for an FBI visit for this vile slug?
tony andlido
January 22nd, 2009 at 8:11 pm
InferiorLush, if you continue to use my name in vain I will smite you.
January 22nd, 2009 at 8:12 pmTHis is just silly Obama was sworn in on a bible on the 20th.
It’s not his fault that Roberts screwed up the exact words.
January 22nd, 2009 at 8:12 pmHe’s speaking to an audience that finds it so hard to believe that Obama is actually president that they’ll use any excuse to invalidate him. There is some serious pathological denial behind this. They’re banging their drum so hard, they don’t seem to notice that most people aren’t behind them.
January 22nd, 2009 at 8:15 pmIndeed, the do over was because Roberts made a mistake not because there was no bible present. Besides Roberts wasnt reading from the bible.
I am so tired of feigned outrage…
January 22nd, 2009 at 8:16 pmGlennpiss, if it was good for Chief Justice Roberts the second time around, it oughta be good for you too.
January 22nd, 2009 at 8:24 pmBarack Hussein Obama became the 44th president of the United States at 12 noon on January 20, 2009 regardless if he said the oath or not. The US Constitution is explicit in stating this. But does Beck care? Nope! He cares about bibles, you know, the book he never reads obviously just by watching the man in action. Lying & deceiving & using false witnesses comes naturally to Beck.
January 22nd, 2009 at 8:25 pmGeorge Bush was SELECTED by the US Supreme Court in 2001 and then had his Oil Cartel steal the 2004 election, so technically, George Bush was never officially the president of the United States regardless if he took the oath or swore on a bible.
January 22nd, 2009 at 8:26 pmIt really doesn’t matter. Obama has already been sworn in as president (With a bible) on Tuesday, this was just an act to clear up any hint of doubt. An insurance policy. And if Beck wants to question Obama’s faith in god, then why did Obama want to invoke God in his oath despite lawsuits filed against it.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/09/obama.oath/
January 22nd, 2009 at 8:32 pmRegardless, the actual oath an inauguration day he DID use a bible
January 22nd, 2009 at 8:35 pmGlenn Beck is a liar and a complete and utter moron. I think we see the new Employee of the Month at Fox “News”
January 22nd, 2009 at 8:43 pmBen Gleck, all wrong, all the time.
January 22nd, 2009 at 8:43 pmHey, you are all missing a very important fact.
Obama had LINCOLN”S Bible for the original oath. It’s not something you can just go pick up. His? Not Unpacked?
At least Glen moved to FOX. I refused to watch that station after they hired him. I can’t now cause cable got thrown out of the budget.
January 22nd, 2009 at 8:48 pmGeorge Carlin on things like this:
January 22nd, 2009 at 8:49 pmhttp://youtube.com/watch?v=Lm-Mi1_lLo0
(He was a bit too angry for my taste but at least he spoke about things that few people normally think about)
Rumor has it that George W. Bush wanted to use a comic book when he was sworn in but his daddy said it wouldn’t be prudent.
January 22nd, 2009 at 8:52 pmWhen is FUX NOISE going to hire Lush Limpdick? Then they would have the perfect fearsome foursome of idiots, liars and haters along with Sean Insanity, Bildoe O’Lielly and Glenda Beck.
January 22nd, 2009 at 8:56 pmAgain Beck is wrong. The fact is President Franklin Pierce was sworn in on a law book. He said,”we are a nation of laws”. He said this in reply to a question regarding the swearing in on a Bible.
This idiot must have gone off the wagon. All his drunk years must have pickled his intelligence. His intelligence was not that great anyway.
January 22nd, 2009 at 9:19 pm(sigh) It looks like Lushy is gone.
Bummer. I’ve still never been able to get any right-winger to explain what is so bad about being a community organizer.
January 22nd, 2009 at 9:32 pmTime for V.
January 22nd, 2009 at 9:47 pmJumping ahead here, but not to mention, the president-elect became president at 12:00 noon on January 20th. D’Oh!
January 22nd, 2009 at 9:54 pmthen again Becky Boy, we’ve never had a president to had to retake the oath because it was flubbed the first time by a preening closet queen of a chief justice who isnt bright enough to memorize multiple sentences or remember weird foreign named concepts integral to our constitution like “habeas corpus”. i really really wish roberts would let this stupidity leak into his sex life and thereby get caught trying to solicit anonymous gay sex in a mens bathroom. he’s got the same gleam in his eye that senator “wide stance” craig had, I’d bet money on it..
January 22nd, 2009 at 10:53 pmI have never understood why people allow themselves to be influenced by people of such low intellect and achievement as Glenn Beck. Furthermore, I don’t understand why anyone gets their panties in a wad about anything he says. However, I guess he is good for a laugh in this instance.
January 22nd, 2009 at 11:26 pmAh, THERE you are, Lushy…
So, no answer?
About what’s so bad about being a community organizer?
January 22nd, 2009 at 11:39 pmWow epic fail. Not only is he throwing a tantrum over nothing, but he cant even get a simple historical fact right. He’ll fit right into the Fox News crowd
January 23rd, 2009 at 12:11 amI think Beck is focussing on the wrong missing item.
WHERE THE HELL IS THE FLAG LAPEL PIN?!!!
January 23rd, 2009 at 12:33 amLushy, the problem I have with your assessment is that you seem to think that “community organizer” is all Obama has ever done in his life.
I agree, community organizing by itself does not qualify one for the presidency.
However, it must be acknowledged that community organizing is an excellent background for one just out of college, and can help inform one’s worldview in ways that, for instance, going straight to law school will never do for one.
Of course, if one spends some time as a low-paid community organizer, and then goes on to, say, Harvard law School and finishes first in his class and is chosen as president of the Law Review, and from there goes on to work as a lawyer and to teach constitutional law at one of the most prestigious law schools in the nation, and THEN goes on to win election to state office and then the US Senate, building a solid reputation for intellect, judgment and integrity along the way, I’d say that such an individual might make a fine president.
So I’m not sure why right-wingers feel the urge to throw around “community organizer” as if it were some kind of insult.
Is it because that’s the worst thing you can say about the man? If so, I’d say that’s a pretty good indication of his character.
January 23rd, 2009 at 12:38 amSo, Lushy… you still haven’t explained why you seemed to use “community organizer” as an epithet.
You’ve admitted that there’s nothing bad about the position, and you’ve even admitted that you’ve never known or even heard of one before. So how did it become a sort of “go-to” insult for you people? I’m confused.
A couple other points… if you’re not a right-winger, you certainly sound a lot like one when you post, so maybe look at that, mmkay?
And as far as waiting for government to do anything for us, you fall prey to another popular right-wing — oops — uh, non-partisan misconception that we are sitting on our hands, waiting for government to fix everything. Contrary to the cartoonized version of progressives that many right wi– er, opposition commenters here seem to hold, progressives are active in our communities and also – ahem – work for our livings.
We do, however, expect our government to be competent and to handle the problems for which it is best suited, with efficiency and clarity of vision. And when Democrats are in power, that ideal seems closer to being realized than it does when Republicans are in charge. Although, to be fair, Republicans don’t set the bar very high in that regard.
So perhaps you’re not a right-winger. But you seem to hold many of the same preconceived notions, ideals and assumptions as most right-wingers who hang out here (including that old chestnut, “I got mine, I don’t care about anyone else”).
So you might think about making friends with some right-wingers. Maybe you’ll find yourself an ideological home.
Best of luck.
January 23rd, 2009 at 1:04 amLushInterior Says:
… I think most of you will soon be in trouble if you are waiting for government to do anything for you…….time to take responsibility for your selves as Obama will start telling the masses.
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See… that’s the problem w/ you. You constantly make that assumption – that we’re all just sitting around waiting for handouts. I haven’t seen you make ONE serious point since you stumbled into the place months ago. Just the same snide, sneering, generic put downs over and over again, which is why I NEVER take you seriously.
I’ve been working for a living my whole F-in’ life. The bits and pieces I pick up from other regular posters here would indicate many of them are hard-working folks who simply have – ***GASP*** – “liberal” sensibilities.
That doesn’t translate into “Welfare handouts, Please!”, no matter what the fat drug addict screams everyday.
You embarrass yourself w/ your endless, one-dimensional stereotyping, Lush. You don’t have the FOGGIEST idea of who we are, because you NEVER engage us in a meaningful conversation. Just generalizations.
We, on the other hand, have a very good idea of who you are… and Gawd, is it pointless and boring.
January 23rd, 2009 at 1:07 amDamn, TRoS.
This is the second time today I’ve had to acknowledge that someone said pretty much the same thing that I said, but better.
Yo, Lushy! What TRoS said!
January 23rd, 2009 at 1:17 amDoesn’t matter anyway. The 20th Amendment supercedes Article 2 (hence “amendment”). The 20th Amendment states that Obama “assumes the office” on noon, 1/20. The Oath of Office is done more out of a sign of respect for the Constitution rather than in accordance with it.
January 23rd, 2009 at 1:26 amFor a FREAK like Glenn Beck,
“Freaking out ” is what he does.
January 23rd, 2009 at 3:35 amWhy any oath?….it didn’t mean a damn thing to Bush.
January 23rd, 2009 at 4:47 amObama is still doing better than Bush. Bush thought he put his hand on the Constitution and swore to uphold the Bible. I’d feel better if religion was kept out of all of it.
January 23rd, 2009 at 6:43 amOk I guess thats good news for the Intel and Microsoft employees just layed off. 35,000 citi bank employees will soon be needing shovels and hammers so there might be a few Home Depot positions open up….
It’s called re-education, comrade. Some will be doing the first honest work in their capitalism-driven lives. Isn’t this conservative-created workers’ paradise a wonder to behold?
Or would you rather they become black-market criminals, instead?
January 23rd, 2009 at 7:17 amInteresting how the right-wingers suddenly care about the constitution. Not surprisingly, it still doesn’t appear that any of them have actually read it.
January 23rd, 2009 at 8:35 amBeck needs to start drinking again… at least get a prescription for Zoloft.
January 23rd, 2009 at 10:37 amRe 145 and 146…
Ralphie? TRoS?
I worship at your feet, guys. Keep ‘em coming.
Your fan,
~A
January 23rd, 2009 at 12:02 pm“Is there no bible in the White House?”
wink-wink-nudge-nudge
More “secret Muslim” fearmongering from Beck.
Here’s a more apt question:
January 23rd, 2009 at 1:30 pmIs there no honor in Glenn Beck?
J.Davis Says:
Wayne,I made an effort at dicussion. At least I tried to understand those that hate me. Like I said before,we don’t belong in the same country together.Do you agree?
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I dont agree. We dont HAVE to agree on everything. Like Jefferson said. Timid men prefer the quiet of despotism to the boisterous sea of liberty. IF our boisterous sea of too tough for ya. I suggest you get the hell out.
January 23rd, 2009 at 1:49 pmLushMORON Says:
Lush as usual shows just how ignorant and pathetic he is. I think a psychatrist could write a book on his strange obsession with seeking pity from us compassionate liberals. He is like the legless begger that shows off his lack of legs for money except he showcases his ignorance and lack of a brain for pity. He makes lame stabs at humor but only comess up with incredibly stupid. Humiliating himself is actually his aim. He KNOWS he is far too stupid to enter an actual discussion so he tosses what he thinks in his vastly substandard brain are quips. They are only inane stupidity since that is all he is capable of but he thinks he deserves a pat on the head.
We ALL pity you LushMoron. We all get how sadly pathetic and ignorant you are. Since you have already established your astonishing stupidity and are capable of nothing else why do you punish yourself with constant humiliation? Have you no sense of shame? No self respect? My GOD you are the most pathetic creature I have ever encountered.
January 23rd, 2009 at 1:57 pmWhatsamatter LushMoron you are just another of the many pitiful hiveminders without a brain.
January 23rd, 2009 at 1:59 pmJ.Davis Says:
Now I know the progressive movement.You have confirmed my fears.
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Oh please you dont know anything. You came in here whining and begging us to hate you for some odd reason. As Zooey pointed out. You dont even EXIST in our universe beyond a few inane comments on a message board. Get over yourself. If you want a discussion SAY something and stop the pitiful whining it is pathetic
January 23rd, 2009 at 2:01 pmMy GOD LushMoron you are such an ignorant loaf. I am begging you to stop being such a stupid clownshow. Even the electrons you waste are embarased for you at this point.
January 23rd, 2009 at 2:04 pmLushInterior Says:
You couldnt fix a sandcastle. You are stupid and you are a punk. The stupidest most pathetic punk the internet has ever seen. You are a retarded troll with the IQ of dryer lint. So stupid you dont even know how stupid you are. What I need is a break from feeling pity for you for every post you ever make. Do the world a favor, go to your garage and take a nap in your 78 Toyota and leave the motor running
January 23rd, 2009 at 4:38 pmAnd I see that Glenn Beck’s lobotomy was a raging success…
January 23rd, 2009 at 6:01 pmralph the wonder llama Says:
So, Lushy… you still haven’t explained why you seemed to use “community organizer” as an epithet.
You’ve admitted that there’s nothing bad about the position, and you’ve even admitted that you’ve never known or even heard of one before. So how did it become a sort of “go-to” insult for you people? I’m confused.
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That is easy. Things like Lush have no ability to think for themselves. They know they are too stupid. So they tune into the screechmonkey of their choice, my guess for Lush considering how utterly stupid he is would be Rushing down the drug addiction mountain, to let THEM do their thinking for them. He heard Sir Oxymoron use it that way and was stupid enough to find it clever and too brainwashed to even WONDER why it would even make sense much less be funny. So he did what propaganda parrots do. He regurgitated it all over the first liberal he could find. It is the reason for being for a hivemind moron like Lush.
January 23rd, 2009 at 8:49 pmSo what if there was no Bible? Obama was elected President, not Pope.
The presidential oath should be a legal, secular procedure free of any religious undertones.
There shouldn’t be any religious test to hold any public office.
Oh, and Beck is an idiot. But we knew that already.
January 24th, 2009 at 3:09 amI’d rather the oath be required to be taken with a copy of the Constitution. It would be both more fitting and more, daresay, Constitutional?
January 24th, 2009 at 3:26 amThere is a picture of LBJ being sworn in on Air Force One, and his hand is on a book that looks suspiciously like a Bible. If it’s not a Bible, does anyone know what it is? See the picture at:
January 24th, 2009 at 12:21 pmhttp://www.mcmahanphoto.com/lj100.html.
Glenn Beck is an idiot. He’d probably have thrown a hissy fit for it not being a Mormon bible as well.
January 25th, 2009 at 12:17 am