Glenn Beck complains about softball questions to Sotomayor on day that no questions were asked.
By on Jul 14th, 2009 at 9:55 am
Glenn Beck complains about softball questions to Sotomayor on day that no questions were asked.
Yesterday was the first day of the confirmation hearings for Judge Sonia Sotomayor’s nomination to the Supreme Court. The day consisted of opening statements by Sotomayor and by each member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, but no actual questioning. Glenn Beck apparently wasn’t paying much attention. “As our country burns to the ground,” bellowed Beck on Fox News yesterday, “this is the questioning,” as he played clips of senators praising Sotomayor. Watch it:
(HT: Huffington Post and Newshounds)
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Glen Beck: Capt. of the Washington BatShitCrazies Softball team.
July 14th, 2009 at 9:59 amI only read about that buffoon on different blogs. I would never waste my time watching his crap.
July 14th, 2009 at 10:00 amOh yea, Glen Beck KMAMF
July 14th, 2009 at 10:00 amGlenn Beck apparently wasn’t paying much attention.
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No, for Beck to pay attention would be to imply that he functions like a journalist — he researches, fact-checks, etc. before spewing his bile to the masses.
I’m sure Beck had his script set up for yesterday well in advance. All that had to be dropped in were video clips of anybody saying anything complimentary about Sotomayor, to fit Beck’s agenda.
July 14th, 2009 at 10:02 amDear Mr. Beck,
What color is the sky in your world?
July 14th, 2009 at 10:02 amWhatever happened to the King of Softball, Jeff Gannon? Did we ever find out how often he visited the White House?
July 14th, 2009 at 10:03 amJust another chubby soft angry middle-aged white guy in the repiggie swamp…
Another poster boy for erectile dysfunction…
What’s new?
July 14th, 2009 at 10:04 amYes, they were such softball questions they were in the form of… opening statements.
What is this new obsession with balls, Glen? Magic undies getting too tight?
If the country is “burning to the ground”, who built the bonfire, who dumped on the g
July 14th, 2009 at 10:05 amIt doesn’t matter what order lies are said, they are still lies. Truth requires some respect to time.
July 14th, 2009 at 10:06 amshoot! my ‘puter hit “post” without my help!
Who built the bonfire, who dumped the gasoline and who lit the match, Glen?
For the correct answer, go back in time to the prior administration.
PEACE
July 14th, 2009 at 10:06 amGlenn Beck is the Fox News court jester – an idiotic fool.
July 14th, 2009 at 10:07 amGot to give credit to Fox, giving the mentally challenged a job like that. I wonder if they’ll hire my step-son who has Down Syndrome?
July 14th, 2009 at 10:07 amBeck used the talking points meant for today’s show one day early.
July 14th, 2009 at 10:07 amThe voices in Glenn’s head must have been working overtime.
July 14th, 2009 at 10:08 amSomeone named Glenn has been eating all the ho-ho’s.
July 14th, 2009 at 10:10 amWhy do I get the feeling that the Privacy Center is gonna get a whole lot more private from here on out?
July 14th, 2009 at 10:10 amdbadass, it got both an abuse and a vote down from me. This is good.
July 14th, 2009 at 10:12 amLooks like Glenn is getting his whining in early to avoid the rush.
July 14th, 2009 at 10:12 amHe is such an idiot!!!
July 14th, 2009 at 10:13 amSteppenwoof says:
Got to give credit to Fox, giving the mentally challenged a job like that. I wonder if they’ll hire my step-son who has Down Syndrome?
Man, don’t compare downs kids with the beck, they have much more intelligence and compassion.
PAX Mundo
July 14th, 2009 at 10:14 amI honestly belive Beck, Limpballs and O’Liely are going insane. Ever since Obama became Pres, they have been getting more paranoid and irrational. It is as if their entire belief system has been fundimentally broken. The fact that a black man and a Latina judge are in positions of power drives them crazy.
July 14th, 2009 at 10:15 amGlenn Beck is another in a legion of repiggie chickenhawks who refused to enlist in the military.
They strut around like Mussolini, full of bluster and “patriotic” fury, saluting this and that, issuing orders, plotting military strategies, deciding outcomes, thanking the hapless veterans for their service, and the like.
Angry conservative middle-aged guys with impotence issues are dangerous for the world.
July 14th, 2009 at 10:16 amEither you are psychic or you have a high IQ from eating a lot of fish?
July 14th, 2009 at 10:16 amHow do idiots like this get their own shows? When I was in school, people who made these kinds of mistakes were given failing grades, and earned their place in society, which wasn’t all that great. Now, if you are willfully ignorant and have no command of facts whatsoever, it’s a thing to be proud of, and can help you achieve fame and fortune. These truly are Bizarro times.
July 14th, 2009 at 10:20 amI am not sure of Beck was trying to be sarcastic or what his point was -either way, he still an idiot.
July 14th, 2009 at 10:23 amOk guy’s, if you could have 5 minutes to “discuss” (cough) your displeasure with any of the right wing-nuts, who would it be?
Beck
July 14th, 2009 at 10:24 amBillo
Hannity
Limpball
Glenn Beck, the Stormin’ Mormon of FoxNews, is currently shopping for his planet that he and his family will inhabit in the after-life.
Glenn and the Missus don’t want some cheap fixer-upper. They want Jupiter-size,
with a few extra moons, and quite close to a younger sun. They want a different galaxy than the Milky Way, because that sounds a little bit gay for them.
Is there anyone with any good leads on a planet for the Becks?
I would suggest Uranus, but there seems to be quite a waiting list for that one.
July 14th, 2009 at 10:24 amJust another example of the Reichwing going bananas now that we have an adult in the White House. I wonder if these cretins lay in bed at night trying to come up with new bombast to outdo what they spewed the day before?
July 14th, 2009 at 10:27 amPoor Glennie is just exhibiting the usual Rethuglican philosophy of “Ready, Fire, Aim!” You know, The Dickster’s “One Percent” philosophy? If there is a one percent possibility that Sotomayor might SAY something, ANYTHING, be ready to strike it down as racist and socialist. A “pre-emptive strike”, as it were. Can’t fault those Faux Noise dudes on their preparation, even if it is totally fictional–after all, their audience isn’t in the “reality-based community”!
July 14th, 2009 at 10:27 amIs Beck as dumb as he is stupid? Or is he more stupider than dumber? This has to rank up there with one of the most stupiderest dumberest faux news fiction that I have ever heard about.
Does Faux not realize they are hurting the cause of advancing the neo-con agenda when they broadcast such stupiderest comments?
On the other hand, to give Faux the benefit of the doubt, maybe they’re just prepping their audience for the next incarnation of Sarah Palin…
July 14th, 2009 at 10:33 amI got the following from the Mudflats Blog. I thought that is appropriately describes Mr. Beck. Enjoy.
Harry Frankfurt, a philosopher who wrote an essay entitled “On Bullshit.”
“While the liar deliberately makes false claims, the bullshitter is simply uninterested in the truth. Bullshitters aim primarily to impress and persuade their audiences. While liars need to know the truth, the better to conceal it, the bullshitter, interested solely in advancing his own agenda, has no use for the truth. Bullshit is a greater enemy of the truth than lies are.”
July 14th, 2009 at 10:41 amkpaul says
July 14th, 2009 at 10:20 am
How do idiots like this get their own shows?
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Simple. Television (even Fox News) is in business to make money. They really don’t care what crap they put on the air as long as a lot of people tune in, which makes ratings go up, which makes advertising rates go up, which brings in money.
So why Glenn Beck? There’s an idiot market out there. And advertisers just LOVE idiots, because a stupid, gullible audience is more likely to respond to their ads. Glenn Beck attracts idiots on a grand scale, because he’s either one of them or he’s a skillful performance artist who’s able to convince others he’s one of them.
July 14th, 2009 at 10:41 amGlenn Beck, like Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh, have never graduated from an accredited college or university.
They are “self-taught” in the broadest sense of the term.
Their audiences are as poorly educated, as unsophisticated and as arrogant as they are.
Stupidity is prized in our culture these days. The repiggie party has totally gone over to the Stupid, and cultivates stupidity like a crop.
July 14th, 2009 at 10:41 amBeck is a lying bigot who cares nothing about the truth, as proved yet again by this item. And remember when he called his listeners “idiots”, saying listeners who believe what he says are, yes, “idiots”. The one time they didn’t believe him….
July 14th, 2009 at 10:51 amGlen Beck, Legend in his own mind.
July 14th, 2009 at 10:54 amGlen Bleeeech! is a tree short of a hammock.
However, the borderline morons are all on deck right now on FoxSnooze. Chief Bimbo Megyn Kelly is smugly carrying the water for Jeffy Sessions and the wingnuts. Little Chrissy Wallace and Nina (Airhead) Easton have been called to duty.
FoxSnooze is all over the Sotomajor hearings today. They must be scared sh!tless by this nominee.
July 14th, 2009 at 11:17 amDid he cry during his ranting about Sonya & softballs?
I’d like to throw a 70mph softball right between his beady eyes.
July 14th, 2009 at 11:22 am“As our country burns to the ground,” bellowed Beck on Fox News yesterday,
Does Glenn Beck know that George W. Bush was caught with the matches?
July 14th, 2009 at 11:23 amYes, ladies and gentlemen, he is that dumb.
July 14th, 2009 at 11:58 am“As our country burns to the ground,”
Dude – Seriously????
Look around, that Ash is all the Bush/Cheney left behind of this once great country… We have to dig out all this detritus before we can even start thinking of rebuilding! Unfortunately Bushbama is more concerned with giving the few things left that are worth anything to the rich and powerful… and at the same time telling the rest of us to use the charcoal to draw pretty houses and jobs we’d like to have if we grow up…
July 14th, 2009 at 11:59 amIt’s because of the psychotic hallucinations of a delusional ReichWing alcoholic syndrome that makes Beck (the traitor) say absolutely stupid lies.
Plus the fact that his audience are not the sharpest tools in the shed.
Fcuk the Republic Fascist Party
July 14th, 2009 at 12:13 pmHey Glenn – How’s that “surrounding them” thing working out??
Must’ve been eclipsed by the groundswell of Teabaggerism, huh?
You and Rush and your “grassroots operations” are truly a joke to behold.
July 14th, 2009 at 12:48 pmEvangenital (I love that monicker), once the Reich realized it was too stupid to argue that they aren’t big fans of the stupid, they tried to spin it into a virtue. Education is for “elitists,” while dumb is “American.” That’s why people like Ben Stein don’t write their speeches any more – they got tired of asking him what all the words meant. Easier just to redefine everything…
Thus, Glenn Beck redefines the “question.” Well, Glenn, here’s a question for you: Bite me.
July 14th, 2009 at 1:37 pmThis guy is the definition of nincompoop. I hope Colbert comes up with yet another great parody on this guy.
July 14th, 2009 at 1:42 pmThis idiot had to be in the ’straw hat’ class in school, really . .
July 14th, 2009 at 2:55 pmAgainst all odds, Becky just gets more shrill and stupid. He’s reduced himself to a loud noise surrounded by meat.
July 14th, 2009 at 2:57 pmOur nation is burning to the ground?
This coming from a psycho who pretended to burn one of his coworkers in effigy on live TV. No wonder Headline News let him go over to the dark side.
If I was Glenn, I’d try to consummate my marriage. That is why Mormons get married, correct?
July 14th, 2009 at 7:17 pmLMAO This guy is a moron.
July 14th, 2009 at 9:14 pm