Beck Escalates Feud With Lindsey Graham: ‘I’m Going To Stick With The Angry People’
Beck Escalates Feud With Lindsey Graham: ‘I’m Going To Stick With The Angry People’
Glenn Beck escalated his feud with Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) on his Fox News show today. Recall, Graham has previously dismissed Beck as an entertainer who is “aligned with cynicism.” “Only in America can you make that much money crying,” Graham said of Beck. When Beck responded by saying Graham’s criticism was the “highest honor” he’s ever received, Graham reiterated his view that Beck “doesn’t represent the Republican Party.”
Today, Beck opened his show with a diatribe against Graham. Castigating the South Carolina Republican for saying that “we’re not going to be a party of angry white guys,” Beck retorted, “You gotta ask yourself, is the problem the angry white guys or is it the Obama-lite guys?” “Lindsey Graham, come on man, come on seriously, that’s it?” Beck continued. “Obama-lite! … It’s corrupt politicians that have been there too long telling us these things.”
As is his routine, Beck employed some bizarre props and metaphors to highlight his point. Today, he likened Lindsey Graham to a Diet Coke version of the real Coke and a non-alcoholic version of beer. “I’m drinking alcohol for the buzz,” Beck said, explaining that most consumers want the “real thing” and not a fake substitute. After meandering through his comedy performance, Beck concluded that he doesn’t want to be associated with a Republican Party if it includes Graham:
So thanks for the invite Lindsey, I appreciate it. Thanks for the gumball Mickey. And thanks for the hope and change, Barack. But I think I’m going to stick with the angry people over there. Because they’re only angry about you.
Watch it:
Beck also noted Arlen Specter, Tim Pawlenty, and John McCain as “Obama-lite” politicians that conservatives should reject.
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Beck concluded that he doesn’t want to be associated with a Republican Party if it includes Graham:
Sorry Blechh. The Republiklan party owns you lock, stock and barrel. And you’re taking them down with you, a$$hat.
October 22nd, 2009 at 5:59 pmHey Glen! You’re Nuts! (Kudos to Keith Oblermann.)
October 22nd, 2009 at 6:00 pmWhy does the DNC pay strategists when they have guys like Beck destroying the Republican brand for them?
October 22nd, 2009 at 6:01 pmThere’s nothing more pathetic than an angry lunatic.
October 22nd, 2009 at 6:04 pmI think he means;
October 22nd, 2009 at 6:05 pm‘I’m Going To Stick With The Mad People’
Beck Escalates Feud With Lindsey Graham: ‘I’m Going To Stick With The Angry People’
– - Glenn Beck, The Enemy Within.
Oh, and Glenn, you’re on the list, baby.
October 22nd, 2009 at 6:08 pmAnother nail in the coffin of the gop. Gay bashing is now a hate crime:
Congress extends hate crime protections to gays
October 22nd, 2009 at 6:10 pmI believe the real issue is that Beck is now trying to exercise the same power Limbaugh has used to force Republicans to retract. The Republicans are imploding by inches every day and they are helpless to stop it. Only when the neoconservatives get soundly trashed at the polls will these sideline bombthrowers be stopped.
October 22nd, 2009 at 6:11 pmUGH! They are eating their own! What is wrong with these people? They howl and complain and accomplish nothing at all beyond spewing hate.
October 22nd, 2009 at 6:13 pmOT
October 22nd, 2009 at 6:13 pmThe Senate passed groundbreaking legislation today that would make it a federal crime to assault an individual because of his or her sexual orientation or gender identity.
The expanded federal hate crimes law now goes to President Obama’s desk.
Beck is nuts – and I mean that literally. He is insane.
October 22nd, 2009 at 6:16 pmI think we will read one day of his being “taken ill” and in an undisclosed location.
Or – we will all be witness to his complete breakdown on air.
Fox keeps him on because he is like the circus freak show.
I don’t understand the current American trend to attempt to be the lowest influence on society. We aspire to be the bottom.
In this case, Graham seems to be saying that he has some measure of dignity that we shouldn’t go below. Beck is arguing that he can be as base as he wants.
Look how sitcoms are diving for the bottom. Or in interview shows, the audience gets all heated up when they smell sexy blood. Look at low-rider jeans so you can look like a prison inmate. etc.
October 22nd, 2009 at 6:17 pmHey TP- please check your spelling! It’s “FEUD”, not “Fued”.
Careful writing and editing is important, and misspellings in your headlines really takes away from your credibility in the eyes of many readers, especially those new to your site. I am a huge fan and consult your blog every day, so for the sake of furthering progressive causes, please remember to cross your t’s and dot your i’s.
Keep up the good work!
October 22nd, 2009 at 6:17 pmGlenn Beck: Father of the Rebirth of the Know-Nothing Party
October 22nd, 2009 at 6:18 pmFirst…Pence is a Rushpub idiot. Tell him HERE:
https://forms.house.gov/pence/IMA/webforms/contact_form.htm
Second…Oh my Lindsey! Calling any FauxNoise clown an entertainer?
October 22nd, 2009 at 6:18 pmI feel a “I’m Sorry Rush” thing coming on ( http://www.dccc.org/content/sorry ) but it needs to be renamed as “I’m Sorry Glenn”.
- – Shorter Pence: “Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck speak for many Americans”
That’s true, just not the ones that are sane.
October 22nd, 2009 at 6:18 pm“I’m going to stick it to the angry people. To all the people, actually.” — that’s more what Beck should be saying, if he were in the least honest. Beck- the man who calls his own viewers “idiots”.
October 22nd, 2009 at 6:20 pm“So to my friends in the so-called ‘mainstream media’ I say, ‘conservative talk show hosts may not speak for everybody but they speak for more Americans than you do.’”
Yeah, that’s the liberal media for you. Nobody listens to them and they’re brainwashing all of America! Booga-booga-boo!
October 22nd, 2009 at 6:21 pmBeckerhead: But I think I’m going to stick with the angry MORONS over there.
There, fixed it for him.
October 22nd, 2009 at 6:21 pmSam Sunset says:
Hey TP- please check your spelling! It’s “FEUD”, not “Fued”.
Careful writing and editing is important, and misspellings in your headlines really takes away from your credibility in the eyes of many readers, especially those new to your site. I am a huge fan and consult your blog every day, so for the sake of furthering progressive causes, please remember to cross your t’s and dot your i’s.
I even volunteered to proofread for them before articles were posted, but Faiz said they were going to focus on their editing. I have to say, I have not seen any real improvement. As far as I’m concerned there is no excuse for the errors.
October 22nd, 2009 at 6:23 pmWhat I love the most is hearing the echo in the right wing’s voices when they speak out loud. They’re practically alone in the room with their right wing fringe huddled around their feet!
October 22nd, 2009 at 6:23 pmRep. Mike Pense said, “…conservative talk show hosts may not speak for everybody but they speak for more Americans than you do.” *cupping ear* [echo, echo, echo]
October 22nd, 2009 at 6:24 pmHow many? Only 20% identify as Republican, so what percent of 20% does Glen Beck speak for? How many does Lindsay represent (he can at least come up with a number since he was elected and there is a record of it.)
But I don’t really care, I just love watching the self righteous jerks who were calling me a traitor a few years ago devouring themselves and their young. TP should have a pool going as to when the GOP will hit 15%.
October 22nd, 2009 at 6:32 pm“So to my friends in the so-called ‘mainstream media’ I say, ‘conservative talk show hosts may not speak for everybody but they speak for more Americans than you do.’”
And it appears that the fool Pence does not find this disturbing in the least.
October 22nd, 2009 at 6:33 pmMike Pence is a whore.Unlike other whores who are smart,he is dumb.
October 22nd, 2009 at 6:35 pmWho’s going to be the first troll to bring up ratings?
October 22nd, 2009 at 6:36 pm“angry” = “mad” = “crazy”
October 22nd, 2009 at 6:39 pmMike Pence obviously has no affinity for math. Last time I checked the vast majority of Americans, for good or bad, get their news from the MSM outlets – ABC, CBS and NBC. Not Fox, not AM hate radio. Pence is either a doofus or a cynical liar or both. I’m wagering both.
Just saying . . .
October 22nd, 2009 at 6:41 pmNo, they feed them the disenfranchised anger they want to hear for self enrichment.
October 22nd, 2009 at 6:50 pmEh, semantics. Beck technically doesn’t speak for the Republican Party. He just speaks for the masses of angry underinformed paranoid white guys who claim to be independent or Libertarians, but who almost always vote Republican, an unofficial “base” the GOP spends a tremendous amount of time and money a-courting.
October 22nd, 2009 at 6:50 pmTomato, tomahto…
It’s no surprise the first U.S. Congressman to get the swine flu is a REPUBLICAN:
http://eastoregonian.com/main.asp?FromHome=1&TypeID=1&ArticleID=99277&SectionID=13&SubSectionID=48
Republicans are where all viruses originate.
October 22nd, 2009 at 6:51 pmGlenn Beck really represents more of a liability to Republicans than he does to Democrats. If the Republicans can’t take their party back from the extremists who now appear to control it then they don’t deserve to have a party.
October 22nd, 2009 at 6:53 pmot, Ron Reagan, jr. calls out neo-con coward Frank Gaffney. I hope RR kicks his ass.
October 22nd, 2009 at 6:57 pmBeck makes me sleepy.
October 22nd, 2009 at 7:01 pm“I’m drinking alcohol for the buzz.”
I thought Mormons didn’t drink.
October 22nd, 2009 at 7:05 pmReally? Who hired pundits to represent them? Nobody, their paycheck comes from advertising revenue which is not the american people paying for representation by crowing craniums.
October 22nd, 2009 at 7:06 pmDavid Duke would be proud
October 22nd, 2009 at 7:12 pmi don’t know how to combat the right wing nut balls in in SC … help….
i can’t believe i live in SC and have to put up with a-holes in my area who listen to Faux
if you have the funds to do so, please support Jane Dyer and Rob Miller who are running as real progressive democrats for the US House.
October 22nd, 2009 at 7:17 pmI even volunteered to proofread for them before articles were posted, but Faiz said they were going to focus on their editing. I have to say, I have not seen any real improvement. As far as I’m concerned there is no excuse for the errors.
I see they have corrected it now.
Yes, I too have commented on other instances of poor editing like this in the past. It’s a shame, because this is a widely read blog and I hate leave room for critics to dismiss its information out of hand. Poor editing leaves readers with the impression that the writing is done by interns.
I also do not like seeing childish insults flying back and forth between readers in the comment sections. This also takes away from the effectiveness of TP’s site, in my opinion. Take a look at the comments on New York Times articles, for example, where readers submit much more thoughtful and articulate comments. It’s much more interesting to read through articulate posts. That being said, the NYT does screen submitted comments before they get posted, of which I am not a fan. One time I was critical of an NYT author’s inaccurate coverage of an issue and my post was removed (read: censored).
October 22nd, 2009 at 7:21 pmalthough it pains me to say it, at least lispy graham has some principles and doesn’t go through life acting like some corporate dime store street whore a la’ boo-hoo becky
October 22nd, 2009 at 7:25 pmGlenn Beck is a distraction away from the disgrace to the core that is the Republican party. Glenn Beck is also a distraction for the Republican Party, while they sit in a simmering pot of their own wasteful, immoral accomplishments, just now coming to a full boil.
Glenn Beck is a distraction.
October 22nd, 2009 at 7:32 pm“Pence , “So to my friends in the so-called ‘mainstream media’ I say, ‘conservative talk show hosts may not speak for everybody but they speak for more Americans than you do.’”
ooohhhhh, i scared now. they speak for 5% of the 20% that identify themselves as repunklicans. those are some big numbers.
October 22nd, 2009 at 7:32 pmWhen people are mad at republicanism, what they really mean is that they can’t get enough of it.
October 22nd, 2009 at 7:33 pm“I think I’m going to stick with the angry people”
Since when did Glenn think about wavering in his support from the bat$hit fringe of society?! I thought he was the head cheerleader, Senator and Representative of these lunatics in the Congress of I Don’t Know.
October 22nd, 2009 at 7:33 pmwatertiger says:
I thought Mormons didn’t drink.
Neither are “recovering” alcoholics. I aslo seem to recall an old aquaintence who asserted that Mormons aren’t supposed to watch T.V., which would preclude them from hosting as well, either but she was pretty wacko over and above her Faith.
October 22nd, 2009 at 7:35 pmWASHINGTON! Are you listening? What may not seem like much to you is a lot to us when you’re trying to feed a family … on soda. No taxes on juices, drinks, and sodas.
October 22nd, 2009 at 7:36 pmThe Reichwing screeching heads speak to the stupidest fifth of the electorate. They speak for their portfolios.
October 22nd, 2009 at 7:36 pmThe mainstream media makes up 3/4’s of Faux News’ permanent enemies list.
The other 1/4 is amendable. Just ask ACORN.
October 22nd, 2009 at 7:37 pmGlenn Beck so badly wants to shape liberals into being the new republican party (notice how he and other republicans are comparing Obama to past pathetic republicans!). See? He’s failing so far and is making himself look like the as$ he and his party is!
October 22nd, 2009 at 7:38 pmPure Juice is pure produce – soda pop is not produce – tax soda, not pure juice.
October 22nd, 2009 at 7:40 pmPence is a former RWNJ talk show host himself, so naturally he would “defend” Beck. They’re all a bunch of bowel movements.
October 22nd, 2009 at 7:42 pmNO! That lady is trying to feed her family on soda! By taxing the soda you will send her children to bed without their acidic reaction!
October 22nd, 2009 at 7:46 pmGood for you Glenn, stay with the angry crowd and we’ll watch the repug party go extinct.
October 22nd, 2009 at 7:46 pmGood for you Glenn, stay with the angry crowd and we’ll watch the repug party go extinct.
October 22nd, 2009 at 7:46 pmSam Sunset says:
Yes, I too have commented on other instances of poor editing like this in the past. It’s a shame, because this is a widely read blog and I hate leave room for critics to dismiss its information out of hand. Poor editing leaves readers with the impression that the writing is done by interns.
I also do not like seeing childish insults flying back and forth between readers in the comment sections. This also takes away from the effectiveness of TP’s site, in my opinion. Take a look at the comments on New York Times articles, for example, where readers submit much more thoughtful and articulate comments. It’s much more interesting to read through articulate posts.
The editing is less of a problem than the insults because there are so many of them on some threads. I can tolerate an occasional misspelling or mangled English because we all are guilty of those errors. The name calling with trolls wastes a lot of bandwidth and is useless from an intellectual standpoint.
October 22nd, 2009 at 7:47 pm??? My post posted twice, I hope that’s not because I typed the name Glenn.
October 22nd, 2009 at 7:48 pmMy god … you’re calling us BOWEL MOVEMENTS? How much do we mean to you, libs? By the way, we don’t have bowel movements. We feed our families on soda, which is sparkling and jolting and so nourishing. We do #1s. If only we could be #1 …
October 22nd, 2009 at 7:49 pmEvery time this man opens his mouth I just remember what he himself said. He is just a rodeo clown and anyone who takes what he says seriously is an idiot. There really doesn’t need to be much else said about this bozo.
October 22nd, 2009 at 7:50 pmThe Republicans have a huge problem. The likes of Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh also sit in the leadership ranks of the Republicans in Congress. That is why Beck and Limbaugh have become the face of the Republican Party. The actual party members don’t want to themselves say the things Beck and Limbaugh say but they completely agree with their comments. That is what this embrace by Pence of Beck means. The Republicans have become the Dixiecrats of old. Think not, Sen. Vitters would not distance himself from the Justice of the Peace that would not marry an inter-racial couple the other day.
October 22nd, 2009 at 7:53 pmBeck is wrong! Diet 7-up tastes GREAT! The dark colas Always taste like crap. Always.
October 22nd, 2009 at 7:54 pmObami has an emenies list!!!!!!!
October 22nd, 2009 at 7:56 pmStick around, have a conversation! It’s one of those times I don’t smell like flour, oil, other pizza ingredients, and industrial cleaners!
October 22nd, 2009 at 7:59 pmUPDATE TO MY COMMENT @ 31:
The 2nd person connected to the U.S. House of Representatives to get the swine flu is also a repubican: REP. JOE WILSON’S WIFE!….
http://thepoliticalcarnival.blogspot.com/2009/10/joe-you-lie-wilsons-wife-diagnosed-with.html
October 22nd, 2009 at 8:02 pmHey Mike Pinehead (R-Indiana) let me explain something to you. If you know you to do math, then you will see that the 20 percent who self indentify as Republicans isn’t more than the 53 percent that elected President Obama or the 40 percent who identify as Democrats. Just because you are too stupid to count, doesn’t mean the rest of us can’t. By the way apparently Beck and Limbaugh speak for you and the other racist in America. By the way I hope you run for President so you can be in that long list of Republicans who lost to a better man. Little a s s holes like you are what’s wrong with your rotten part. You and people like you who hate are why your stupid racist party is so small. By the way your klan membership card is about to expire, so you’d better pay your dues, so you don’t get kick out by accident.
October 22nd, 2009 at 8:04 pmSorry about all the mistakes in my article, just a bit tired from insulting the stupid republicans. This guy Mike Pence is a real a s s hole. I can stand him, he’s such a smug bastard. People like him need to fall in a barrel of sh it and never come out.
October 22nd, 2009 at 8:07 pmDallasNE says:
The Republicans have become the Dixiecrats of old.
You have that backwards. The Dixiecrats have become Republicans. And the Dems are eternally grateful for not having to deal with them anymore.
October 22nd, 2009 at 8:08 pmI don’t know about you guys.
But this rant by the sht flinging Baboon actually made feel all warm and fuzzy inside.
He is pushing the gNOpigosaurii closer to the cliff in 2010.
HURRY UP, TAMMY GLENN BECKER!
October 22nd, 2009 at 8:12 pmI think Lindsey Graham is a putz, but notice that he’s just sitting back, letting Beck yammer on and on.
I can respect that.
October 22nd, 2009 at 8:14 pmKayInMaine says:
UPDATE TO MY COMMENT @ 31:
The 2nd person connected to the U.S. House of Representatives to get the swine flu is also a repubican: REP. JOE WILSON’S WIFE!….
THIS IS A LIB CONSPIRACY!
THE OBAMI WHITE HOUSE HAD THE CDC PAY MRS. WILSON’S LOCAL WALGREENS TO ADMINISTER A “SPECIAL VACCINE” !!!!!!!!!!! FOR REVENGE!!! FOR PAYBACK!!!!!!
October 22nd, 2009 at 8:29 pmPence just doesn’t get it. What the WH objects to is the spreading of lies and misinformation, and the impact that these have had on scaring the elderly and riling up those members of this society who are not inclined to study the issues on their own. People like these are the real losers in this country because they are deprived of receiving factual information on the issues, and this leads to unnecessary confusion and anger. Becky Boy and his cohorts in the Republican Party specialize in taking advantage of these individuals, and they do it without one ounce of remorse. Winning at any cost is their only goal, and they don’t care who they have to step on or offend to do it.
October 22nd, 2009 at 8:31 pmWhat the GOP REALLY means … says:
WASHINGTON! Are you listening? What may not seem like much to you is a lot to us when you’re trying to feed a family … on soda. No taxes on juices, drinks, and sodas.
Vote Up | Vote Down | (0)
I had two votes up! It proves that the same government that gives you stuff can also take away your stuff!
October 22nd, 2009 at 8:32 pmBeck better watch it McCain has Lindseys back
October 22nd, 2009 at 8:38 pmThanks for the gumball Mickey. ???
who’s that?
what’s that mean?
October 22nd, 2009 at 8:41 pm*giving WTGRM a V8 juice bonk to the forehead*
October 22nd, 2009 at 8:43 pm*giving WTGRM a V8 juice bonk to the forehead*
*seeing birds* … (mumbles) Tax vegetables! Tax fruits!
.. … (crappy parody troll drops unconscious)
October 22nd, 2009 at 8:47 pmOK Mikeie..Neither mainstream media or non-mainstream media am I but here’s a quick note for your campfire with beck…” You’re an idiot and an ass so GO AWAY, reduced to a blithering moron by merely showing up in public, you serve no purpose at all. You don’t even make a good use of the space that you take up in someone’s day-to-day dealings with reality.
So, you and Glenn slip into the back room and do what ever you do and make sure that the “C” street folks and the family throw you a blankie so you two can cuddle..
October 22nd, 2009 at 8:52 pmlindsthey graham just won WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD tonight…
i didn’t catch the specifics tho…
tucker carlson took the silver, so it must be a doozy!
October 22nd, 2009 at 8:56 pmwho is “mickey”???
October 22nd, 2009 at 8:57 pmThe way I read this is that Graham is trying to avoid the radical fringe positions so he can remain a viable mainstream candidate for Prez or VP. Beck, Ingraham, Malkin, etc., are pushing the party further right. When it ends badly for the Republicans, Graham wants to be there to be in contention. However, Graham may be forced to the right if he is challenged for his seat. Beck is merely drawing attention to Graham’s attempts to be moderate within the party with the expectation that Graham will be forced out or more fringe.
October 22nd, 2009 at 9:00 pmCuckoo! Cuckoo here! Whoo! Whoo over here!
October 22nd, 2009 at 9:26 pmBeck is a retard, and Pence is a buffoon.
October 22nd, 2009 at 10:41 pmFrom the Freudian Slip Dept.:
I don’t think Mike Pence really wanted to compare the people for whom Fox News talk show hosts speak with the people for whom mainstream media speak. So-called “mainstream media” are not supposed to “speak for” anybody, and those media organizations that aspire to be “mainstream media” steadfastly reject allegations that they “speak for” anybody.
But, as Mike Pence so unintentionally observes, Fox News is different.
October 22nd, 2009 at 10:52 pm.
Q U E S T I O N:
What is left to consume once the snake has devoured it’s tail?
Bye-bye G(no)P…
… You had your run, now run along.
I see the G(no)P fracturing, like Humpty Dumpty…
… And what’s left is a scrambled semblance of the (R)adical (R)ight[aka. The Opportunist Party of the CONservative movement] the (R)eligious (R)ight[aka. Xtians who don't follow Christ] the (R)acist (R)ight[aka. Limbaugh/Beck/Malkins] and the Old White (R)ight[aka. Republicans].
You know, if you take four (R)ights your back at square one again, NO?
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October 23rd, 2009 at 1:03 amPence is on the … whacko wing of the republican party. congrats Pence.
October 23rd, 2009 at 4:38 ambirds of a feather get lost together.
Sit back and enjoy the sideshow…the “big tent” has been abandoned for the smaller freak show tent. Pronto pup, anyone??
October 23rd, 2009 at 9:24 amI Loved when Richard Lewis called him Glenn Dreck the other night on Countdown. So fitting.
October 23rd, 2009 at 9:58 amBeck says he will stick with the angry people. By which he means the gullible morons who take him seriously
October 23rd, 2009 at 1:57 pm