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Old 01-29-2011, 04:32 PM
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BECK: He may be a full-fledged Marxist. He has surrounded himself by Marxists his whole life."

That's so ridiculous, you'll need to show me his marxist friends before I even comment on it.
Bill Ayers
Mike Klonsky
Van Jones

Just off the top of my head.......If I did a little research I could come up with a dozen more.
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The title of this thread segways into titles for many new threads

I Just Watched Rachel Maddow

I Just Watched Chris Matthews

I Just Listened to NPR

I just Listened to Pacifica Radio

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There is nothing on the left like this. . .
Of course there isn't.

Beck makes constant reference to documented history, the writings and words -- often on video, of those he criticizes, established legal and governing principles, business practices, ethic, morals and God. He also demands, with the passion of an evangelist, that his audience do their own research and develop their own opinions.

As you say there is nothing like this on Left. How could there be? Such an approach would dissolve the Left.

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Of course there isn't Beck makes constant reference to documented history, the writings and words -- often on video, of those he criticizes, established legal and governing principles, business practices, ethic, morals and GOD. he also demands that his listeners do their own research and develop their own opinions.

As you say there is nothing like this on Left. How could there be? Such an approach would dissolve the Left.

Carry on.

That is absolutly correct. The Left's message cannot stand the light of day. That is why conservative programming gets exponentially higher ratings.
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The right is happy that there's a new McCarthyism through Beck.
And you base this comparison and pronouncement on . . .?

By the way, did you know that when the Soviet Union fell, and our Intelligence gained access to the KGB files, it turned out that one of their major top-flight concerns was Joe McCarthy, and that he might expose their extensive infiltration of the Federal Government?

History's just full of these lil' ironies, i'n'it?
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And you base this comparison and pronouncement on . . .?

By the way, did you know that that the Soviet Union fell, and our Intelligence gained access to the KGB files, it turned out that one of their major top-flight concerns was Joe McCarthy, and that he might expose their extensive infiltration of the Federal Government. History's just full of these lil' ironies, i'n'it?
I've said it before McCarthy was right.
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And you base this comparison and pronouncement on . . .?

By the way, did you know that that the Soviet Union fell, and our Intelligence gained access to the KGB files, it turned out that one of their major top-flight concerns was Joe McCarthy, and that he might expose their extensive infiltration of the Federal Government. History's just full of these lil' ironies, i'n'it?
If not for loans from another communist country our economy would have failed...Maybe there is a sweet spot in the middle.
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Of course there isn't.

Beck makes constant reference to documented history, the writings and words -- often on video, of those he criticizes, established legal and governing principles, business practices, ethic, morals and God. He also demands, with the passion of an evangelist, that his audience do their own research and develop their own opinions.

As you say there is nothing like this on Left. How could there be? Such an approach would dissolve the Left.

Carry on.
Of course there isn't. The left doesn't have a representative in mainstream media that gets out a chalkboard and draw parallels that don't exist, nor does the left go "OMG! Fascism" at every turn.
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The problem with a zealot explaining history is that it becomes unrecognizable to the rest of us.
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And you base this comparison and pronouncement on . . .?
Please don't pretend to be stupid, it doesn't suit you.
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By the way, did you know that when the Soviet Union fell, and our Intelligence gained access to the KGB files, it turned out that one of their major top-flight concerns was Joe McCarthy, and that he might expose their extensive infiltration of the Federal Government?

History's just full of these lil' ironies, i'n'it?
That doesn't mean that the hysteria that McCarthy started was a good thing. People were spying on their neighbors. Newspeople were scared to say anything that was even slightly-left out of fear of losing their jobs. In God We Trust got put on the rest of our money and "under God" was added to the pledge.

Fortunately, Glenn Beck doesn't have quite that kind of power, but he certainly stirs up a lot of fear.
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