Should Obama Fear the Left, or the Bat Man? Glenn Beck Pretends to Warn Obama of His Own Party
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by Jeffrey Joseph
President Obama, fresh off of taking on the GOP during their retreat, has a message from the man dubbed Fear-Monger-in-Chief, Glenn Beck. Now that President Obama has shown he can handle confrontation from the right, Beck claims the president should worry about the truly dangerous people -- not Beck's own listeners, but the left.
On his radio program, Beck claimed that President Obama said things to appease the left because "since I found Van Jones in the White House, and since we knew who he was and saw how dangerous this guy was, I maintain that the president is in more danger, in all of the meanings of that, from the people he surrounds himself with on the uber, uber left than anybody on the right." Beck fails to recall for his audience his problem with facts as they relate to the Van Jones, who happened to champion a boycott against Beck in the first place, but he goes on to accuse the left of adhering to such "dangerous radicals" as Saul Alinsky that will "do whatever it takes to get their agenda.
Despite his projection of radicalism onto the left, Beck's boss Roger Ailes was the one who had to defend Beck on Sunday on the charge of inciting Americans. Specifically, Ailes had to defend Beck going on the air, baseball bat in hand, and claiming people should fear the Obama Administration "because you too could be the next victim of the killing spree." Ailes tried to defend the statement by saying Beck spoke only of Hitler and Stalin, but given the context (and given that Hitler and Stalin are long past dead), Beck pretty clearly referenced the administration and implied physical damage would come to those who would oppose it. As much as Beck tries to claim danger from the left, his warnings sounded increasingly like a call to arms against them.
Beck's appreciation of James O'Keefe, recently up for felony charges from the FBI, also calls into question Beck's ability to criticize his opponents. O'Keefe reportedly took inspiration from the same Alinsky Beck repeatedly refers to during his diatribes against the left. With O'Keefe, the sentiments proved only that he was "courageous"; for someone on the left, Alinsky must signify a radical to Beck. Fortunately for Beck, no matter what happens with the O'Keefe case in court, he already has a conspiracy theory to explain it all away.
No matter how many times Glenn Beck tries to suggest a kind of revolution against the current administration, he will continue to sheepishly blame any radical sentiments as a characteristic primarily of the left. As much rampant misinformation and posturing with a weapon in hand as Beck has made against the president, Beck leaves no ambiguity to his truly dangerous element. Since he refuses to do the nation a favor and keep his fear mongering to himself, viewers should turn away from the vitriol -- and choose to Turn Off FOX.
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If my perception and
If my perception and judgment are totally out of whack, and Obama really is playing his chess game in the interests of our country on not our corporations, then I would think it a great idea for him to offer to debate Limbaugh, Beck and Hannity on their shows. He is far more intelligent and composed than any of these goons, and if arguing real progressive points they would crumble before him.
Many people cry that this would be beneath the dignity of the office, etc, but I think that is a winning point in itself. He could issue his offer in the context that elected Republicans have publically abdicated their party's leadership to these specific characters, and that therefore to address the rank and file he respects their choice.
But this is a fantasy of a world where American democracy has advocates in government.
If my perception and
If my perception and judgment are totally out of whack, and Obama really is playing his chess game in the interests of our country on not our corporations, then I would think it a great idea for him to offer to debate Limbaugh, Beck and Hannity on their shows. He is far more intelligent and composed than any of these goons, and if arguing real progressive points they would crumble before him.
Many people cry that this would be beneath the dignity of the office, etc, but I think that is a winning point in itself. He could issue his offer in the context that elected Republicans have publically abdicated their party's leadership to these specific characters, and that therefore to address the rank and file he respects their choice.
But this is a fantasy of a world where American democracy has advocates in government.
Obama could go on Glenn Beck
and explain himself and explain some more and hope against hope that, once they see what a reasonable guy he is, the Republicans will come around and meet him half way. Obama could use his time on Beck's show to unveil even more spending cuts and more expansion of the military, all the while invoking the name of Ronald Reagan. Brilliant idea! I'd love to see those Republicans go and try to stall his agenda now!
It's Worth A Try
If Obama can walk into the Liars' Den and turn those beasts into lap cats -and get the GOP-friendly media outlets to pat him on the back for his performance- he just might make an impression on a few of the Fox Fools and begin to break the stranglehold Rupert Murdoch has on too many people. I'd really like to see Obama try - what has he got to lose?
What does he have to lose? Nothing
This strategy works out great for him.
We progressives, on the other hand -and all other Americans regardless of ideological positions - have a great deal deal to lose. Every time Obama triangulates to make greater fools of the corporatist fools in the GOP he gives away huge swaths of ideological territory, just as imsloan wrote above. Each of these hidden capitulations is staged to make him appear in control and victorious, but equates to real losses of power, money and civil rights for average Americans.
The latest one I heard about was his administraton's plan to overhaul "No Child Left Behind". Great idea, right? Well, he is increasing the emphasis of standardized test results on federal funding - and not in the logical progressive way that would give poorly performing schools more money attached to firm administrative mandates, but but cutting federal money for schools with poor scores. Any talk here of promoting nationwide constitutional school funding not tied directly to local property taxes, or any other refurbishment that levels out the opportunities offered our children as they form their minds and devise their future lives? Nope. Just the right-wing mantra that if the teacher is lazy the student is discarded, and we are all supposed to satisfied that its the teacher's fault.
Great way to keep the poor poor, if you ask me, and one of the pillars of conservative bootstraps social theory for decades.