Glenn Beck

Excellent detailed piece on Sarah Palin by journalist Michael Joseph Gross in the October 2010 issue of Vanity Fair …
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No, I don’t think either of the stars of last Saturday’s “Restoring Honor” gathering in DC will run for office this year. I do think that they have revealed a compelling narrative just in time for campaign season, however. The well produced plot–funded by billionaires with an eternal grudge– has primed the nation’s political conversation. To “prime” an audience means to provide visual and rhetorical stimuli that will influence desired reactions. It is the long-game of politics and the potential mega-bucks payoff all in one.

WASHINGTON — Broadcaster Glenn Beck is calling on thousands to rally Saturday in the nation’s capital on the anniversary and at the same site of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s famous “I Have a Dream” speech. Civil rights leaders are protesting the event. Beck, a Fox News personality and a conservative favorite, insists it’s just a coincidence that his “Restoring Honor” rally on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial is overlapping with the 47th anniversary of King’s speech.

WASHINGTON — Glenn Beck’s rally on the anniversary and at the site of Martin Luther King Jr.’s famous “I Have a Dream” speech is drawing criticism, protests and questions about his intentions. Beck insists the event Saturday at the Lincoln Memorial is not about politics, even though Beck and former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin will attend. But the rally is drawing a strong reaction – and several counter-rallies – as the nation looks toward November’s elections. Read More… More on Sarah Palin

Conservatives were outraged at our January poll suggesting that Republicans were batshit insane. But it wasn’t so much the results which they challenged, but the veracity of the pollster and of us. Rather than argue that Republicans weren’t birthers (they are), they tried to discredit the organization commissioning the poll (us). Well, another non-partisan pollster, Harris, has reported similar results : * 67 percent of Republicans (and 40 percent of Americans overall) believe that Obama is a socialist.

With over 100 advertisers (and counting) abandoning Glenn Beck’s show, it’s obvious that what’s left is the dregs of the world, like these guys . But the gold dealers dominating the ranks of his advertisers have new competition : Yup. All those Beck viewers are suckers, because their gold stockpile will be worth less than seeds ! But that’s not all! You know how Obama wants to steal your guns and shit? That’s not all he’s trying to confiscate! Phew! That’s a relief.

To millions of Americans, Sarah Palin is the one person who can save the US from the perils of communism, gay marriage and gun control. But can she ever win the White House, or will she destroy the American right?
Sarah Palin pressing the flesh in Grand Rapids, on her three-week-long, 14-state promotional "Going Rogue: An American Life" book tour.

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