[no dems]

Very disappointing. I was hoping he had videos, taped phone calls, written threats.......just kidding. It wasn't worth watching.

[nomad]

I think this illustrates why we must redouble our efforts to reduce the size and scope of the federal government. This is the type of political slime bag that's trying to dictate every aspect of our lives, how unsettling is that.

[RckyRaCoCo]

Just what we need, another Blagovich crook who got caught with his hands in somebody's pants....then looking for sympathy from any sap willing to give him airtime.

Waste of time...Beck wasn't prepared...lame.

[notpoliticallycorewrecked]

I turned it off after an half an hour of nothingness.

[Flag_This]

[Carley]

It was Glenn’s choice to invite the man.

Glenn has no one to blame but himself.

And frankly, who cares!

[abigailsmybaby]

Massa seemed to have more control of the hour than Glenn did. Glenn just couldn’t get the idea communicated that he wanted Massa to name names and incidents not generalities.

At times Massa sounded like he was campaigning although I couldn’t really get a handle on what exactly he was campaigning for.

Some info, but useless to we the people.

[Spok]

I didn’t watch the interview. Michelle Malkin nailed Massa right out of the chute.

[Elle Bee]

the dedication to Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas:

"To Richard Nixion who never let me down.
I never expected anything of him and he never let me down" .... Hunter S. Thompson

[Lazlo in PA]

This is the problem here. Glenn saw big ratings and a way to promote his views by fitting his template to Massas strange story. This is no different than what Kieth Olberdork does regularly with disaffected Repubs.

[andy58-in-nh]

Glenn needs to learn what every good lawyer knows: never ask a question unless you already know the answer. If his pre-interview questions to Massa didn't yield anything of substance, he ought to have passed on the chance to put him on the air for an hour.

I'm disappointed but I also know that Glenn is one of the good guys: he genuinely loves his country and wants to help make a difference. I hope he learns from this experience, and in this instance, listens a little more closely to what his friends (Michelle Malkin) are telling him.

[arasina]

Thought I'd ping you (from your "What's up with Massa?" thread) to see the opinions of others regarding the Massa interview. I saw only a brief portion of it but the guy is certainly slick and sleazy.

You're vindicated in my book. ;-)

[LucyJo]

I didn’t see the interview, or hear it, but from what the posters are saying on this thread it appears that this interview redounded to the benefit of the Dems because of Beck’s lack of attention to detail in tough questioning.

That makes me question Beck more than Massa, if that is indeed the case.

As to the interview being pointless...perhaps not to Massa if he and the Dems benefited from it.

[Can i say that here?]

I have listened to Beck daily on the radio since 2004, but never watch the show. It just doesn’t fit with my schedule. But today I turned up the volume and the closed captioning to catch this interview over my three kids.

Was the result disappointing? Sure. Am I disappointed in Beck? Not at all. He said up front that he was taking a risk and wasn’t sure what the outcome would be. If the guy had come out with something spectacular, Beck would be hailed as a genius.

He took a gamble and it didn’t pan out. It isn’t the first time and won’t be the last. The comments here make it sound like there are a lot of FR members that wish he were off the air. My hats off to him for trying.

[powderfan]

I didn't see it, but Beck is desperate, it seems to me, to find an honest and freedom-loving democrat to prove his point that republicans are just as bad as democrats. He needs to get a grip on reality. A minority of republicans are progressives, but almost all democrats (even normal non-politicians) are progressives.

[Vn_survivor_67-68]

at the beginning Beck TOLD him that he wanted him to expose some corruption, as well as several more times along the way he was nudged in that direction by Glen......this guy parried every attempt and opportunity.....IMO this means the whole exercise (5 or 6 days of it now) has been a case of cosmetic sepukku, as part of the overall ongoing coup d’etat....he fell onto his sword quite laughably in support of the coup, and if he is lucky he will get a book deal or something like that

[Ticonderoga34]

Beck put Massa on because he knew it would get big ratings. And Beck was right. I rushed home to watch the show.

To me, it didn’t make any difference what questions Beck asked Massa. It was obvious that Massa wasn’t going to name names (outside of Rahm and the weird shower scene) and talk about corrupt deeds.

[marron]

I don’t blame Beck for trying.

Clearly, if the guy is scared enough to quit his seat in congress, you aren’t going to get him to say much on live TV. It was worth a shot, I think, but in a way I’m not surprised. If he had enough grit to blow the whistle on the Obamists, he wouldn’t have resigned.

[Halls]

I think Becks days are numbered. I watched him at first, but I’ve been losing interest of him for some time. He just doesn’t have what people like Rush and Levin have. Not a lot of discernment there. I watched maybe 10 minutes and could tell it was a joke.

[ckilmer]

Massa story didn’t make sense.

If he didn’t make any homosexual advances to the aide then he should be fighting like crazy to save his good name. resigning only makes it worse— no matter what he says.

[counterpunch]

Glenn wanted specifics, but he didn’t ask specific questions.
Why didn’t he ask “what is ‘arm twisting’ and who is doing it?”
He should have asked Massa just what the White House and Nanzi Pelousy has threatened to do to his family, and exposing it is his only protection against it now.