Beck backs Obama over Trump's attacks...but is it because he's worried Trump might replace him?

The London Sunday Mail ^ | April 3, 2011 | Simon Neville

[2ndDivisionVet]

The last person President Barack Obama might expect support from is controversial Fox News host Glenn Beck. The presenter seemed to give his backing to the President against heavy criticism by Donald Trump who has questioned whether he was born in America and that he may be a Muslim. But Beck’s warning that Trump’s remarks are making him ‘a little uncomfortable recently’ may have more to do with Fox News announcing the billionaire will be given a regular slot on the station, while the host’s show may be scrapped.

He was speaking on the channel’s The O’Reilly Factor show on Friday, where he discussed Trump’s two-part interview earlier in the week. Trump, who is considering whether to throw his hat into the ring to become Republican nominee for President at the 2012 election, said Obama ‘doesn’t have a birth certificate’. He went on: ‘Now, he may have one but there is something on that birth certificate — maybe religion, maybe it says he's a Muslim, I don't know. Maybe he doesn't want that. Or, he may not have one.’ Beck told Bill O’Reilly ‘There is something reasonable to, you know, a reasonable conversation if you don't believe that he has a birth certificate.

‘You can say, “I don't believe he has a birth certificate.” But then he goes into “I do not believe he has a birth certificate” and then he releases one that's worse than Obama's. 'And then he comes back and he says on your program, “He might be a Muslim too.” I'm like, come on!’

After Trump made his allegations about the President – who is Christian and was born in Honolulu, Hawaii – he released a certificate of his own....

[TigersEye]

I like it! “A jpeg is not a birth certificate!”

Thanks. It isn't. When you ask who has actually seen 0bama's COLB (the paper not the .jpeg) they will tell you "factcheck.org has."

factcheck.org is owned and funded by the Annenberg Foundation (see bottom of page)

Factcheck.org is owned by the Annenberg Foundation. Barack Obama chaired the Annenberg Foundation doling out $60 million per year to various organizations. Bill Ayers was also on the board.

Factcheck And Brady Campaign Share Same Sugar Daddy

There's another possible explanation behind FactCheck's positions. Just last year, FactCheck's primary funding source, the Annenberg Foundation, also gave $50,000 to the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence for "efforts to reduce gun violence by educating the public and by enacting and enforcing regulations governing the gun industry." Annenberg made a similar grant for $100,000 in 2005.

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Only a lefty loon would cite Factcheck.org as a source of "truth."

factcheck.org is owned and funded by the Annenberg Foundation (see bottom of page)

Factcheck.org is owned by the Annenberg Foundation. Barack Obama chaired the Annenberg Foundation doling out $60 million per year to various organizations. Bill Ayers was also on the board.

Factcheck And Brady Campaign Share Same Sugar Daddy

There's another possible explanation behind FactCheck's positions. Just last year, FactCheck's primary funding source, the Annenberg Foundation, also gave $50,000 to the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence for "efforts to reduce gun violence by educating the public and by enacting and enforcing regulations governing the gun industry." Annenberg made a similar grant for $100,000 in 2005.

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[TigersEye]

Despite warts and all, I've learned more valuable, usable stuff from Glenn Beck in the relatively short time he's been on the tube than from all the conservative radio talk hosts in over 20 years of listening...

So do I. I DVR his show and watch it every day. But he did say that "(Trump" releases one that's worse than Obama's." That is laughably false.

[em2vn]

I’ve enjoyed Beck for years but I now believe he is in it for the money. Just as the rats jumped on the Regan band wagon when it became a driving force, I believe Beck has forcefully boarded the conservative movement solely for it’s money potential.

[mickie]

Thank you for your sensible post. I agree wholeheartedly with all that you have to say.

And also the other Glenn supporters who have the courage to post it.

[HollyB]

The author is stretching it.

[HollyB]

I think Beck believes there are more serious topics that can be proven easily. So, he isn’t wasting his time on this subject. Especially when O’s attorney’s and Soros are hovering over him, waiting for a way to boot him. I am glad others are still on the subject though.

[Balding_Eagle]

Seesh, anyone who watched the show would know this is a bunch of BS.

[Artcore]

Beck is quickly becoming a 2bit Hack.....did a great expose on Soros and then just drops it......spends half his time telling Us to bank a years worth of Food!...but never tells Us that as a Mormon, he is required by his religion to do just that! I used to look forward to his work, but lately it’s more like listening to a more moderate Howard Stern, especially his morning radio blasts.....Oh Well!
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Amen Brother! Well Said!

I can’t get Laura Ingraham in my office, so on occasion I’ll tune him in. Same thing every freaking day: “I plead with you, I beseech you, I beg of you...listen to what I’m saying...we are fast approaching Armageddon! Please, Get DAILY BREAD!”

One minute is crying about the apocalypse; the next minute he and his Mini-Me Stu are talking in those stupid, child like voices, that they seem to think are so funny and cute. They are not!

I’ll give Beck Kudos for his work on Soros and Van Jones, but he spends a good portion of each show congratulating himself on all his work.

Sorry Glenn, but if you act like a flake, that’s the way many will see you.

Sorry if this offends any, but I have a hard time taking serious a man who puts his eternal salvation in the fraud that is the MAN Joseph Smith.

[Neoliberalnot]

Besides, the diversity of thought is what separates us from the liberals.””

You are exactly right and this is why the progs and libs despise conservatives that have the temerity to resist compliance to group-think. Conservatives haved escaped from the box of political correctness and stupidity.

[cripplecreek]

If I agree with ANYONE 100% of the time, somebody is lying. Either they’re lying to me or I’m lying to myself.

[Texas Eagle]

Oh, good. It's nice to see The London Sunday Mail places value in Beck's utterances.

I look forward to future pieces from TLSM on the issues Beck has been covering.

Starting with Obama's ties to Soros and Soros's ties to criminal non-profit organizations like Media Fecal Matters.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks 2ndDivisionVet.

Beck's warning that Trump's remarks are making him 'a little uncomfortable recently' may have more to do with Fox News announcing the billionaire will be given a regular slot on the station, while the host's show may be scrapped.

It could also have to do with the fact that Beck and O'Reilly are just loudmouth opportunists who are not conservatives in the first place.

[SunkenCiv]

Simon Neville

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[fortheDeclaration]

This issue goes beyond just the BC.

All of his records are sealed-why?

Has anyone come forward that said they knew this guy (Obama) in college or anywhere?

[American Constitutionalist]

" Beck's warning that Trump's remarks are making him 'a little uncomfortable recently "

Interpretation :

Beck : I am afraid that Donald Trump and them kook birthers might be right after all and expose Obama, and in the same breath expose me for not being on top of this issue and lose my integrity, so I have to discredited Trump and the Birthers at all costs, Billy O'Reilly ? are you with me ?

[SwankyC]

He has been and will be supporting Mitt Romney

when and where? I didn't think so. To say nice words about someone and to support them for a Presidential run are two different things. I'm betting he'll support either Bachmann or Palin and he'll decide that only after pulling out half his hair. That would be a tough one.

[packrat35]

I recognized Beck was a tool long ago. Can’t understand why so-called Conservatives still watch him or O’Reilly. Both are insufferable.

[Victoria Delsoul]

But Beck argued there should be a push for ‘serious candidates who could shake things up by not saying provocative things.’ In the past Beck has been far from shy in coming forward with his own views on President Obama. In 2009 he was forced to apologise are saying: ‘'This President, I think, has exposed himself over and over again as a guy who has a deep-seated hatred for white people or the white culture.'

Beck found his niche playing the eccentric conservative role, but over time people see through the BS and phoniness and that is the reason Beck has lost 1 million viewers on Fox just this last year alone. I don’t think his contract is going to be renewed, and according to this article, several stations have already ditched his radio show.

Real conservatives like Rush or Levin don’t have any problems when it comes to getting their contracts renewed, and also increasing the size of their audiences. I think people appreciate consistency and sincerity, and Beck comes across as one true flake.

[yup2394871293]

It’s nice to have more than one spokesman for conservatism rather than a single figure that liberals are always sniping at in hopes of killing the movement.

[UCFRoadWarrior]

Beck doesn’t agree on the eligibility issue but saying he backs Obama is an outright lie.

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Beck has outright attacked Birthers.

Beck has more than just “I believe Obama was born in Hawaii”....he has attacked and ridiculed Birthers.

And, when one conservative Birther group flooded his radio-show with calls last year....Beck claimed it was a “left-wing group”....when in fact it was a conservative group who announced their “phone-in” before they did it.

Yes, Beck is an Obama Supporter.