Posted on 01/06/2015 5:49:00 PM PST by Mozilla
Glenn Beck on Tuesday tore into Congressman Chris Stewart (R-Utah) over his decision to vote for John Boehner as speaker of the House, saying he believes Stewart — who has been his friend for years — is losing his soul.
Beck asked the congressman whether it was Boehner’s decision to fund Obamacare, his support of the CRomnibus bill, or his decision to continually delay any action in opposing President Barack Obama’s agenda that garnered his support.
Stewart said the allegations against Boehner aren’t true, and continued: “I think in the time we have here, we can’t go back and review the last two, or four, or six years of votes you may or may not agree with him on. But the bottom line is this: I think we should be celebrating today, and it’s discouraging to me that instead this has become such a divisive day. We had a great election in November. … For the first time we’ve got a united front where we can oppose President Obama.”
“We have a united Congress, and they’re giving the green light to the president on amnesty,” Beck said. “They’re giving a green light on the CRominbus — that’s a trillion dollars, Chris!”
Beck reversed and analogized the situation, asking Stewart what he would do if he found Beck in a brothel, insisting that he wasn’t doing anything wrong and was just friends with all the women.
Stewart laughed. “Well, it depends, Glenn. How attractive are the young ladies in the brothel, right?”
Beck shook his head. “You told, us, Chris, to come down on you like a bag of bricks if we ever felt you were losing your soul. This is bag of bricks time. We think you’re losing your soul.”
Stewart said he appreciated Beck’s words, but remained firm in his decision, saying he thinks Beck may have misunderstood some of his previous stances.
“I do think that there are times where, you and I agree, that you’ve indicated, that I haven’t agreed with you,” Stewart said. “I think you’ve indicated that I’ve said or implied things that I certainly haven’t, and I never have. And I think you and I agree on far more than we disagree.”
“It is the game, Chris,” Beck said heatedly. “You’re playing the game. Stop playing the game!”
“You don’t think we can do better, Chris?” Beck’s co-host Stu Burguiere added. “You don’t think we can do better than John Boehner?”
“Listen, gentlemen, who do you suppose that we should support here?” Stewart retorted.
All three immediately said Texas Congressman Louie Gohmert would make a far better speaker than John Boehner.
“Do you know how many votes Louie Gohmert will get?” Stewart said. “As much as I like Louie, he’s not the person to lead the house right now.”
“But John Boehner is?” Beck said.
“We can agree to disagree on that,” Stewart remarked.
Beck told Stewart that people are “done” with the kind of games he is playing, and that he will not be re-elected if he continues playing politics against the interests of the American people.
“Glenn, I disagree with you,” Stewart said. “I think that by 2016, when the American people see what the Republicans have been trying to do for the last years, when we now have allies in the Senate who will help us to do those things in the next two years, we’re going to be able to move forward on the REINS Act, on reforming Obamacare, or eliminating Obamacare –”
“I don’t believe you,” Beck said flatly. “There’s no evidence. You’ve never done it, Chris! It’s never happened!”
Beck concluded by saluting Stewart for having the courage to come on the show, but reiterated that he is “worried” about the man’s soul.
Yes, sounds like the old, original Beck before he went crazy.
Maybe he’s back on his meds and making sense again. Hard to forgive him after his support of the illegal alien children’s crusade this past summer.
still waiting for you to list an accomplishment
Thats a given. But he has lots of company.
Well, best of luck.
as a voter I’m watching and will remember this the next election. The GOP doesn’t own my Conservative vote.
Conservatives won nothing in November.
The GOP Leadership and their minions are spineless hacks that kowtow to liberals in order to maintain their “status” in Washington DC.
We need to concentrate on State Legislatures and governors, win 40-42 states, then call a Constitutional Convention under Article V and Pass the Term Limit Amendment and the Balanced Budget Amendment.
“Conservatives in name only. Turncoat fools.”
Ok, just what the hell were these people SUPPOSED to do??
There were a few in opposition, but there was no ORGANIZED opposition.
Like it or not, politics is a game of POWER BASES. You either have it, or you don’t.
Beck is right, Show me the evidence!
Prove you will advance a non-RINO agenda, because your hero John has already screwed Next year over with his 1.1 trillion dollar budget funding everything Obama wants.
Congress has nothing left with which to negotiate or get any of our priorities.
Our Traitorous leaders who defied the overwhelming majority of their constitutes have just reelected as their leader a man who is clearly in bed with the enemy. There is no misunderstanding here anymore.
We spent a year telling him he was in the wrong house, he already been burned many times by the inhabitest of that house which is not his wife!
To believe John doesn’t know what he is doing or otherwise isent intending ill is to ask us to accept that he is insane. And unable to process the world around him, not in any case the qualifications of leader.
The Gop is our enemy.
Methinks we have two enemies, the GOPe and democRATs. That makes us radical to both parties, and viola, the IRS continues to deny 501 3c 4, status to conservative groups.
And the Cromnibus passed, and that's why the NSA is now reading this post, and Matt Kibbe's e-mails, and Fast & Furious is not a concern.
I could go on...Benghazi...
The U.S. Constitution was a great idea while it lasted.
5.56mm
Note how Stewart lapses into the stock phrases: “You’re being diviiiiisive...”
Mike Lee was just on the Kelley File being all positive, too.
I can’t take any more of this.
Why waste time? We know the answer. RINOS, backed by a complicit ‘right wing media’ will do what rinos do.
Just be sure to by the book, the Ice tea and listen to them pontificate for profit.
Yeah The elite keep making excuses. And then they can’t handle the tough questions without sounding incoherent.
“We need to concentrate on State Legislatures and governors, win 40-42 states, then call a Constitutional Convention under Article V and Pass the Term Limit Amendment and the Balanced Budget Amendment.”
I agree Washington is Far too corrupt and the center of power to place our faith in it. We must focus our efforts first on striping Washington of its power bring it all back to the state. Even to the point of Abolishing Washington if necessary.
Once we have broken Washington Back, the game of competition for free people and Ideas will deal with the corruption over time.
Well, bye!
am 1130 is running the 3rd hour now. wow is he on fire. (beck that is)
Two wings of the same bird.
another congressman dweeb. All who voted for Boehner shall be called Cantorman. And we all know what happened to him.
Beck is just ignorant of how this process works and how protected Boehner is. It is just fantasy at this point.
Sad it took this fore some to realize that. It has been sorta obvious. Hey, you think if we hadn’t kept the secret hidden so well others may have noticed sooner?
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