Posted on 09/11/2015 12:24:42 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
An obligatory follow-up to last night’s post. Sounds like my theory was largely correct: It’s not just his personal falling-out with Palin, which he elaborates on in his new Facebook post, or her embrace of the progressive Trump that’s bothering him, it’s the whole damned discombobulating phenomenon of Trumpmania among the tea party and its sympathizers.
Especially its sympathizers in conservative talk radio.
I do not understand her position and love of Trump. He is clearly a progressive, not a small government constitutionalist…
But he is also a bully, sexist, cruel, an ego manic and narcissist in ways that makes Barack Obama seem like Saint Francis…
As Sarah Palin holds a unique place with the tea party, I expect more from her. Perhaps this is wrong of me. To support Trump and ignore his very disturbing policies makes you a populist at best. But I am almost alone in this it seems. At least with almost anyone in my job. Maybe they all have a personal relationship with him or I am just wrong…
What principles that the tea party is founded on is she promoting with her love of trump?…
[My personal grievance with her] was Coupled with total confusion on her love affair with Donald Trump (made worse in my head by my lack of ability to grasp what 30% of small government Self proclaimed constitutionalist, values and religious people see in him.
He apologizes for calling her a “clown” in yesterday’s radio rant but stresses that he stands by all of his other criticisms. The “clown” bit was apparently triggered by watching her be chummy with Trump at Wednesday’s rally against the Iran deal in D.C.; that subject is far too grave, Beck says, for serious conservatives to applaud Trump’s self-serving clownish hijacking of the event. As for the mysterious falling-out with Palin, read the full post for details on the unnamed Iago figure who set Beck, Sean Hannity, and Mark Levin at each other’s throats by spreading lies about them to each other, and whom Beck suspects of pulling the same trick between him and Palin. “Celebrity, fame and TV/radio are poison to humans I believe. At least it has been to me,” he writes. “I wouldn’t wish it on my worst enemy.”
Does he really not understand the appeal of Trumpism, though? I’ve always thought it was a more or less straightforward matter of Trump being willing to throw unusually hard punches at the right’s enemies, whether it’s Obama, the GOP leadership in Washington, illegals, or even John McCain. John Nolte wrote a bit about that yesterday, using Trump’s wisecrack about Carly Fiorina as an example of how he’s willing and able to fight successfully the way the left does. “Nobody votes for punks,” said Nolte. “People respect strength.” That’s the Trump “alpha” persona in a nutshell. The more he shoves Beltway Republicans into lockers, the more atomic wedgies he delivers to his GOP opponents, the more politically incorrect he is, the more the legend of “he fights!” grows. And years before Trump had that reputation, Palin had it. “She fights!” was probably the most popular reason given by righties for idolizing her during her 2009-11 heyday. The two of them have each spent years being scolded repeatedly by “respectable” opinion-makers for things they’ve said and they’ve refused to back down, i.e. apologize, from any of it. They’re both subversive in that sense, a rebuke to the ruling political order. Trump is filling the niche she used to fill because what he lacks in Palin’s conservative principles he makes up for in his greater willingness to groin-punch his enemies. Palin evidently decided that that was close enough to populist conservatism to make nice with Trump. Beck disagreed. That’s the difference.
Here’s her speech at the rally against the Iran deal. Exit quotation from Beck: “It may mean that I don’t have a single listener left in the end but I would rather be true to myself, principles and to my God than to parties, cliques or popularity.” I believe him.
Good Glenn, now go “stand by” in the corner. You’ve really marginalized yourself, dude.
Beck had his 15 minutes of fame in 2009. It’s over.
Maybe Beck could work for jebbush. He’s gone full circle back to irrelevant establishment turnip.
Also Beck is in favors of the illegals. Trump wants to build a wall.....who’s the progressive there?
...In recent Facebook post, libertarian radio talk show host Glenn Beck thought that it would be funny to viciously attack Donald Trump’s wife, Melania Trump. (August )
He lost me. I've been listening to Mark Levin podcasts in that timeslot.
He has been boring since he came back from his medical vacation.
Then Glenn, you are still a low-intellect monkey somehow trained to run a radio show.
Trump is getting into a lot of heads. We have a local talk host around here, a great guy, who has gone crazy against Trump and any supporters. To the point of like 10 facebook posts a day against him with ranting and raving comments.
The second I seen this wet-brain fraud pop up on FOX years ago I flipped him off. Never understood his appeal.
You know what this sounds exactly like?
Like 11th graders in high school. Glen is ‘LIVID!” that Sarah believes the rumors, no longer takes everything he says at face value, Glenn is “OUTRAGED!” that she’s thinking for herself’ and the worst offense ? Unbelievably, that B**tch is “seeing other PEOPLE!!”.
Word is Sarah has been seen ‘Palling Around With
The Donald, and guess what? She does NOT deny it!!”
I’ve got to get her mind right. Sarah needs me. Sarah is NOTHING w/o me. I MADE her, and I can UNMAKE her with a snap of my finger!!!” What’s she doing? Why won’t she answer my texts?
I sort of apologize but not really. Teacher the popular kids won’t let me on the swing set. Waaawaaaaa!
From what I have heard, He supports Cruz and Paul.
Beck is nothing more than a second rate bloviator.
Hey Glenn, what happened to all the civility you always preach, and walking arm in arm together in peace and truth? (or whatever it is you advertise)
“Clown” seems to be on the list of left/liberal talking points. Jindal and others have used it also but only on Republicans. I haven’t seen so far this kind of name-calling among Democrats regarding Sanders, who is an admitted socialist. What about those who apologized for having said “All lives matter”? Have Beck or Jindal ever used the term “clown” to describe Obama?
Comment from face book link
...Stop the name calling! It makes you look stupid! As far as you being true to yourself, keep telling yourself that! In my opinion you are part of the problem. Get over yourself Beck! For some reason you think you are better and smarter than everyone else. Calling trump a bully , really? I think you're a bully by calling someone a clown! Ha! And I also think you have some narcissistic behaviors lately! Be nice!
Beck response:
...Oh volumes of evidence. All you have to do is see how he treated Megan Kelly....How about doing a Google search of the bulling tactics that he used when his x said that she felt he raped her at times. You don't even have to believe her as a divorce case is always ugly. Just read the story about how he handled that. Bully is far too kind.
By the way, Yevette, in that documented case trump is on the record saying you "cannot rape your wife". Some of the best Islamist bullies and Isis rapists will agree with him 100%. The question is DO YOU?
“Word is Sarah has been seen ‘Palling Around With
The Donald, and guess what? She does NOT deny it!!”
I’ve got to get her mind right. Sarah needs me. Sarah is NOTHING w/o me. I MADE her, and I can UNMAKE her with a snap of my finger!!!” What’s she doing? Why won’t she answer my texts?”
If I can’t have Sarah nobody can. :-)
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