Glenn Beck has seen the finger of God, but which one?
By Richard K. Barry
Funny how Glenn Beck has disappeared from national consciousness having been banished from Fox for being too nuts even for them. Like a lot of people, I paid way too much attention to Beck back in the day. It was fun to do that in a weird sort of way. Many of us wondered how much of an impact he was having on the burgeoning Tea Party movement and whether or not his brand of craziness could significantly influence the direction of conservatism in America. And then he was gone.
Of course, he's not completely gone. He's still got a website somewhere in virtual land and I guess some people pay money to hear him rant. I have to assume that because I have totally lost track. And he still goes around the country talking to those who might care as he did recently at a "Faith and Freedom Coalition Conference."
In his prepared remarks he said that if America failed to do what Glenn thought best, God would "withdraw his protection" over the country. He also said that he had "seen the finger of God," presumably meaning that he had seen the work of God manifest in our daily lives (I guess). But I'd prefer to think that if there is a gentle God, a merciful God, the only one of His fingers Beck would likely see is the middle one raised at the end of an extended arm.
Something like this: "Hey Glenn, this is God. Go fuck yourself."
Here's the clip of Beck being Beck. I almost miss him.
(Cross-posted at Lippmann's Ghost.)
Funny how Glenn Beck has disappeared from national consciousness having been banished from Fox for being too nuts even for them. Like a lot of people, I paid way too much attention to Beck back in the day. It was fun to do that in a weird sort of way. Many of us wondered how much of an impact he was having on the burgeoning Tea Party movement and whether or not his brand of craziness could significantly influence the direction of conservatism in America. And then he was gone.
Of course, he's not completely gone. He's still got a website somewhere in virtual land and I guess some people pay money to hear him rant. I have to assume that because I have totally lost track. And he still goes around the country talking to those who might care as he did recently at a "Faith and Freedom Coalition Conference."
In his prepared remarks he said that if America failed to do what Glenn thought best, God would "withdraw his protection" over the country. He also said that he had "seen the finger of God," presumably meaning that he had seen the work of God manifest in our daily lives (I guess). But I'd prefer to think that if there is a gentle God, a merciful God, the only one of His fingers Beck would likely see is the middle one raised at the end of an extended arm.
Something like this: "Hey Glenn, this is God. Go fuck yourself."
Here's the clip of Beck being Beck. I almost miss him.
(Cross-posted at Lippmann's Ghost.)
Labels: Glen Beck
posted by Richard K. Barry at
10:54 AM
1 Comments:
Could you help this British observer of politics please? I cannot make up my mind whether Glenn Beck is actually a lunatic with his hearing the voices and seeing God's finger or gloriously and wickedly cynical in exploitng the gullibility of his listeners and viewers. In my country he would probably be laughed at and exposed to ridicule - David Iyke anyone?
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Richard T, at 5:43 AM
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