...and is he the biggest dork to ever talk into a microphone? I agree with him on a lot of issues, but I'm more interested in listening to the ravings of a madman. He has a good voice, (when he's not using the over-the-top dorky one), and he's obviously pretty bright, but I'll be damned if he isn't also certifiably nuts. On a scale of 1-10, with 10 being the craziest, I give him an 8.5. What say you?
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How crazy is Glenn Beck...
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When I was in Baltimore in the early 90's, Glenn Beck was the morning man on a CHR station...and a damn good morning man. I know that doesn't answer your question.
I bet he was a fine morning man. I'm not saying he isn't talented, I'm saying he's crazy. I mean we all are---it's merely a question of subject and severity---but Beck is off the charts. I fully expect him to start weeping on the air sometime soon.
If you're so intrigued by him, and listen so intently...what does that make you??? ;D
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Seriously, he can be pretty entertaining. My wife used to like to listen to him, now she doesn't.
We have seen him live (on stage) twice. I am not sure why she doesn't watch him on TV, now. I
think she thinks he's just over the top. Maybe you're on to something. He's certainly to be respected
for dealing with the alcoholism issue and facing some of his issues publicly. He may just be crazy
enough to be brilliant. Certainly he figured out how to make mega-bucks.
On a similar note, did anyone see the Hannity & Colmes fight after the VP debate between Dick
Morris and Alan Colmes??? That is one of the most amazing things I have ever seen on live TV...
Dick...went crazy. But, he was right. Alan Colmes asks the same question three or four times all
the time.
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Seriously, he can be pretty entertaining. My wife used to like to listen to him, now she doesn't.
We have seen him live (on stage) twice. I am not sure why she doesn't watch him on TV, now. I
think she thinks he's just over the top. Maybe you're on to something. He's certainly to be respected
for dealing with the alcoholism issue and facing some of his issues publicly. He may just be crazy
enough to be brilliant. Certainly he figured out how to make mega-bucks.
On a similar note, did anyone see the Hannity & Colmes fight after the VP debate between Dick
Morris and Alan Colmes??? That is one of the most amazing things I have ever seen on live TV...
Dick...went crazy. But, he was right. Alan Colmes asks the same question three or four times all
the time.
Good point, but I don't necessarily listen "intently", he's just in the rotation.
And I missed the Morris-Colmes thing. It must be on youtube, right?
And I missed the Morris-Colmes thing. It must be on youtube, right?
I like him. He isn't any more crazy that most of us, just less inhibited. Moreover, if you've followed his TV show on CNN for any length of time, you'd know how spot on he has been with regards to the economy and other political matters.
Crazy like a fox I'd say.
Crazy like a fox I'd say.
Glenn Beck is obviously exceptionally entertaining. His Frontline, Moron Trivia, and Arguments for Idiots bits are incredibly good. But Beck is often over the top with his stream of consciousness crisis du jour, and that proves destructive to his otherwise persuasive arguments and persona.
The biggest problem for republicans in this presidential election has been Beck, Hannity, Rush and other talk radio firebrands who've shot their wad at Obama for months, over and over, ad nauseam. Now, the Obama bombs land with a dull thud. Conservative talkers should have thought more strategically and kept some of their powder dry until the target was squarely in their crosshairs. Then the fireworks could have gone nuclear. Sometimes, it's not about hitting first, but hitting hardest that wins.
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The biggest problem for republicans in this presidential election has been Beck, Hannity, Rush and other talk radio firebrands who've shot their wad at Obama for months, over and over, ad nauseam. Now, the Obama bombs land with a dull thud. Conservative talkers should have thought more strategically and kept some of their powder dry until the target was squarely in their crosshairs. Then the fireworks could have gone nuclear. Sometimes, it's not about hitting first, but hitting hardest that wins.
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O-K. I do not agree with his politics but he's very talented and a great storyteller, no doubt. I found myself listening to him when he first went national because of that. But I lost a great deal of respect for him and quit listening when he revealed his lack of insight and his un-enlightenment when he began deriding Eastern religion and spiritual matters such as meditation. I don't listen to right wing radio at all anymore. I refuse to help them out in that way. But to answer your question: I wouldn't be surprised if anybody in radio had a complete mental breakdown including Beck.
RBA said:He's just another racist. Plenty of "crazy" ravings by him to prove that.
I don't believe I've ever heard him express the fact that he thinks one race (I'm guessing you mean Caucasian since Mr. Beck is not an African-American) is superior to other races. Oh, unless you mean because he does not support Mr. Obama's platform that makes him a racist?? I'm sorry. I can't keep up with what the latest definition of "racist" is. Perhaps you could enlighten us.
I think he does a good job on the TV side, because he's really constrained by the format. I have listened off and on to the radio program and, to tell the truth, it seems at times like the biggest mish-mash of stuff, with no start, end, basically no direction at all. His best bits have been when he did the "letter to the family", which forced him to read at an understandable pace, and with concentrated emotion.
I also notice his continual references to being an alcoholic, an admission which was admirable the first ten times, but it does seem like he injects this non-sequiter when 1. he's excited, 2. scared, 3. with another admitted alcoholic. Maybe he's afraid of falling off the wagon in these troubled times, and he needs the group hug of his listeners.
I would also say that NO ONE does talk radio like Limbaugh. Like him or not, the guy has taken the ball and run with it, and set the tone for the way it should be done. Beck isn't talking to me, he's talking to Stu, and I am interrupting that conversation. Hannity simply yammers and yells, and also seems unorganized.O'Reilly thought he could take his TV charisma and port it on the radio..unh uh, big guy-doesn't work that way. Radio is the HOT medium, TV the COOL, to quote Marshall McLuhan.
I also notice his continual references to being an alcoholic, an admission which was admirable the first ten times, but it does seem like he injects this non-sequiter when 1. he's excited, 2. scared, 3. with another admitted alcoholic. Maybe he's afraid of falling off the wagon in these troubled times, and he needs the group hug of his listeners.
I would also say that NO ONE does talk radio like Limbaugh. Like him or not, the guy has taken the ball and run with it, and set the tone for the way it should be done. Beck isn't talking to me, he's talking to Stu, and I am interrupting that conversation. Hannity simply yammers and yells, and also seems unorganized.O'Reilly thought he could take his TV charisma and port it on the radio..unh uh, big guy-doesn't work that way. Radio is the HOT medium, TV the COOL, to quote Marshall McLuhan.
Tibbs2 said:On a similar note, did anyone see the Hannity & Colmes fight after the VP debate between Dick
Morris and Alan Colmes??? That is one of the most amazing things I have ever seen on live TV...
Dick...went crazy. But, he was right. Alan Colmes asks the same question three or four times all
the time.
I haven't seen that fight, but the asking the same questions over and over tactic has always been used the most by Sean Hannity. Even when his opponent makes a valid point, Hannity goes back to some talking point like the robot he is. That fight between Hannity and Robert Gibbs a week ago was priceless.
And Glenn Beck is a good radio host, but he acts so condescendingly all the time. I've listened to him on numerous occasions and he acts like a know-it-all jerk. I guess that appeals to his audience who need to be told what to think, but I know it grates on me and other people I know.
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Beck is better than Sean Vanity,the Leprochan, and Hush Bimbo. He is a Liberterian who seems restricted by his surroundings. He earned my respect when he appeared on Coast to Coast to Am. Those other clowns would never do that. That being said the King of talk radio is Michael Savage. The man is a legend! He is the only one that tells it the way it is. Beck is good, but he does'nt have the courage and guts of Savage. "
"San Fran Sicko, you're on the Savage Nation!"
"San Fran Sicko, you're on the Savage Nation!"
This post is better than anything on Nashville or Atlanta radio, isn't it???
I know we are veering off the subject, but speaking of FOX...whatever happened to Michelle Malkin?
I assume she ticked the wrong person off? She was pretty straight forward on her thoughts and expressed
them well. Alot better looking than the rest of the lineup. <<< RBA, do you consider that last sentence possibly
racist?
I know we are veering off the subject, but speaking of FOX...whatever happened to Michelle Malkin?
I assume she ticked the wrong person off? She was pretty straight forward on her thoughts and expressed
them well. Alot better looking than the rest of the lineup. <<< RBA, do you consider that last sentence possibly
racist?
used to listen to beck all the time and found him pretty entertaining. but like anything else, after a while his act just got old for me. as for breaking down and crying on the air, he did that long ago. i forget what the topic was but he lost his composure, excused himself and went into a break.
Tibbs2 said:I know we are veering off the subject, but speaking of FOX...whatever happened to Michelle Malkin?
I assume she ticked the wrong person off? She was pretty straight forward on her thoughts and expressed
them well. Alot better looking than the rest of the lineup.
I don't know, did one of her eyes run away or something?
I'm a big Medved fan myself. Anyway, I think the best Beck bits are the faux "educational film strips", or whatever they're called. Those are genius.
Savage is usually spot on, but I can't take his accent longer than ten minutes. "Abrasive" doesn't begin to describe his on-air style.
Savage is usually spot on, but I can't take his accent longer than ten minutes. "Abrasive" doesn't begin to describe his on-air style.
What do you sheep want, Al Franken? The problem with leftist radio is that there's no money and no listeners. Beck, Hannity et al deliver entertainment with a message that keeps them on the air because of agreement. Even Bill O'Reilly's TV show is prospering more and more.
Beck is a genuis. Sure, he's emotional and is ever talking about his "alcoholism" as if it were some prerequsite for controlling a mic, but hey, he's great at what he does.
God forbid Obama slip into the White House as the so-called Fairness Doctrine will be quick to be implemented. Radio will be forever changed...for the worse as a result.
Beck is a genuis. Sure, he's emotional and is ever talking about his "alcoholism" as if it were some prerequsite for controlling a mic, but hey, he's great at what he does.
God forbid Obama slip into the White House as the so-called Fairness Doctrine will be quick to be implemented. Radio will be forever changed...for the worse as a result.
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