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What is there to get? You know, Beck has the luxury of not having to fact check and can insert whatever opinion that he wants. He can ride that emotional wave that Obama cannot. Beck does not have to attend meetings and deal with the international community or anything of that nature. All things considered, Beck has it pretty damned easy.
Obama's response is appropriate, especially given his position.
Couldn't help but think that this description (of Beck's "position") fit CANDIDATE Obama pretty well.
One of the reasons Obama often loses the war of words is that he counters the Beck/Tea Party crowd with logic, whereas they are more interested in a sort of je ne sais quoi American values "truthiness."
Liberals have some facts behind them, but until they can learn to duckspeak as well as figures like Beck, they will lose the war of words time after time.
That is a very thoughtful editorial.
The Tea Party not really about money or socialism or the national debt. It's about the end of the Norman-Rockwell/Leave-It-To-Beaver image of America. An America where being a white, middle-class, Protestant is normative. The Tea Partiers are right: it's not about race, per se. It's about race and class and religion together. When they say they "want 'their' country back," what they really mean is they want to feel normative again. They want to be able to say "Merry Christmas" with impunity or to assume everyone is straight. That vision of America is gone forever and no economic recovery can bring it back.
Of course, that America started waning decades ago. Obama is merely a very dramatic representation of the trend.
I disagree with the author in that I'm sure Obama understands it. It's just not something he can talk about and has no power to change.
The irony is that many Tea Partiers, the Roman Catholics, the Mormons, and the non-Anglo Saxon/Scots, would have themselves been seen as suspect Americans as little as 50 years ago. Or perhaps that's why they're so angry? They fought so hard to be part of the Establishment only to find that the Establishment has moved on.
Obama should never address the likes of Beck , Limbaugh or Palin....he should ignore them....
Obama doesn't get the American people who are fed up with his Progressive entitlement theory of government imposed social justice and his job killing economic policies.
Obama doesn't address the American people who disagree with his policies with anything other than contempt.
Glenn Beck is just a talking head but he happens to echo the thoughts and feelings of a significant number of Americans. So when Obama doesn't "get" Beck, he doesn't "get" traditional American values.
The suggestion that Obama ignore the Americans who do not agree with him is exactly the reason his approval ratings have plummited.
Got arrogance? Obama does.
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Why Obama Doesn't Get Glenn Beck
Obama should never address the likes of Beck , Limbaugh or Palin....he should ignore them....
Don't worry, he does ignore them, just as he ignores the entire population of the country who don't agree with his horrible policies.
He is destroying the country, and the fools cheer him on.. How sad for you..!
Why would Obama want to get Beck, Beck is just a clown....
Doesn't it just tick you off that the clown is saving the world from the corrupt Obama..? All it takes is a clown to expose Obama, he is that lame...!! Must hurt to have picked the wrong side...
The things you post could just as well apply to you, especially the last remark.
As is said, "When you keep your cool. maybe you haven't grasped the situation".
The situation is the world is changing and Beck and those that advocate his ideals simply aren't equipped to handle the changes . So they cling to a vision of America that is fading away right before their eyes. That WILL NOT prevent the changes from happening. You can either ride the waves of change or swept under by them.
Love that tolerant liberal attitude! No room for opposing viewpoints - if you disagree, you're just plain stupid!
Sometimes I wonder why I bother reading these forums at all...
So this is a trait you ONLY notice of Liberals?
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Whatever.
