Michigan Chamber Of Commerce Embraces Glenn Beck

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Think Progress » Michigan Chamber Of Commerce Embraces Glenn Beck, Invites Him To Be A Keynote Speaker

On his Fox News show this past Wednesday, right-wing extremist Glenn Beck claimed, “The uber-left is in business with big business.” But next Tuesday, Beck is keynoting a U.S. Chamber of Commerce forum in Michigan sponsored by several major corporations, including AT&T, Comcast, and Dow Corning.

Although Beck’s race-baiting and McCarthyism have led a massive advertiser boycott of his Fox News program, the largest business lobby in the United States has chosen to embrace him as the “dinner keynote speaker” for the 2009 “Future Forum” at Michigan State University’s Kellog Forum on September 15th:

Beck has called President Obama a “socialist,” a “Marxist,” and a “racist” with a “deep-seated hatred of white people.” It may not come as a surprise that the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, with its right-wing agenda of blocking health care reform, clean energy legislation, and workers’ rights, is embracing Glenn Beck’s hate and fearmongering...

http://thinkprogress.org/2009/09/11/beck-chamber-of-commerce/

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1. Of course, he's doing the Chamber of Commerce's bidding.....

Useful Idiot, he is.

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2. Glenn Beck Michigan appearance draws Democratic protests

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4059536

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3. “The uber-left is in business with big business.” but were Socialist Marxists as well!

Will someone PLEASE just fucking put this moron in his place? Can someone from academia descend the ivory tower and point out the obvious? That this idiot says shit to upset greater idiots than he.

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4. And MI isn't even a Southern state! nt

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5. It's the Michigan CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.....which has very little to do with the people of Michigan.

We didn't elect them.

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6. Tell them they can do without your tourist dollars.

They want Glenn Beck, fine they lose your tourist dollars, you are heading for another state for your vacation.


http://www.michigan.org/Contact-Us/Default.aspx

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7. What does the Chamber of Commerce have to do with the state?

Blue State, Democratic governor, two Democratic senators, a Democratic state House, and the city with the highest Democratic % vote in the last two presidential elections.

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8. granted, however the larger

strategy of making neo-cons pay for putting out propaganda is the issue, i mean what do you think beck will do? more hate-mongering

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9. Sometimes its really embarrassing to be from there. nt

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10. Chambers of Commerce, associated with the US Chamber of Commerce, are repugnant eveywhere....

...... your statement is rather pointless.

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11. Obviously, that's not the only reason. Hence, the "sometimes" . . .

There are some great things about the state . . . but politically the west side has often been frustrating/embarrassing. Hoekstra is a great example. Your opinion is duly noted . . .