“Rhetoric” gunman Jared Loughner might have heard on Friday’s “Glenn Beck”

[Ian David]

By Joe Brooks

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If Jared Loughner was watching Glenn Beck on Friday here is some of the ‘rhetoric’ he would have heard:

* “Ladies and gentlemen of America, I, Glenn Beck am calling for a revolution… a personal revolution that is in the hearts and minds of each and everyone one of us.”

* “The left is calling for a revolution. And they are calling for violence in the streets. I said earlier this week about Van Jones and how … it’s really sounding more and more like ‘Star Wars.’ They are quoting the emperor and Darth Vader. ‘Feel your anger’, ‘Strike out!’ I mean what are you doing? No, Go with Yoda. You remember the weird creepy guy with the ears. He had the answer.”

* “I am so stupid sometimes. I have been looking for answers in all the wrong places. I have been looking to Washington and the parties and the politicians for the answers. And then the Tea Parties came along and they kind of sprouted out and everyone got up and you were like … ‘Wait? That’s kind of cool huh?’ And they changed things. This should be the giant lightning bolt that we are all hit by. The key to overcoming the overwhelming challenges we face in our country is you. And me. And the neighbor next door.”


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See also:

Tea Party Express Fundraises Off Giffords Shooting: 'Tea Party Won't Be Silenced'
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x166155

[maxsolomon]

1. we're calling for violence in the streets?

since when?

[Ian David]

4. In Glenn Beck's mind. That way, he incites people to act to violence FIRST before Liberals get 'em.

[targetpractice]

2. WireUpdate.com is run a young entrepreneur...

...from the Netherlands... Michael van Poppel started BNO News at 18 years old by snagging the @breakingnews Twitter username... From there he launched then abandoned a popular iPhone app for breaking news alerts. He later sold the @breakingnews Twitter username to MSNBC.

I've been a subscriber to his Twitter feed since the beginning... Pretty useful, but I've noticed he's quite conservative and seems to be a big Glenn Beck fan.

I'm about fed up with the Glenn Beck propaganda that pollutes his otherwise useful service.

[Ian David]

6. Here is how I retweeted it...

MT @WireUpdate Day B4 Tuscon shooting, Glenn Beck claimed Liberals planning violent revolution http://bit.ly/hVU6ZP #GWOT #p2

[Hugabear]

3. Give Beck credit, he got at least one thing partially right

"I am so stupid sometimes"

More like all the time, but at least it's a half-truth.

[TheBigotBasher]

5. "Rhetoric"

he would see if he visited now.



Nice gun.