Saturday, November 20, 2010

Jon Stewart's Brilliant Glenn Beck Parody

Last week, Glenn Beck came up with a whopper of a story, using marionettes of all things, to prove that (cue scary music) George Soros is trying to take down America.  As with any good conspiracy theory, there were nuggets of truth, some wild conjecture, and lots of hyperbole.  But the funny part was, much of Beck's storyline--a rich, powerful old white dude with a media empire, and a stated political viewpoint--could easily fit Rupert Murdoch, Beck's own boss.

On Thursday's The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Stewart gave us his latest comedic Glenn Beck impression, and nailed it.  It was brilliant, and it was funny. And it kind of went against Stewarts recent arguments that he's more comedian than political pundit

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7 comments:

  1. And America notes that sarcastic theater does nothing to refute the data presented by Glenn Beck.

    Mocking is not reason.
    Beck's point stands unchallenged.

    (and thanks for getting me started on watching Glenn Beck, just in time to catch all his damning evidence against Soros; Soros's own speeches, interviews, and writings)
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  2. Are you freaking kidding me? Stewart tore Beck APART with this piece. And also proved that Beck's anti-Soros rant could apply to Rupert Murdoch just as easily. Stewart exposes Beck as a buffoon, and you like Beck even more for it? Unbelievable.

    By the way, Glenn beck damned HIMSELF in his own words, declaring himself a circus clown, and saying that nobody would believe what he says unless they're an idiot. Yeah, he said it.

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  3. Trying to have a reasonable discussion with Sofa is futile. He operates solely on the "I know you are but what am I" level.

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  4. Whoops, actually Beck referred to himself as a "rodeo clown" not a circus clown:

    http://gawker.com/5189897/glenn-beck-calls-himself-a-rodeo-clown

    And here is where Beck calls himself an entertainer who doesn't give a crap about the political process:


    http://www.examiner.com/political-buzz-in-national/video-glenn-beck-claims-he-is-only-an-entertainer-not-interested-the-political-process

    For someone who claims to have a special insight as to what's "really going on" behind the surface in the world, Sofa, you're awfully gullible when it comes to the media figures you follow.

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  5. james- I don't follow Beck. He seems to follow behind the rest of the country; but he summarizes well.

    And yes, he is humble and self-effacing. Not a stuffed shirt, just a guy with common sense (who happens to be slaying the collectivists).
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    Stewart hits the collectivist talking points: The dialectic that is being ignored. But keep speaking in that insider irrelevant manner amongst yourselves. America now ovewhelmingly rejects that foolishness.
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  6. I guess I'd rather be a collectivist than a corporatist. There is a Christian principle here--and though I was raised one, I don't claim to be one--that you're ignoring. "I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me" That there is Jesus for you.

    Jesus was a collectivist. He wasn't a big fan of rich people, money or possessions. Just a thought.

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  7. Jesus taught that each individual is valuable as an individual, that each life is valuable, that everyman is to be respected. No classes (sorry Marx), just freemen with free will, each doing the best they can.

    The collectivist myth is that Jesus was a collectivist. Fearing God, Marx preached misunderstanding, miseducation, and mythology.
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