Glen Beck tops the list of Conservative populist anger at the moment on Fox News. His program typically draws 2.3 million viewers. That is amazing and frightening at the same time. I have only seen snippets of the program and I am usually bewildered by his overly dramatic antics. The thought that came to my mind the last time I saw, Glen Beck ranting was that he was pandering to the audience as if he were on a movie set. Well… as it turns out...I am rather insightful because according to interview that Beck gave he admitted to watching Network and related to one of the main characters. The character that Beck relates to is Howard Beale, (pictured above) the crazed anchorman who states “I’m mad as hell and I’m going to take it anymore!” Take a gander at Becks regular segments entitled “Constitution under Attack” and “Economic Apocalypse” and see for yourself the parallels to Beale and Beck. I have heard that during these segments, Beck will begin to actually cry.
Am I just as apprehensive about the state of the economy? Sure…but unlike so many Conservative pundits I don’t rant and rave and consider it political discourse. I do understand that Beck appeals to a part of the American public that feels alienated, but going as far as saying that God and America are under attack by an evil socialist new world order ? A new order that will result in a complete collapse of the economy that will escalate to widespread violence in the streets? Beck says that he stands behind his words one hundred percent.
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