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Friday, October 9, 2009

Media Glenn Beckwatch: Colbert's New Hero?

Posted by on Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 3:14 PM

Stephen Colbert has just had a good long sip of the Glenn Beck Kool-Aid:

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I think this means that Colbert is preparing to abandon Bill O'Reilly as his ideological hero for Beck's loonier shores of libertarianism. This is a momentous occasion, and quite a coup for Glenn.

 

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Chris in Vancouver WA 1
So when's Steven gonna cry on air?

"I...I just love...myself!"
Posted by Chris in Vancouver WA on October 9, 2009 at 3:27 PM
Anc 2
Beck may call himself a Libertarian but that doesn't make it so.
Posted by Anc on October 9, 2009 at 3:53 PM
3
So will Stephen convert from catholic to whatever the hell Glen Beck is?
Posted by ams_ on October 9, 2009 at 3:57 PM
Andy_Squirrel 4
god i hope that Colbert dyes his hair dirty blonde.....
Posted by Andy_Squirrel on October 9, 2009 at 4:07 PM
5
Glenn Beck is *not* a libertarian.
I think Colbert has been drifting away from O'Reilly because he is now one of the less insane sounding people on Fox (and this is an no way meant to imply that he is not coocoo for cocopuffs). Fox really has embraced the Palinians and given up altogether on attempts to appear objective.
Posted by NomadontheGo on October 9, 2009 at 7:40 PM
undead ayn rand 6
"Beck may call himself a Libertarian but that doesn't make it so. "

All the old neocons now call themselves "independents", the same shit GOP under a new moniker.
Posted by undead ayn rand on October 9, 2009 at 10:32 PM
Anc 7
@6, The difference being that Libertarians have their own party and well thought out platform (which judging by his rantings Beck does not subscribe to). The Neo-Cons have neither, PNAC having folded years ago.
Posted by Anc on October 10, 2009 at 3:59 PM

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