Glenn Beck Calls Barack "Osama," Says Obama Is An "Unfortunate Name"

On Monday's "Good Morning America," Glenn Beck "accidentally" referred to Barack Obama as "Osama," calling Barack's last name "unfortunate." While the Obama/Osama mix-up was described as one of 2007's biggest media mistakes, the conservative pundit may well have ulterior motives.

Watch:

On Monday's "Good Morning America," conservative radio and TV personality Glenn Beck mixed up Barack Obama and Osama bin Laden, saying "I think Osama -- unfortunate name, Obama" is a relatable candidate. Watch. http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1348330565http://www.brightcove.com/channel.jsp?channel=1178199204

From ABC, 12/17

Comments

[shotgunblast]

What's unfortunate is that Beck is still on TV. How does he keep his job?

[alted1663]

So Glenn Pecker, ohhh! Beck is such an unfortunate name.

[MRb1000]

Yeah good way of saying unfortunate that he is a black man. I do not like black people, but I have beers with them ever now and then. Here we go again with this bigotry. It is every where. White America you better wake up. There are more people of color in the world than you. The same set of standards you place on other will be use on you one day. Stop this bigotry.

[avicenna]

Did he ever let "Curious" slip out when talking about Bush? It is even more infortunate to look like the monkey one is named after.

[MadJeffersonian]

Hen Pecked, sorry...Glenn Beck, had to change his last name from Dipshit. So I guess he knows an unfortunate name when he sees one.

[MadJeffersonian]

Why is even on TV and radio? Why give him the forum to spread his ignorant rants? He is the male equivalent to Coulter - walking, talking hate-filled trash.

[JaneC]

So I guess by Beck's logic, as well as most of the repiglicans, we should no longer trust anyone named George either. That name stirs about as much hate as Osama or Hussein ever did.

No more Georges!

[mari2JJ]

It is hardly believable that this guy made a slip. This is the second time he insulted Obama this way. Either he is a complete incompetent or he deliberately did this hateful thing. I could understand one slip. But never two slips like this. He now has made an issue of Obama right at the time that his fellow Mormon is trying to explain their church to the public. Beck is not helping in the least with these racist remarks.

[eatsanimals]

Uh oh. Liberals getting a taste of their own medicine. Tastes like crap don't it? I wish I had a dollar every time one of y'all insulted our current President.

[undrgrndgirl]

Mr. Beck,
As i told Bill Oh'Really...if you would just use the same parts of their names, you wouldn't get confused...i realize this might be a concept above your right wing comprehension, but i'll try again.
When you use their first names its "Barak" and "Osama", when you use their last names it "Obama" and "bin Ladin"...
Intentionally misusing "Osama" to talk about "Obama" reveals more about Glenn Beck than it does about either Barak Obama or Osama bin Ladin...

[ConcernAmerican]

Obama's name CAN easily be mispronounced by anyone. People are making a big deal out of it.

[chirps]

Well, I’m tired of Glenn Becks ass a’talk’in down to me, and I’m tired of Oprah’s ass…

Here you go folks, a little Xmas present for you all. It’s Tim Wilson’s “I Could Be Wrong”. It just might make you laugh – it sure as hell did me: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-5d5IfdYK4

[blackjack]

Glenn Beck reminds me of what the NAZI supper race finally would look like and sound like compleate STARK RAVING MAD.

[retreadite]

Teddy Kennedy accidentally called him Osama also----who cares?

[olivia]

Glenn Beck is an unfortunate name, too, but you don't find people accidentally calling him Glenn Pecker all the time.

What an awful, dishonest human being.