Fox's Glenn Beck Threatens To Kill Anyone Who Buys Blago Book

You know, having penned his own rambling book of crackpot theorizing and unfunny cartoons, you'd think a guy like Glenn Beck would be sympathetic to fellow weirdiepants like Rod Blagojevich, who's taken a six-figure offer to write a tome of his own, sure to be packed with long and abstruse calls for Rahm Emanuel to be subpoenaed, because of some old Gunsmoke episode. Surely this is just the amuse bouche to tide the market over until Beck releases his next work, I Put California In My Mouth Again: LOOKIT IT'S IN MY MOUTH, BLAAARGGLEE!

But no! Beck doesn't want a fretful nation to lose themselves in the pirouetting tangles of Blagojevich's worldview, so much so that he is willing to do corporal harm to anyone who dares buy the Blago book.

[WATCH.]

BECK: Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich lands a six-figure book deal. I swear to God, I am going to hunt you down and kill you like a dog. I mean it. Why would you do it, why would you buy his book.

Why would I do it? Why would I buy his book? Well, now, the hilarious possibility of watching Glenn Beck attempt to hunt me down and kill me like a dog has certainly sweetened the pot!

Comments

[912projectMO]

Please. First of all, do your research and know the whole quote rather than some sliced up bit. Also, if you knew anything about him, he prides himself on sarcasm. Typical, the liberals don't want to put the effort in to actually getting the facts before commenting. Pathetic.

[DocHumboldt]

Glenn Beck can suck a golf ball through a 50' garden hose. No, really. I've seen him do it at parties on the Western Washington University campus back in the 80's.

[LHibbard]

Hooray! I'm putting in my advance order for the book. I'll read it and then use it for self-defense when Glenn comes to visit...

COME AND GET ME GLENN!!! XD

[Pip1860]

This guy just had a bad life....th­at explains his irritable nature.

[edayres]

You know what I found most interesting about his entire piece? He had no solution of his own offer. He had plenty of criticism for the government, economists, made an obvious attempt to show fairness by mentioning how he remembered when Bush was tinkering around with the economy, but really had nothing specifically to offer as a solution. Perhaps, by default, his position is to do nothing. Mr. Beck, I'm sure can afford to ride out whatever calamity that would ensue. Most Americans could not.

Beck completely ignored the culpability of the business community in causing this disaster, particularly the greedy people on Wall Street. The fact is our economic system needs a few alterations if it is ever going to serve the interests of the average American. Much more transparency, more regulation, and discipline to avoid creating more of the "creative" financing schemes such as derivatives, and zero down mortgages must be shown. While we're at it, let's reign in this hedge funds that give the high stakes gamblers an adrenaline surge, and allow many of them to avoid paying taxes to the U.S. Treasury.

[dave1111]

Makes me want to buy Blago's book, and use it in self defense.

[dave1111]

What is this guy? Blago's agent ?

[stdeclan]

Better we should all go out and buy Glenn's treacly tripe of a Christmas sweater book. Now THAT'S entertainment

[solopico]

You people need to learn what sarcasm is.

[Bocado]

True. Considering he's on the Faux Network they (all) lack the intelligence and the wit to come up with something more creative or funny.

"I swear to God, I am going to hunt you down and kill you like a dog. I mean it."
Like LiarLiar said below, those are family values at work.

[912projectMO]

Yes, that is why Fox News is beating the crap out of MSNBC and CNN combined in the ratings. We must be a really stupid country.

[jcollell]

Why do all these characters try to emulate Rush Limbaugh, like that is a good thing.

http://www.youspar.com/

[Fernando]

Ahhh, religious people.
A) Taking the Lord's name in vain for a promise that he will obviously not keep.
B) Threatening people's lives.
C) Isn't this what democracy is NOT about?

Why is it that the super patriots are the ones who LEAST get what this country is all about?

[LiarLiarIraqsOnFire]

"I swear to God, I am going to hunt you down and kill you like a dog. I mean it." - Family Values at work.

[Tommygun264]

Good thing Beck didn't threaten to kill himself - Blago would be a billionaire.

[x004Ronin]

Nicely done.

[Winthorpe]

Love it!

[vjoseph]

Isn't that fascism?

[Eris23Skidoo]

I think so.

[dave1111]

No, it's terroristic threatening and it's illegal.

[just4shiggles]

OMG that was a long clip!!!! I can't stand Glenn Beck's personality for that long and it was almost more than I could take!!! When this jerk showed up on cnn I told my brother that he belonged on fox "news" and that eventually that's where he'd end up. He is one of the most annoying jerks that I have had the displeasure of listening to and my poor brother actually likes him. He appears to be competing with Limbaugh in his over the top verbal and physical antics and I don't see how anyone could stand either of them. Someone should sick their dog on him, let it hunt him down like a.....

[senorseejaybee]

When Beck was on CNN, he was the conservative version of Jon Stewart. A higher degree of praise than perhaps he actually deserves, but in their respective formats, each was drawing from the same infotainment trough. More often than not, I didn't agree with Mr. Beck's viewpoint, nor the case he was presenting to support his opinions. But at least his commentary was somewhat engaging, and at times informative and enlightening. And there was a element in self-deprecating humor that made him actually seem human. Which is not the first adjective that comes to mind when describing the cast of WWE-like cartoon characters that Fox rolls out on a nightly basis. However, judging by his increasingly neurotic and over-the-top persona since leaving CNN for The Dark Side of the broadcast journalism universe, it's obvious that when one joins Fox News, right after they sign their contracts, Mr. Murdoch must require them to have a drink of the special Kool-Aid, featuring a special blend of jingoism, cynicism, and extremism. Because with each broadcast, Mr. Beck seems to be morphing closer and closer into Howard Beele. Don't get me wrong. I'm mad as hell, too. And I'm not going to take them anymore. The fine folks at Fox, that is. And there they go, Glenn, Bill, Sean and Annie, arm in arm, marching down the yellow journalism road, with their fear-mongering mantra of "Armageddon, anarchy, and socialism, oh, my!" Buh-bye.