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'The Overton Window': Glenn Beck Responds To Washington Post's Negative Review Of His Book (VIDEO)

The Overton Window

First Posted: 06/15/10 05:08 PM ET Updated: 05/25/11 05:45 PM ET

Washington Post:

I was flattered to learn that Glenn Beck read my review of his new book "The Overton Window" and even took time to remark upon it during his morning radio show. But I wish he had read the review a little more carefully because he refers to things in it that weren't there.

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I was flattered to learn that Glenn Beck read my review of his new book "The Overton Window" and even took time to remark upon it during his morning radio show. But I wish he had read the review a lit...
I was flattered to learn that Glenn Beck read my review of his new book "The Overton Window" and even took time to remark upon it during his morning radio show. But I wish he had read the review a lit...
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ghee99 10:08 PM on 06/15/2010
for this reviewer to claim he wasn't implying that beck's readers would be urged towards violence is completely disingenuous.

the reviewer feigns innocence when he asks in his rebuttal "And where is the mention of a violent shooting?"

read this quote, another passage from his review, and tell me this reviewer isn't saying that becks book will urge its readers (you know, those dumb  Read More...
05:56 PM on 06/22/2010
Didn't Glen Beck go on tour about a year ago or so..He only sold like 20% of the seats in Boston. He had to cancel a bunch of bookings.

At least it back in the stupid days were 50% voters for BUSH..this proves the Stupidity level has gone down somewhat. There's are a few of them around kicking and whining - leftovers who haven't woken up yet. Glen Beck is one of them
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Zen0469
An empty micro-bio is a happy micro-bio.
12:38 AM on 06/18/2010
Speaking of Glen Beck's birth day, there may be more to his story that I thought. What if an alien spacecraft dropped Glen through "The Ovarian Window" and that is how we got stuck with him?
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Weirdwriter
01:31 AM on 06/17/2010
Mr. Beck typically sees things that aren't there, so no surprise...
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michelesda
My micro-bio is empty.
08:08 PM on 06/16/2010
Much doodoo about nothing.
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CaptainSunshine
06:11 PM on 06/16/2010
Of course, he cried!
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cybersense
01:51 PM on 06/16/2010
yuck. I mean, this beck guy never gets better, or goes away. I usually give credit when it is due, but when there isn't any to be given. . .
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SoCalNick
Former 99er, Business Owner, Proud Veteran 101st
01:13 PM on 06/16/2010
A NEW one for you today.

An Acronym for Glen Beck.

G LORIFIED

L EECH

E NRAGING

N UTJOBS

B ARELY

E NSCONCED

C OVERT

K KKLANSMAN

...................................That is all
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capt ayhab
No War on IRAN
01:18 PM on 06/16/2010
Me likes that acronym

fanned
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RockyMissouri
'You must be carefully taught to hate'...
02:08 PM on 06/16/2010
Apropos.......!
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HUFFPOST COMMUNITY MODERATOR
SoCalNick
Former 99er, Business Owner, Proud Veteran 101st
01:12 PM on 06/16/2010
A NEW one for you today.

An Acronym for Glen Beck.

G LORIFIED

L EECH

E NRAGING

N UTJOBS

B ARELY

E NSCONCED

C OVERT

K KKLANSMAN

........................................That is all
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MJHammonds
Optimistic Cynic
01:06 PM on 06/16/2010
I must agree with the critic. The pieces of prose quoted from the book were indeed painful.
01:06 PM on 06/16/2010
O cool. I am going to buy this book right away!
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Wendy Johnson
03:58 PM on 06/16/2010
Beck's ghostwriter Jack Henderson will be gratified I'm sure.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/chris-kelly/glenn-becks-new-novel-abo_b_613861.html
07:31 PM on 06/16/2010
satire.
12:35 PM on 06/16/2010
Glenn Beck wrote a book??
Wow.
I have a pet chimp. Maybe I should leave a typewriter in his cage and see what I come-up with.
*typewriter mentioned as rhetorical tool - forgive me. ( ;
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Vikingdave
When vikings were just little.
12:07 PM on 06/16/2010
Poor Beck. He really needs to STAY in Detox this time. For my progressive friends, I offer this.
http://stopbeck.com/remaining-sponsors/
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zlohcuc
"Serving millions from atop the Allegheny"
11:55 AM on 06/16/2010
"But I wish he had read the review a little more carefully because he refers to things in it that weren't there."

This is in keeping with much of Beck's commentary...born of convenience and wrought to support questionable ends. As proven over and over again, lunacy sells.
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Thor Larson
11:52 AM on 06/16/2010
I enjoy stories like "The Overton Window" and like "The Road" because I really believe that there is a chance that such things can/will happen at some point. Sunshine and lollipops is for teleprompters.
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MJHammonds
Optimistic Cynic
01:04 PM on 06/16/2010
Teleprompters are machines. I don't think they feel much of anything.
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Sad But True
Food for thought tastes like chicken
01:11 PM on 06/16/2010
Please don't group Glenn Beck in with the likes of Cormac McCarthy.
11:34 AM on 06/16/2010
Thank you, WP! Glenn Beck's book is at #1 on Amazon now!
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crosshatchaz
The meaning of life is to give life meaning.
11:44 AM on 06/16/2010
A lot of broken table legs?
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clearthinker16
reads, investigates and thinks before making stupi
11:59 AM on 06/16/2010
When did Amazon start selling toilet paper?