Glenn Beck Compares Obama To Mubarak (VIDEO)

Glenn Beck compared President Obama to Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Tuesday's "Fox and Friends," implying that Obama was exhibiting "sign[s] of a dictator."

Beck said that Obama was being hypocritical by calling for increased freedoms in Egypt while, at the same time, trying to control communications in the United States:

"Did anyone notice the remarkable statements from the President last week where the President was saying, 'look, as long as people are peacefully assembling, they have the right to speak and the government should listen to them?' When he's saying that, all I can think of is the speech where he's walking around going, 'and they're carrying tea bags,' and mocking the American people. And then, while they're pushing for an Internet kill switch for the president that does not have judicial review...he's telling Mubarak, 'anyone who's trying to control the radio, television, and Internet, that's the sign of a dictator.' Come on."

"Interesting dichotomy," Gretchen Carlson replied.

Watch (via Media Matters):

Comments

[4Blu]

06:36 PM on 02/12/2011

At least it's a departure from calling him a nazi.

[monicaevolving]

09:43 AM on 02/05/2011

I think the Egyptian people understand they have an ally in Obama. I wonder if they chose his presidency to rebel because they understood he'd support them. The probably realized that Bush and any Republican president would merely use their rebellion as an excuse to move into Egypt and use it as another base to control Middle East oil.

[Israelibabs]

11:18 PM on 02/06/2011

They don't have oil.

[monicaevolving]

01:41 PM on 02/07/2011

I know they don't have oil. What I'm saying is that social unrest and political shifts in Egypt will impact other countries in the Middle East and certainly impact oil distribution. Wouldn't you say that Egypt is an important player in Middle East policy?

I think it would be disastrous for the U.S. to try and forcibly control Egyptian politics. But, I can see how Republicans would see if differently. I believe they will do pretty much anything to exert control over oil distribution.

[AkhenatentheBlack]

05:49 PM on 02/04/2011

Glen Beck knows full well the that he may someday incite, or has already incited, some deranged individual or individuals to commit to some dastardly act or other; Mr. Beck’s only concern is that such an act not be attention grabbing or flashy enough; and, that due credit my escape him. The creature, Glen Beck, is an egomaniac, fueled by hatred for people not of readily identifiable Nordic ancestry. His hatred is the prime governor and motive force for all of his thoughts and actions. Like any incurably sick animal, he should be put down.

[Stopinstigating]

07:52 PM on 02/04/2011

_You voted for a man who provided financial support for racist hate speech for 20 years then claimed he had no idea.
_Your juvenile attempt to establish a causal link between free speech and behavior has been thoroughly destroyed in court.
_You look the other way when Progressives call for violence:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3ctO7fdrcc
_You call for violence yourself!
"Like any incurably sick animal, he should be put down."

You, therefore, have ZERO credibility as an honest broker of responsible ideas, but please, keep posting. Your race-baiting and call for violence do more to discredit those who share your views than I ever could.

[LastAngelStanding]

05:37 PM on 02/03/2011

he took the words right out of my mouth.

[WSWatchdog]

01:01 PM on 02/03/2011

First Beck says the "Muslim" revolution is going to spread to the Europe and the U.S. and then he says Murbarak is like Obama???!!! In Sara Palin's famous words....WTF!?

Is this guy completely insane and why does the FCC still allow him on the air?

[Janell Parrish]

01:17 PM on 02/03/2011

no hes not insane and he has just as much right to voice his opions as you do thats what america is about FREEDOM

[AkhenatentheBlack]

05:51 PM on 02/04/2011

Freedom enough to put you in a straight jacket, I hope.

[inonoatama]

08:57 PM on 02/04/2011

First of all, "opinions" is spelled as I have just spelled it. Secondly, freedom of speech in America is not an absolute right. You can't say that smoking will cure cancer, you can't take an ad out guaranteeing that a stock will go up 1,000 percent, you can't threaten someone with bodily harm using speech or writing, and importantly, you cannot libel or slander another person. Beck is engaging in slander with the support of a big corporation, and it's not even a close call. Now, please, think and edit before posting anything else, OK? This is a public forum.

[Culturegeek]

01:01 PM on 02/03/2011

I thought Beck liked Mubarak and his ouster was some kind of global Islamic-fundamentalist/Socialist conspiracy somehow involving Code Pink.

I guess that report is now (has always been) doubleplus-ungood. Mubarak has always been the enemy.

[firegood]

12:08 PM on 02/03/2011

If Obama were a dictator, wouldn't Beck be the first one shipped off to the gulag? This is so ridiculous. He actually may be clinically insane.

[Janell Parrish]

12:57 PM on 02/03/2011

i dont think beck is insane people laughed at noah till it started to rain now theres evidence that the flood actually happened. whatch out people its pouring

[firegood]

02:00 PM on 02/03/2011

Oh. Ok. I'll certainly whatch out. Thanks for the advice.

[madame48]

05:16 PM on 02/03/2011

Noah???hahahahahahahahah.... get the galoshes ..the less you know, the more you will believe

[Culturegeek]

03:48 PM on 02/03/2011

Only if he were both a dictator and stupid enough to dignify a psychotic narcissist like Beck with a response. Anybody who believes Glenn Beck's claims of dictatorship probably also hear, and believe, the same thing from their Rice Krispies.

We should ignore Glenn Beck's influence on his followers because, to paraphrase Jesus, "for ye shall have the mentally ill always with ye."

[Rich Phitzwell]

11:45 AM on 02/03/2011

Obama is a liberal elitist communist socialist dictator pin head who has been the POTUS for 30 yrs while attempting a Muslim takeover and destruction of the only God approved way of life, capitalism.

Miss anything?

[Rich Phitzwell]

01:08 PM on 02/03/2011

Oh yeah I forgot hes a pod person born on Mars who wants to BK the USA by raising taxes to ease the Mexican and Islamic joint invasion.

[AkhenatentheBlack]

05:54 PM on 02/04/2011

Yes, you forgot to mention that you yourself are a chisel di$k.

[TruEngineHearing]

11:33 AM on 02/03/2011

He's just hoisting his junk-thought of the moment to see if anyone salutes. If he gets a nibble, he'll shake the bait a bit and see if anyone else shows up. If nothing happens he'll drop it and hoist a new one.

[Stopinstigating]

12:07 PM on 02/03/2011

So how is Beck's formula different from any other entrepreneur you know?

[TruEngineHearing]

06:41 PM on 02/03/2011

It isn't.

[kareemachan]

12:23 PM on 02/03/2011

@stop - you can't actually refute what he's saying, can you? And the "everybody else is doing it" meme is so worn out.

[Stopinstigating]

07:16 PM on 02/03/2011

Ummm... Why would I - or anyone who has had to actually sell a product or service for a living - want to refute TruEngineHearing's rather succinct description of a rather common marketing best practice?

[yoli647]

11:00 AM on 02/03/2011

Sick, sick, man!

[weneedsanity]

07:41 AM on 02/03/2011

Does anyone else think that Beck is certifiable? And, if not, why not?

[Larry Motuz]

01:00 AM on 02/04/2011

We generally do not certify sociopaths. Once recognized, it's best simply not ever to trust them. At heart, every sociopath is a bully and a coward, but they are not insane as such.

[inonoatama]

08:59 PM on 02/04/2011

I think he's basically being used as an attention-getting circus freak. There's no other explanation for it. Fox is surely losing a fortune on that show.

[Stopinstigating]

02:49 AM on 02/03/2011

How soon those on the left forget.

During the 2008 Presidential campaign Barack Obama told audiences, "Judge me by the people with whom I surround myself."

And that is precisely what Glenn Beck has done. While his take on what he has uncovered may certainly be open to question, he has,nevertheless, raised legitimate concerns in the minds of a lot of people who have always felt that Mr. Obama's past was largely ignored by the mainstream press.

I've never understood how so many people who consider themselves to be so much smarter than everyone else, could trust a man that would throw his pastor and his church under the bus after 20 years - and still vote for him to be President (then act surprised when he breaks his promises!).

The Obama administration is two-faced - just like Barack. His new "spirit of cooperation" won't easily erase the memory of his arrogance during the past two years. I have absolutely no problem with Beck's characterization.

[hoobit]

03:50 AM on 02/03/2011

Apparently there's a lot not understood, Stopinsitgating. Beck likes it that way. As does Rush. And Bill-O. And, apparently, you.

[Stopinstigating]

12:00 PM on 02/03/2011

And you're qualified to make that determination because...?

[clearpepsi]

06:32 AM on 02/03/2011

you seem very gullible

[Stopinstigating]

12:02 PM on 02/03/2011

And what makes you so sure you're not the gullible one? Your education? Your ethnic background? Your genetics? Your social group?

[Rich Baska]

01:37 AM on 02/03/2011

Beck's new shtick is to paraphrase Limbaugh every day. At least he used to be somewhat original.

[JBaker]

12:00 AM on 02/03/2011

Glenn Beck has compared himself to a "rodeo clown". I would take him at his word.

[King Joffe Joffer]

10:15 PM on 02/02/2011

Im not even going to address Beck's comments. What I am curious about is why do some Americans think that we have a right to dictate whats going on in countries thousands of miles from here? You think we would have learned to leave sovereign nations to their own affairs. We have enough to worry about here to get in Egypt's business.

[ForVivi]

11:29 PM on 02/02/2011

Just fresh out of a meeting with President Obama, McCain had his own message for Mubarak. Just who does he think he is?

[wespenn56]

11:17 AM on 02/03/2011

Fanned and faved. Think of the financial shape this country could be in had we not squandered hundreds of millions of dollars playing policeman to the rest of the world. We could even perhaps afford to provide our own citizens with decent healthcare, like the rest of the industrial world does since they pay far less for "defense"