Glenn Beck was mystified by Mitt Romney’s performance in Monday night’s final debate and frustrated that Romey did not take advantage of what Beck believed were the dozens of opportunities for him to eviscerate President Obama over his claims and statements. But while Beck could not, for the life of him, understand what Romney’s strategy was, he is confident that it was the right strategy because Romney is “being guided” by God and apparently God’s message to Romney was that “it’s important to be less contentious [so] it may be he’s doing what the Lord wants him to do right now” … because he is just like George Washington….
Today’s coffee-spew moment is brought to you by…well, while it might sound silly to say “unmedicated lunacy,” that’s pretty much what’s to blame here.
As a general rule, I roundly ignore Glenn Beck. Let’s face it; Beck is more circus clown and village idiot than he is reasonable, thoughtful pundit. That said, it’s been quite entertaining to see the lengths the Far Right is willing to go to in order to prop up the flagging campaign of Mitt Romney. When you get right down to it, few can swim in the deep end of the hyperbole pool with more alacrity and buoyancy than Glenn Beck.
Election Day is less than two weeks off, and if you’re a Republican the trend isn’t promising. While Romney lies and prevaricates with increasing fury, apologists like Beck are left to try and introduce their own spin…and by “spin,” I mean “blatant, unvarnished propaganda.”
One of my favorite Texasisms is, “They’re aint enough lipstick to pretty up that pig.” No matter what anyone on the Right says, Mitt Romney is not on the winning side of the equation. No amount of sweet talking, propagandizing, or blowing sunshine up our backsides is going to change that reality. Bzrring Barack Obama being caught inflagrante delicto with a dressage horse, the odds are pretty good that he will defeat Romney on November 6th. That’s no guarantee, of course, but you can almost smell the desperation emanating from the Far Right. As entertaining as that may be, the ugliness and the vitriol is growing rather tiresome.
Still…ya gotta appreciate any pundit who can with all gravitas and seriousness turn a phrase like, “A modern day George Washington who is being guided by God.”
That’s some world-class over the top hyperbole…and as much as I detest everything Glenn Beck represents and stands for, even I have to doff my metaphorical cap to him. He may be a horrible excuse for a human being, but he is entertaining.
Well done, sir….
