Excerpt of a "comedy" bit (still available on Beck's website with a subscription) which presumably ran on his radio show:
[theme song: The new KKK, we love the coloreds, Jews and gays, we don't lynch 'em per se, it's the new KKK!]
What happens when pop star Michael Jackson complains about racism?
In the past, we ... would have covered him in pig blood and watched as vultures swooped down...
As the "joke" continues, the grand wizard describes the KKK's new, more progressive policy - to determine the "least painful" place to shoot Michael Jackson so he would only bleed to death. This new policy represents the new KKK's more tolerant, "close-to-painful murdering" of the "dark people".
I guess this is supposed to be funny because the old policy was for painful murdering of the dark people, and now that the "new KKK" has become all progressive and modern, the policy is only for "close-to-painful" murdering of the dark people.
The audio of the full bit is available on Beck's website with a subscription - here.
Comedy - Glenn-Beck style.
But don't call Beck a racist! He gets really, really put out if you do.
However, it is totally ok for Beck to call other people racists - like the President of the United States, for example, and Supreme Court Justices. Just because they can't defend themselves because of their offices, well, that's no reason not to keep piling on and on and on in a completely unfair and one-sided attack!
As the week went on, it became clearer that Sotomayor would be a victim of attacks from conservatives in the media reminiscent of those on Obama:
MSNBC's Pat Buchanan called Sotomayor a "lightweight," "an anti-white, liberal judicial activist." He and his sister Bay both claimed that Sotomayor's nomination was the result of "affirmative action."
Media Matters' Eric Boehlert went head-to-head with former Rep. Tom Tancredo on CNN over the context of Sotomayor's past comments. During the segment, Tancredo claimed Sotomayor was a member of the "Latino KKK," earning the right-wing former congressman the mocking of MSNBC's Rachel Maddow.
Jeffrey Kuhner, filling in for right-wing radio host Michael Savage, claimed Sotomayor believes "that America is a racist, sexist, homophobic and misogynist society."
Fox News' Glenn Beck said Sotomayor's appointment was more evidence of a Marxist "hostile takeover" of the United States. He also called her a "racist," who "is not that bright" and "divisive."
Savage described Sotomayor as "Chairman O's pick for the Supreme Court" and a "radical activist."
Radio host and conservative movement leader Rush Limbaugh called Sotomayor "an angry woman," "bigot," and "racist."
Mark Krikorian, over at the National Review Online, had an issue with the pronunciation of Sotomayor's name, writing that "it sticks in my craw."
Fox News' Sean Hannity claimed Obama turned "his back on Mainstream America" by nominating "the most divisive nominee possible," a "radical."
A "racist," who "is not that bright" and "divisive." Let me think. Who does that remind me of, OTHER than Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor, of course! LOL!
BONUS! MORE NOT-RACISM RACISM:
September 16, 2006- Beck decries calling people racists (other than decrying himself for calling President Obama and Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor racists, of course!)
And even MORE hypocrisy on the race issue so brazen - you gotta love it!
Beck, Limbaugh, Hannity criticize Democrats for saying attacks are race-based -- but they've also leveled charges of racism
Glenn Beck: "[F]alse cries of racism" are "dangerous," like when someone "cries 'fire.' " On his radio show, Glenn Beck said there are "false cries of racism on Joe Wilson when there's absolutely nothing to back it" and demanded "evidence." From the September 16 broadcast of Premiere Radio Networks' The Glenn Beck Program:
BECK: If I was a betting man, I would say that the false cries of racism on Joe Wilson when there's absolutely nothing to back it -- just back it up. Just back it up. You want to say, "Hey, I think this guy is a racist"? Well, then, let's listen to the explanation. Let's ask: What is your evidence that he's a racist? What is your evidence? And let's do it with peace and love in our hearts. What is your evidence?
I haven't heard their evidence. Has anybody even asked their evidence? I'd like to ask for the evidence. What evidence do you have that Joe -- because maybe he is. I don't know. I've looked. We've had our researchers look. I haven't found any evidence. [SO YOUR TOP RESEARCHERS MISSED WILSON'S SUPPORT FOR THE CONFEDERATE FLAG? OOPS!] So, let's hear it. Maybe he is.
But that should be asked. Why would you say that? Because racism is real. And if you have evidence, well, then, we should listen to it. And maybe we can convince them that they're either right or they're wrong. Maybe we can say, "Oh my gosh. Oh, I hear your evidence now. Oh, I see. OK. You're right." Or, "Mmm, no, you're wrong, and here's why." You see? That's maybe what we should do.
It's kind of like -- it's really interesting to me. When somebody cries "fire," why do they cry "fire"? Because it's dangerous. Kind of like racism. It's dangerous. OK? So, if somebody cries "fire," how come we've just now entered a world where if somebody cries "fire," nobody says, "Wait, wait, where? Where? You see smoke? Help me out. Where's the fire?" [THERE'S AN INTERESTING QUESTION - TO ASK YOURSELF, GLENN.]
How come we either just say, "You liar! There is no fire! You should be thrown out of a window!" Or, "Yeah, there's a fire in here, and you started it!" Why do we do that? Why do we do that? Why don't we reasonably and rationally say, "Oh, hang on just a second. Where's the fire? I don't see any evidence of fire. Where's the fire?" "No, don't you smell that? You smell the smoke?" "No, I don't -- oh, hang on just a sec. Yes, I do. Let's call the fire department and look and find out where the smoke is coming from." Why don't we do that anymore?
Because it's really not about fire. It's really now -- the cries of racism -- most times, not all times -- some people have evidence and would like to have that conversation. When there are cries of racism, sometimes it's not because there's real racism. Sometimes it's because there's somebody mealing around in the office, you know, that might figure out what's going on in the office and then might report it.
And so what do they do? "Fire! Fire!" -- to get everybody out of the office so they can continue to cover up what they need covered. And so you're all standing out on the sidewalk going, "Gee, fire." But you know what? After that person cries "fire" over and over and over again and there is no fire, maybe we should look at that and say, "Why do they keep crying 'fire'?"[ANOTHER INTERESTING QUESTION GLENN MAY WANT TO ASK HIMSELF.] [The Glenn Beck Program, 9/16/09]
Previously: Beck calls Obama a "racist" with "a deep-seated hatred for white people." Beck said on Fox News' Fox & Friends that Obama is a "racist" and has "exposed himself as a guy" who has "a deep-seated hatred for white people." [Fox & Friends, 7/28/09]
BONUS 2: ADDITIONAL NOT-RACISM RACISM:
Today on Beck's radio program, he sneered at those who believe opposition to health care reform is based on racism:
There's a new Rasmussen poll that is out today...88% of ...Republicans say that the notion that most opponents of health care are racists is ridiculous! 78% of voters not affiliated with either major party say it is ridiculous. Only 39% of Democrats do. [long pause] Only 39% of Democrats say that is a ridiculous idea....You gotta be kidding me.
Those idiots! Where would they get the crazy idea that those who are opposed to health care reform are opposed to it because of racism????
Beck promo: "Is massive Health Care bill reparations?" In an online message promoting the July 23 broadcast of his Fox News program, titled "Is massive Health Care bill reparations?" Beck stated:
President Obama has long said he's not for reparations. Of course, the media leaves it at that -- because that's the mainstream view so they want him to look good. But, the real reason Obama is not for reparations is because he feels the [sic] don't go far enough. He actually 'fears' them because he thinks the public would assume the score is settled. He's for reparations all right -- he's just going about getting them in a much scarier way.
Beck points to health care bill provision as evidence that Obama supports reform as a form of "reparations." Beck pointed to a component of the House Democrats' health care bill to buttress his claim that Obama supports health insurance reform as a form of "reparations," asserting:
BECK: Written in the first 1,000-plus-page bill -- that nobody's going to read before they vote on it -- is a provision in this health care bill that says a medical school or other health-related institution pursued a grant or other contract from the government, they would have to prove their inclusiveness to minorities.
On Page 881 and 882 of this bill, it states, quote, "The secretary of Health and Human Services shall give preference to those entities that have demonstrated a record of the following: One, training individuals who are underrepresented minority groups or disadvantaged backgrounds. Two, a high rate of placing graduates in practice settings having the principal focus of serving in underserved areas or populations experiencing health disparities. And three, supporting teaching programs that address the health care needs of vulnerable populations.
After reading from the provision, Beck concluded, "So. You got it? This isn't preference to the best institutions that are going to be churning out our doctors, but the institutions with the most diversity. We shouldn't be dishing out grants based on what hospital looks, you know, the most like an Old Navy commercial." [Fox News' Glenn Beck, 7/23/09]
Beck repeatedly referred to "reparations" while discussing Obama's "universal program." Beck stated that "just in case the universalness of the program doesn't somehow or another quench his reparation appetite, he's making sure to do his part to pay the debt in the other areas. Written in the first 1,000-plus-page bill -- that nobody's going to read before they vote on it -- is a provision in this health care bill that says a medical school or other health-related institution pursued a grant or other contract from the government, they would have to prove their inclusiveness to minorities." [Fox News' Glenn Beck, 7/23/09]
Beck: Obama agenda driven by "reparations" and desire to "settle old racial scores." Beck said of Obama's agenda, including the distribution of stimulus funds and selection of advisers, "His goal is creating a new America, a new model, a model that will settle old racial scores through new social justice." Beck also commented, "Obama is no dummy. He knows that you would never pass reparations. He knows you would never pass any of this stuff. This is all affirmative action." Earlier, he said, "[T]his is what he said on the campaign trail -- he's not for reparations because they don't go far enough. We need health care. We need everybody to go to college, et cetera, et cetera. So, we have no reparations. We also have no capitalism, which leads him, in his mind, to justice -- to justice. That is what we're changing to." [Fox News' Glenn Beck, 7/23/09]
Beck: "Office of Minority Health" could allow for "litigation against Doritos" since "minorities" may "eat more Doritos." Beck suggested that the Office of Minority Health could allow for "litigation against Doritos" since "minorities" may "eat more Doritos." The Office of Minority Health's stated mission "is to improve and protect the health of racial and ethnic minority populations through the development of health policies and programs that will eliminate health disparities." During a discussion about the office with Fox News contributor Linda Chavez, Beck said:
[H]ere's what I was worried about, because the Office of Minority Health -- I guess you could say, you know -- and I don't know the stats, but let's just say minorities eat more Doritos, so there's more heart disease. Well, wouldn't that lead towards lawsuits and litigation about -- against Doritos or whatever it is? Doesn't this just open up all kinds of things, when instead, what we should be saying is, "Stop eating so many Doritos"?
Chavez responded, "Well, that's true, by the way, for all Americans. I mean, a lot of our unequal health outcomes have to do with not just income but behavior." Beck then said, "But there is no 'Office for Majority Health.' " [Fox News' Glenn Beck, 7/23/09]
Beck suggested that Democrats want patients and doctors to be of the same race. On Beck, Chavez said that under the Democrats' health care plan, "we're also going to try to make sure that if you go to a doctor and you're black or Latino I guess that you're going to have to be treated by a black or Latino doctor. And that's what all of the preferences are in terms of medical school admissions that are in this bill." Beck responded, "You know, I really don't care what color of the doctor is. I don't care. Man, woman -- I mean, I don't care. I just want to make sure they're the right person to do it. But apparently, I'm alone in that, Linda?" Chavez answered, "Well, apparently a lot of medical schools -- and there're going to be more if this bill passes -- admit students not so much based on whether they did well on the tests or in their science courses as undergraduates, but to try to satisfy this whole notion of diversity. And that's a very, very bad bargain, because it produces bad doctors." [Fox News' Glenn Beck, 7/23/09]
Beck guest: "What happens to a black man in America? Well, you slit your wife's throat from ear to ear, and you get acquitted by a jury." Beck hosted conservative author David Horowitz, who said of the arrest of Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr., "It's Harvard arrogance. The guy went into a panic mode. And then he reached for the race card. And in America -- you know, what happens to a black man in America? Well, you slit your wife's throat from ear to ear, and you get acquitted by a jury when the whole nation knows that you're guilty." Beck invited two African-American crew members from the program to respond to Horowitz's comments, one of whom said that the police had searched his car without reason. Horowitz responded, "And the gentleman is concerned because the cops are searching his car. If he's on the New Jersey Turnpike or in that area, 70 percent of the drug dealers are black. And who do you think they're dealing the drugs to? Poor blacks in the -- in Newark and the inner cities there." Horowitz also said of the Harvard black studies department, "[I]t's almost the only black studies department in the country that isn't about racial huckstering." [Fox News' Glenn Beck, 7/23/09]
Beck on reparations: "The 360,000 in the Civil War, that wasn't enough?" Beck said on his Fox News show, "As I warned before the election, [Obama] doesn't think that reparations would go far enough. Quote, 'I fear that reparations would be an excuse for some to say, "We've paid our debt," and to avoid the much harder work.' You've got to be kidding me. So we can never pay the debt? The 360,000 in the Civil War, that wasn't enough?" Beck made a similar claim on his radio show, saying, "But none of that enters into Obama's thinking. He doesn't even consider the 360,000 Union troops killed in the Civil War as debt paid." [Fox News' Glenn Beck, 7/23/09, The Glenn Beck Program, 7/23/09]
Beck: Obama "is putting through reparations times 10." Beck mentioned reparations many other times on his radio show, at one point saying, "This man [Obama] is putting through reparations times 10." Beck also asked, "Who'd receive the money? All blacks, or just those directly descended from slaves? Would Barack Obama?" Beck later added, "Wait a minute. His father was not a descendent of slaves, and his mother was white. So maybe Michelle Obama would be the only one that should be able to get the cash. Since Obama is half white and half black, would he pay and receive? See, these are the tricky questions, but then again, they have nothing to do with Obama's objection to reparations. Obama is against direct reparations for one reason: He doesn't ever want the victim card to be lost." [The Glenn Beck Program, 7/23/09]
Beck's health care fix: "[L]et's weed out the illegal aliens that are here." Beck described a recent trip to the emergency room, saying, "Nobody spoke English in the waiting room. And I waited two hours to get into the -- to see the doctor at the emergency room. Two hours. OK, I have no problem. But are these people who are here legally or illegally?" In the context of fixing the health care system, Beck later proposed: "[L]et's weed out the illegal aliens that are here. Stop illegal aliens from coming in. Protect the border -- it kills several birds with one stone." [The Glenn Beck Program, 7/23/09]
Beck: "[M]odern day slave state" being constructed out of government programs. Beck said of the purported involvement of ACORN and the SEIU in the collection of information for the Office of Minority Health and the Office of Civil Rights, "So, now, inside the health care bill is an organization where your tax dollars are going to go to go find information out about minority health. It creates a group of slaves to the government -- a group of people working for the government -- most likely minorities, working for the government, under the auspices of community organizers, going door to door to find out information about people's health. This is a modern-day slave state that is being created." [The Glenn Beck Program, 7/23/09]
Ironically, Beck also rhetorically asked earlier in the show - "Are you trying to be an honest broker"? Insinuating that he is the only "honest broker" in the media.
Glenn Beck - he sure is one not-racist honest broker!