Since Glenn Beck's FOX show ended its run, it seems like we don't hear as much about the weepy, hate-spewing, anti-Obama super patriot as we used to.
But after years of fighting the good fight, and selling you gold, guns, and survivalist claptrap, Glenn Beck has apparently become...the enemy.
In a story reported on by Alternet, it appears that your Gadsden-flag-waving, tea-drinking, self-proclaimed "revolutionary" types are pissed off.
"That's not surprising" you might say, because "Operation American Spring" which was supposed to bring literally millions of people to Washington to oust the super communist gubmint peacefully ask Barack Obama and John Boehner to leave, was a total and utter bust by all reports.
Even the liberal the conservative Washington Times thought American Spring was a total, unmitigated failure.
But the real schadenfreude comes from the Alternet article listed above, in which at least as many, if not more people commented on the article than actually turned up to OAS...to put the lashings to Glenn Beck and The Blaze!
Long-time supporters of Beck's turned their sights on the radio host-turned-CNN-host- turned-Fox-"News"-host-turned-multi-millionaire-Internet-entrepeneur after The Blaze's Oliver Darcy covered the event, describing it as "only millions short of projected turnout," featuring "only a few dozen protesters" and as having "failed incredibly."
If you need a popcorn break today, I highly suggest reading the lengthy comments that were pulled from The Blaze and posted, unedited of course, on Alternet.
I don't want to spoil the fun, or run afoul of any issues, but I think a couple of examples are worth sharing here:
"DMONIC": "Why doesnt little Beckyboy pony up the cash to send all of us to DC? Oh thats right, because hes a govt shill!!"
"bigbear_awake": "F t bLAZE DONT KNOCK IT IF YOU cant get behind it ... I dropped my account he has all the cable money now he dont need ours anymore thanks for NOTHING BECK"
Wow!
It's both extremely hilarious, and extremely disturbing, to see such (apparent?) "true believers" turning their backs on one of the men they thought would single-handedly save them from Barack Hussein Obama, the man with a "deep-seated hatred for white people"
It's funny because it's really nice to see the grifters and charlatans like Beck get what appears to be some sort of comeuppance, even if only in spirit.
But it's definitely a little disturbing to think about how unhinged some of these people are, when they think the rantings of a crazy man aren't actually crazy enough for them anymore.
For now, popcorn! Enjoy!
Edit - 1:48 EST
Hey, Rec List fun! I haven't written a recommended diary in a few years. Thank you all!