Glenn Beck and his Childrens Crusade

Glenn Beck failed to deliver on the promise he theatrically made on Thursday’s “Glenn Beck Show,” wherein he said he would share with the world his plan to ‘save the republic.’ He said: “I’m tired of being a sheep. I am tired of being a victim. I am tired of being pushed around. Well, you know what? The gloves come off tomorrow. I will give you a plan. … The way you can save your republic.”

With bated breath, millions tuned in to get ‘the word,’ and instead got a lesson in how to cope with name-calling. That’s right. Glenn Beck left his plutocracy–loving revolutionaries in a lurch. Resorting to name-calling himself, Beck tried again to link the Obama Administration to Maoists, socialists and Marxists, because calling President Obama a racist and comparing his administration to the German Nazi regime wasn’t inflammatory enough.

Here’s video from Beck’s Friday show. Footage from the show’s “The One Thing” segment can been viewed at the end of this article.

Glenn Beck chided the White House for not responding to his name-calling. But why should an administration democratically elected by a majority of the people, without Supreme Court intervention or the use of terror alerts, respond to the inane utterances of a virtual heckler?

Glenn Beck, wanting to be taken seriously, rhetorically asked: “Have you seen the ratings?” Indeed, his ratings have skyrocketed. But his ratings grab is undoubtedly the product of liberals tuning in to watch Beck’s ‘dime-store’ act implode, as it did Friday when he backed away from his ‘plan’ to overthrow what he called the “I don’t know if we’re turning into an oligarchy or what we’re turning into, but unless you ask why, we’re gonna transform into something” oligarchy.


Well, if the Bush, Cheney, Blackwater triumvirate wasn’t an oligarchy, perhaps Beck should define “oligarhy” for us.

Glenn Beck, who seems to court and pal around with racists, militia, and domestic terrorists through his 9-12 Project and teaparty participation, claimed in Friday’s show that his plutocratic junta does not involve “militia groups or guns.” He said: “You know who will save this country? Alcoholics and drug addicts.” So, he’s going to overthrow an oligarchy, not with guns and bullets, but with booze and pills? Does he mean to brainwash folks into following him, or does he intend to help pump drugs into urban areas to neutralize entire communities?

Beck offered viewers this advice: “If you’re a conservative, at least you’ve been vilified for so long, you’ve had to do all the soul searching. If you’re a racist, you’ve got some problems to deal with, but you know who you are…you’ve been accused of everything under the sun, so you know the truth. What difference does it make what they say? Prepare yourself for what’s the worse they can do.”

Well, the worse anyone could do is follow Beck’s revolution. To follow the self-proclaimed “religious nut job” could result in one ending up like the confused participants of the 1212 Children’s Crusade, who wandered into the Holy Land to convert Muslims to Christianity but instead ended up as slaves. Beck’s drug addicted pill-popping revolutionaries would try to overthrow a democratically elected administration and would end up with a plutocratic regime lead by businesses like Halliburton and policed by businesses like Blackwater if they were successful OR in prison wishing they had a bottle of K-Y if they were unsuccessful. Really, is that the future anyone wants?

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