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Glenn Beck’s New Novel: ‘The Overton Window’

By | 03.29.10 | 8:44 am

Will Bunch has the name of Glenn Beck’s upcoming adult novel (he’s already written a Christmas story for children) to be released in June. The news comes in Bunch’s extremely entertaining report on a Beck speech and rally in Orlando. The book, explains Bunch, will be “‘a story More…

Glenn Beck’s Chalkboard Is Trapped in the Closet

By | 03.25.10 | 11:02 am

I noticed, on a visit to the offices of Americans for Tax Reform, that the chalkboard Glenn Beck gave to the American Conservative Union during CPAC was nowhere to be seen. (ACU’s David Keene had pledged to display it prominently at Grover Norquist’s weekly meeting of conservatives.) Nikki Schwab and More…

A Love/Hate Relationship with Eric Massa

By | 03.11.10 | 9:33 am

Glenn Beck on Eric Massa, March 8:

I’m not saying he is as pure as the driven snow, I don’t know, I don’t know the guy, but this is a moment that will decide the course of this nation, possibly.

Glenn Beck on Eric Massa, March 10:

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Glenn Beck on Massa: ‘I Almost Threw Him Out of the Studio’

By | 03.10.10 | 1:20 pm

On his radio show today, Glenn Beck lit into former Rep. Eric Massa (D-N.Y.) for his disastrous, rambling appearance on the Tuesday episode of Beck’s Fox News Show.

“America, have you ever heard of a 50-year old man having a tickle-fight — five men tickling each other so hard that More…

Massa: The Morning After

By | 03.10.10 | 9:46 am

Before Eric Massa appeared on Glenn Beck’s show, there was a short war of words between the Fox News host and blogger/columnist Michelle Malkin. Beck likened Massa to a captured enemy soldier who could be pumped for information; Malkin argued that Massa was a lying opportunist. In the wake More…

Eric Massa in 2007: GOP Has Become ‘Constricted in Its Own Twisted Evil’

By | 03.09.10 | 2:24 pm

I first encountered former Rep. Eric Massa (D-N.Y.) at a 2007 forum on, of all things, the media, at the 2007 Yearly Kos convention. (Starting in 2008, the annual event was renamed Netroots Nation.) Massa portrayed himself as an angry ex-Republican who considered himself part of the liberal blogosphere — More…

Glenn Beck Attacks European Far-Right; American Right Pushes Back

By | 03.09.10 | 11:26 am

Here’s one repercussion of far-right Dutch politician Geert Wilders surging in the polls and looking more and more like his county’s next prime minister. While Wilders has a robust community of support in America — in some circles he’s considered a hero for his campaign against Islam — Glenn More…

Eric Massa, Conservative Icon

By | 03.09.10 | 9:53 am

John Bresnahan’s story this morning explores the praise former Rep. Eric Massa (D-N.Y.) has been soaking up on the right — accolades from Rush Limbaugh, a spot today on Glenn Beck’s Fox News show. And as Bresnahan hints, the plaudits are coming from right-wing entertainers and media stars More…

The Coveted W. Cleon Skousen Family Endorsement

By | 03.04.10 | 11:23 am

Cherilyn Eagar, a conservative activist running an aggressive primary campaign against Sen. Bob Bennett (R-Utah), announces an endorsement that might not have sounded so impressive in another year — Glenn Kimber, son-in-law of and collaborator with the late W. Cleon Skousen. The late conservative author has risen from semi-obscurity More…

9/11 Conspiracy Theorists Go After Glenn Beck

By | 02.22.10 | 2:57 pm

Mark Dice, a somewhat well-known 9/11 conspiracy theorists, is launching a campaign against Glenn Beck for his disrespect of the “truther” movement. Beck’s adroit handling of fringe conservatives — he gets away with a lot on his show, in part, by instituting blanket bans on “birther” and “truther” distractions — More…