Glenn Beck jokes about poisoning Speaker of the House

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Glenn Beck jokes about poisoning Speaker of the House

http://rawstory.com/blog/2009/08/glenn-beck-jokes-about... /

Media watchdog calls on Fox to fire 'not funny,' 'dangerous' pundit

Fox editorialist Glenn Beck joked on Thursday night that his effigy of the Speaker of the House should drink a deadly cocktail of wine and poison that he personally prepared.

"I really just really wanted to thank you having me over here to Wine Country, you know, to be invited -- I thought I had to be a major Democratic donor, or a longtime friend of yours, which I'm not," Beck said to an actress wearing a paper cutout of Pelosi's face.

After demanding that she drink a glass of wine, he riffed: "By the way, I put poison in your — no ..."

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- Rachel Maddow commented ont his as well. Beck needs to be put into a straightjacket	BrklynLiberal	Aug-08-09 04:50 PM	#1
- He should be suspended - if not fired - for saying shit like that. nt	Captain Hilts	Aug-08-09 04:50 PM	#2
- Strange, surreal, macabre...	CJCRANE	Aug-08-09 04:53 PM	#3
- Killing Michael Moore...starts at :50	RUMMYisFROSTED	Aug-08-09 04:56 PM	#4
- I bet if someone said "Boo" he would cry like a little baby.	babsbunny	Aug-08-09 04:59 PM	#5
- Doesn't even take "Boo."	RUMMYisFROSTED	Aug-08-09 05:01 PM	#6
- what would have happened to Al Franken if he'd done a skit like that on his old radio show,	Gabi Hayes	Aug-08-09 05:01 PM	#7

BrklynLiberal

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Sat Aug-08-09 04:50 PM
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1. Rachel Maddow commented ont his as well. Beck needs to be put into a straightjacket

and confined to a padded cell....

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Captain Hilts

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Sat Aug-08-09 04:50 PM
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2. He should be suspended - if not fired - for saying shit like that. nt

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CJCRANE

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Sat Aug-08-09 04:53 PM
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3. Strange, surreal, macabre...

they're the only words that spring to mind...

:shrug:

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RUMMYisFROSTED

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Sat Aug-08-09 04:56 PM
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4. Killing Michael Moore...starts at :50

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctwqnkWdCJg&feature=rela...

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babsbunny

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Sat Aug-08-09 04:59 PM
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5. I bet if someone said "Boo" he would cry like a little baby.

Karma, that is all we need to remember!

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RUMMYisFROSTED

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Sat Aug-08-09 05:01 PM
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6. Doesn't even take "Boo."

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Gabi Hayes

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Sat Aug-08-09 05:01 PM
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7. what would have happened to Al Franken if he'd done a skit like that on his old radio show,

but substituted GWB for Pelosi?

can you imagine the outcry? I'll bet he'd have at the very least had a visit from the SS

a guy went to PRISON for making jokes about the "Burning Bush"

remember that?

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