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Feb. 22, 2013 11:46pm Christopher Santarelli

Glenn Beck Responds to WWE Raw Invitation

Glenn Beck addressed the WWE on his radio show this week (TheBlaze)

Glenn Beck has given TheBlaze his response to an invitation from World Wrestling Entertainment to appear on Monday Night Raw live in Dallas next week: “Unfortunately, I am currently booked doing anything else.”

Beck and the WWE have directed comments at each other over the past week after the wrestling organization introduced two Tea Party-inspired characters, “Jack Swagger” and “Zeb Colter.”

The WWE first extended an invitation to Beck through a statement Friday after the radio host criticized the new characters on his show Wednesday for depicting tea partiers as racially insensitive villains, in turn “demonizing the Tea Party.” Beck went on to question the WWE’s motives when portraying the Tea Party this way, noting his belief that most wrestling fans are likely not progressives.

“Maybe that’s the way WWE people view the Tea Party. And maybe they love to hate the Tea Party. But I have to tell you, I expect that from Hollywood, but I don’t expect ‑‑ if I’m getting my entertainment from somebody that I think is on my side ‑‑ and I’m sorry, I just don’t see a bunch of progressives going and buying their tickets to the WWE. Do you?” Beck posited Wednesday.

“I mean, and maybe there are. I tend to notice that the progressives are not as popular in the South unless they’ve moved from the North. So I’m just trying to figure out exactly who they’re trying to appeal here, who they’re appealing to.”

WWE Performers Address Glenn Beck in New Video (YouTube)

In a video released on the official WWE YouTube page Friday evening, the wrestlers broke character to address Beck and his comments. After first calling out Swagger’s upcoming WrestleMania opponent in a cartoonish minute-and-a-half promo, performers Wayne Keown (Colter) and Jake Hager (Swagger) address Beck directly to clarify that they are not political commentators, rather entertainers.

“We aren’t in the political business, or the immigration business. We are in the entertainment business,” Keown says. He goes on to list the size and demographics of the WWE audience, and the reasoning behind the storylines of characters like Colter and Swagger.

“We have about 60 characters on our show — a lot more than say NCIS or Glee — but we’re not that much different. Some of our characters are really likable and some are detestable — good guys and bad guys,” Keown says. “We don’t use guns, and we don’t depict murder or rape, typically seen on primetime dramas. Our program is PG.”

“Many of your followers are WWE fans and they understand the difference between reality and entertainment,” Keown adds.

“Are you out of touch with your audience Glenn? Or are you just a ‘stupid political commentator?’”

At the end of the video, Keown invites Beck once again to appear on Raw in Dallas Monday, and after Friday’s video, says the radio host can deliver a five-minute, unedited rebuttal to their global television audience and a sold-out crowd.

Watch the video message from Keown/Colter and Hager/Swagger to Glenn Beck below:

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Mr.Nazty
Posted on February 23, 2013 at 2:04am
That would make me want to watch WWE Though just to see Glenn

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- marssnw
  Posted on February 23, 2013 at 3:03am
  I liked wrestling better when you had characters like Sgt. Slaughter (who were patriotic) and The Sheik (the bad guy.) Those were the days that being patriotic was cool, not a sin. Back then you rooted for the good guys and hated the bad guys. Today’s “wrestling” is full of PC and dumb story lines.
  
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- spikebu
  Posted on February 23, 2013 at 3:13am
  These two “characters” are nothing like any Tea member I know. We tend to be much more reserved. Seems the WWE bought the media swill.
  
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- Thomas
  Posted on February 23, 2013 at 4:03am
  Evidently these guys are idiots. Glenn’s point was to show that you are playing a part that shows the tea party as though it was racist. You are fraud dude and should be ashamed of yourself for playing a part of a lie. There is a reason why you are making the character out to be a member of the tea party and at the same time a racist. You are an lowlife who would sale his soul and this country just to make dollar.
  
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- tuppenceworth
  Posted on February 23, 2013 at 4:38am
  I find the WWE’s pursuit of advancing and holding up negative stereotypes as extremely poor conduct, as bad as portraying guns, murder or rape. Anyone on the right does that and there is INSTANT vilification, but I guess it is “aw-raht fo you good ‘ol boys”. See, not nice when I do it either, spell check is offended. And “Colter”? Really? Like Ann Coulter? Are they expecting or insinuating their audience too stupid to know the difference? They are spreading hate in a beyond “PG” manner.
  Also, Is anyone else seeing that our federal Government is beginning to look a lot like the WWE? The fiscal cliff (hanger) and the sequester all have good potential for a Congressional “Monday Night Raw” weekly showdown. Laughable, really, but are we that far removed form Rome? Hmmmm?
  
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- Baddoggy
  Posted on February 23, 2013 at 5:31am
  Back in the 60s there was a professional wrestler that lived on my street. He went by the name of Skandor Ackbar. He was supposed to be a mean Arab/Muslim. However in real life his name was Jimmy Wehba. He was a Palestinian catholic that had come to America to pursue his faith in Christ.
  
  When I was a child I was on my death bed. Back then, they just sent you home to die. I remember Jmmy coming in my room and he was probably 20 years old. I was about 7. He brought a signed picture of hinself and sat and talked to me and prayed for me. I was a fan of Mr. Webha even though he played a bad guy….I knew different… To this day I will say his charitable act to me saved my life. He always had kids around the neighborhood in droves and we loved “Skandor” no matter what because of his kind heart and love to everyone. I got to meet a lot of wrestlers, many were phenomenal men….
  
  Yes these guys are nisportraying the Tea Party.I assure you many of these men are charitable good men in real life. They look at this as a way to feed their family. They really need to just be taught about conviction, That is what many people do NOT understand. These guys are saying “I do this to keep a job”.
  
  Glenn, you have to go talk to them and tell them that TRUTH outweighs MONEY and lies. Even if it is an act by an actor it is wrong. I think the reason Jimmy “Skandor” knew it and that is why he was so kind.in real life. I miss him very much to this day. His kindness undid the evil h
  
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- mikem1969
  Posted on February 23, 2013 at 7:18am
  I stopped watching the WWE when they brought al the racist Sharpton on as a co-host for one show. Once they started playing the race baiting game I stopped watching.
  
  I urge any of you that may still watch the WWE to stop watching and send them an email as to why.
  
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- chucksue351
  Posted on February 23, 2013 at 7:20am
  i know a wrestler (retired from the 60s and 70s) in michigan, even though the wrestling is staged to some degree, he told me you have to be in excellent shape to do what the wrestlers do, maybe glenn can go and get some discipline
  
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- Miami
  Posted on February 23, 2013 at 7:41am
  I hope Glenn takes them up on the offer and give an honest portrayal of the Tea Party
  
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- rangerskippy
  Posted on February 23, 2013 at 7:59am
  WWE is part of the whole entertainment industry. They are not just there to entertain, they are also there to indoctrinate. I literally believe that had we never had an MTV, we could never have a President Obama. MTV educated and indoctrinated the masses.
  
  Comdedy showes like John Stewart are no different. It was originally designed for entertainment, but has taken on the role of indoctrinator. For those under the age of 30, many get their “news” from John Stewart. The MSM, Hollywood, MTV…. gets to declare who is cool, and who is not. Face it, if you are with a younger crowd, they would pipe up loud and proud about watching John Stewart, but they would whisper if mentioning Rush or Glen.
  
  WWE is entertainment for low information voters our of the trailer parks. If they can indoctrinate them that the tea party is bad, then they will.
  
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- SLAPTHELEFT
  Posted on February 23, 2013 at 8:12am
  Why do we waste so much time trying to defend ourselves against bogus claims? They are just trying to frustrate you into compliance. These wrestlers act really doesn’t bother me.
  
  If standing for the constitution and freedom makes you racist, I’m clearly a racist. And your point is?
  
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- cincorn
  Posted on February 23, 2013 at 8:28am
  I am a big fan of Glenn. I watch his radio program and his television program on satellite. I agree with him about 90% of the time, but he’s getting a dose of his own medicine on this one so to speak. One of my main issues with him has been his denegrating southernors in EXACTLY the same way hollywood and east coast elites do. When they want to affect an idiot they use a southern persona and accent. I have heard Glenn Beck himself do this. I am sensitive to it because it drives me crazy. I’m a proud 4th generation Texan and I feel no need to change my Texas accent (twang) to convince people I’m not an idiot. They ARE the idiots, they have fallen for Hollywood and northeastern elitist propaganda to denegrate southernors.. Glenn, I love you man…but you were in New York too long and infected with the elitist snobbery that looks down on southernors…STOP affecting a southern accent when you are making a point about an idiot. How about a New York accent complete with “Youse guys”. These wrestler idiots are doing the same thing…they want to invent a redneck, hick, teaparty character complete with southern accent…..I’ve heard Glenn do the SAME thing on his radio program (minus the teaparty part), but affecting a redneck, hick persona complete with southern accent to get aross a message from any idiot whether they are southern or not—STOP IT!!!
  
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- cessna152
  Posted on February 23, 2013 at 8:31am
  Glenn needs to do what the msm does and ignore these morons. They’ll self destruct…
  
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- RANGER1965
  Posted on February 23, 2013 at 9:22am
  If the WWE was smart and was truly apolitical they would play both sides with equal zeal.
  
  Fine have a few Tea Party Patriot Characters, but also have a couple of Big Goverment Characters led by a manager that looks like Obama. When Big Goverment comes out with a big fanfare have a few plants in the audience. The Big Goverment characters can shake down the plants and take all of their money, then give them a free cellphone.
  
  The audience would howl! The fights between the 2 groups would likely be the most watched, and if promoted right would draw in more people.
  
  But no…like Hollywood, the WWE is out of touch. They will instead make fun of the Tea Party, and consider Obama, his cabinet, and progressive views as sacrosanct.
  
  Let’s see how this plays out for them.
  
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- ishka4me
  Posted on February 23, 2013 at 10:07am
  Linda McMahon ran as a republican for the senate in Connecticut. She was a fool. She is blaming the “crazy Tea party” for her loss. At one point in her campaign she endorsed Obama, then took it back. And she calls us crazy
  
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- Miami
  Posted on February 23, 2013 at 10:13am
  SLAPTHELEFT & others
  
  Seize any opportunity to educate, lets not give the Progressives more opportunities to frame the Tea Party. We need to take control of the conversation, better frame our arguments and fully vet the candidates we chose ti represent us. We keep allowing the media to pick our candidates and that must stop.
  
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- skippy6
  Posted on February 23, 2013 at 10:24am
  Here is a real wrestler that would kick both of those bozzos asses….This is before hollywierd controlled the not so real sport!!! That was entertainment…
  
  http://www.pro-wrestlers.com/bios/display_article.php?id=0000000070
  
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- rambosharley
  Posted on February 23, 2013 at 10:58am
  I don’t remember the Tea Party having a problem with Latinos, the Tea Party has a problem with BIG GOVERNMENT, and being TAXED too much, and the wasteful spending BIG GOVERNMENT does with our money! The TEA PARTY HAS A BIG PROBLEM WITH SOCIALISM!
  
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- Redace66
  Posted on February 23, 2013 at 12:10pm
  hey baddogy great story man. my stepdad was friends with both jimmy and the great bill watts. i met alot of the guys growing up here in tulsa and your right they are mostly great guys just acting for a living.
  
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- orkydorky
  Posted on February 23, 2013 at 12:18pm
  All their invitation is, a way to bolster the following of the WWE by using Glenn as a draw. Glenn just let them fail on their own and they surely will. Only idiots would watch this crap for entertainment!
  
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- FloraBelleza
  Posted on February 23, 2013 at 4:58pm
  Good Lord, this people need to zip and go way, Glenn is absolute right, and ignore this people that are lost cause. They have no shame to making ridiculous of them self, you guys suck, go way looses.
  
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- Captain_Sensible
  Posted on February 23, 2013 at 8:54pm
  I’ve been a fan of wrestling for…well…longer than I care to admit.
  
  Folks…these guys are actors/entertainers first, followed closely by being athletes. They are playing a role given to them by their directors and producers. Some, by virtue of being around long enough and/or their popularity, have more of a say in their roles than others. If John Cena doesn’t want to play a particular role, I’m pretty sure he won’t be pressed. I doubt that Jack Swagger is in that same rareified atmosphere.
  
  I don’t know the politics of the McMahons, though I suspect, having read books by some of their more prominent employees, that they would be the typical sort of Republicans you find in Connecticut- center-left moderates. Those are exactly the sort of Republicans that are most likely to believe the MSM’s negative spin towards the Tea Party, because it is more of an Elitist versus the Great Unwashed thing than it is actually about ideology. It is sad because I would be very surprised if their fan base doesn’t skew heavily towards the Right and they do risk alienating them. But the McMahons are nothing if not willing to admit mistakes (remember when Bill Gunn of D-X was suddenly supposed to be gay? that didn’t last long and the change was due to fan outcry), so, if there is enough blowback, Mr. Swagger will be recast. And soon.
  
  I do wish that Glenn would accept the invitation because I think he would be given a fair hearing.
  
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- SendTheMeteors
  Posted on February 23, 2013 at 11:11pm
  I encourage everyone to watch the video. You may see the difference between politics and entertainment, something Glenn Beck knows as well as anyone, rodeo clown that he proclaims himself to be. The guy was surprisingly well spoken. This is a loser issue for Beck and I imagine he’ll drop it as soon as he can.
  
  Seriously though, what I don’t get is why you guys are offended by this. I read here every day people talking about “we the people, don’t tread on me, send all the Mexican back to Mexico, build a 2000 mile fence on our southern border and electrify it and shoot anyone who crosses.” This guy hasn’t said a single thing I haven’t read here 500 times, or that southern politicians haven’t said. So what’s the problem? If you can give me one single thing this guy has said that you haven’t or that a politician such as Sarah Palin has said, PLEASE POST IT HERE. And when you do I’ll google and prove you wrong.
  
  I’m developing a theory though, and hope some of you Tea Party types will correct me. My theory is that when you hear an actor, knowing he’s an actor, repeat back to you the things you say and believe, it seriously jerks your chain. If one of you were to same thing as this wrestler, you would cheer him on, but knowing it’s a money making act really bothers you. It’s weird but that’s the best I can make of it.
  
  What’s your explanation?
  
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- pollyanna
  Posted on February 24, 2013 at 7:14am
  Blah, blah,blah, blabity, blah, blah blah. Did the WWE bad actors, say something? Their genre is the original “reality (un) tv.” Blah, blah…boring. And so beneath stupid.
  
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media-bias-steals-elections
Posted on February 23, 2013 at 1:59am
What an awesome, thoughtful, inspiring response that blows me away by Glenn Beck? Applause!

It inspired this poem:

Beck, Beck, he’s so hot,
look he’s given you a lot,
millions and zillions,
of free ratings,
you should be compensating?
Is that a circus,
Is that a clown,
whaz up with that, is that a frown?
Beck can be insulted,
because Latinos are in town,
I’d rather listen to the DJ,
and the sound thats playing now,
from the Stahlhammer,
jamming loud,
that funky sound,
Don’t Touch This?
Don’t Touch This?
Beck, Beck, he’s so hot,
giving you all, he’s got,
better the band of Death,
singing the Ovum,
Don’t look back, we’re still roaming,
like a globe trotter, getting hot,
think we figure out the plot,
it’s not about Latinos in America,
it’s about a dude missing his fishing hat?
Where its at?
That Fishing Hat?
Where its at?
Listen to Beck’s he’s where its at,
hes got a tv station and a microphone,
Beck is where its at,
he’s got a tv station and a microphone,
they leaving Mexico, calling usa home,
it’s too late to push the hate,
because pilgrims determined their fate,
when all immigrants have to do is wait,
not cross the border for compensate?
So the media wants to cash in,
on joking us,
meanwhile regulations choke the fuss,
That makes Glenn Beck sound like DMX,
what is the issue up in here, up in here?
Slackers think they got the krypto,
they can’t even get in the fight,
tis not about black and white,
its about

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- Sol Invictus
  Posted on February 23, 2013 at 12:38pm
  Don’t know what you’re on man but sounds like a great trip….
  
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- pollyanna
  Posted on February 24, 2013 at 8:06am
  Hey media-bias-steals-elections
  Keep writing. Make sure to pray God guides your heart, and your pen. You are in my prayers!
  Isaiah 5:20 What sorrow for those who say that evil is good and good is evil, that dark is light and light is dark, that bitter is sweet and sweet is bitter.
  Luke 12:48 For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required.
  We are our brothers/sisters keepers. Let’s use our talents wisely.
  
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Jake Dog2
Posted on February 23, 2013 at 1:54am
Enough said.

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loneindividual
Posted on February 23, 2013 at 1:53am
I feel dumber for watching these people.

I happen to agree with Beck. WWE is for stupid people. 14 million apparently.

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- Old Vermonter
  Posted on February 23, 2013 at 7:48am
  The thing is, those 14 million are all under 12 years old.
  
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everydaywoman
Posted on February 23, 2013 at 1:52am
Love Glenn’s response! LOL!

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Geetee52
Posted on February 23, 2013 at 1:43am
Surely there is some connection from this depiction of the Tea Party to Linda McMahon.

She has run and lost twice as a Republican candidate from Connecticut. Is the Tea Party widely accepted in the state of CT? If I were to guess…or bet…I’d say she is closer to the elites in the Republican Party by a long shot.

The WWE character is no accident.

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Comrade_Bob
Posted on February 23, 2013 at 1:41am
Glenn was much better back when he was allowed to explore the identities of Obama’s Czars. Before the visits, the new business partners, and the trip to Israel. In his day, Glenn actually controlled the microphones of people carrying the name Levenson. Times change.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3e0ty5lV_Zk

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NogodNojesus
Posted on February 23, 2013 at 1:32am
These are your people, you stupid mo’fo. Don’t diss your base. These are the ones who listen to you.

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GuruMeditation
Posted on February 23, 2013 at 1:21am
Hahahahah!

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Lovesmesomeglennbeck
Posted on February 23, 2013 at 1:03am
Glenn did it with class to turn WWE down and it was a good idea not to do WWE RAW. Glenn made a good call, he is too classy to do stuff like that.

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RationalMan
Posted on February 23, 2013 at 12:58am
Stand your ground Glenn,
Believe what “Individualism” is all about!

Don’t let WWE trash you, sir!!!

Make your stand!!!!

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RAMJR
Posted on February 23, 2013 at 12:54am
This is wrestling, and there have been many tactics used to sell agendas and story lines. Del Rio was sold as a rich, Mexican, spoiled brat, for years…and recently turned from ‘heel’ to ‘hero’. It is funny, because while the script has changed, many of the fans still boo’d him.
Nothing was really working to stop the booing, so they had to do something to make him look good. The tactic? To bring back ‘Jack Swagger’, who has been a ‘heal’ off and on for years, and bring a ‘manager’ to even make the fans hate him more, so Del Rio will be liked more.
Now, I just fast forward, because the story line is bogus as far as putting up the Gadsden Flag. And if they really wanted a story line, they would put a ‘hero’ with this flag…and a ‘heal’ with OWS standing.
In the past, fans have rejected story lines that WWE tried to pass off, cheering the ‘heal’…or who they were trying to make the heal.
To be honest, the value of this as entertainment to me, has gone way down over the years. If WWE was smart, they would bring Linda McMahon in, once to share the truth behind this flag, and reprimand the ‘manager’. Then have some new wrestler with both the American flag and Gadsden Flag in tow, to show the truth…but this is the value of ‘truth’ and ‘entertainment’ these days.

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- Baddoggy
  Posted on February 23, 2013 at 5:45am
  You are right sir. The portrayal of the Tea Party is FALSE. The problem truly lies in the fact that someday these guys will become the “good guys” and people will root and cheer for them and cheer for them and bring the FALSE stereotype to be popular. Now that would be a real shame because the Tea Party is not like these guys at all…They are evil. But rest assured that one day they will be “good guys” in the script….Making RACISTS the heroes will be coming soon…I assure you we do not want our kids to see that!!!
  
  Watch…If Glenn does not straighten this out, The Tea Party will soon be painted as abunch of racist, patriotic good guys that people will love and not hate because that is how the story line goes as soon as these guys become popular. You will see RACIST being portrayed as great patriotic men! I see it coming to an arena near you in a few months…GUARANTEE IT!
  
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- Mil-Dot
  Posted on February 23, 2013 at 5:59am
  Good post. Make no mistake, the “entertainment” industry is clearly and demonstrably on the side of the prog patriot-hating commie pinkos. Anything they can do to further the cretin cause of leeching from others, holding hands and singing, they will promote. They ARE the NWO goons that we often speak of.
  
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danielwe77
Posted on February 23, 2013 at 12:42am
This is a meeting of 2 worlds for me. I’ve watched wrestling all my life and saw this storyline unfold live. I was put off by it a bit. I didn’t think it merited a rebuttal from Glenn.

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- truthnstuff
  Posted on February 23, 2013 at 6:02pm
  Well, we never see them go after the left. They stopped doing patriotic after Slaughter, the last time I watched them with my kids.
  
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- HLTaylor
  Posted on February 23, 2013 at 10:18pm
  truthnstuff – how can you say they stopped doing patriotic after Sgt Slaughter if you stopped watching it? Fact of the matter is, if you had been watching it you’d know that they have done patriotic characters since then. Right off the top of my head I can name Kurt Angle and Hulk Hogan. Angle’s character has been patriotic from day one, whether he was a face or a heel and Hogan did a stint in 2003 as a patriotic masked wrestler named Mr. America on Smackdown in 2003. More recently, although not overtly patriotic, John Cena has been openly, and demonstrably supportive of American military troops and their families on WWE programming. And again, although not overtly patriotic, but displaying his patriotism on a regular basis on air, there is John “Bradshaw” Layfield on commentary every week. BTW, try listening to Layfield’s commentary when Colter and Swagger are on. Even he, as a heel commentator, states on his commentary that THEY (the characters) believe in what they’re saying and in America they have the right to speak their views, but HE does NOT agree with them. Do you understand that? WWE has a heel commentator saying on air that the heel characters of Swagger and Colter are wrong. People who watch WWE know this and understand they’re balancing the message on air. What really irks me about this whole affair is people who openly admit they don’t watch WWE, yet seem to “know” so much more about it than WWE fans who do watch it faithfully every week.
  
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rivertree
Posted on February 23, 2013 at 12:42am
if you are not convinced Obama is bent on come hell or high water on dismantling this the United States as you read this story, maybe the one this man–a private investigator turned informing journalist–will open your eyes. http://www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/53284 sure wish the blaze or beck would get this man on the air with what he is discovering

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ShyLow
Posted on February 23, 2013 at 12:35am
How did Israel get its name? Reminds me of the movie Man in the Moon.

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- Sol Invictus
  Posted on February 23, 2013 at 4:27am
  Israel means “fighter for God” and El was a Canaanite God.
  
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RationalMan
Posted on February 23, 2013 at 12:34am
Good for you Glenn, stand for “Individualism” your principle of philosophy. Patrice what you preach, this is about “Individualism” and nothing else!!! This is all about defending our “Individualism”, your family, no your friends nor your group or party will come to your rescue!
Remember David Korsh! Nobody came to his rescue in the name of “Freedom of Religion!

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TJexcite
Posted on February 23, 2013 at 12:31am
Having not watch in a few years going more to real UFC I thought they dropped the whole outlandish characters. In the 33 years of WWF/WWE they have insulted every group of people on the planet with characters of some sort. From hillbilly to Russians to Undertakers with urns and coffins.

The “tea party” insult is just had to touch a nerve with all the hate that is directed from all directions from the left to the tea party. They have defined it as this character and if polled the numbers would be high that this character is what a tea party member is and not one that just what freedom to be left alone. Just another way to weaken an exit so the circus can continue even without bread but there will be blood.

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- Kupo
  Posted on February 23, 2013 at 2:57am
  UFC is dead to me now that Dana White has decided to headline female fighters. Fact: women are worse fighters than men so why should they be on the main card which is supposed to be reserved for the best?
  
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- WarMunger_Al
  Posted on February 23, 2013 at 8:12am
  Kupo-
  It is called expanding the market. The woman’s fighting will evolve, as did the men’s.
  
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- Kupo
  Posted on February 23, 2013 at 9:47am
  Doesn’t matter if it will expand the market. The quality of the fights will go down with this decision, guaranteed.
  
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Strasser
Posted on February 23, 2013 at 12:20am
So…just because some big fat, semi-literate bully can beat us up, I guess that makes him right on issues of national importance. Sounds like the schoolyard bully never grew up–just grew a stupid-looking moustache.

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- Keatonc333
  Posted on February 23, 2013 at 12:28am
  Glenn grew a mustache?
  
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DeVain
Posted on February 23, 2013 at 12:19am
As much as I would like to see it (wrestling fan 37+ years and Glenn fan and subscriber) Glenn has nothing to gain. Let’s say he goes on and….yeah ok. Best case scenario is WWE gains veiwers and Glenn gets…..nothing. If the WWE audience doesn’t listen they won’t. Meanwhile WWE may gain viewers from Glenn that don’t normally watch.

WWE has to gain.

Glenn gets nothing not matter what.

So Glenn may as well change the blinker fluid in his car.

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- ms4kidz
  Posted on February 23, 2013 at 12:33am
  “So Glenn may as well change the blinker fluid in his car.” Do you not listen to Glenn? He just might try to change the blinker fluid. . . don’t confuse the poor man.
  
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- Baddoggy
  Posted on February 23, 2013 at 5:54am
  I disagree. Glen MUST go to tell these me that they must stand for the truth even as ACTORS. It will be a valuable lesson to the audience of people who do not understand what the Tea Party stands for. He could maybe awaken some of these 14 million people to the truth and show that the Tea Party id not RACIST. Maybe take DAVID WEBB with hinm…
  
  Show thewrestling audience how wrong the WWE actors are and TELL THEM THE TRUTH about REAL AMERICANS! Just calloing them stupid will not get it!!!
  
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soybomb315_II
Posted on February 23, 2013 at 12:13am
glenn beck should have called them nazis and facists

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- DLV
  Posted on February 23, 2013 at 6:14pm
  Soy- I assume that is that was meant to be sarcastic.
  
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Smokey_Bojangles
Posted on February 23, 2013 at 12:10am
Everybody can go around giving each other high fives now…In the face….With a folding chair….

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nesmond
Posted on February 23, 2013 at 12:06am
Panem et circenses.

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Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on February 23, 2013 at 12:01am
I love it, “I will be busy doing anything else”. As they break character and try to challenge him, but in the video, if they really did break character, why weren’t they wearing their pink tutu’s and Gimp masks?

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notalib56
Posted on February 22, 2013 at 11:59pm
I think this time Glen is making much ado about nothing. I dont follow rassilng but they have always had characters of one kind or another. its not that big of a deal

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Mike76
Posted on February 22, 2013 at 11:58pm
Why is Glenn suddenly so sensitive about people trying to make the Tea Party look like racists? He did it himself on Fox News, no less. Don’t believe it? See it for yourself:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xI69mf9Peas

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- soybomb315_II
  Posted on February 23, 2013 at 12:25am
  glenn beck did that at a time when gingrich was doing well. in hindsight, newt was probably the only one who could have stopped romney….
  
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- moreoilplease
  Posted on February 23, 2013 at 2:00am
  Newt is and always been a big government progressive. He is responsible for much of the big gov policies in the last thirty years. For crying out loud he helped bring about the dept of education, I mean non-education. Newt just knows the right words to say to conservatives. Don’t actually look at what he’s done. Just say contract for America and conservatives bow. Freaking crazy. He can deliver a word salad like nobody’s business but small government guy he’s not. I shared Glenn’s incredulity at the fact people couldn’t see he was exactly opposite of what he presented himself as which was his point in the above video.
  
  And Soy, Newt couldn’t win the primary, hence why he dropped out. But if he had, outcome is the same. Mother Teresa would have lost to O.
  
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- dissentnow
  Posted on February 23, 2013 at 6:01am
  @Moreoilplease
  
  Romney is a much bigger progressive than Newt (Romneycare, gun bans, pro abortion, etc). Romney even called himself a progressive. He said that he is a republican in name only. He actually said that.
  Glenn had a motive for trashing Newt, just as he had a motive for endorsing two fringe candidates (Bachman and Santorum) that he knew had no chance of winning because they only appeal to the bible-thumping wing of the republican party (Glenn’s base). He endorsed them so that he could, after they dropped out, endorse Romney and save face with his base. He supported Romney the whole time. Glenn is a shill for the establishment.
  Glenn also had a motive for calling the tea party racist, just as he has a motive for calling himself a libertarian and then calling libertarians “Nazis”.
- Duddio
  Posted on February 23, 2013 at 8:45am
  Mike,
  You’re an idiot. Glenn was pointing out the inconsistency in opposing a progressive Obama and supporting a progressive Gingrich. He was pointing out that the glaring inconsistency would give fuel to the racism charges against the Tea Party.
  
  Apparently, your intellect is incapable of discerning the difference between making a flat-out statement, and pointing out an either-or scenario. M O R O N!
  
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- DLV
  Posted on February 23, 2013 at 6:21pm
  Dissentnnow- A He used to support abortion, he doesn’t now. Gun bans on assault rifles (which I don’t agree with) is still different than banning all guns. Also romney would not support it on a federal level. He was doing it for Mass which is what the people wanted. I live in Mass I know. Also, where is that vid that Romney says he is a progressive. Im no huge fan of him but lets get our facts straight. He isn’t nearly as bad as Obama.
  
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- dissentnow
  Posted on February 24, 2013 at 7:53am
  So, what you’re saying is that he was pro-abortion, pro-gun ban, and pro-Romneycare when he was running for state office but now that he is running for national office he magically became pro-life, pro-gun, and against the healthcare legislation that he and his staff helped to create? That doesn’t sound like leadership to me. That sounds like a progressive that will say and do anything to get elected. It also sounds like you’re making excuses for him.
  Also, i’m from Mass, as well.
  Here is the video that you requested:
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMcjJEXt9To
  
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