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Beck Will Run for ‘Archduke’…Says Stephen Colbert
- Posted on March 4, 2011 at 11:47am by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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In the world according to Stephen Colbert, Glenn Beck will eventually get into politics. Not in 2012. And not in a run for president. But rather beyond 2012 he will run for “Archduke of the post-apocalyptic afterscape.”
Colbert mocked Beck on his show last night after covering the suspensions of Fox contributors Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich. Fox’s reason for suspending them, that they are “signaling” a presidential run, didn’t satisfy Colbert. But he did say, at least, that Beck has nothing to worry about “because based on his show, he’s looking past 2012 and running for Arch Duke of the post-apocalyptic afterscape”:
(H/T: TPM)
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Comments (164)
teddrunk
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 12:38pmWho is Stephen Colbert? Is he on after Leno? NBC? CBS? Does anyone actually watch that garbage?
Report Post »blackcatrun
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 3:28pmNo. With all due respect to Glenn Beck I listen to his radio show. Have for a long time.
Report Post »I have not had broadcast television for more than 10 years. Cant afford cable and internet at the same time.
thebertmanlives
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 12:38pmLighten up Folks, It’s just comedy and beck makes it so easy.
Report Post »TrueGrit
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 1:10pmExactly.
Comedy, a joke, a spoof.
Report Post »It were not for Beck, etal, Jon, Colbert and the entire left
would have nothing to whine about and
would actually have to do something.
hownowbrownmao
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 12:29pmOnce the muslims are conquered, all the lefties move to France, and the economy is once again operating in the black and every union has been eliminated,glennda can go back to being a top 40 dj.That is, unless the angel Moroni needs further help from our mighty Prophet Of Profit. You go girl!!!
Report Post »cosette
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 2:24pmLOL Hownowbrownmao! I LOVE your handle. The funniest on this site!
Report Post »flashlight
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 12:24pmNobody here has touched on the fact that Palin and the rest are still there. And as I said on another post yesterday they will all be on as special guests anyways so why the move? Fox is just getting you used to the idea.
Report Post »wash1776
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 12:23pmSpeaking about apocalyptic afterscape—–are any of the asylums in Colbert’s area missing a patient? I know where they can find him.
Report Post »Rightsofman
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 12:22pmColbert could be a court jester?
Report Post »lynda1276
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 12:21pmcolbert is just another sad little man
Report Post »glennrocks
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 12:20pmI hear they are cheering for Bush in the streets of Lybia. Glenn Beck would make an awesome Arch – Duke.
Report Post »forthepeople
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 12:18pmCan you imagine Christie, Beck, Trump, Palin and Limbaugh in-charge it would be the Roaring 20′s all over again with American back in-front of the World !
Report Post »Guerrino_P
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 1:28pmThe world would hate us even more.
Report Post »gofigureinternational
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 4:44pmChristie and Trump have some serious progressive tendencies. Trump contributed to both Rahm and Blagoyovich. Christie is pro gun control among other things. How about Beck, Limbaugh, Palin, Bachman and DeMint…not necessarily in that order. Or perhaps toss in Trump as Sec. of Commerce just to liven up the discussions with China:).
Report Post »obfuscatenot
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 5:48pm@ gofigureinternational,
Report Post »Trump does business in Chicago. To do business in Chicago you must grease the wheels, if you know what I mean!
Stoic one
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 12:10pmcolbert who?
must be on TV service
glenn is a leader and i do not think he would want the position….
a true leader
Report Post »islandlady
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 12:07pmEncinom E- N- C-I-N-O Moron. I must repent.
Report Post »Tickdog
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 12:05pmI would vote for Glenn Beck if he ran for president!
Report Post »hopnmad
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 12:39pmMe too!
Report Post »cosette
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 2:10pmDitto to that!
Report Post »UlyssesP
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 12:03pmMore than once over that last two years this whole thing has reminded me of RFK, GE and Ronald Reagan. Wouldn’t be surprised to see an wise old 70 year old Beck running for pres in 30 odd years.
Report Post »vennoye
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 12:03pmIf there was no Fox News and Glenn Beck, neither Stephen Colbert or Jon Stewart would have any material for their shows……………what does this say about them!!!
Report Post »3fingerpete
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 6:23pmIt says without Fox News and Glenn Beck there would be little need for TDS and Colbert.
Report Post »islandlady
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 12:02pmRun for President.
Report Post »stopspendingourmoney
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 11:59amKeep laughing because it may not be that far off..
Report Post »Killa From Wasilla
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 6:54pmThe picture of Beck is the best. Love it.
Report Post »moriarty70
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 11:59amWell, he seems to have the knowledge both of and how to survive in the post-apocalyptic afterscape, and he hasn‘t said he isn’t running for it. I guess until he both says and shows through his actions that he doesn’t desire this post, I’m going to believe this.
Report Post »pajamagram
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 11:58amNo comedy on Comedy Central
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 11:58amStephen Colbert = Irrelevant
Report Post »islandlady
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 11:57amI’d vote for Glenn if he decided to run.
Report Post »encinom
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 12:02pmyou and the rest of the loony bin.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 12:09pmYes encinom is the brainy one, he voted for Obama.
Report Post »hopnmad
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 12:37pm@ Encinom
Do you still get a tingle up your leg too? Geese, wake up!
I’m tired of all these progressives finding fault with honest people trying to stop their insanity..
Just look at what they make issues of..for example, saving the “delta smelt” while men and women remain unemployed and their kids go hungry…thank you very much for you contribution to our society progressives, but no thanks!
Report Post »cosette
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 2:20pm@Gonzo, You mean brain dead one!
Report Post »CHRISBOLT123
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 11:56amI don’t know who the moron is Colbert or his writters because his “humor” isnt even funny. I think they along with Keith O and Jon S have a man crush on Glenn because they just can’t stop talking about him.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 11:59amI don’t think ChrisBolt 123 was talking about Jon Seidl!
Report Post »3fingerpete
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 6:11pmI guess that means Glenn has a man crush on Jon S. and Colbert, judging from the number of times Glenn mentions them.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 11:55amThey had better shut up about Beck. They can’t prove him wrong, and they’re just bringing him into focus.
Report Post »sissykatz
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 12:10pmYeah Show, Don’t you just love it? The more they try to put down the bigger he gets, of course the fact that he is almost always right helps too. lol
Report Post »drgonz
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 12:12pmActually, it’s easy to disprove everything Glenn Beck says. He’s a greedy pessimist who always sees the potential profit in pandering to his audiences curiosity and fear. Sure, he uses facts, but it’s all about how he misinterprets facts in his delusional view of reality. Don‘t think you’re getting any sort of accurate education of middle-eastern history, politics, or theosophy from this poverty profiteer. What you’re getting is a story parallel to what our neocon government has been forcing on us for 60 years. And his doomsday predictions of scary shariah law are only enticements to keep you tuning in and giving him money. What does he contribute to society? Proof that capitalism is a perfect system from which someone can manipulate many people to make large profits without offering any rational solution or suggestion to our social woes? Yea, that’s about it.
hopnmad
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 12:29pm@ Showtime
Report Post »“They had better shut up about Beck. They can’t prove him wrong, and they’re just bringing him into focus.”
***************************
All the more reason they should keep talking about Beck =)
Infidels R Us
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 1:06pm@ DRGONZ
What has Beck been wrong about in the past 3 years?…nothing that I can recall. Having studied Middle Eastern history, his analysis of the region, islam, and the qran are spot on. And your name calling and belittling of people who listen to him add no proof of him being wrong, and only discredit yourself and your argument. I am a recovering liberal, and I know how the iberal mind works…you think you are superior and more intelligent than conservatives and you are filled with hate. As a conservative, I know I am not more intelligent than you…just wiser and more worldly. Let go of the hate.
Report Post »cosette
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 2:19pm@Drgonz. I bet you would LOVE to go back in time and buy gold when Glenn first suggested it. At the time it was below $700.00 an ounce. Now it’s hovering around $1400.00. Pretty impressive for someone with a “delusional view of reality”. Our “social woes” are not the result of capitalism, they‘re the result of this nation having turned its’ back on God!
Report Post »veruca salt
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 6:42pmDon’t you ever wonder why if gold is so great, and dollars are so bad; why are these guys so willing to trade their great gold for your bad dollars?
Report Post »drgonz
Posted on March 5, 2011 at 2:23am@INFIDELS R US. Right, you‘re reading my comments and formulating a judgment that I’m hateful because of my wordchoice. That’s a reality created in your mind by your definitions of my words. What about the ideas that I presented despite my wordchoice? Have you ever imagined Beck laughing in his mansion at all the people that take the caliphate bait and buy his food backpack? I comment here not filled with hate but out of frustration that so many Americans would rather rifle through this hyperactive cycle of deflated news that Blaze and Fox perpetuates than take serious consideration in the viewpoints and arguments of the remaining 95% of humans. “As a conservative, I know I am not more intelligent than you…just wiser and more worldly. Let go of the hate.” I’m not too smart but I think wiser is synonymous with more intelligent.
Report Post »GeneralBeasley
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 11:54amhow about colbert runs for sheeple of the year.
Report Post »jedi.kep
Posted on March 5, 2011 at 8:48amLOL. I loved the audience reaction. Limp and not really laughing all that hard. A sign that many folks are listening more and more and can see what’s coming. No one wants it to happen, but the warning signs are absolutely everywhere.
Report Post »Soldier_FORTHERECORD
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 11:54amDo people still watch Colbert?
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 12:01pm“Still watch?” I’ve never watched!
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 12:02pmAnd thank you for your service to our country. That takes real courage.
Report Post »Highland
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 12:05pmI didn’t realize he still was on the air.
Report Post »Ironmaan
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 12:07pmIts the first Ive heard him mentioned in a while.
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JD Carp
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 12:08pmThe general public does not watch Beck or any other Fox News broadcast. Conversely they watch Colbert and the like and actually think it is an evening news show. So sad.
Report Post »kryptonite
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 12:09pmWhat would the nobodies on the left do without Glenn?
Report Post »NickDeringer
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 12:22pmIf Colbert is so good, why does Beck have a 1 hour show and Colbert only has a half hour show?
Report Post »TrueGrit
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 1:02pmNEWS FLASH !!!!!!
Colbert watches Beck…
Who would have guessed.
Wolverine
Report Post »cosette
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 2:06pmColbert who?
Report Post »Clive
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 4:32pmbeck watches colbert and jon stewart all the time… notice how they are mentioned like daily?
Report Post »soldier, you are such a brave patriot, so brave, gosh, wow. i hope my kid is just like you. or someone with a real job. peace!
3fingerpete
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 6:00pmAccording to the ratings, you bet’cha! In fact, Colbert got a 2% ratings bump in just the past month. Beck, on the other hand, has lost about a third of his audience lately.
Report Post »ProgressiveLiberalMarine
Posted on March 6, 2011 at 4:16pmHe actually has a funny show, Even my conservative family members think it’s funny. It’s not supposed to be taken seriously.
Report Post »hifi74
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 11:51amOK, Ill vote for Glenn if he decides too
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 11:57amHiFive!
Report Post »banjarmon
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 11:59amWhen will Colbert learn he has NO Brain…Wait….He has a learning disability…
Report Post »rodamaa
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 12:05pmI would vote for Glenn in just about anything except motivational speak. I love him like a brother but sometimes I wan to jump of my easy chair and plunge to the ground to my death. So far it has not worked out. All I have to show for it is bump and bruises.
Report Post »sissykatz
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 12:08pmDo you think they have to pay an audience to sit thru this, so it will appear he actually has fans? Thankfully I don’t need money that badly.
Report Post »BarCalliyon
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 12:11pmThanks Rodamma for the laugh.
Report Post »RAS
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 12:21pmOf course Beck running for anything isn’t the point. Recall that World War One started with the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria. Was it then just a coincidence that Colbert used title “Archduke,” or did he have that in mind and this is more of the radical left’s death wish rhetoric directed at Beck? Food for thought…
Report Post »moriarty70
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 12:26pm@RAS
Report Post »You’re not quite reaching far enough. Try including a reference to “activating the youth”. Also, point out how actual gun rehtoric is just words while this is a genuine threat.
Creestof
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 12:30pmMaybe Colbert can be Glenn’s court jester. If he does, have him do that cute trick where he gets suspended 5 feet above a bunch of hungry ‘gators.
Report Post »BeerSnob
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 12:44pmNo… those of us still around after the apocalypse will know we need to elect a man of steel resolve – NOT Ghandi.
Report Post »sleazyhippo
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 12:52pmWell done satire – (smile)
Report Post »Cobra Blue
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 12:54pmHey liberal progressives. Keep it up. At some point reality will set in. Then, you may run but you want be able to hide. An Awakening is coming. Aint’ going to be pretty. Course the fight for our independence was pretty at the time it happended, but DAMN worth it.
Report Post »Mick
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 1:08pmGlenn Beck for ArchDuke! BOOM Winning!
Report Post »SLARTIBARTFAST
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 1:17pmHe’s got me vote! Go Glenn!
Report Post »felina g
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 1:28pmI bet he would run for CUPCAKES !
Upward and onward.
Report Post »NeoFan
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 1:29pmI love that he thinks Newt is a conservative. I guess they think anyone that says something good about America is an evil conservative. You got to love the wisdom of people that became famous telling fart jokes. Legends in their own minds.
Report Post »Jaycen
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 2:07pm@NeoFan
Thank you! Man, it makes me crazy to hear left-leaning twits compare anyone who isn’t as far left as they to a conservative. Newt likes big government solutions, just President Bush, just like McCain, just like Obama…well, Obama is really far left, so he’s probably not a conservative. You get my point.
Report Post »Lloyd Drako
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 2:13pm@Ras:
You’ve nailed it.
Besides the fact that the word “Archduke” has a faintly pompous, foreign and therefore funny sound, the only thing it reminds most people of is the assassination that led to WWI.
Does Colbert know or care that it’s a hereditary not an elective position?
Report Post »calamari12
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 3:29pmi’ve got a spot in my yard for the vote for glen yard sign.
Report Post »Devil Dog 7175
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 4:20pmAnd Colbert will run for (or with ) piss bucket boy.
Report Post »Crowley
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 4:30pmAs a true testament to the audience’s obedient conformity, they all laugh hysterically at the mere mention of Beck. Ignorance is bliss.
Report Post »Sergio Q
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 7:16pmArchduke Beck sounds better than king obama to me …ya got 100+% of my support Glenn!!!
Report Post »Xcori8r
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 10:39pmThat was funny. But Glenn will probably have the last laugh when Colbert is banging on the steel door of Beck’s Bunker begging for a biscuit after the SHTF.
Report Post »*************************
Posted on March 5, 2011 at 1:16am“because based on his show, he’s [Beck] looking past 2012 and running for Arch Duke of the post-apocalyptic afterscape”
Post-apocalyptic America will be commie free, so you and your comrades better make peace with Liberty or face your well deserved Judgment.
[Taggart crashes through the commissary onto the checkout slide with food splattered all over]
Report Post »CASHIER [ringing up the register]: “Yankee bean soup … coleslaw … and tuna surprise.”
-Blazing Saddles
Rice Water
Posted on March 5, 2011 at 6:35amHeh heh. Google “Santorum” and see what comes up. Good God, I hope he runs.
And the apple-pie, “Red-White-&-Blue” backdrop of the 2008 Republican primaries was actually a mosaic of all their corporate sponsors. Apparantly, we’re all so inured to seeing “Frito-Lay” pasted everywhere that we don’t think twice about it sponsoring our democratic process.
Report Post »kloweeb
Posted on March 5, 2011 at 12:36pm“NEOFAN You got to love the wisdom of people that became famous telling fart jokes”
Yeah it’s much better to hang on every word of a man who became famous making jokes about a woman who just had a miscarriage, on the phone directly to her, while she is still in the hospital. Like Glenn Beck.
Report Post »Ruler4You
Posted on March 5, 2011 at 2:13pmHe’s got my vote if he decides to run for Head Coach of the New York Yankees or anything else. He’s at least an order of magnitude smarter than anything in politics in America today.
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