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Why Won’t Glenn Beck Wear a Bowtie on TV, and Can It Save America?

On his Monday show tonight, Glenn Beck discussed the importance of cultural institutions like music and art in the fostering of a more pro-liberty, pro-American culture. Beck framed his segment as a follow-up to a previous monologue by guest host Dana Loesch on TheBlazeTV discussing how politics is “downstream from pop culture.”

“I‘m pretty sure that’s why Dana wears leather pants,” Beck said jokingly, implying that Loesch’s decision to dress more provocatively and with a more “cool” edge made her more likely to get attention. Beck also mentioned that this was the same reason he would wear jeans on his show, and might wear a bowtie off-camera, but never while on TV.

“That’s what everybody expects,” Beck said, implying that the stereotype of the bowtie-wearing conservative works to stop people from listening to conservative messaging. Fortunately, as you’ll see in the segment below, the soundtrack for “Restoring Love” looks like it will be avoiding that pitfall:

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  • bloomytoad
    Posted on July 10, 2012 at 10:46am

    Do they really think the playlist for restoring love is cool? It sucks, it is all down beat slow and depressing, the lyrics might be inspirational, but I can’t get into the lyrics if the music is so horribly sucky.

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  • AllLost
    Posted on July 10, 2012 at 10:19am

    That is why I pierced my nipples and stop bathing. You know to be more hip so I could get my message across.

    This is a very stupid premise. I agree that we must engage the culture, but we do not need to be part of the culture to do this. We offer an alternative.

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  • tommyg524
    Posted on July 10, 2012 at 9:59am

    http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/money-power-wall-street/#b
    must see..please share,pass it around

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  • Gonzo
    Posted on July 10, 2012 at 9:10am

    The only one I know of that ever looked good in a bowtie is Mickey Mouse.

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  • Qoheleth
    Posted on July 10, 2012 at 9:01am

    A few years back, while working retail for a store that had a dress code that require “a tie of standard dimensions,” I took to wearing them because it both followed the rules and set me apart from all the others. I still wear them because I like them. If it makes me look “old-fashioned” to some, it makes me look “cool” to others. Like any fashion statement, the interpretation is pretty much up to the beholder.

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  • jettson
    Posted on July 10, 2012 at 8:16am

    Bow ties are stupid and so are cowboy hats. I don’t trust anyone that wears one.

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  • RamonPreston
    Posted on July 10, 2012 at 7:04am

    Ties are dangerous!

    Obama, Biden and Beck were flying along the Hudson River in a helicopter. After a few drinks everybody started feeling good. Biden opens the door and throws a dollar out and says “I’ve made someone in America happy.” Obama steps to the door and throws out 10 one-dollar bills and says “I’ve made 10 people in America happy.” Beck grabs Obama by the tie and flips him out the door and says ‘I’ve made EVERYBODY in America happy.”

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  • pdw
    Posted on July 10, 2012 at 12:31am

    Funny how a man can even be faulted for the clothes he wears. I always thought we have freedom of choice and when that is taken away then what do we have left but to be come slaves to our government. I remember the days when I wore a bow-tie it is fun to for a change. No one made fun of me in fact they would ask how to tie a bow-tie with which I said the same as your shoelaces. If we do not have the freedom to made decisions ourselves how are we to learn about ourselves? It is a sad day when all we can do in our lives is try to find fault with someone else instead of trying to understand that person and at the same time learn more about ourselves and how to be better humans-beings.

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  • R.A. Bullseye
    Posted on July 10, 2012 at 12:09am

    I don’t understand this article.

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  • MoonpieNobot
    Posted on July 9, 2012 at 11:18pm

    Bow ties are cool. Glen Beck is an idiot.

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  • sparky239
    Posted on July 9, 2012 at 11:17pm

    Ol Glen would look like Les Nesman …ooohh forgot the band aid on the top of his head…and we need to fix up his desk with tape for those imaginary walls he’ll get in the next life….and hire the doctor and need to get andy for his programer….yea thats it ….do it les

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  • historyguy48
    Posted on July 9, 2012 at 10:06pm

    Comrade Beck! You would look stupid in a bow tie! Not bad, but stupid!

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    • Disco_Obama
      Posted on July 10, 2012 at 2:47am

      Debbie Wasserman Schultz stupid? Cause that would be saying a lot.

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  • LeadNotFollow
    Posted on July 9, 2012 at 9:05pm

    …
    I hate bowties.
    Guys in bowties seem creepy.
    I don’t trust guys wearing bowties.
    Glenn, don’t ever wear a bowtie.

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    • thenewhickschick
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 10:21pm

      Amen to that! Bow ties are just wrong outside of a formal event, then it is black tie. Which as any woman will tell you is very attractive.

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    • jzs
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 10:24pm

      Outside George Will does anyone of any political stripe wear bow-ties? And Glenn Beck wears jeans? Since when? Nice try being a regular person.

      Glenn says, “financially I don’t care.” Yeah, sure. Then why say it? Especially given that you profit from all of these events.

      Glenn is making money. Good for him. But folks, if you think his goal is to save the world (while making millions in the process), you’re naive and gullible.

      Jesus didn’t gain a fortune teaching the Word, nor Gandhi teaching nonviolence, nor Martin Luther King teaching the equality of the races. In contrast, Beck is making a huge fortune preaching his version of Christianity, and if you think that‘s not his primary motivation you’re blinded.

      Note: when somebody is making a fortune, millions and millions, off the claim that they are the Word, and can see a little beyond what you can, and have the answers to all your questions, then you are worshiping a false God.

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    • hillbillyinny
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 10:35pm

      Sorry @JZS, but Glenn has been wearing jeans and sneaks (strange old fashioned ones. . . ), since, I believe, his CNN days–he was always behind a desk there, hard to tell. But definitely on FOX, and definitely many, many days on GBTV!

      He likes to wear a sport jacket, but when the camera takes a full shot, there are often jeans below. Everyone knows they are a favorite.

      Do you watch Glenn?

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    • Meyvn
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 11:41pm

      I don’t do ties period. They’re silly. I need function and they are good for nothing.

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    • PATTY HENRY
      Posted on July 10, 2012 at 12:57am

      First of all…why are you naysayers here? Secondly it’s GLENN not GLEN; then one of you boob-heads said that Beck doesn’t care about people..he’s just making money. uh huh. You’re all nothing but ungrateful swine, paid by Soros probably, trying to discredit the one man who SAVED us from sure ruin in 2009.. He showed us that there are 75% of us vs. 21% OF YOU liberal bean heads..you used to have the MSM with you, but I think your Traitor-in-Chief has managed to turn them away too. Beck has done more in 5 years to help more people, give out more $, inspire more people that all of you + several thousand will do in their life times. Sad widdle trollies.
      In other words, you can’t hold a candle to him, his wife, their show, their group…nothing. I‘m sure he’ll hear a WELL DONE from our LORD. :) Crawl on away now, back to your dark holes of hatred…you’re not welcomed here…besides, every time you come on, he makes $$$$ :)))))))

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  • Freedombeliever
    Posted on July 9, 2012 at 9:03pm

    **Sigh** Come on, Blaze. I mean Glenn is great and we all know he pays for this whole thing but really? The top 3 headlines are stuff from his latest monologue a few hours ago? If The Blaze wants to sway more people to our side, we would do best to steer away from the Beck worshipping. I will repeat- I KNOW he is paying for this, but those who are fans of his already are (myself included) so you are preaching to the choir. But maybe try toning down posts about his daily monologue to just one? We are trying (or at least I thought) to sway the middle-of-the-road folks, here. Bring on the hate posts. Sorry guys, but unfortunately we won’t win this election by appealing to our side. We MUST sway the undecided!

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    • Searchingforthelight
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 10:35pm

      The music will persuade the masses. It has in the past and it can in the future. Beautiful meaningful cultural art and music can persuade the soul to do good, to seek peace and love. To vote for a brighter future. To vote for a President with honor and integrity. Good attracts good. It allows a good presence that opens up to brightness. It is how the tone in our home is set.

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  • shandog
    Posted on July 9, 2012 at 8:58pm

    Bow ties are cool!
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPGTizdGwSc

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  • TROLLMONGER
    Posted on July 9, 2012 at 8:55pm

    Beck actually believes he is a demi-god. Unfortunately, there are so many fools that believe and follow whatever he says and willingly spend money on his snakeoil products.

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    • broker0101
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 9:34pm

      Your assessment is incorrect. Glenn believes he is The Messiah, not a demi-god. In fact, I’ve established the Over/Under for his public announcement of this revelation as April 15, 2014. I have officially taken the Under.

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    • TRONINTHEMORNING
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 9:57pm

      Both of you make a lot of sense. This site is getting weird, I must say. It’s an ego-feed for GB; I get that. But perhaps it is headed for the HAPPY DAYS-FONZIE water skiing episode. Time will tell.

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    • Searchingforthelight
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 10:37pm

      Many people have been healed because of their belief.

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    • Disco_Obama
      Posted on July 10, 2012 at 2:45am

      Glenn sells snakeoil? Where can I get some? Where can I get some? Huh?

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    • crzyredhead
      Posted on July 10, 2012 at 3:19pm

      bwahaha, way to make an unprovable (and therefore unarguable) statement.

      “Glenn Beck thinks he’s a demi-god [or Messiah, or whatever]” — Ok, prove it, when has he claimed anything close to this? Where do you see that from? Is it simply because he is presenting what he believes and presenting it as the truth? Because I’m pretty sure that you did the same thing with your statements.

      Or as JZS claims: “Glenn is obviously in it for the money, he doesn’t care about the country” — Well that’s pretty naive. So he’s making a lot of money and is successful. Or (shocker!!) he’s allowing companies to actually advertise on his radio show. Logically that has no interaction with his concern for the country. You cannot link the two rationally. A person isn‘t automatically evil because he’s financially successful.

      These kinds of statements are akin to this exchange:

      “How do you know she’s a w i t c h?”
      “She looks like one!”…
      “Did you dress her up like this?”
      “No, no….no. Yes. Yes, yes, a bit, a bit”
      “She has got a wart.”
      “What makes you think she’s a w i t c h?”
      “Well, she turned me into a newt.”
      “A newt?”
      “I got better.”

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    • jzs
      Posted on July 10, 2012 at 9:22pm

      crzyredhead quotes me: “Glenn Beck thinks he’s a demi-god [or Messiah, or whatever]”

      Crazy, I didn’t say that. Liar. Now, if you reply to a statement I actually made, rather than reply to one you wish I made, then I might respond. Otherwise there’s no possibility of dialogue is there? That kind of conversation is schizo. No thanks.

      Hey did your hear the latest? UPS dropped Rush Limbaugh.

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  • Vydunas
    Posted on July 9, 2012 at 8:47pm

    The bow tie is a kteic symbol. Not that there’s anything wrong with that.

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  • chrishw
    Posted on July 9, 2012 at 8:42pm

    I hate bow ties, just wish he wouldn’t wear one off tv too. I get mad when I see them, just so stupid looking and ugly.

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  • Old Truckers
    Posted on July 9, 2012 at 8:29pm

    Okay guys, this is important, real men do not ever wear bow ties!

    Bow ties are for clowns and,,, well, you know.

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  • hatchetjob
    Posted on July 9, 2012 at 8:19pm

    Because he doesn’t want to look like a blimp.

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  • All Pro
    Posted on July 9, 2012 at 8:16pm

    Why wont Glenn Beck tell the whole truth. It might save America.

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  • broker0101
    Posted on July 9, 2012 at 8:15pm

    If anyone actually believes that his choice of neck-ware may or may not save America, it’s Glenn Beck.

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  • pecosval
    Posted on July 9, 2012 at 8:13pm

    glenn , you can wear a bow tie for haloween and that is all!!

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  • skimmer57
    Posted on July 9, 2012 at 8:07pm

    Everyone knows Beck hasn’t worn a bow tie since his rodeo clown days.

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  • Meyvn
    Posted on July 9, 2012 at 8:06pm

    Why imitate Fairykahn and the nation of islam?

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    • Disco_Obama
      Posted on July 10, 2012 at 2:51am

      I saw Farrakhan without his head and blood gushing from his neck earlier. Just a random thought, maybe wishful thinking? His bow tie wouldn’t stay on very well without his head, would it?

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