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Chatty Kathy Parker Compares Beck’s Restoring Honor Rally To A 12 Step Program
Written By : William Teach

Generally, most of the major tools on the Internet are ignored, yet, everyone once in a while they write something so incredibly so mindless, so half no-witted, so perfidious, that it needs to be exposed. Here’s Kathleen Parker’s bit of complete idiocy: My name is Glenn Beck, and I need help

Despite all the words spilled in evaluating Glenn Beck’s tent-less revival last weekend, the real meaning may have been hiding in plain sight.

Beck’s “Restoring Honor” gathering on the Mall was right out of the Alcoholics Anonymous playbook. It was a 12-step program distilled to a few key words, all lifted from a prayer delivered from the Lincoln Memorial: healing, recovery and restoration.

Saturday’s Beckapalooza was yet another step in Beck’s own personal journey of recovery. He may as well have greeted the crowd of his fellow disaffected with:

“Hi. My name is Glenn, and I’m messed up.”

Isn’t that nice? Apparently, you 500,000+ who attended, not too mention all those who watched it on C-SPAN and on Internet feeds, are simply the same as alcoholics. Fortunately, Parker, who is certainly competing to be the #1 tool at the Washington Post, mentions

Beck’s history of alcoholism and addiction is familiar to any who follow him. He has made no secret of his past and is quick to make fun of himself. As he once said: “You can get rich making fun of me. I know. I’ve made a lot of money making fun of me.”

Well, then, Kathy, I guess it is just fine for you to make fun of his alcoholism, and make the rally out to be attended by alcoholics. She followed up with quotes from Beck that apparently support her hypothesis that the rally was about getting over addiction, or something.

If you were thinking that Parker’s entire fever swamp column was never meant to go anywhere except to attack Beck, you’d be correct. Oh, and don’t forget about Kathy’s PDS!

Yes, Mother Superior made an appearance. Sarah Palin, whom Beck sainted a few months ago during an interview in which he declared her one of the few people who can save America, came to the Mall not to praise politics but to honor our troops.

Parker may have at one time been a decent person, but, now she is competing for the praises of Liberal World, having been successfully captured by the predominantly liberal media. I’m sure most of us know someone who has had problems with alcohol, perhaps even an alcoholic. I’ve known a few, once who damned near drank himself to death, literally. He turned his life around. And, yeah, we can joke about it a bit, though, the joking can have the hard edge of reality, as well as a bit of melancholy. Forgive me if I am a bit sensitive, but, addiction is not meant to be the punchline of an “I hate Beck and Palin” opinion piece. But, this is what Parker is reduced to.

If you’d like to tell the Washington Post about this disgusting op-ed piece, which more properly belongs at Kos, Little Green Goofballs, or any other unhinged liberal site, you can email them (also Marcus W. Brauchli, Executive Editor) or call them (800-627-1150). I actually called on the way to work.

Crossed at Pirate’s Cove. Follow me on Twitter @WilliamTeach

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  • http://www.wordaroundthenet.com Christopher Taylor

    The basic concept of Becks vaguely spiritual statements is a lot like AA: no religion, no particular need for you to have real faith or obedience to a creator, just a generalized feeling of religiousness and spirituality. A lot of allegedly Christian churches teach this kind of thing every Sunday, though, its not unique to Beck.

  • Martha

    I, like D-Vega, won’t threadjack, but I gotta say I like this new
    format (assuming it isn’t just my computer) of not answering directly to a comment. Should eliminate a lot of the petty insults.

  • William Teach

    I think something is wrong with Discus or something. I actually see it when lookiing via my iPhone, but, not while using Firefox, and the comment box is misformatted, so, probably Disqus. Can’t even see part of what I am typing. Plus, the front page doesn’t show the # of comments. I expect it will probably be fixed soon. If you’ve seen the Disquis comments load slow, what you are seeing now is what happens in the middle of loading.

  • Martha

    Teach, you have seen exactly what I see, except for the slow loading. It is as quick as ev-ah for me.

  • Lee

    Can't you just feel the love?

  • baoxian

    The whole article is one big, angry, frothing, ad homenim attack. She also betrays how the left is furious that Beck and Palin have refused to be cowed into submission. She must have been shaking and red-faced when typing about their financial success.

    Parker clearly demonstrates that diseased ideology of the left. They're in charge. Completely. Beck and Palin are private citizens that have absolutely no authority over anyone else. But the left seethes with hate and rage towards them, and continually blames them for the ills of the country. Or is it that Beck and Palin continue to remind the left of their failures?

  • http://www.cavalierx.com CavalierX

    So everyone who went to the rally is, what, an Ameriholic who should be trying to give America up?

  • D-Vega

    Not to threadjack, but what happened to the “ACLU Sues Obama Over Targeted Killing Orders” thread on the homepage?

    • http://www.thepiratescove.us/ William_Teach

      Hmm, looks like something was wrong with Disqus or something, any comments made while it was down are gone. Still showing funny on the front page, as all zero for comments

      • http://www.wordaroundthenet.com Christopher Taylor

        Yeah there's comments but it shows zero. Disqus wasn't working at all for me for a while.

  • billdalasio

    Wow, for someone who seems to delight in asserting her class superiority to the great conservative unwashed, Ms. Parker does seem to show a stunning lack of breeding or good taste. Among decent people, having overcome an addiction does no discredit. Not overcoming it does. And mocking someone for engaging in the hard work to do the right thing makes you well….not the sort of person welcome in polite company.

  • http://www.wordaroundthenet.com Christopher Taylor

    In a way she's not too far off: Beck's vague spirituality and undefined “god” was more like AA's higher being than an omnipotent deity demanding worship and obedience. Then again, a lot of allegedly Christian Churches teach that kind of thing every Sunday so…

  • jharp

    “Apparently, you 500,000+ who attended”

    You are a liar and a lunatic.

    CBS chose to report the higher number out of the two scientific estimates. Which was 87,000, + or – 9,000.

    Are you really that fucking stupid to believe what you post?

    Or why don't you cite a legitimate source for your preposterous number.

    And the whole world is laughing at the racist bigoted teatards interviewed by the Right State students.

    God you people are stupid.

    • StanW

      Scientific estimates? And what science is that?

      • jharp

        “Scientific estimates? And what science is that?”

        Here you go. Jackass.

        http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20015214-503544.html

        Care to offer any proof of your preposterous claim?

        I didn't think so.

        God you people are stupid.

        • StanW

          Nice ESTIMATE, Harp. Others disagree.

          Thanks for playing!

        • Meekrob

          You're a lying sack of shit, but since you're a Democrat, that's redundant.

          • Gardotd

            Yep, Republicans have been nothing but truthful to we measly citizens. “Saddam Hussein has weapons of mass destruction.”
            “This is not about oil.”
            Wait, wait, wait. My favorite one:
            “Mission Accomplished.”

          • StanW

            Democrats were the ones that claimed Saddam had WMD, idiot.
            If the war was about oil, WHERE IS IT?

    • mightysamurai

      Isn't that the same network which once tried to defraud a presidential election?

      • Guest

        When did we start talking about the 2000 presidential election. Leave the former Fla. gov. and the supreme court out of the discussion. It has nothing to do with them. We are talking about a different network.

    • http://www.wordaroundthenet.com Christopher Taylor

      Every other source has the number around 200,000 or higher. CBS is the one extremely low outlier whose number is hilariously and obviously false. Photos show that there's far more people present than even at MLK's speech there, which was estimated at over 100,000.

      Still I can see why you'd cling to the ridiculously low number by CBS: its comforting like a warm blanket you hide under from the cruel world where all your leftist fantasies are falling apart.

      • jharp

        “Every other source has the number around 200,000 or higher.”

        Sources? Links? Methodology?

        Not one credible source has the number around 200,000.

        I did see the Gateway Dumbshit, Jim Hoft, claiming 500,000. Is he one of your sources?

        God you people are stupid.

        • StanW

          The fact that you think CBS is a credible source for anything political negates your entire argument, Harp.

          • Gardotd

            Right, and Fox News is the bastion for political journalistic integrity, right?

          • StanW

            Better than gopod old Caught-In-A-Lie CBS!

        • http://www.wordaroundthenet.com Christopher Taylor

          CNN, New York Times, LA Times, ABC, BBC, Times of London, etc all have the number at 150-200,000. CBS is the only source that is so hilariously low and the reasoning behind it is absolutely obvious. You are pathetic.

          • jharp

            “CNN, New York Times, LA Times, ABC, BBC, Times of London, etc all have the number at 150-200,000.”

            Link? Methodology? Pulling numbers out of ones ass means nothing.

            And the claim here is 500,000.

            It's nice to see a teatard openly admit to lying.

          • StanW

            What happened to consensus, Harp. That is all you need for any number of decisions in your pathetic Liberal existance. With all these Liberal news organizations claiming 150,000+ in attendance, it seems unlikely that the number from CBS is true.

            But it is clear that you will latch onto anything you can find, no matter how improbable it may be, if you even think it will damage the Right.

            I am pretty sure your Liberal Party Hack credentials are safe.

          • jharp

            “What happened to consensus, Harp. That is all you need for any number of decisions in your pathetic Liberal existance. With all these Liberal news organizations claiming 150,000+ in attendance, it seems unlikely that the number from CBS is true.”

            Links? I don't believe they claimed 150,000. And if they did they need to disclose the methodology.

            And consensus? You're kidding, right? You mean like the “liberal” media consensus that sold us the war? The ones who claimed Saddam had WMD's and the war would last 6 weeks or 6 months?

            You are a blithering idiot.

            Provide links or shut the fuck up. I've got some yard work to do.

          • StanW

            Yeah, you go cut the grass or mommy won't let you back on the computer.

            Consensus like in AGW, and no one said the war would last 6 weeks. That lie is dismissed.

            All these news sources that claim different number, and you choose the lowest number and defend it ad naseum. No, you don;t have an agenda. NO WAY!

          • jharp

            “All these news sources that claim different number”

            Let's see the links then. And the methodology used.

            “and no one said the war would last 6 weeks”

            Donald Rumsfeld “I can't tell you if the use of force in Iraq today would last five days, or five weeks, or five months, but it certainly isn't going to last any longer than that.”

            * Interview with Steve Croft, Infinity CBS Radio Connect, November 14, 2002

            What was his title again?

            You are an utter moron.

          • StanW

            So “five days, or five weeks, or five months” is the same as six weeks?

            Harp, your middle school teachers are failing you. make sure you tell them that tomorrow during homeroom. Now get out there and cut that grass.

          • http://www.wordaroundthenet.com Christopher Taylor

            This guy is dumb as a sack of whelks. Good lord, where on earth do these trolls come from? Is there some way to stop them from breeding?

          • Gardotd

            jharp isn't at all defending CBS' number “ad naseum.” You should learn English. That, or see a psychiatrist, because if you read his comments and think he is defending said numbers ad NAUSEUM, you are just plain delusional. And another thing: If you're going to try to use little Latin phrases and put them in italics to try to sound intelligent, you should probably know how to spell them first.

          • StanW

            Again with the spelling. You do know that when you criticize spelling on a message board, that is an admission that you have no point.

          • Adog

            i must say you are too far brainwashed into the liberal media to be reasoned with

          • Gardotd

            You spelled existence wrong…..

          • StanW

            Are you the spelling nazi, Gar-toad? Why don't you stay out of conversations that don't concern you!

    • idaho2run

      WOW straight from CBS!! Must be like the word from above itself!!! Take a look at verified pictures of the rally, fool.

      Just because the folks of the Tea Party want limited government, curbed spending and dare to disagree with the Ruler of the Known Universe, the lord Obama, does not make them racist or any other invective. P.S. Your diety, Obama ranks up there with what comes out the south-bound end of a north-bound horse.

      I applaud your superior intellect and command of the English language.

      Useful Idiot.

      • Gardotd

        How does employing police to enforce laws that restrict citizen's personal lives translate into “limeted government?” Are you all this crazy? GOVERNMENT isn't just limited to your capitalist bullshit issues. You claim to represent limited government. Yeah, limited government that can tell you who you can marry, what you can do with your own body, and what you can choose to smoke or ingest.

  • jharp

    StanW posted “The fact that you think CBS is a credible source for anything political negates your entire argument, Harp.”

    StanW. You are a moron.

    CBS hired two independent experts at estimating crowds. Beck and his retards hired zero.

    God you people are stupid.

    • StanW

      CBS used 'experts' to prove that the National Guard memo was real. Remember how that turned out, Harp.

      Tell me something Harp, where were these 'experts' when CBS was procliming crowd estimates for Obama's inaguration or the anti-war protests?

      • jharp

        “where were these 'experts' when CBS was procliming crowd
        estimates for Obama's inaguration or the anti-war protests?”

        The same place they were on the day of Beck's teatard fest you imbecile.

        Go read the link you idiot. They explain their methodology quite clearly.

        http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20015214-503544.html

        And the numbers are 87,000, plus or minus 9,000.

        500,000? God you people are stupid.

        • StanW

          Thanks for making my point, Harp. These “experts” were not needed when CBS was throwing out numbers for Obama and the Liberals. but they needed cover for their inferior estimates, so they hired these “experts”.

          I understand this same group does document authentication and vote counting on the side, Harp! ;)

          • jharp

            “These “experts” were not needed when CBS was throwing out numbers for Obama and the Liberals.”

            I have no idea what you are getting at. Since they didn't use the experts before this somehow discredits the experts?

            Are you really that fucking stupid? Really?

            I still waiting for a source for your preposterous claim of 500,000. Is it the Gateway Dumbshit Jim Hoft?

          • StanW

            Why, Harp. No matter what I put forward, you will throw out “…but the EXPERTS at CBS said…” and that will be that.

            It is enough that everyone here knows that experts at CBS are your standard for the truth.

          • jharp

            “No matter what I put forward, you will throw out “…but the EXPERTS at CBS said…”

            StanW you stupid fuck. CBS hired two independent agencies that estimate crowds professionally.

            They aren't CBS's numbers at all. CBS simply reported what the experts estimated.

            And the reason you won't put anything forward is BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT NOTHING, jackass.

            God you people are stupid.

          • StanW

            My point exactly, Harp. It all comes back to CBS as your ONLY source for your number. They throw out a little science at you and you go all GAGA over it.

            This is another case of 'fake, but accurate', right Harp?

            You are really gullible.

          • jharp

            “It all comes back to CBS as your ONLY source for your number.”

            Goddamn you are one dumb SOB.

            For the 3rd or 4th time. THEY AREN”T CBS's NUMBERS!

            CBS hired two independent agencies who came up with about the same fucking numbers. Independently.

            About 87,000.

            God you people are stupid.

          • StanW

            CBS hired them, so they are CBS's numbers, Harp. It's very simple.

            Consensus is against you on this. How sad for you!

          • Gardotd

            And it's enough for the real Left (not the Democratic party) to know that Glenn Beck is yours.

          • StanW

            Fine, Gar-Toad. Whatever!

  • Settingitstraight

    That 500,000 number is totally bogus.

    Beck has about 2,000,000 viewers, so, that 500K figure would constitute 1/4 of his entire nationwide audience. Highly unlikely.

    And, an audience of 2,000,000 in a country of perhaps 325,000,000 is negligible. This means that over 99% of U.S. citizens could care less about this clown.

    In fact, twice as many people tune in syndicated reruns of “Everybody Loves Raymond” and “Family Guy” than Beck. Three times as many people watch “Judge Judy,” and nearly five times as many people watch “Wheel of Fortune.”

    So, his reach and influence is a figment of the imagination of the hype and propaganda meisters.

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