Lindsey Graham takes jab at Glenn Beck: ‘Only in America can you make that much money crying.’

[babylonsister]

http://thinkprogress.org/2009/10/01/graham-beck/

Sen. Graham takes jab at Glenn Beck: ‘Only in America can you make that much money crying.’
By Amanda Terkel at 2:32 pm


Today at the Washington Ideas Forum sponsored by the Atlantic, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) sharply criticized “talk radio, MoveOn.org, the 24-hour news cycle” for the polarization in politics. He then specifically mentioned Fox News hosts Bill O’Reilly and Glenn Beck:

Can you imagine writing the Constitution — you know, O’Reilly says Ben Franklin’s giving in on something. Can you imagine having to do that in this environment? {Graham said}

Without missing a beat, The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg next asked for Graham’s thoughts on Glenn Beck.

“Only in America can you make that much money crying,” Graham said.

Graham also claimed that Beck is “not aligned with any party as far as I can tell. He’s aligned with cynicism. And there’s always been a market for cynicism.”

Watch it at link~

In recent weeks, there has been a conservative backlash against Beck. Right-wing radio host Mark Levin has called him “pathetic,” former Bush adviser Peter Wehner has said he’s “harmful to the conservative movement,” Rush Limbaugh characterized his role promoting the 9/12 march as “cheap and disingenuous,” and conservative pundit David Frum has warned conservatives against succumbing to Beck’s “mob rule.”

[Xipe Totec]

1. Pugs are throwing Beck under the short bus n/t

[Arkana]

2. Rush only did it because he sees Beck as a threat

for the ownership of the minds of millions of idiots everywhere.

[lpbk2713]

3. Failin thought she would profit by whining about Letterman.

But it backfired on her sorry ass. :rofl:

[benld74]

4. With either one, as my dad used to say," Didn't know they could stack sh*t that high"!