Beck Rates Health Reform as 9/11 Attack (video) »

Posted By Progressive 3 months, 1 week ago in Political Opinion

Glenn Beck's found a new way to frame his opposition to heath care reform, and this one's a doozy: It's a terrorist attack. A decade ago “I could have shouted every single day about Osama bin Laden,” the Fox News commentator said, “and nobody would have been willing to stand in line two hours while some security officer made grandma take her shoes off.” But now “America has changed,” and the 9/12ers aren't going to let it happen again—in the US Congress.

“We're taking time out of our busy lives,” Beck continued. “The 9/12ers are willing to stand in line and take our shoes off before the plane actually hits the tower.” Beck’s comments could backfire for congressional candidate Doug Hoffman, who’s called him a “mentor” and happens to be running in New York—a state, Sam Stein notes on the Huffington Post, that doesn't take kindly to trivializing the 9/11 attacks.

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    deathray3 months, 1 week ago

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    that's just stupid.

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      Will13133 months, 1 week ago

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      and i rank Beck up there with bin Ladin in wanting to destroy America..

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        chip563 months, 1 week ago

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        The Dems don't want to "get it right", they just want to get it.

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        Sabretooth3 months, 1 week ago

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        Well, i will give them credit, cons surely are drama queens.

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          Natureboy3 months, 1 week ago

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          Actually, our current healthcare system is just like MULTIPLE 9-11 events; 18,000 or so dieing, every year, because of lack of access to appropriate treatment. That's like six WTC attacks yearly.

          But I know that's not what Beck was getting at. What a waste of oxygen he is!

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          djn3nunez33 months, 1 week ago

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          Well somebody need to remind Glenn that 66,882,230 citizens trumps his 75,000 9/12ers no matter how much he whines and cries.

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            Charlson3 months, 1 week ago

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            Doing nothing about heath care and staying the course is like standing by and watching a terrorist set off a nuclear bomb in the US. Both will be devastating to our citizens and have a long term effect.

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            Tangent0013 months, 1 week ago

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            What next, Mr. Beck? "We must oppose health care reform for the sake of our brave men and women fighting overseas!"?

            Really, the man is turning into his own parody.

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