My morbid fascination with Glenn Beck was rewarded this morning.

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Thursday April 09, 2009 · 10:33 AM PDT

2009/04/09 · 10:33

Ever since the right-wing talk station in Portland switched from O'Reilly's radio show to Glenn Beck's, I must admit that I've found myself drifting over to it from time to time. All I can say in my defense is that it's sort of perverted fun to listen to this nutjob go through a slow-motion mental breakdown -- either that, or engage in a cynical snake-oil salesjob to millions of gullible, enraged right-wingers. Whether listened to ironically or with wild-eyed seriousness, Glenn Beck delivers some really bizarre entertainment.

This morning I switched over to Beck during a Thom Hartmann commercial break and heard something that simply blew my mind, and I'm wondering if anyone else heard this I-can't-believe-what-I'm-hearing moment.

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Thursday October 23, 2008 · 12:07 PM PDT

2008/10/23 · 12:07

During the primary season I wrote a diary detailing my frustration over my failure to convince my father and stepmom (long-distance, from Oregon) to support Obama in the North Carolina primary. They are in their late 60s, were huge, enthusiastic Hillary supporters and had some lingering bitterness in the months after Obama secured the nomination. In fact, considering that they occasionally spoke like Hillary Is 44 lunatics in criticizing Obama, I was concerned that they would vote McCain in the general. Since from the beginning we in the know have identified North Carolina as a battleground state, I found this prospect alarming, to say the least.

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What's the general status of your Hillary-supporting friends and family?

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What's the general status of your Hillary-supporting friends and family?

Still pissed off. Voting McCain or not at all

2 votes

Holding their noses and voting for Obama

8 votes

Fully onboard with Obama

47 votes

Actively working for an Obama victory

18 votes

Watch how Palin wears her hair tomorrow night

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Wednesday October 01, 2008 · 8:18 PM PDT

2008/10/01 · 20:18

A longtime friend of mine, a professor who deals a lot with media matters, reports that a media-analyst contact in NYC told him (yes, I know, this is all hearsay) to watch out for Sarah Palin's hairstyle at tomorrow's debate. And it's not because Tina Fey is watching closely about how to follow Sarah's hair trends (though I'm sure she will).

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How will Sarah Palin wear her hair tomorrow night?

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How will Sarah Palin wear her hair tomorrow night?

In an FLDS-style bun

42 votes

Her neck and ears will be exposed

20 votes

Her ears (and earpiece) will be covered

205 votes

Shaved in shame for deepsixing McCain's campaign

41 votes

Get outta here!

35 votes

My unsuccessful attempt to get my dad in NC to vote Obama

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Tuesday April 29, 2008 · 10:47 AM PDT

2008/04/29 · 10:47

So yesterday, I get a call at my home in Oregon, and when I answer the phone I hear the sound of Hillary Clinton telling a crowd at a rally in North Carolina that she is the candidate, her lobbying for passage of NAFTA notwithstanding (nor mentioned), who can best represent the interests of blue-collar workers. You see, my Dad, a resident of Gatonia, N.C., was at the rally. It was his confirmation that he had indeed gone ahead and voted for Clinton in early voting.

I had worked on him for weeks, trying to get him to vote for Obama. He was reluctant. He's not a Clinton fan. He likes Obama a lot and would certainly vote for him over McCain, but he recently became convinced that Obama could not stand up to attacks against him, and that the Republicans would eat him alive in the general-election campaign, milking Rev. Wright right up until Election Day.

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My morbid fascination with Glenn Beck was rewarded this morning.

N. Carolina: How two Hillary fans came to embrace Obama

Watch how Palin wears her hair tomorrow night

My unsuccessful attempt to get my dad in NC to vote Obama