Amid the "rags to riches" accounts of Beck's life, triumphs and tragedies, there is a little gem that caught the attention of more than one blog. According to Beck, it happened like this:
How big has Beck become in just six years since he made the leap from DJ to talk-show host? After calling out President Bush on the Iraq war on the air one day, he received a phone call from the White House. "The president would like to meet with you for an hour," a White House official told him. He flew to Washington for a one-on-one, off-the-record meetingwith President Bush.
And this isn't that surprising either, given the fact that Bush has met with members of the Winguttia before. But it's what Beck revealed that made me say, WTF??
Whatever his opinion, it carries enough clout that he was summoned to the White House, where Bush explained himself to the radio host but insisted the conversation was off the record.
Beck, who thinks that leaving Iraq now would be the worst mistake since slavery, had demanded that the president stop fighting the war halfway and simply win the war, because this was a strategy Americans would rally around. Beck left the White House stunned and awestruck with his sense of Bush's command of the situation.
"The thing is," Beck says, "he's not the guy you see on TV. I talked to (CNN's) Wolf Blitzer, and he said the exact same thing. It's amazing."
"He is clear and focused, and there are no hems and haws. I would not want to sit across the table from him as an enemy. He said a few things that were breathtaking, and my immediate response was, 'Why are you not saying this?' and he explained. I can't quote him. All I can say is that he has Abraham Lincoln-honorable reasons ... he has chosen not to say certain things. But (the Iraq war) is going much better than people think."
Where to begin? First off, in what f***ing alternate universe does Bush live in that he thinks it's ok to confide in a Talk Radio host about matters that, given Beck's description, could be somewhat classified and/or have something to do with National Security. He can tell Glenn Beck but has to leave the American people in the dark??? (banging head against a brick wall). Great. What's next, Glenn Beck, Foreign Policy Advisor?
Second of all, he compares Bush to Lincoln BECAUSE OF THIS!!! Holy Crap! The same guy who asked an elected congressman to "Prove to me you're not working with our enemies" is now saying bush is "Lincoln-like" honorable because he's telling state secrets to a radio host? Was a pajama party and hair braiding involved?....."Psst Glenn, I'm gonna tell you something, but you gotta promise not to tell, heheheheh".
I found a history lesson comparing Bush to Lincoln over at a blog called Monkey Muck. This pretty much sums it up:
LINCOLN
* Abe Lincoln gave his life for this country.
* Abe sought to keep our union together.
* Abe freed the slaves.
* Abe governed this nation in the interest of all the people not just a select few.
* Abe surrounded himself with people who disagreed with him so he could see all sides of an issue.
* Abe has two memorials to him, one in Washington DC that is a magnet for freedom loving people the world over and the other in South Dakota.
BUSH
# George Bush refused to fight for his country when he had the chance to as a young man. He used his father's influence to get him into a cushy deployment with the Texas National Guard. And he didn't even finish that commitment.
# Bush took this nation to war over nothing and he used faulty intelligence to justify it.
# Bush has governed this nation with the interests of the white ruling elites in mind. He has shown himself time and time again to be on the side against the poor, the working class, and the middle class.
# Bush has placed himself above the law with his many "signing statements." In a nation that is governed by laws our President has exempted himself, wrongfully so, from many of them.......
And that's just for a start.
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