'BECKSTABBED!': Glenn Beck Supporters Turn on Him After 'Operation American Spring' Failure

[BradBlog]

'BECKSTABBED!': Glenn Beck Supporters Turn on Him After 'Operation American Spring' Failure
Frankenstein's monsters finally turn against the good doctor...

Glenn Beck's natives are getting very restless, and many of them are now taking their frustrations out on him.

The organizers of last Friday's "Operation American Spring" (OAS) had claimed their massive Washington D.C. protest, "calling for the removal of Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Harry Reid, Mitch McConnell, John Boehner, Nancy Pelosi, and Eric Holder as a start toward constitutional restoration," was likely to draw 10 million to 30 million fed-up American patriots to the nation's capital.

To the weekend-long bemusement of Democrats and progressives, the number of attendees at the rally was closer to 10 than 30 million. As even the rightwing Washington Times reported, attendance fell "woefully below expectations," with turnout claims varying from a few hundred to a few thousand. "Hundreds is more like it," said one of the attendees quoted by the Times.

Progressives were predictably entertained by the dismal failure of the umpteenth rally to save our nation from the "outlaws" or "commies" or "Muslims" or "Constitution haters" who have now taken it over the government --- through peaceful elections. But once the King of the American Patriots himself, Glenn Beck, and his online "news" outlet The Blaze, appeared to join in to mock the event, the real patriots could no longer hold their tongues.

Long-time supporters of Beck's turned their sights on the radio host-turned-CNN-host- turned-Fox-"News"-host-turned-multi-millionaire-Internet-entrepeneur after The Blaze's Oliver Darcy covered the event, describing it as "only millions short of projected turnout," featuring "only a few dozen protesters" and as having "failed incredibly."

Many of Beck's fans were decidedly not happy about that, some going so far as to declare Beck himself "the enemy"...

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[shenmue]

1. Hee hee!

[Hissyspit]

48. Glenn Beck's followers are revolting.

[bearssoapbox]

49. Yes.

Yes they are.

[truebluegreen]

56. I've certainly been revolted by them!

heh

[SammyWinstonJack]

2. rec

[hlthe2b]

3. Karma often takes way too long to be in evidence...

Glad, at least in this case, it has begun to be obvious.

[mimi85]

19. I'm not a big believer

in Karma, but this might be an exception. I wish Beck would do a disappearing act - any magicians on DU?

[JHB]

21. When you feed a beast, it ain't karma if it merely growls at you

If it mauls him (in his income stream), then it's karma.

[Johonny]

4. I imagine they can't stay mad at him

these are people with no lives. Without worshiping people like Glenn Beck they'd have nothing to do. They need him and he knows it.

[arcane1]

7. Like the song says: Unless you tell them what to think, they don't know what they know

[freshwest]

39. Classic!

[jmowreader]

8. Don't cry for them, Argentina

There are LOTS more where Glenn Beck came from...and if the city padlocks the manhole covers, that's where they'll stay.

[Louisiana1976]

29. How true.

[Scootaloo]

51. Reminds me of a classic movie

[arcane1]

5. Idiots devouring each other.

I love it

[Blue Owl]

6. Who's crying now?

Oh wait, it's just Glenn again...

[LongTomH]

9. Instant Karma's Gonna Get Ya

[bvar22]

10. Beck also "turned his back" on the freeloader grazer Bundy.

It seems that Beck owns land and cattle "out west", and leases grazing rights to other Cattle Ranchers.
Beck said that people need to pay their grazing fees.

I saw this on the Jon Stewart Show.
Stewart said: (paraphrase but close) "Sean Hannity now makes Glenn Beck seem the Voice of Reason."

http://thedailyshow.cc.com/videos/ucrk7y/apocalypse-cow---welfare-rancher

[Jerry442]

64. The scenario didn't happen but...

...wouldn't it have been cool if Beck had defended Bundy's non-payment of grazing fees and then promptly got stiffed by his own tenants?

[Wellstone ruled]

11. Get over it Glenn.

You fooled these Idiots and took their money. Your set for the rest of your life and your kids won't every need anything. Am assuming you used your Church's Charitable Remainder Trust's scam on the IRS,you are set.

Some of us knew what your remade Image and scam was,and,surprised it ran this long without it going up in smoke. This turd comes from a bunch of scammer's and grifter's.

Crying all the way to the Bank. You fooled them again. Now we know why your bought the Gated Compound. Enjoy Pallie,you followers will be knocking me thinks.

[Fearless]

12. He bit the hand that feeds him.

[Octafish]

13. Beckstabbed!

Like Bushwhacked.

[TrollBuster9090]

17. "Wait a minute, Manny. Tell me again about this...

...MINI SUBMARINE Idea..."

[MisterP]

26. hey, a Metal Gear Solid-level creep said he never met Noriega, and that's good enough

for any of us! as we agree on DU, we ought to trust our Presidents more--and Bush Sr. counts as "progressive" now

[KinMd]

14. If you're too much a RW nut even for Glen Beck...

[ctsnowman]

15. Link to a parody of the OAS "news" site.

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/anderson-pooper-oas-retards-live

[TrollBuster9090]

16. But...didn't Glenn EXPLAIN to them that 29,999,950 of the 30,000,000 patriots that were headed to

Washington were rounded up and put in FEMA Camps???

[Bad Thoughts]

18. 10-30 million of his fans?

If only a few hundred fans showed up in DC, only a few hundred have the right to be angry at him.

[ProfessorGAC]

33. Besides, He Doesn't Have 10 to 30 Million Fans

His ratings have never reflected much more than a tenth of that, and that includes passive listeners.
GAC

[sakabatou]

20. BWAHAHAHAH!

[uhnope]

22. This article misses the point about the dismal failure of OAS re Beck, Limbaugh

Beck, Limbaugh, Mark Levin etc only endorse and promote events that they are paid to promote. The main reason OAS failed was because it wasn't funded and organized by any of the right wing groups like Americans for Prosperity or FreedomWorks. That's why Sarah Palin didn't show up at this thing.

The good news is that it shows how little power the lunatic fringe has without the big money of DeVos, Koch, Scaife, Walton, ALEC, AFC.

The bad news is it shows how much power the big money RW puppetmasters have

[1StrongBlackMan]

24. Nope ...

even with AP and/or FW's support and organization ... I highly doubt that this would have been a big event.

It's one thing to get a bunch of folks to go to a town hall meeting, or 9/12 event where people will just hold poorly spelled signs and yell, and maybe get interviewed by someone citizen journalist ... It's quite the other to get folks to try and overthrow the government.

There are stupid; but not that stupid.

[1StrongBlackMan]

23. I must say ...

beck is pretty quick on the learning curve.

He realized that he could not be anywhere here this (or the Nevada clown show) because if anything violence occurred, he would have been criminally charged, as the agitator.

And you know violence would likely have occurred, had he showed, because someone would have wanted to prove his worth/commitment to the use/beck and pulled a trigger.

But if you have a really strong constitution ... read the comments in the link Blaze article. There are some really sick people in this world!

[Spitfire of ATJ]

25. He wanted to play with fire. He deserves this.

[blm]

27. Time for the morons to wake up to Beck - there was no big PAYOFF for him involved.

Why on earth would Beck, Limbaugh, or any official Republican show up to back up the American Springers' beliefs that the opportunists like Beck got a pack of rubes to believe if there was no way to score the BIG BUCKS?

[IkeRepublican]

28. They'll be pissed off for about 30 seconds

After their endless defenses of communists Putin and China simply to spite Obama, they'll whimper for a tiny bit, then go back to the regularly scheduled programming as if none of this terminal-adolescence cowboy shit ever happened.

All Beck has to do is keep serving up the Obama warmonger/weakling/tyrant schizophrenia along with his endless victim cards, they'll tune in like they always have.

They can't help themselves. Like any band of junkies, they need their fix.

[Louisiana1976]

30. Excellent post. K&R

[edbermac]

31. Beck was lounging around the pool at his mansion, laughing at the chumps who put him there.

And don't expect any invites from Glenn for a swim there anytime soon.

[erpowers]

35. Is That Really His?

I am not surprised that Glen Beck has a large amount of money; I have just never seen pictures of his home. That is a nice piece of property.

[edbermac]

40. One of them, in Texas.

Pretty nice spread, I gotta admit.

http://www.businessinsider.com/glenn-beck-texas-house-2011-6?op=1

[Hissyspit]

46. He's a con artist.

[WorseBeforeBetter]

37. Exactly. The guy was one of those obnoxious morning zoo DJs...

it's astonishing that so many have hitched their wagon to such an obvious snake-oil salesman.

[mdbl]

55. Same with mush limp balls

He was an idiot top 40 DJ. Who knew there were so many idiots like him waiting to be propagandized.

[Orsino]

62. A pool filled entirely with crocodile tears. n/t

[Javaman]

32. morons pissed at the moron they follow for saying moronic things, thus making them look like morons.

morons

[RainDog]

34. ...

[truebluegreen]

57. My favorite moment from the debacle. nt

[BlueJac]

36. Nut job deserves it

[kelliekat44]

38. SWEEEEEET!!!!! nt

[TxDemChem]

41. Lol eating their own

[MisterP]

42. is a Beckstabbing like daggering?

[Beartracks]

43. What if your overlords declared war, and all of you showed up...

... only to discover that you were very, very few in number. Don't you think eventually you'd realize your overlords have been lying to you all along?

=========================

[tblue37]

44. Which side gets to say,"You knew I was a scorpion. It is just my nature to sting"? nt

[Scootaloo]

52. Don't care, so long as they both drown n/t

[Hissyspit]

45. Glenn Beck = Grifter.

Sorry soon people were too ignorant to figure that out long ago. Shame on CNN.

[Iwillnevergiveup]

50. Above all else

these right wing whackos are cowards. They'll talk the talk, but never, never walk the walk.

[Major Hogwash]

53. Hell, Ben Ghazi didn't even show up!

And he was one of the featured speakers who was going to be at center stage just before the Robertson Clan came out to sing their rendition of "Roll Out The Barrel" followed by the authentic Southern favorite, "Kiss Me Where The Sun Don't Shine", an oldie but goodie made famous by Jerry Reed hisself!!

[Enthusiast]

54. This failure was planned.

The question is why was it planned. Did the establishment Republicans want to distance themselves from the crazies for the midterm election? Seem plausible. They got a whole lot of distancing to go.

[Scarsdale]

58. $$$$

Beck, like Palin does not appear without a fee. Pay for a private jet, first class accomodations, and you would get Beck or the entire grifting Palin family. Oh, also too, an apearance fee. Everyone, except apparently these dumb bustards, knows THAT.

[Hugin]

59. Aw, now they haz a mad.

I'd laugh if I wasn't expecting it.

[smallcat88]

60. Typical

It's all about pointing fingers, assigning blame, and finding scapegoats with these people. Never any personal accountability, it's always someone else's fault. This just proves no on is immune, they'll turn on anyone.

[Jimvanhise]

61. Where would these people come from?

Even Fox News only claims a viewership of 3 million at best, which is less than one percent of the US population. Glenn Beck's can't be anything close to that, so where were all these disaffected people going to come from?

[Crowman1979]

63. I predicted more than a year ago that his fans would turn against him.

[LynneSin]

65. Even Glenn Beck was smart enough to distance himself from this joke

He has hosted enough rallies in DC to know just about how many people will show up to these things. If they get a thousand that's a good turnout.