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Beck Dons GDR Getup: Too Timid to Do Nazi?

Host scales new heights of stupidity for cover of Arguing With Idiots

By Rob Quinn, Newser Staff

Posted Sep 5, 2009 6:20 AM CDT

(Newser) – Glenn Beck's decision to don an old East German army uniform for the cover of his latest book is as ridiculous as the paranoid rantings that no doubt lie within, Silbey writes at the Edge of the American West. It's not clear what statement Beck's trying to make, Silbey notes, although it could be "Obama wants to make us all Communists" or possibly "I wanted to dress up in a Nazi uniform, but didn’t have the courage.”

Trying to decipher Beck's motivation in bringing an outfit from a failed Communist state out of mothballls is probably futile, Silbey decides. With somebody like Pat Buchanan there's at least some thought process, however twisted going on, but Beck's "impressively stupid" statement with that uniform "is simply gibberish; gibberish, I now realize, that resembles his malign rantings pretty well."

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The cover of Glenn Beck's new book. (Amazon)

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There is no thought-process that led to Glenn Beck dourly wearing the dank and musty relic of a failed example of a failed movement that is not moronic, and unworthy of even the words ‘thought’ and ‘process. - Silbey

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hwoodude

Sep 9, 2009 11:35 AM CDT

Glenn "Wreck"......like a moth attracted to a flame he stunbles around the media world, writing books, going on TV, the internet, doing his act of the enlightened viewer of the evils of Obama and his liberal-socialist-facist (take your pick) gang. That "Wreck" is taken seriously is as frightening as what he spews out. His rehetoric is not healing or hopeful. Obama is leading America to ruin and "Wreck"..our great savior..will continually advise us as to the evils of Obama, et al. What "Wreck" has done to put him in this advisory position is murky. What is his military, educational, business, and political experience if any? These questions doesn't seem to deter the knuckle dragging 'birthers" et al who adore him. He is a divider, not a healer, who wants higher ratings and devises controversies to get them. Watch out!

Snarfeh

Sep 6, 2009 4:24 AM CDT

Yea, though I traipse through the valley of republican idiocy, I will fear no stupidity, for progress art with me.

hamsammichs

Sep 6, 2009 4:19 AM CDT

This one thread is approaching 100 comments. This is EXACTLY why Beck does outrageous antics like this. It gets people talking. You are all fools.

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Beck Dons GDR Getup: Too Timid to Do Nazi?