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Beck 'Fesses: McCain Would Be Worse Than Obama

He 'much prefers' Hillary

By Mary Papenfuss, Newser Staff

Posted Sep 22, 2009 3:11 AM CDT

(Newser) – Glenn Beck seemed to surprise even himself yesterday when he confessed to Katie Couric on CBS News that "John McCain would have been worse for the country than Barack Obama." McCain is "this weird progressive like Theodore Roosevelt was," he explained. He said he would have "much preferred" Hillary Clinton than Obama and "may have voted for her" over McCain. "I can't believe I'm saying this," he told Couric.

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MisterPlinkett

Oct 3, 2009 3:24 AM CDT

what does any of that have to do with beck? i didn't say a thing about obama. nor do i like obama. that doesn't mean i liked bush either. both are pretty god awful presidents. and the fact that you both said "i love beck" AND called me a "loser" goes to show just how poorly educated and misinformed the criticizes of this country are. pathetic

CenterIndependent

Sep 23, 2009 4:38 AM CDT

All Beck is shock entertainment. Allot of the left do watch him because they want to hear what crazy stuff he says next... that is where you get the high ratings when you got both political parties watching. Same theory worked for Howard Stern.

Timinator2K

Sep 22, 2009 12:43 PM CDT

It would be the Pelosi-Reid Co-Presidency with wooden puppet front man McCain out spouting their platform items like they were his own brilliant "bi-partisan" ideas. At least Obama is the socialist-radical we sort of know.

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