Glenn Beck Boils a Frog * * No, Not Really

... but he did torture a metaphor

By Harry Kimball, Newser Staff

Posted Sep 24, 2009 11:43 AM CDT

(Newser) – Did Glenn Beck boil a widdle bitty frog on national television? It sure looked that way for a second, especially in a video bouncing around the blogosphere today. After explaining the adage that a frog will jump out if you throw it into boiling water, the Fox host appears to take a small jumping frog and toss it into a not-so-proverbial pot of boiling water. Spoiler alert: The frog is rubber.

Apparently this was supposed to be a metaphor for—something. John McCain was involved for some reason, as was Theodore Roosevelt. Anyway, Beck didn’t actually stew Kermit. His play-by-play of the stunt ends: “Forget about the Republicans, because most of them are fake. Forget about the Democrats, because most of them are fake. And forget about the frog, because it was fake!”

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This is still amazingly sick. This show airs at a time in the early afternoon when children are watching. - A blogger from "Little Green Footballs"

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Fondue

Sep 25, 2009 12:59 PM CDT

It's good to see Beck stories receiving less and less comments.

schmidtkoff

Sep 25, 2009 6:59 AM CDT

just a mixed up kettle of frogmore stew.

riffran

Sep 25, 2009 6:58 AM CDT

would that qualify for french cuisine?....lol...They are actually quite tasty rolled in cornmeal, and fried, or even grilled with onions on the BBQ pit...(and dont be silly, you put them in an open top tinfoil tray..) add a little lemon and butter yummmmmmmmy

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