120 years late, Glenn Beck finds out the Pledge was written by a socialist, and he is mad

[ck4829]

In Glenn Beck's world, everything is black or white; or more accurately, things are either "constitutional" or "progressive," with the latter category consisting of everything in the world that Beck randomly decides doesn't fit into his amorphous and constantly evolving personal political philosophy.

The result is that his listeners are frequently treated to long pseudo-historical monologues in which Beck attempts to cram history into the categories that he has constructed so that everything from the Star Spangled Banner to the Pledge of Allegiance to the American flag are all "progressive" trappings while declaring that the "progressives" in the Republican party are the modern-day ancestors of the fascists.

http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/beck-pledge-allegiance-and-star-spangled-banner-are-trappings-progressives

Oh wait, it's just another two minutes of hate against Progressives because you either agree with him or you must be a Reptilian... er, I mean Progressive, so he hasn't realized that particular fact yet.

[Initech]

1. He's just batshit crazy no matter how you look at it

[LondonReign2]

3. The crazier he gets, the more he gets paid

Expect him to keep delivering the crazy

[underpants]

2. Step 1-play victim/outrage

Step 2- follow me out of the wilderness!
Step 3- declare victory due to righteousness/manliness/never been wrong

That is the RW talk radio playbook

[SummerSnow]

4. This is awesome...

maybe those baggers will write their own pledge of kochallegiance

[UTUSN]

5. R#1 & K for, bwah-ha-HAH!1 But he's such a HISTORIAN, I mean, HYSTERIAN!1 nt

[Beach Rat]

6. I thought the Pledge of Allegience was in the Bible

or the Ten Commandments or something like that. I'm pretty sure it came directly from the Almighty! Seriously, it always makes me uncomfortable when people act like the Pledge or the Star Spangled Banner is some kind of religious experience. What WOULD the founding fathers think?

[In_The_Wind]

7. Hello ~ Beach Rat

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My bet it that the founding fathers would be amused.

[Beach Rat]

8. Thank You

I've been staying at the home of a fellow Democratic Underground member for the last year and he convinced me to sign up for myself!

[In_The_Wind]

9. I love your sig line.

DU is an interesting place to be when the sand it too cold for your toes. I hope you enjoy being here as much as I do.

[JHB]

10. Of course it was! That's why "under God" is in it!

Only commies say it was added in the 1950's.

[IrishAyes]

11. There used to be a website where you could list your name and get a personalized video

of a long Glenn Beck rant blaming you personally for every imaginary evil in the world. I lost mine when my old computer crashed. If anyone knows where that site is, if it still exists, I'd love to make another copy.

I sneaked on his website one time and wrote a pro-Obama post. Somehow it stayed up around an hour or so before discovery and deletion. But then I started to get vicious emails from him that didn't stop until I threatened legal action.

[NuclearDem]

12. First Born in the USA, now the Pledge?

Glenn has a sad

[Marrah_G]

13. He makes his money by appealing to the fears of the unstable.