Glenn Beck vs. Dale Gribble

[Ian David]

Monday, December 21, 2009
Not As Smart As A Cartoon Character
It was recently documented that Glenn Beck's roots of paranoia and reporting go back to a man called W. Cleon Skousen who thought everyone in Eisenhower's administration was a communist. In that regard, Beck and he are kindred spirits. But there is someone else that Beck seems to have modeled himself after - Dale Gribble from King Of The Hill.

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So how do Beck and Gribble compare?

Gribble's political views are described as such:

Dale is highly suspicious of all levels of government and ardently defends his Second Amendment rights, once remarking, "Guns don't kill people; the government does." Dale also refuses to pay taxes, does not vote ("The Perils of Polling"), and occasionally prints his own currency (Hank Hill typically appearing on the "Hundred-Gribble bill"). He runs away and sweats a lot when the IRS comes knocking on his door. In the episode "Movin' On Up", he refused to give Hank his social security number so the quartet of friends could rent a house on the block to use as a clubhouse. In another episode, he believed the government had tested "deadly placebo drugs" on Bill, supposedly made by "Puh-fizer"

More:
http://phourdythrea.blogspot.com/2009/12/not-as-smart-as-cartoon-character.html

Hat-tip to: http://twitter.com/aironlater/status/6900897023

[FLAprogressive]

1. LOL

[The_Commonist]

2. I think I would rather...

...hang out with Dale than with Glenn.

[gratuitous]

3. I agree

You could have a beer with Dale.

[AlienGirl]

4. But Dale is kind of cute in that ready-to-snap way! Beck is just scary.