The Truth

BY: DR. FOREST LEWIS

I used to have tremendous respect for Conservative Radio Talk Show Host, Glenn Beck!

First, I respected the fact that Beck is a recovering alcoholic. Chances are Mr. Beck was what is called in the field of substance abuse, a "Poly Substance Abuser." This is a person who uses more than one drug. A lot of people don't realize it, but alcohol "Is A Drug." So is "Cocaine, Cannabis(Marijuana), Heroin, Mushrooms, Methamphetamines, Etc." Rarely is it the case today, that when performing a substance abuse evaluation, does the evaluator discover that the patient is only the user of one drug. Beck's Axis I diagnosis(PRIMARY) from the DSM-IV may have been "Alcohol Dependence"(ALCOHOLIC), but I'm willing to bet you that he had problems with other drugs as well!

Nonetheless, I salute him for his courageous fight to stay clean and sober. I also respect this man for battling back from death, following an alleged, recent botched up hospital stay.

However, this brings us to Beck's issues, which are legion, against Barack Obama. Although he said he respects Obama's Oratory skills, Mr. Beck said that, "It Drives Me Crazy The Way That He Speaks." Apparently, Beck doesn't like the way that Senator Obama "Inflects His Words." Glenn Beck also said that Obama can "Talk And Talk And Talk, And Not Say Anything." He intimated that Obama would have made Franz Mesmer, the father of hypnotism proud, because of his way of, "Mesmerizing The Masses."

What is Beck saying? Well, he is saying that you, the people who attend an Obama rally are, "Too Stupd To Realize That You Are Being Hoodwinked By A Snake Oil Salesman." "WOW." That's the way to "Make Friends And Influence People, Glenn!

I have been around long enough to know that when your enemies are taking cheap shots at you over stupid things, they have run out of legitimate things to say. So, they resort to the behavior of a "Thirteen Year Old." Glenn Beck is a smart man. No one can take that away from him. However, he is allowing his dislike for Barack Obama make him look like "An Idiot." Beck maintains that we know what we will get with a Hillary Clinton presidency. However, he said that Obama is a "Socialist And A Marxist." He cited Obama's connection to former Weatherman, William Ayers, and the fact that Obama took a phone call while being videotaped, and a picture of the late Argentine Marxist Revolutionary leader, "Ernesto Che Guevara" was in the background!

This statement by Beck demonstrated to me that he is not as well read as he would like his listeners and viwers to believe. Many of you have read my three part series on Hillary Rodham-Clinton. You learned that not only is Ms. Clinton "A Marxist, She Has A History Of Associating With Known Communists." Yet, Beck says "He Knows Hillary Rodham-Clinton." Apparently, not as well as he thinks.

For the love of God, where has Gleen Beck been? Does his antipathy for Senator Obama reach that deep, that he has been blinded to Ms. Clinton's past connection to the "Marxists, Saul Alinsky, Marian Wright Edelman, Etc.?"

A day after Obama's thrashing of Hillary Rodham-Clinton in North Carolina, this man has to go on the air, and spread vitriol. He said that Obama's speeches shows that his oratory skills come directly from his former racist(MY WORD) Pastor, Jeremiah Wright. Of course, Obama couldn't possibly possess the cognitive abilities to have listened to such great speakers as Dr. Martin Luther King, Presidents John Kennedy or Ronald Reagan? No way. Perish the thought. His skills must have been honed while sitting in the hate filled church of Jeremiah Wright. At least, this is what Glenn Beck wants you to believe!

I find it simply stunning that a man of Glenn Beck's alleged intelligence, shows that he "Is Clueless About Hillary Clinton's Past." It is time for a reality check for Beck. but first, he must take off the blinders, and "Remove The Cotton From His Ears.' As a recovering alcoholic, he would understand that last saying.

I say, yes, talk about legitimate issues when it comes to Obama or anyone else for that matter. However, when you attack someone, just because "Your Candidate Lost," then I say, "Shame On You." Beck is upset because Mitt Romney, a "Mormon Like Glenn Beck," was put through the wringer by the socialists press, because of his religion. So, what does Beck do, "Attack Barack Obama At Every Turn." Hell, even attempt to criticize his speech pattern. When you become as obsessed as Glenn Beck has become over Barack Obama, you cease being logical. Your emotions are dictated by your visceral organs. When this happens, you are reduced to the behavior of a child. You "Whine And You Stamp Your Feet, Because Life Isn't Going Your Way.

I propose to you that such badgering brings out the nuts and mental cases in our society. Beck should know this. He has been forced to hire bodyguards, and he carries a pistol, because his life reportedly has been threatned by some maniac! 

Case in point, some lunatic, called a Terre Haute, Indiana television station on primary day, and said that he had planted bombs at all three of the Senator Obama's offices in the state. The Secret Service said the threat was aimed at Obama offices in Terre Haute, Vicennes and Evansville. Although the Senator's campaign workers were removed from all three buildings, they continued to make calls, designed to get out the vote, on their cell phones. Luckily, "NO BOMBS" were discovered!

On Monday, the Senator's office in Vicennes was vandalized. These incidents are signs of desperation from "Scared, Little People." However, their "Hate Should Not Be Taken Lightly."

Whether he realizes it or not, but people like Glenn Beck possess the power to push the mentally disturbed over the edge with their speech, when they discuss such silly things as Barack Obama's pattern of speaking.

My recommendation to Glenn Beck: Grow Up! Learn about the past of "ALL OF THE CANDIDATES," before you take your listeners and viewers with you over the cliff.

Time for a moment of edification: The GOP is at a point that it has not been at in my lifetime.  Those of us who go by the moniker of Republican or Conservative, have the chance to tap into the the Democrat's base, namely, "African-Americans." I can tell you, African-Americans are livid at Hillary and Bill Clinton. They think that it was "Massa Bill" who used the race card after Obama defeated his wife in South Carolina. Since then, "Massa Bill" has said some other things that were tinged with racial overtones.

The Clintons have handed the African-American vote, or a large portion of it, to the GOP. However, whenever African-Americans hear the sophomoric rants of a Glenn Beck, they say, "Never Mind." This goes for Latinos as well. If we are to ever tap into this huge base of socialists democrats, we need to distance ourselves from people like Glenn Beck.

We need to  show a zeal, a fervor, that says, we really want African-Americans to enter the GOP tent, "And Stay." And we don't need someone Black, dressed in a suit, and sounding like, "Little Lord Fauntleroy." We need someone who can connect with this large, important constituency. Our moment to cut into the democrats loyal base is here and now, and what we don't need is someone like Glenn Beck, screwing things up with his personal animus!

A closing thought. Mr. Beck has accused Senator Obama with talking for the sake of talking at his rallies. Since he like to play tapes in their entirety, I would recommend that Beck play Senator Obama's speech to his "Crowd Of Nimrods," after he swept Hillary Rodham-Clinton in North Carolina.

A Caveat: Don't Hold Your Breath waiting for Beck to play the Obama tape! He appears to be a purveyor of airing only the hate speech of Jeremiah Wright!

And this ill-advised behavior only begets more hatred!

Glenn Beck needs to think about what he is doing!