Glenn Beck was one of the tea party’s biggest defenders, but he turned down an opportunity to defend the group on WWE by claiming that he has better things to do.
After Glenn Beck attacked the WWE for their racist character based on the tea party, the pro wrestling giant offered him a chance to appear on their flagship live program Monday Night Raw to defend the tea party. In a press release the WWE wrote, “WWE has extended an invitation to talk show host and political commentator, Glenn Beck to appear live this Monday on Raw, in response to a segment that aired on TheBlaze TV yesterday. In the segment, Beck references WWE as “stupid wrestling people,” when criticizing a recent WWE storyline involving WWE characters Heavyweight Champion Alberto Del Rio®, Jack Swagger® and Zeb Colter®. WWE is giving Beck the opportunity to address our 14 million weekly viewers and our global fan base, as he believes we are offending our “conservative” fans with this storyline.”
Beck responded to this offer by suggesting that he was too good for the WWE, “Unfortunately I am currently booked doing anything else.”
Glenn Beck has once again shown his cowardly stripes by refusing to appear on media that is either not friendly, or under his control. WWE’s Monday Night Raw draws between 4-5 million viewers a week. It is one of the top shows on cable. Beck would have had a huge audience for his pro-tea party message, but he turned it down.
Glenn Beck’s refusal to defend the tea party sends an even bigger political message. The tea party is over. It’s dead. Beck was an important promotional, and well paid, piece of the Koch brothers AstroTurf movement. If he thinks it isn’t worth his time to defend the tea party from the WWE, the (tea) party is really over.
Beck originally made the outlandish claim that 80% of the WWE’s audience is being insulted by this tea party character, but if 80% of the audience agrees with the tea party, why won’t Beck go on the show?
Despite the WWE’s return to being family friendly programming, a majority of their audience (70%) is under age 50. Thirty six percent of their audience is women. These same demographics have also voted for Barack Obama twice. One of the reasons why Glenn Beck wouldn’t even consider doing the program is because he would be likely to face a hostile crowd.
If he was really serious about defending the tea party, Beck could have done a taped sit down interview. What does it say about the state of grassroots conservatism that Glenn Beck turned down the chance to preach the tea party gospel to 600 million people in 140 countries around the world?
Cowardice is nothing new to Beck. Remember, this is the same guy who wore a bulletproof vest at his own rally. Nobody should really be surprised that his defense of the tea party evaporated when challenged. Glenn Beck has always been about getting paid. The man believes in nothing but the Glenn Beck brand.
The tea party is dead, and don’t expect Glenn Beck to lift a finger to revive it.
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TigerLily
Feb. 23rd, 2013 at 12:54 pm
“WWE’s Monday Night Raw draws between 4-5 million viewers a week.”
it makes the crybabybeckbeckistan jealous that they have WAY MORE ADMIRERS AND FANS than beckistan and all his idiot followers ever will in their lifetime. I mean really. A man that fake cries..and you listen to his every word? beck is the biggest cry baby coward I have ever witnessed on live TV …why do you watch or listen to this nitwit again? him, hannity, oreilly, all of them…COWARDS & LIARS IS ALL THE RIGHT WING HAS=NOTHING
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Shiva(Moderator)
Feb. 23rd, 2013 at 1:07 pm
Wrestling RULEZ!!!!!!!!!!!
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mjh
Feb. 23rd, 2013 at 12:59 pm
Coward Glenn Beck Leaves the Tea Party for Dead by Refusing to Get in the Ring With WWE
No surprise — another rightwingnut coward, Sean Hannity, has yet to follow through on his promise to get waterboarded for charity, that he made over 1,400 days ago:
http://www.newshounds.us/sean_hannity_waterboard_watch_1402_days_since_he_promised_to_be_waterboarded_for_charity_02222013
Beck responded to this offer by suggesting that he was too good for the WWE, “Unfortunately I am currently booked doing anything else.”
ROFLMAO!! Beck thinks he’s “too good for the WWE”?
This clown was fired from CNN AND FOX — and has to resort to a private subscription internet channel to get his face in the media . . . and he’s “too good” for WWE?
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djchefron(Moderator)
Feb. 23rd, 2013 at 1:52 pm
The Tweets are an appetizer but the comments ,well lets just say they’re the main course with dessert.LOL
WWE’s racist Tea Party villain as realistic as pro wrestling
http://twitchy.com/2013/02/18/wwes-racist-tea-party-villain-as-realistic-as-pro-wrestling/?utm_source=autotweet&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=twitter
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Mark Phillips
Feb. 23rd, 2013 at 5:18 pm
He didn’t want to go to the show and have the realization that WWE is more knowledgeable about politics and lies less than he does!
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Shiva(Moderator)
Feb. 23rd, 2013 at 8:13 pm
None of you understand how hard it is wearing that bullet proof vest day and night. The turrible burden of carrying the tea party night and day.
But lets be honest. He would have been made a fool of by a crowd that would have ate him alive and he knew it. As soon as they started yelling WHAT? WHAT? he would have been bewildered and gone.
He also knew that the goal of Vince would have been achieved. To see him shriveled up on the floor of the ring like a burnt worm
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Cheryl
Feb. 23rd, 2013 at 8:47 pm
They would have made Beck cry,
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Pamela Rattan
Feb. 23rd, 2013 at 9:35 pm
I can’t stand Glenn Beck but I understand why he didn’t want to go see a bunch of cavemen and get slugged in the face.That’s all those WWE idiots were going to do. They can not form complete sentences so they they just have to act like Neanderthals.
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Mackezie Lambert
Feb. 24th, 2013 at 2:24 am
“They can not form complete sentences so they they just have to act like Neanderthals.”
May I introduce you to Damien Sandow?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w194TbEEyhw
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Michael Chavez
Feb. 24th, 2013 at 2:44 pm
I consider Glenn Beck’s refusal to appear on WWE’s program as a wise choice of his time. His appearance would be the equivalent to the Biblical statement of casting pearls to swine.
The “tea party” character is an obvious lampoon of serious-minded citizens seeking a change in the political discourse and politics. This cartoonish depiction of the Tea Party is meant to marginalize Americans hoping to secure a better future for future generations.
The decision not to engage in what would become a worthless dialog with an organization who is seeking to heap further ridicule by attempting to entice Mr. Beck into en exercise in futility and trying to further marginalize a peaceful and legitimate political movement was the right thing to do.
If I were Mr. Beck, I would have declined as well. There is nothing to be gained. When you wrestle a pig, all you do is get dirty even if you prevail. I say let the WWE wallow in their own political slop by themselves.
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Michael
Feb. 26th, 2013 at 12:05 am
Beck was in a lose-lose situation. If he didn’t appear, he’s a chicken$hit, if he does appear he would get criticized for wasting his time with something that is “beneath him” or worst case he would get schooled for all the world to see. WWE Sent Michael Cole to his studios in Irving, TX to do a sit down interview. The people there said Glenn wasn’t in the building & Cole called them on their bs by saying we know he’s here he has a show going live in a few minutes. Then Glenn’s “security” asked them to leave. If these guys is the best “security” Glenn’s millions of dollars can buy, my 5 yr old daughter could whooped these guys a$$es. The WWE piece came off as Glenn can run his mouth behind his mic but not to their faces.
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