I Think Glenn Beck Can Take Care Of Himself

Here is another reading nugget that I only wish I could write: Glenn Beck and the Unforgivable Curse. I have no idea who Dr. Zero, the author, is and where else he works but this is good. From the article:

Perhaps we could defuse the tension by asking the boycott organizers if they think someone who sat quietly at Klan rallies for twenty years could credibly be accused of racism. I’m sure they would say “no”… and since that’s an accurate analogy for Obama’s decades at Jeremiah Wright’s Church of Racial Hatred, Beck would doubtless be moved to offer a polite apology, and we could call the boycott off. Maybe Beck could give President Obama an autographed copy of his book, with a “Sorry, dude!” inscription. Beck’s thoughtful gift would doubtless secure a place of honor in the White House library, alongside Rules for Radicals by Saul Alinsky, Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent by Eduardo Galeano, and Fugitive Days: A Memoir by Bill Ayers.

The rest of Beck’s comment, asserting that Obama has “deep-seated hatred for white people of the white culture,” should be easy for the President’s defenders to disprove. All they have to do is cite one positive thing Obama has said or written about white culture. Anywhere. Ever. Hopefully they can get back to us before GMAC needs another taxpayer bailout, to address the self-inflicted financial damage from its participation in the boycott. I wouldn’t recommend wasting any time going through Obama’s university compositions, assuming you can find where they’re buried, and get past the three-headed guard dog. He graduated from Columbia and Harvard, where “deep-seated hatred for white people of the white culture” is written in green on your thesis when the professor hands it back to you, along with “excellent sentence composition!” and “good use of original sources!”

Let me clue you in on boycotts if you are so inclined with a few pointers:

• They only work if you are truly aggrieved. Glenn Beck has listeners and they are not aggrieved. The boycott of the Dixie Chicks worked because the listeners of their venue actually were pissed and were able to force their music from country radio stations. I don't think the boycotters are Fox's main demographic.
• Advertisers get caught in the middle. They only want to get their name out in the public square with no negative connotation. But as sure as a miner kicks his rented mule, they are trying to target and sell to Fox viewers. Fox delivers them a reliable audience, and it appears that Fox is allowing them to move their ad spots to different programming on their station. Everyone wins.
• Make sure the decision-maker is the one getting hurt. Fox is kicking every one's ass in ratings and this is in large-part due to the popularity of their hosts. Fox, also, is not a good target at this time because certain demographics (typical white people) have no other venue to go to for a fair shake. Give a certain demographic an even break on other channels and they would go there. Everyone wins again (except the boycotters).
• Boycotts can turn on you. We are living in strange times. In-laws and Grandmas who would never attend a political rally are presently making homemade signs as you are reading this. Public opinion is not predictable right now. I would fear for a WalMart pulling their support may run the risk of their own boycott.

From the comments section of the article, the following jewel caught my eye:

Obama isn’t a racist; he just judges people without knowing the facts, based
on the color of their skin.
Jim Treacher on August 19, 2009 at 8:01AM

Now for the bigger picture. This whole Glenn Beck boycott is a reaction to the present state of the Obama Brand. Despite a sycophant news media, the Obama brand has taken some hits that would have been unthinkable last year. A diminished brand leads to a lack of trust and produces the plausibility of the very worst kind of thoughts. Rumors stick and grow legs. Details become suspect and get picked apart. The only course of action left tends to be to attack and vilify the brand's supposed enemies.

Now, as the official scribe to the Great Unwashed, I can tell you that we are a poor targets when if comes to boycotts. Why, do you ask? Because we are loyal to those who are loyal to us. Just that simple. I just don't believe that Glenn Beck thinks I am an object of derision. And as a member of the Great Unwashed, we notice those who think we are and those folks we tend to not forget.