{"id":1149,"date":"2008-12-11T13:15:59","date_gmt":"2008-12-11T21:15:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=1149"},"modified":"2008-12-11T18:48:01","modified_gmt":"2008-12-12T02:48:01","slug":"glenn-beck-is-even-stupider-than-joe-the-plumber","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=1149","title":{"rendered":"Glenn Beck Is Even Stupider Than Joe The Plumber"},"content":{"rendered":"

Glenn Beck was indisputably the stupidest man on CNN’s Headline News. He certainly holds a similarly high ranking in talk radio’s carnival of conservative clods. Next month Beck will debut his spanking new soap box on the Fox News Channel. Fox, of course is the home of Bill O’Reilly, Sean Hannity, Steve Doocy, Dick Morris, Gretchen Carlson, etc. Beck must be starting to feel the strain of the competition he will encounter to be the network’s reigning rube.<\/p>\n

So in anticipation of this battle of the blands, Beck had a workout with that international icon of intellect, Joe “the Plumber”<\/em> Wurzelbacher. It bodes well for Beck that he emerged from the ring even stupider<\/a> than Plumber Joe.<\/p>\n

Much of the media attention for this event was focused on Wurzelbacher’s reversal of support for John McCain. Joe told Beck that being on the campaign trail with the Republican loser made him feel “even dirtier,”<\/em> and that he wanted to “get off the bus”<\/em> (although he thought that Sarah Palin was “the real deal”<\/em>). But an even meatier exchange occurred that seems to have escaped the attention of the press (which should surprise precisely no one). In discussing the appointment of Hillary Clinton to be Barack Obama’s Secretary of State, Wurzelbacher said…<\/p>\n

“I mean, you know, for example, you know, Hillary Clinton, the whole deal with her as far as becoming Secretary of State. You know, it’s kind of against — well, it’s not kind of. It’s against the Constitution right now where it stands. But they’re talking about getting around it.”<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

[Now I know why Joe is so fond of Palin. They speak the same language – also.]<\/em><\/p>\n

Wurzelbacher reveals later in this interview that he learned this factoid from watching Sean Hannity. Now, watching Sean Hannity is risky enough. Learning something from him is downright foolhardy. The issue PJ is raising concerns the Constitutional prohibition against members of Congress being appointed to a position whose pay was increased during their congressional service. The Secretary of State received such an increase this year. However, this has occurred several times in the past, and then, like now, the lower salary was simply reinstated and the appointee took the job. While Wurzelbacher is too dumb to articulate this, Beck is so dumb that he doesn’t even know what Plumber Joe is referencing:<\/p>\n

“Well, I think you are right on the money. I will tell you this in talking to one of my guys who’s deep in the Constitution, he’s saying that she can’t have two offices. That’s the problem. She can’t occupy the two offices and then two different branches, but it’s kind of iffy on that. It’s not really clear. And if she gets rid of her office, then it should be fine. But she couldn’t be a senator and Secretary of State. That’s the real problem there.”<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

No Glenn, that’s not the real problem, or any problem at all. Clinton has no intention of holding both offices. You must have pulled that notion right out of your … well, your brain, because your ass probably knows better. The governor of New York is already in the process of selecting Clinton’s successor in the Senate. You and your guys who are “deep in the Constitution”<\/em> are deeply idiotic for managing to so thoroughly misunderstand both the Constitution and current events. You’re the real problem for being one of the foremost distributors of ignorance in America.<\/p>\n

[FYI to GB: From the Constitution, Article I, Section 6, Paragraph 2:<\/em> “…no person holding any office under the United States, shall be a member of either House during his continuance in office.”<\/span> So it’s not the least bit “iffy”<\/em>]<\/p>\n

Even Joey the P disputed Beck’s mindless meanderings. You would think that Beck would be somewhat embarrassed by having been corrected by a fake plumber riding out his extended fifteen minutes of fame. That’s gotta hurt. But Beck also remains silent when Wurzelbacher declares that he doesn’t want to “stir up a hornet’s nest”<\/em> by making untoward comparisons, then proceeds to say…<\/p>\n

“…you know, when Adolf Hitler had come to power, one of the first things he did was take guns away […] some of the things that our current elected President Obama is suggesting really goes down a socialist road…”<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I have to admit that I’ve been having a bit of fun at Plumber Joe’s expense for the past few weeks. It’s awfully easy to do when someone so devoid of a clue continues to humiliate himself in public. But if Glenn Beck can get his own TV program and a $50 million contract for his radio babbling, then Plumber Joe is entitled to his silly little book and the occasional guest spot the Wally Wingnut Show. And Beck can rest assured that he has nothing to worry about with regard to retaining his title. He is, and will remain, the World’s Champion Intellectual Featherweight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Glenn Beck was indisputably the stupidest man on CNN’s Headline News. He certainly holds a similarly high ranking in talk radio’s carnival of conservative clods. Next month Beck will debut his spanking new soap box on the Fox News Channel. 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