Several advertisers, including GEICO, Proctor & Gamble, Progressive Insurance, Sargento Foods, and others have pulled advertising from The Glenn Beck Show in response to comments he made regarding Barack Obama (called BO a racist, which he is) on Fox & Friends.
Obama’s Green Jobs Czar, the convicted felon and [Editor's Note: I actually find this on blogs, but haven't found it on a real news site, so I'm striking] self-declared communist Van Jones, has direct ties to the organization that’s trying to shut down Glenn Beck. Jones’s group has hired a big Hollywood PR firm and they are pressuring Glenn’s advertisers to stop advertising. If not, they’ll lead a boycott.
More information here. Petition and more email addresses here.
I don't know how Sarah's Nation members feel about Glenn Beck, but I happen to respect him for the fact that he is the ONLY one with the guts to call it like it is about this administration -- even more so than Rush or Hannity. If you have been listening to his radio show or watching him on TV, you know what I mean.
I also don't know if anyone here still agrees with me about this, but I said on the HCF a year ago that Barack Obama would set race relations back about 50 years. In my opinion, we're seeing it - from his membership in Rev. Wright's church to his insult of the Cambridge Police Dept. I'll come right out and say it, I happen to agree with Mr. Beck: our president is a racist. So sue me. If it's now considered "hate speech" to tell the truth, we're in bigger trouble in this country than I thought even a year ago.
If you agree, please join in this letter-writing campaign, and also join in the boycott of the products and services that are sold by these companies.
Even if you don't agree with Mr. Beck with regard to many political issues, remember....as RedState Blog said, if they are successful in shutting him down, who will be next?
Thank you.
-- Edited by cajuncocoa on Friday 14th of August 2009 12:48:46 PM
