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Glenn Beck: Arguing with Idiots - Michael Moore

September 29, 2009
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GLENN: That would be crazy, try to sell our book. I mean, jeez.

PAT: Yeah, you know what?

GLENN: What?

PAT: I've been listening to you bad mouth Michael Moore's new movie, Capitalism: A Love Story, for months now. I'm sick of it.

GLENN: I really don't think I've mentioned it really.

PAT: I'm sick of it. I saw it over the weekend.

GLENN: Yeah.

PAT: It's awesome.

GLENN: Really?

PAT: It's awesome.

GLENN: Really?

PAT: That movie is the feel good movie of the year, Glenn.

GLENN: I didn't know that.

PAT: You know what he does?

GLENN: What?

PAT: He yells at those evil AIG executives with a bullhorn and stuff.

GLENN: Yeah.

PAT: Outside their big building.

GLENN: Yeah.

PAT: It's a riot.

GLENN: You know, funny you should mention the word "riot." Isn't it interesting a day after the anticapitalist movie premiered in Pittsburgh, anticapitalist were rioting at the G 20 in Pittsburgh. I mean, if I were as ridiculous as let's say a numbskull at MSNBC, I might actually blame Michael Moore for the violence. But again that would make me a numbskull, wouldn't it?

PAT: Yeah. And that would just show your stupidity. Michael Moore isn't preaching the hateful hating hater hatred hateness that you are.

GLENN: Right.

PAT: He's just giving the facts.

GLENN: That's all he's doing.

PAT: Like there's no one watching the store anymore. There's no regulation on anyone.

GLENN: Oh, I know.

PAT: Right now.

GLENN: For the banks.

PAT: No regulation.

GLENN: The banks, for example, they only have the FDIC to answer to with all their regulations.

PAT: I know.

GLENN: And the Federal Reserve and all of theirs, and the OCC, Office of Controller of the Currency, and the OTC, Office of Thrift Supervision. There are literally hundreds of regulations and restrictions on the banks.

PAT: Since when?

GLENN: Whenever the government gets involved, it's always a treat and you should check out Page 17 of Arguing With Idiots. The government is involved in everything, many times over when it comes to regulation. You'll see on Page 17 that there are up to 12 different agencies responsible for more than 35 food safety laws. 541 clean air, water and waste programs spread over 29 different agencies. 40 different programs aimed at job training that are administered by seven different federal agencies. 50 programs to aid the homelessness run by eight different agencies, and I could go on. But do you really think Michael Moore's socialist or communist agenda is the answer here?

PAT: Well, no. For you I think the answer might be to cut back on the lard sandwiches so you can at least have some hope of looking at least as good on screen as Michael Moore does. I mean, your fat face doesn't even fit on Fox alone anymore.

GLENN: Do you really?

PAT: Takes up Fox, Fox Business, CNBC, MSNBC, the Food Network, Discovery, the National Geographic channel...

Trump lawyer Alan Dershowitz: Dems have nothing impeachable or 'they would have done it already'

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On the "Glenn Beck Radio Program" Monday, Harvard Law professor and lawyer on President Donald Trump's impeachment defense team Alan Dershowitz explains the history of impeachment and its process, why the framers did not include abuse of power as criteria for a Constitutional impeachment, why the Democrats are framing their case the way they are, and what to look for in the upcoming Senate trial.

Dershowitz argued that "abuse of power" -- one of two articles of impeachment against Trump approved by House Democrats last month -- is not an impeachable act.

"There are two articles of impeachment. The second is 'obstruction of Congress.' That's just a false accusation," said Dershowitz. "But they also charge him, in the Ukraine matter, with abuse of power. But abuse of power was discussed by the framers (of the U.S. Constitution) ... the framers refused to include abuse of power because it was too broad, too open-ended.

"In the words of James Madison, the father of our Constitution, it would lead presidents to serve at the will of Congress. And that's exactly what the framers didn't want, which is why they were very specific and said a president can be impeached only for treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors," he added.

"What's alleged against President Trump is not criminal," added Dershowitz. "If they had criminal issues to allege, you can be sure they would have done it. If they could establish bribery or treason, they would have done it already. But they didn't do it. They instead used this concept of abuse of power, which is so broad and general ... any president could be charged with it."

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Bill O'Reilly: Here's why Michael Bloomberg is likely betting on a brokered Democrat convention

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On Friday's radio program, Bill O'Reilly joins Glenn Beck discuss the possible outcomes for the Democrats in 2020.

Why are former President Barack and First Lady Michelle Obama working overtime to convince Americans they're more moderate than most of the far-left Democratic presidential candidates? Is there a chance of a Michelle Obama vs. Donald Trump race this fall?

O'Reilly surmised that a post-primary nomination would probably be more of a "Bloomberg play." He said Michael Bloomberg might actually stand a chance at the Democratic nomination if there is a brokered convention, as many Democratic leaders are fearfully anticipating.

"Bloomberg knows he doesn't really have a chance to get enough delegates to win," O'Reilly said. "He's doing two things: If there's a brokered convention, there he is. And even if there is a nominee, it will probably be Biden, and Biden will give [him] Secretary of State or Secretary of Treasury. That's what Bloomberg wants."

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BREAKING: John Solomon files lawsuit seeking records to expose Ukraine corruption and impeachment fraud

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On the "Glenn Beck Radio Program" Friday, award-winning investigative reporter John Solomon, a central figure in the impeachment proceedings, explained his newly filed lawsuit, which seeks the records of contact between Ukraine prosecutors and the U.S. Embassy officials in Kiev during the 2016 election.

The records would provide valuable information on what really happened in Ukraine, including what then-Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter were doing with Ukrainian energy company, Burisma Holdings, Solomon explained.

The documents, which the State Department has withheld thus far despite repeated requests for release by Solomon, would likely shed light on the alleged corruption that President Donald Trump requested to be investigated during his phone call with the president of Ukraine last year.

With the help of Southeastern Legal Foundation, Solomon's lawsuit seeks to compel the State Department to release the critical records. Once released, the records are expected to reveal, once and for all, exactly why President Trump wanted to investigate the dealings in Ukraine, and finally expose the side of the story that Democrats are trying to hide in their push for impeachment.

"It's been a one-sided story so far, just like the beginning of the Russia collusion story, right? Everybody was certain on Jan. 9 of 2017 that the Christopher Steele dossier was gospel. And our president was an agent of Russia. Three years later, we learned that all of that turned out to be bunk, " Solomon said.

"The most important thing about politics, and about investigations, is that there are two sides to a story. There are two pieces of evidence. And right now, we've only seen one side of it," he continued. "I think we'll learn a lot about what the intelligence community, what the economic and Treasury Department community was telling the president. And I bet the story was way more complicated than the narrative that [House Intelligence Committee Chairman] Adam Schiff [D-Calif.] has woven so far."

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EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW with Carter Page: Smeared by the Russia hoax, betrayed by his country

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Carter Page, a former advisor to Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign, found himself at the center of the Russia probe and had his reputation and career destroyed by what we now know were lies from our own intelligence system and the media.

On the TV show Thursday, Page joined Glenn Beck to speak out about how he became the subject of illegal electronic surveillance by the FBI for more than two years, and revealed the extent of the corruption that has infiltrated our legal systems and our country as a whole.

"To me, the bigger issue is how much damage this has done to our country," Page told Glenn. "I've been very patient in trying to ... find help with finding solutions and correcting this terrible thing which has happened to our country, our judicial system, DOJ, FBI -- these once-great institutions. And my bigger concern is the fact that, although we keep taking these steps forward in terms of these important findings, it really remains the tip of the iceberg."

Page was referencing the report by Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz, which revealed that the FBI made "at least 17 significant errors or omissions" in its Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) applications for warrants to spy on Page, a U.S. citizen.

"I think this needs to be attacked from all angles," Glenn said. "The one angle I'm interested in from you is, please tell me you have the biggest badass attorneys that are hungry, starving, maybe are a little low to pay their Mercedes payments right now, and are just gearing up to come after the government and the media. Are they?"

I can confirm that that is the case," Page replied.

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