The poetry of Glenn Beck, Fox News Commentator
Salon has the best thing I’ve read in a long time — transcriptions of Glenn Beck, the Fox News Commentator, presented as poetry.
The example below could be said to be satirical, except that Beck’s not intelligent enough to be a satirist.
TIME TO BELIEVE
It’s time to stop playing
Games in this country.
It is time to actually believe
In something. I do.
I know you do as well.
Believe in something.
Even if it’s wrong.(“Glenn Beck,” Fox News, March 11, 2009)
This excerpt from “Friday’s Show” is genuinely beautiful:
We’ve got time to write tickets, we’ve got time to write tickets,
Have the police officers write tickets, you know why…
The man is clearly an idiot, but he does have a talent for using the rhythm of words very effectively.
Salon promises more tomorrow…
(Thanks to bitpakkit on Twitter for pointing me towards this gem).