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).

One Response to “The poetry of Glenn Beck, Fox News Commentator”

1. aromahand says:

   March 31, 2009 at 3:34 pm

   total gongshow over at fox.