# Glenn Beck and the Worst Book Cover Ever **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 11, 2009, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glenn-beck-and-the-worst-book-cover-ever/509635 "2009-09-11T01:34:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2009, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glenn-beck-and-the-worst-book-cover-ever/509635/41 "2009-09-11T04:37:48Z")
“Ayaguing”? That’s not even a word! WTF. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2009, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glenn-beck-and-the-worst-book-cover-ever/509635/42 "2009-09-11T04:43:55Z")
_Its a cookbook!_ ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2009, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glenn-beck-and-the-worst-book-cover-ever/509635/43 "2009-09-11T04:46:41Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > The colors seem to imply Russian uniforms, but the Soviet military favored those incredibly stupid looking hats > > [http://z.about.com/d/goeasteurope/1/0/b/4/-/-/IMG\_0084.jpg](http://z.about.com/d/goeasteurope/1/0/b/4/-/-/IMG_0084.jpg) > > But nobody else thinks the hat doesn’t fit? OK, I’m cutting back on huffing kerosene, starting tomorrow… He’s wearing it jaunty so we can see by his raised eyebrow the towering intellect within that deceptively dense-looking skull of his. Otherwise we might think he was stupid. Was his monocle at the cleaners or something? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2009, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glenn-beck-and-the-worst-book-cover-ever/509635/44 "2009-09-11T04:49:44Z")
> [@waterj2](#): > > OK, if you don’t feel like watching the video, it’s Beck reciting the Americorps pledge wearing lederhosen It was okay with the sound off. From across the room. With some scotch for courage. Through a straw. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2009, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glenn-beck-and-the-worst-book-cover-ever/509635/45 "2009-09-11T05:02:59Z")
Does he adress the allegation in his book that he [raped and murdered a young girl in 1990](http://glennbeckrapedandmurderedayounggirlin1990.com/)? I am not sayng he did, I just wonder why he avoids the topic in his new book. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2009, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glenn-beck-and-the-worst-book-cover-ever/509635/46 "2009-09-11T05:08:59Z")
> [@Gangster\_Octopus](#): > > Does he adress the allegation in his book that he [raped and murdered a young girl in 1990](http://glennbeckrapedandmurderedayounggirlin1990.com/)? I am not sayng he did, I just wonder why he avoids the topic in his new book. Because there’s no evidence he did. And throwing out baseless accusations is only justified if you are a right winger of course; now if Beck said with no evidence that Obama raped and murdered a girl it would clearly be Obama’s duty to prove his innocence immediately. Baseless accusations _ **against** _ a right winger are unacceptable however. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2009, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glenn-beck-and-the-worst-book-cover-ever/509635/47 "2009-09-11T05:59:03Z")
[Boris]Fearless Leader! You’ve written a book, the best book EVER! [/Boris] ---
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2009, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glenn-beck-and-the-worst-book-cover-ever/509635/48 "2009-09-11T07:38:29Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > Within the past couple weeks, for example, headlined his show with the accusation that there was secret communist iconography all over Rockefeller Center in New York. Much as I hate to say this, Beck wasn’t all that [far off.](http://www.diego-rivera.org/rockefellercontroversy.html) OK, maybe temporally he was - after all, 75 years is a long time. ---
**Author:** ![flodnak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/838e76/32.png) [@flodnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flodnak)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2009, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glenn-beck-and-the-worst-book-cover-ever/509635/49 "2009-09-11T09:02:50Z")
> [@waterj2](#): > > \*OK, if you don’t feel like watching the video, it’s Beck reciting the Americorps pledge wearing lederhosen And giving, strangely enough, the three-fingered salute used by the Girl Scouts of the USA. So as a German American _and_ a former Girl Scout, I suppose I’ve just been insulted _twice._ :rolleyes: Honestly. He wants to accuse people of being Nazis, but he doesn’t have the guts to use real Nazi symbols to do it. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2009, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glenn-beck-and-the-worst-book-cover-ever/509635/50 "2009-09-11T09:39:06Z")
> [@flodnak](#): > > And giving, strangely enough, the three-fingered salute used by the Girl Scouts of the USA. > > So as a German American _and_ a former Girl Scout, I suppose I’ve just been insulted _twice._ :rolleyes: Honestly. He wants to accuse people of being Nazis, but he doesn’t have the guts to use real Nazi symbols to do it. Brownies, Brownshirts - coincidence? _I think not._ ---
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2009, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glenn-beck-and-the-worst-book-cover-ever/509635/51 "2009-09-11T09:50:59Z")
But… but I _love_ Thin Mints, dammit! ETA: The Boy Scouts use the three-fingered salute as well. ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2009, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glenn-beck-and-the-worst-book-cover-ever/509635/52 "2009-09-11T10:50:16Z")
When speaking of Glenn Beck, only a one-fingered salute will do. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2009, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glenn-beck-and-the-worst-book-cover-ever/509635/53 "2009-09-11T11:33:51Z")
[QUOTE=waterj] it’s Beck reciting the Americorps pledge wearing lederhosen [/QUOTE] Just offstage, a hooker is muttering, “yeah, yeah… get on with it and gimme my twenty bucks, already…” ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2009, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glenn-beck-and-the-worst-book-cover-ever/509635/54 "2009-09-11T12:27:01Z")
O-M-G!!! Just when I thought the guy couldn’t be anymore of a clown, he goes off and does something like this. I’m just waiting for the day he shows up on his program wearing a rainbow afro wig, polka dot jumpsuit, big floppy shoes and a red rubber nose. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2009, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glenn-beck-and-the-worst-book-cover-ever/509635/55 "2009-09-11T12:31:44Z")
Before I clicked the link, I was sure it was gonna be [this picture.](http://www.alexjonesshow.info/images/photoalbum/album_7/glennbitch.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![St.Anger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@St.Anger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/St.Anger)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2009, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glenn-beck-and-the-worst-book-cover-ever/509635/56 "2009-09-11T13:18:58Z")
It’s a silly cover for sure. Based on what I’ve heard on his show the Russian military costume and lettering is an inside joke aimed at his listeners. On his show, he does a bit with Soviet music in the background. During the bit he sarcastically praises his Democrat “comrades” while portraying their political agenda as being similar to that of the USSR. ---
**Author:** ![jesuslynch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e99b99/32.png) [@jesuslynch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jesuslynch)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2009, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glenn-beck-and-the-worst-book-cover-ever/509635/57 "2009-09-11T13:37:06Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > _Its a cookbook!_ You forget. You’ve got to substitute a K for the C. It’s a _Kookbook_! ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2009, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glenn-beck-and-the-worst-book-cover-ever/509635/58 "2009-09-11T14:16:31Z")
> [@St.Anger](#): > > It’s a silly cover for sure. > > Based on what I’ve heard on his show the Russian military costume and lettering is an inside joke aimed at his listeners. On his show, he does a bit with Soviet music in the background. During the bit he sarcastically praises his Democrat “comrades” while portraying their political agenda as being similar to that of the USSR. I see, so there is a extrememly idiotic reason behind the get-up. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2009, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glenn-beck-and-the-worst-book-cover-ever/509635/59 "2009-09-11T14:37:31Z")
> [@](#): > > …Brownies, Brownshirts - coincidence? I think not. Who can forget the Night of the Long Cookies? ---
**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2009, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glenn-beck-and-the-worst-book-cover-ever/509635/60 "2009-09-11T15:59:44Z")
I find no trend more disgusting than the current trend of invoking the names of various Founding Fathers to justify behavior that runs completely counter to principles they actually espoused. Thomas Paine is spinning in his grave so hard that I expect him to emerge in China any day now. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glenn-beck-and-the-worst-book-cover-ever/509635.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glenn-beck-and-the-worst-book-cover-ever/509635.md?page=4)