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GLENN BECK PROGRAM
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“Gosh
darn it. The truth matters.” |
GLENN: You know, but at least we have the truth thing. You
know, the truth matters. Gosh darn it, the truth matters.
Perjury, perjury. Don't ever tell a lie. Don't care what
they're coming after you with. Never tell a lie unless you
work as the President or for the President. Then lie your
face off because it's really pretty sweet. It's a sweet gig.
If you just kiss the right butts, if you just, you know, are
just that political hack in there and doing whatever you
have to do, you know, and you protect the President, well,
don't worry because he'll pay you a special -- now, kids, I
just want to teach you here. If you don't work for the
President, you're screwed. You know, you've just got a roll
of the dice you are not going to get caught in perjury,
unless you have enough money and you have -- you can hire
somebody who has, like, some sort of political connection
and then you might be able to buy your way into a pardon
from the President. Then that's sweet. Then you're back in
the game. But if it's just normal you, sucks, doesn't it?
I have a hard time teaching my children, and I know -- I
mean, I've already gotten, you know, well, here's another
one. Ann in Virginia, tell me about the children and the
President.
CALLER: Well, I'm just a little concerned, Glenn. I don't
think any of us should be trying to teach values, principles
based on the politicians in this day and age.
GLENN: See, Ann, here's the problem with that. Have you ever
read the
Book of Virtues by William Bennett?
CALLER: I have not.
GLENN: How old are your kids? I hear your kids in the
background.
CALLER: He's 3.
GLENN: Go out, do yourself a favor, get the Book of Virtues
by William Bennett. It's fantastic. It's a book of stories.
He didn't write them. He just edited them. It's a collection
of stories about different virtues and what's really
interesting and fascinating as you read them to your kids,
when it comes to honesty, it's George Washington: I will not
tell a lie; I did chop down that cherry tree. It's Honest
Abe walking five miles to return a penny. It's those stories
that, gee, seem to play a role in our lives when we actually
trusted people in Washington. I mean, can anybody tie these
things together? We no longer trust the people in
Washington. They're no longer listening to us. We can no
longer identify with them. They'll say one thing and do
another and yet we're calling up and saying, gee, we
shouldn't really, we shouldn't teach our kids morals by
looking at our leaders. They're called leaders for a reason.
Why is it we just expect our leaders to be less than we are?
I would like our leaders to be more than we are. Why do we
keep lowering the bar in this country so we have no one to
look up to?
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