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GLENN BECK PROGRAM
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GLENN: I don't
even begin to understand this, and I want to hear from
Democrats. I want to hear from people -- talk me down from
this tree, please. I want to hear from Democrats that do not
agree with this. Nearly one out of every five Democrats
thinks the world will be better off if America loses the war
in Iraq. The percentage of Democrats, 20% who believe that
it is nearly four times the number of Republicans, 5%, who
gave the same answer, 7% of independents said the world
would be already off if the world lost the war. You are
always going to find 5% morons in any population. Please,
Democrats, help me out. 20% of people in your party think
that it would be better to lose the war. In your right mind
tell me how that could possibly be. I don't care how you --
tell me -- use your brain for a second. No matter how much
you hate George W. Bush, no matter how much you hate
everything else, no matter how much you think we started
this because we were making up weapons of mass destruction,
even though Ted Kennedy and Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton
and everybody else, when Bill Clinton was in office was
saying they were there, and I'm going to give you the
benefit of the doubt. The Republicans were saying, "Oh, they
trumped that up to get his name off the front page of the
paper." The truth matters. Now, you tell me in your right
mind. Take away all the hate. You tell me how us losing,
when it empowers Iran, when it will give a safe haven to
Al-Qaeda, when Osama Bin Laden has said this is World War
III, these are his words, not mine, not George Bush's, this
is World War III and the center of the battle is the battle
for Iraq. Tell me how, when we can go in and overthrow a
government and destabilize the whole region and take an evil
that we know in Saddam Hussein, destabilize it and then
create a situation where it will become Darfur. Tell me how
us losing is good for the rest of the world. Tell me how,
tell me how the United States of America being humiliated,
having absolutely no trust in the world. You think we don't
have trust now. We at least have a few people that think,
okay, when America stands up, they are actually going to do
it. They will never, ever, ever trust us ever again. You
will not be able to repair it. You can say all you want that
George Bush has caused all kinds of problems in the country
-- in the world. That's great. I get it. Although it seems
France has kind of come around towards us. Seems Germany has
kind of come around our way, but let's not dwell there. You
can repair what you claim George Bush did, but you cannot
repair our credibility of losing a war. You can't do it. So
Democrats, please, sane ones, please, please. I only want to
hear from Democrats. Are there sane Democrats out there? Are
there Democrats out there that are not with Michael Moore?
You can hate the President all you want. That's fine. That's
great. I get it. Please tell me you disagree with the
policies but you don't think that we should lose a war.
I have to take back what I have said about Harry Reid, about
what I've said about Nancy Pelosi. I have said that I don't
think these people, because -- and it's gone against
everything in me. I've said these people don't want us to
lose a war. They can't want us to lose a war. That doesn't
make any sense. That doesn't help anyone. And, you know, the
evidence has been there, but I fought it. But then I have --
I've separated those people who have said they sure appear
as though they want us to lose, but I've separated those
from the average Democrat. Well, now you've got damn near a
quarter of Democrats saying that.
And here's another part of this poll. Most people say they
have said a prayer for the troops, 87%. Oh, well, that's
big. 87% say they have said a prayer for the troops. Another
77% say they have prayed that the war would end in Iraq. A
much smaller majority, 54% of Americans, say they have
prayed for the President. I don't -- I don't understand
this. Republicans, 74%, say they are twice as likely as
Democrats at 37% to have included the President in their
prayers. First of all, we should all be down on our knees in
praying for the troops. We should all be down praying for an
end to this war. We should all be down on our knees every
day praying for the President and praying for members of
congress. My family prays for the President and members of
congress, our leaders in all parties, our leaders all around
the world. My family prays for President Tom. How do you not
pray for everyone? How do you not pray for your enemies? How
do you not understand that we all need guidance from God?
What has happened to our country?
We are -- did anybody see the show last night? Did you see
the show? You know what? I want to have these guys on from
the TV last night, maybe for Monday, for radio. These guys,
they're damn near nut jobs. Four years ago one of them was
telling me last night, I don't remember what his name was,
he was a guy from Vermont and he said four years ago I was
talking to myself. Nobody was listening to me. Now I've got
10,000 members of people in Vermont that want to secede from
the Union. He was telling me there's no way to repair the
Constitution; it must be dissolved, the United States must
be dissolved. He was joining forces with another guy, the
League of the Southern States, who also had a very small
movement until the last four or five years and now that
movement has about 10,000 members. In 25 states there are
movements to dissolve our country because they don't think
we can fix it. Well, we can fix it, but we can only fix it
when we get back into the frickin' middle of this country.
We have been pushed to the edges. We don't even see the
truth the same way anymore. We can't agree that black is
white and white is -- or black is black and white is white.
We can't even agree on that. Of course we'll agree, unless
you happen to be a liberal and you're listening now and
you're like, "He's a conservative and he just said the sky
is blue. Damn it, it's not blue; it's orange; why don't they
just start making stuff up."
I just need to hear from some Democrats that get it. I think
-- you know what? On this program at least, you'll hear from
Republicans who say the Republicans don't get it. You're
hearing it. The Republicans don't get it. Can I hear from
some Democrats that say those, at least those 20% of
Democrats don't get it? Can I hear from some Democrats today
who are disenfranchised with their leadership so we can
build a coalition of people in the middle? I know nobody
wants to go in the frickin' middle because everybody says
you're gonna get run over, but I'm telling you the center
won't hold if we're all standing on the extreme edges.
You've got -- the founding fathers did not get what they
wanted. The individuals didn't want this. James Madison
wrote the Constitution and it wasn't the same way. The
Constitution, the way he wrote it, had two senators and two
members of the House. That was it. The little state said --
no, I'm sorry. It was the other way around. The little
states wanted everything to be representative, wanted it to
be just two states. Big state said, no, we've got to have a
whole bunch of people in there, based on population. The
little state said, wait a minute, that can't happen; you'll
steamroll us. James Madison fought. He fought. They made a
compromise. James Madison didn't get what he wanted, the
little states didn't get what they want, but it came down to
the fact that they had to compromise or nothing would get
done. We have to decide what are we willing to compromise
on, what are we willing to compromise on? I have decided I
won't compromise on evil and I won't compromise on
socialism. Other than those two things, look, man, I'm
willing to compromise. I'm -- you know, give me -- show to
me, Washington, that you're serious about security. Build
the fences. Build the fences. When you have taken the
500,000 people that are coming across our border in the
middle of the night, when you have taken that and you've
maybe made it to where we think maybe 10,000 people because
they are digging tunnels but you're also looking for the
tunnels, when you've cut that down and you have put things
in place to where it's -- where you just can't take it away,
where it's not movable, where it's a permanent fence, then
you come to me. And I know this is going to piss off every
real conservative in this country, but I will talk to you
about a path to citizenship, not before, but I will talk to
you about what do we do with the people who are already
here.
First of all, you have any criminal records, get the hell
out. Get out. You haven't been here for a certain amount of
time -- what, I'm going to say -- somebody was here, was
brought here by their parents when they were 6 years old and
they are now 20 years old and they can't get an education,
they got to live in the shadows but their parents are here
on visas, everything's fine? What are you going to do? This
is the only country that kid has ever known. I'm willing to
talk to you about it. I don't like it, I don't want to. What
I really want is to ship them home, but I'll compromise
because we've got to! We are Americans. We are not
Democrats. We are not Republicans. We are Americans. We are
a good and decent people. We are a people with God at the
forefront. We are a people that we don't pray for God to
smite our political enemies. If you believe the President is
wrong as I have believed the President is wrong on more than
a handful of really big issues, those are the days I pray
for the President even more: God, please humble him; please,
Lord, make sure, drive him to his knees, please; let him do
your will, not anybody else's will; your will; please, Lord,
find a way into the hearts of Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi;
please, Lord, find a way for those two to be able to meet
with George Bush and find a way to secure the blessings of
this country; please, Lord, please let us reconnect with
you, let us reconnect with each other.
We are in trouble, people. Am I alone? I don't think so. I
don't think so but, boy, when I see a poll that says 20% of
Democrats say it would be better for the world if America
would lose a war, I don't understand it. I don't understand
America, I guess. It's a day to hear from Democrats.
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