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And does it with a bit of Beck Derangement Syndrome

Glenn Beck’s sobbing secrets revealed: A little Vicks Vaporub gets the tears flowing

(A video of Beck dabbing on Vicks Vapor Rub) This was too funny to pass up. We’ve known all along that Glenn Beck is a two-bit phony. Now we see how Glenn Beck gets himself properly weepy for the cameras: A little Vicks Vaporub.

The whole scene reminds us that Beck practices his schtick over and over before he performs. Which means he’s gotten real good at working up those tears and choking up to say, “I love my country — but I fear for it!”

Did C&L, and the rest of the unhinged, actually think Beck was going out and getting weepy and crying for real? What part of “entertainer” do they not get? Oh, sorry, forgot. They forget the entire concept. Which is why people like Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Bill O’reilly, and Glenn Beck are pretty much well known and their ratings are doing well, while folks like Keith Olbermann, Rachael Maddow and…..well, they are pretty much the only left side biggies, and their ratings are barely there. Remember Air America? Even in their heydays, they still were barely generating ratings, and couldn’t generate ad revenue.

There are also others on the right, such as Neal Boortz, Mark Levin, and Laura Ingraham. All doing quite well, thank you very much. Even Mark Savage (who I cannot stand,) does very well, because he mixes entertainment in with his anger. The left has Ed Schultz, …….. well, that is it, and he is barely making it. OK, Alan Colmes, who I do find interesting, but, not very entertaining, and does marginally well on radio.

Pandagon: Great Caesar’s Ghost—everything about this on-air tool is a lie…so does this mean that Vicks Vapo-Rub will get product placement or endorsement on Beck’s show?

Again, it is entertainment. Rush admits it. Most right side talkers will say the same. They understand that the audience must be entertained to keep them interested and coming back. What do these liberal nincompoops think actors do, cry for real? Right side talkers discuss more than just politics, and laugh quite a bit. Even Savage, as angry as he gets, laughs, while left siders start ranting and raving and getting angry. Boortz gets cranky, then laughs about it, and reads some silly news. Laura does silly sound effects. Rush is constantly laughing. And well he should, because his ratings generate excellent ad revenue. Air America had to be propped up like the NEA.

The left will never learn the lesson that radio and TV punditry must be entertaining to fully succeed. They should listen to the Brad And Britt Show from Burlington, NC. Entertaining. Slighly liberal. Successful. But, they aren’t angry enough for the left to push for nationwide exposure to create a fail situation.