Tim Tebow, If Glenn Beck still had a TV show, this would have somehow been a complicated conspiracy theory detailed on a chalkboard. But he doesn’t, so you’re going to have to connect the dots and squiggles in your mind’s eye. Tim Tebow is unemployed and practically destitute because he’s religious and a good person. Beck: “It’s UnBELIEVEable!”
But this rant, brought to you by the good folks at Clear Channel Radio, started out as a discussion on Robert Griffin III’s new house in Northern Virginia. Beck and his co-hosts (don’t make me look up their names — thanks) were talking about the house, which we wrote about last week, and wondered aloud how it only cost $2.5 million, seeing that it had five bedrooms and sat on 19 acres.
But toward the end is where the real gold is buried. The conversation somehow turns to Tim Tebow, and Beck & Friends discuss Tebow’s current lack of employment. Beck, of course, takes the ball and runs with it toward the right-wing conservative end zone. (Check it out above beginning at the 4:44 mark).
When one of the co-hosts mentions that RGIII has never been in trouble, Beck says:
“No, no. Politically. I mean there’s a different kind of trouble now. You can be a good guy — look at Tebow. You can be a good guy, clean life, and be on the wrong side politically, and you’re doomed.
“Hopefully when he no longer has a job and he’s out of football, we’ll have enough money to hire him at this network to do sports. (Co-hosts laugh). Seriously. Who else would hire him to do even sports? ESPN probably wouldn’t hire him. Nobody’s going to hire him, he’s too controversial. And THINK of that. No one’s going to hire him because he’s religious? It’s unbelievable.”
Typical Beck: Create a controversy out of thin air (has Tebow been turned down by ESPN and I missed it?) and blend in his special brand of outrage to gin up ratings. Is Beck aware that Aaron Rodgers is religious? Drew Brees? Former Packer Reggie White had a great career, and he was as outspokenly religious as they come. John Elway stumped for Mitt Romney and is still adored.
But then, Beck is the guy who once displayed a photo of Brian Urlacher on TV, describing him as a “neo-Nazi”, without knowing who he was.
On RGIII’s house, Beck said:
“Now c’mon man. You’re a quarterback. Really? You’re gonna have five bedrooms and four bathrooms? Think of that, four bathrooms. Nine thousand square feet, four bathrooms and five bedrooms. That means at least two [bedrooms] don’t have their own bathroom….
“I mean, three acres in Virginia. Remember, Virginia is not cheap. It’s never been hit by the housing crisis because of the government. So he’s got this house? It must suck. Three acres in Northern Viriginia? I mean, that’s like buying it out of Manhattan. Northern Virginia is like Manhattan. You’re not getting three acres in Northern Virginia. For $2.5 million? I’m surprised it wasn’t $3 million for the acreage….
“I’m looking at the pictures of this — we have to post this — I’m looking at the pictures of this house. It’s got a movie theater in it and everything else. $2.5 million, what is it, on a toxic waste dump? Seriously? It’s in Northern Virginia.”
Tuesday, June 4, 2013
Tim Tebow
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