Glenn Beck plays team politics

Sadly, yesterday I caught a few minutes of Glenn Beck's new show on Fox (pictured above with Rush Limbaugh, who admitted that he wants President Obama to fail - so much for all that support the president stuff we heard 8 years ago). He was railing on Obama's pick for Treasury Secretary, Tim Geithner. One of Beck's arguments against the pick is that since Geithner employed an illegal immigrant in his home, he has "bad judgment" and is, therefore, a bad choice for the job. I can't find the actual video - he went on and on and on about this - but here's another source from last week saying the same thing.

Beck supported Mitt Romney in the Republican primaries. His support was so dogmatic that he was one of the people who promised to vote for a Democrat if John McCain was nominated. But readers may recall that at a debate in Florida on November 28, 2007, it was revealed that Romney employed illegal immigrants as landscapers. Did Beck consider this a sign of bad judgment which should disqualify Romney? The very next day, Beck had Romney on his show and only asked him one question about the issue. Read the text here. Glenn asked him one kid-gloves question then let the matter rest, supporting Romney throughout the rest of the primaries.

If you didn't know already, you do now. In addition to being ignorant and ridiculous, Beck is a hypocrite who plays team politics. He's not interested in whether the new Treasury pick is qualified for the job - Beck admits that he is - but only cares that he was chosen by a Democrat - the other team.