Glenn Beck Calls Tea Partier Barber a Dope for Gather Your Armies Ad

Alabama Republican House candidate Rick Barber released an ad yesterday wherein he sits at a table with the ghosts of George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, and Samuel Adams (note: they may have actually been time traveling - this is unclear) ranting about the IRS and talking about impeaching the president. The ad climaxes with one of the Founders declaring, "Gather your armies."

While Fox Nation dubbed the insipid ad "amazing" yesterday, and the other nutty corners of the right-wing blogosphere offered their praise for Barber, Glenn Beck had a much harsher take, labeling Barber a "dope" on his radio show today, saying Barber is "one of the dumbest people" he has seen, and asking Barber "what is wrong with you?"

Beck's outrage at Barber's ad stands in stark contrast to Beck's own frequent use of violent rhetoric. Though Beck often implores his viewers not to resort to violence - not usually a good sign when you feel it necessary to do that once, let alone several times - he often characterizes political debates in violent and revolutionary rhetoric.

Just a handful of examples from the past few months:

•Engaging in his usual violent fearmongering about "revolutionaries" wanting to "overthrow our entire system of government," Beck claimed that "the revolution of 1776 was a picnic compared to what the revolutionaries of today would like to do." He added, "usually, millions of people die."

http://mediamatters.org/blog/201006150032

Beck's probably pissed - after all he's the leader of the Looney Tune Revolution.

n.t.

Beck's working that side of the street, Mr. Barber! Get your own corner.

Either that, or Becky's sore that Barber might have let the cat out of the bag too soon.