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Withers: Is Obama the first gay president?
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contributing
editor,
365Gay Blog 03.31.2010 9:12am EDT
contributing
editor,
365Gay Blog 03.31.2010 9:12am EDT
No way to prepare you for this. So here it is: the Family
Research
Council thinks Barack Obama could be the first gay
president
because of his fealty to “the homosexual agenda.”
“Since taking office the President and his Administration has done
all they
could to chip away at the protections to the states and the institution
of
marriage provided by the Defense of Marriage Act.”
After you stop laughing, is there really anything to add? Does the
FRC even
know the Department of Justice has vigorously defended DOMA in court? Or what about this DOJ brief in support of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” Yes, baby. You read right.
The
Obama administration, who wants the military to dismantle DADT, was in
an actual
court of law defending the policy. It gets funnier. The brief quoted Colin Powell’s 1993 position, a
stance he
doesn’t hold now. That change
of opinion was never mentioned. How’s that for following
the agenda
of the homos?
I look at FRC as the mirror image of the Westboro
Baptist ChurchTony
Perkins for proving me right. crazies. The only difference is the FRC
fools know a
little something about web design. Thanks to
Cash from controversy: Glenn Beck made $32 M in the
last year, says
Forbes
Wednesday, April 7th
2010, 9:17
PM
The latest issue of Forbes breaks
down Glenn
Beck's incredible earnings.
down Glenn
Beck's incredible earnings.
It pays to be Glenn Beck ... and pays, and pays, and
pays.
The controversial Fox News loud-mouth - hero to
conservatives,
dartboard fodder to liberals - made $32 million in the 12 months ending
March 1,
reports Forbes magazine.
His company,
Mercury
Radio Arts, churns out books, runs a profitable Web site, and manages
his
sold-out appearances.
Beck insists he's not political, even after leading the charge
against health
care reform, feeding the frenzy of the Tea Party members, and telling
his
loyalists President Obama has "a deep-seated hatred
for
white people."
"I could give a flying crap about the political process," Beck tells
the new
issue of Forbes magazine (Forbes.com).
"We're an entertainment company."
And his brand of entertainment has paid off.
"I aspire to Walt Disney's never-ending quest to try to
improve
the quality of what he's doing, his never-ending vision of, 'Yes, it can
be
done,'" Beck said.
Not to mention his building one of the most lucrative and durable
entertainment empires of all time, writes Forbes.
Here's where the money comes from, Forbes reports: Publishing (books
and
Fusion magazine), $13 million a year; Radio, $10 million;
Digital/Online, $4
million; Paid Appearances, $3 million; Fox News, $4 million.
The linchpin of the Beck moneymaking machine is Christopher Balfe, 31, president of
Mercury.
Writes Forbes: "Chris Balfe has two goals: building on
existing
businesses and creating new ones."
Balfe's vision for the
future: "We
have 400 radio stations; we could have 500. We sold 3 million books last
year;
we could try to sell 4 million or 5 million. We have 5 million [monthly
unique
visitors] on Glennbeck.com; we could have 10 million."
As to the key to his success, there are the occasional pangs of
regret, Beck
says, but "I think I say the things that people are afraid to say - and
sometimes the things people are too smart to say."
ckatz@nydailynews.com