Glenn Beck Discovers Gasoline

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Several liberal blogs today are showing a clip of Red Eye's Bill Schulz getting drenched in gasoline by Glenn Beck. (I have not seen any conservative blogs mention it yet, though I may have missed some).

Beck's apparent goal was to illustrate how he feels about Barack Obama's policies -- by imitating Obama pouring gasoline on the "average American".

Clearly, Beck is a smart man, and his points are legitimate. Of course, the optics overwhelm the words. Don't get me wrong -- I have no doubt his antics will result in high ratings. Unfortunately, though, his shtick undermines any serious points he was attempting to make.

Everyone who is good on television -- from Bill O'Reilly to Keith Olberman -- faces the delicate task of balancing serious punditry with entertainment. Americans don't want boring commentary, but they do what some degree of seriousness.

Unfortunately, this recent display demonstrates that on a sliding scale, Beck is much closer to P.T. Barnum than he is to William F. Buckley...

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