Glenn Beck: McCain Worse Than Obama
In an interview for the inaugural installment of @katiecouric, the new Web show hosted by Katie Couric, Glenn Beck said that he thinks "John McCain would have been worse for the country than Barack Obama."
Beck, the Fox News personality, radio host and author, also said that he may have voted for Hillary Clinton over McCain had Clinton been the Democratic nominee in 2008.
"I can't believe I'm saying this, I think I would have much preferred her as president and may have voted for her against John McCain," Beck told Couric.
Prompted to elaborate by the CBS Evening News anchor and managing editor, Beck said he thinks "McCain is this weird progressive like Theodore Roosevelt was."
"I think John McCain would have been worse," he continued, laughing. "How about this? I think John McCain would have been worse for the country than Barack Obama. How's that?"
Watch the clip here, and come to CBSNews.com tomorrow at 7 p.m. ET for the full interview.
For more about @katiecouric, click here.
Disclosure: Glenn Beck's book "Arguing with Idiots" is published by Simon & Schuster, a division of CBS corporation; also Mr. Beck and Katie Couric are both represented by Hiltzik strategies.
Copyright 2009 CBS. All rights reserved. Beck, the Fox News personality, radio host and author, also said that he may have voted for Hillary Clinton over McCain had Clinton been the Democratic nominee in 2008.
"I can't believe I'm saying this, I think I would have much preferred her as president and may have voted for her against John McCain," Beck told Couric.
Prompted to elaborate by the CBS Evening News anchor and managing editor, Beck said he thinks "McCain is this weird progressive like Theodore Roosevelt was."
"I think John McCain would have been worse," he continued, laughing. "How about this? I think John McCain would have been worse for the country than Barack Obama. How's that?"
Watch the clip here, and come to CBSNews.com tomorrow at 7 p.m. ET for the full interview.
For more about @katiecouric, click here.
Disclosure: Glenn Beck's book "Arguing with Idiots" is published by Simon & Schuster, a division of CBS corporation; also Mr. Beck and Katie Couric are both represented by Hiltzik strategies.
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Every single time I happen to catch an interview you did, always taped as we don't watch CBS in our home, one can see where you stand....honestly it's why CBS News is no longer watched in our household. We turn the channel after our local news on CBS over to another network, who's reporting, though one-sided at times, at least makes the attempt to be "in the middle". I only happened upon this site today and clicked out of interest....you didn't let me down. I'm am neither a democrat or republican, I'm one of those independents. Goodness, just be objective Katie, or better yet, jump on over to MSNBC, you'd be happier there, and perhaps CBS would get a ratings jump. Maybe put Harry Smith where you are (Harry is the closest to Mr. Russert as anyone)
Just try this....be like Mr. Russert if you can. No one really knew how Mr. Russert personally stood on an issue. Was he democrat or republican? The beauty of that is you didn't know. What credibility that carried.
Now THAT'S a true professional. I saw a glimpse of that with Campbell Brown recently and I was thrilled. She gets it, and is at least trying to be objective.
Can you maybe start doing that Katie? Maybe your ratings would go up if you did.
**I used abortion as a catalyst for the point
Glenn would vote for obama, why?
Glenn, you need to join the republicans.
you're in the mist and need to come out.
I hope your ratings fall after a stupid comment.
Rightnow you're acting your shoesize rather than your age.
Someone in this post mentioned something:
glenn has so much potential. so much insight. so many connections.
he's put the acorn web in order.
he knows the players. He's seen what John McCain has done for this country, and up to thursday, sept. 23, compared obama to nazi stalin.
and, yet, he makes a stupid ass comment like this.
the only thing I can say, is, he likes the attention so much, that he does stuff like this.
We need the gop. the gop is not lost, like some people want to think.
Glenn, you are immature.
and don't laugh about that.
John mccain has done some wonderful things.
glenn, you're jealous, so you will get attention in the weirdest ways.
Maybe you shouldn't have come to foxnews. It's for smart people.
Fox News lost any remaining credibility they had by blatantly promoting Beck's laughable 912project.
http://www.newsy.com/videos/crossing_the_line
What is truly much more fascinating (and more than a little frightening) is the colony of brain dead miscreants who seem to depend on these societal excrescences for knowledge and inspiration.
Overall, I suppose, Beck's appeal is to that segment of the population which is destined to swim forever in the shallow end of the gene pool. They recognize "family" when they see it.