{"id":16288,"date":"2009-11-25T18:20:41","date_gmt":"2009-11-26T01:20:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/?p=16288"},"modified":"2009-11-25T18:20:41","modified_gmt":"2009-11-26T01:20:41","slug":"glenn-beck-brings-moral-leadership-to-a-new-low","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/11\/25\/glenn-beck-brings-moral-leadership-to-a-new-low.html","title":{"rendered":"Glenn Beck brings moral leadership to a new low"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>His advice to soldiers for dealing with terrorist suspects when captured?  &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/mediamatters.org\/mmtv\/200911250011#\">Shoot them in the head<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In fact, not just his advice, but what he says his <em>orders <\/em>would be if he were president.<\/p>\n<p><object width='320' height='260'><param name='movie' value='http:\/\/cloudfront.mediamatters.org\/static\/flash\/player.swf'><\/param><param name='flashvars' value='config=http:\/\/mediamatters.org\/embed\/cfg2?id=200911250011'><\/param><param name='allowscriptaccess' value='always'><\/param><param name='allownetworking' value='all'><\/param><\/object><\/p>\n<p>This isn&#8217;t just a jocular aside, a &#8220;joke&#8221; that can be laughed off, under criticism, as an example of how overly-sensitive liberals are to humor.  He says it multiple times, and he says it with deadly earnest.<\/p>\n<p>And this is what passes for leadership, morality, and respect for law on the Right.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>His advice to soldiers for dealing with terrorist suspects when captured? &#8220;Shoot them in the head.&#8221; In fact, not just his advice, but what he says his orders would be if he were president. 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