Conservative Media Declares War on Soccer

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Glenn Beck: "Barack Obama's policies are the World Cup." In an extensive rant on the June 11 Glenn Beck Program, Beck purported to explain how President Obama's policies "are the World Cup" of "political thought." Beck stated, "It doesn't matter how you try to sell it to us, it doesn't matter how many celebrities you get, it doesn't matter how many bars open early, it doesn't matter how many beer commercials they run, we don't want the World Cup, we don't like the World Cup, we don't like soccer, we want nothing to do with it." Beck stated that likewise, "the rest of the world likes Barack Obama's policies, we do not."

Beck added "those who like the World Cup ... they're the most likely to riot," commenting that by contrast, "I haven't seen the baseball riots." He later said of soccer, "I hate it so much, probably because the rest of the world likes it so much, and they riot over it, and they continually try to jam it down our throat."

G. Gordon Liddy: "Whatever happened to American exceptionalism?" Discussing soccer's popularity in the U.S. on his June 10 program, G. Gordon Liddy asked, "Whatever happened to American exceptionalism?" Liddy noted that "this game ... originated with the South American Indians and instead of a ball, they used to use the head, the decapitated head, of an enemy warrior."

MRC's Dan Gainor: "Soccer is designed as a poor man or poor woman's sport," "the left is pushing [soccer] in schools across the country." Also on the June 10 G. Gordon Liddy Show, Media Research Center's Dan Gainor said, "the problem here is, soccer is designed as a poor man or poor woman's sport" and that "the left is pushing it in schools across the country." He added: "generally football games in this country don't devolve into riots or wars." He later added that the sport of soccer "is being sold" as necessary due to the "browning of America."

Mark Belling: "When you insult soccer you get the same reaction from soccer fans that you get when you insult an aging Democratic senator's hair." On the June 11 edition of the Rush Limbaugh Show, guest host Mark Belling said, "What I really want to do is make fun of the World Cup, but I'm not going to make fun of the World Cup because when you insult soccer you get the same reaction from soccer fans that you get when you insult an aging Democratic senator's hair, they go nuts and blow it up all out of proportion." Later in the program, Belling said "I haven't talked about the World Cup, I haven't talked about how they're force-feeding this down our throats."

http://mediamatters.org/research/201006110040

To be fair, talk show hosts represent tend to be professional trolls and are/pretend to be severely retarded. But obviously they are on the radio because their listeners like listening to and agree with their retarded views. So what the f? Any conservatives hate soccer too? Is this a symptom of the right's batshitcrazyness? Or is this not representative?
 

StageLeft

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I hate it so much, probably because the rest of the world likes it so much
This. he did not need to add more to the sentence. That is the only reason he hates it. I do think that soccer fans are in great part animalistic savages who should be collared and put to work but...sh*t, I guess I am as insane as Glenn Beck after all.
 

JSt0rm

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I cant believe these guys keep alienating 50 million people. The largest minority in the country is getting dissed continuously by the right wing. Morons.
 

Dekasa

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What's not to like about soccer. I've was born and raised (and live) in the US, but soccer beats every American sport except college football. And that's probably because I went to an excellent football college (out of happenstance).
 

cubby1223

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http://mediamatters.org/research/201006110040

To be fair, talk show hosts represent tend to be professional trolls and are/pretend to be severely retarded. But obviously they are on the radio because their listeners like listening to and agree with their retarded views. So what the f? Any conservatives hate soccer too? Is this a symptom of the right's batshitcrazyness? Or is this not representative?

*sigh*

Conservative media did not declare war on soccer.

The real answer here is stop reading Media Matters, they distort the truth even more than they think conservative media distorts the truth.
 

JSt0rm

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*sigh*

Conservative media did not declare war on soccer.

The real answer here is stop reading Media Matters, they distort the truth even more than they think conservative media distorts the truth.

beck is a conservative and he sas he "we dont like the world cup" Bubba bo bob from Kentucky and mary jo from west virginia will agree with him.
 

Infohawk

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*sigh*

Conservative media did not declare war on soccer.

The real answer here is stop reading Media Matters, they distort the truth even more than they think conservative media distorts the truth.

*sigh* these are direct quotes. If you care to show they are not acccurate or that the context matters, go for it. Otherwise, the quotes speak for themselves.
 

Martin

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Jesus, soccer fans can't even enjoy a tournament that comes once every 4 years without retards like Beck and Limbaugh going insane over it.
 

JSt0rm

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Jesus, soccer fans can't even enjoy a tournament that comes once every 4 years without retards like Beck and Limbaugh going insane over it.

I honestly now think they are trying to sink the gop party. The real politicians probably stay up at night thinking about how these jokers are making a fortune at their expense. Hispanics are here to stay and they DO vote. This is a reality.
 

Moonbeam

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This. he did not need to add more to the sentence. That is the only reason he hates it. I do think that soccer fans are in great part animalistic savages who should be collared and put to work but...sh*t, I guess I am as insane as Glenn Beck after all.

Well, why the hell do you have a soccer name then? I watch it on a Spanish station and when Mexico makes a goal the announcer goes:

SKOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORb.
 

Bitek

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Ah hah.. it all makes sense now!

Koman Coulibaly is a TeaBagger!


No wonder he hates America and the US team so much!
 

cubby1223

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Beck is an idiot
he needs to go outside and talk to people
every year it seems more and more people like Soccer here in America

And every year it seems more and more Mexicans invade this country ;) Coincidence? I think not! You have to connect the dots, look at the larger picture. Obama is promoting soccer because he is building a voting base. Damn the rest of America, soccer is what we need to promote to make this country more racially tolerant! And more Democratically voting!
 

manimal

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And every year it seems more and more Mexicans invade this country ;) Coincidence? I think not! You have to connect the dots, look at the larger picture. Obama is promoting soccer because he is building a voting base. Damn the rest of America, soccer is what we need to promote to make this country more racially tolerant! And more Democratically voting!


"Give me your tired, your poor,Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free" -Lazarus


unless your mexican and like soccer....
 

Jadow

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I've pretty much hated soccer my whole life, but I gotta admit, watching the world cup has been kinda fun. I like that the games are on in late morning. Too many american sports are on in "prime time" and the games don't end till 11pm or even after midnight! That's ridiculous.

maybe that's why I love Big 10 college football, the 11am starts! Noon sunday football games are the best too, and good old baseball day games are getting harder and harder to find, usually just Thursdays.
 

Zebo

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I try not to watch ANY pro sports with all the shit flowing threw their veins and laugh at the stupid fans worshiping their cheating athletes and acting all indignant when they get caught.
 

spittledip

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What is wrong with soccer??? This is craziness.

I bet people said the same thing about basketball at one time: just a sport for poor people. Who cares if it is an affordable sport? In my mind, the more accessible a sport is, the better it is. That is why wrestling is the greatest sport b/c it is the most accessible b/c you don't need anything at all, just another person :D Not pro wrestling mind you.
 

spittledip

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I try not to watch ANY pro sports with all the shit flowing threw their veins and laugh at the stupid fans worshiping their cheating athletes.

Yeah I am of that mind too. i don't care for pro sports really.
 

Bitek

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Who says only Mexicans like soccer? (other than the brain dead and clinically retarded wingnuts.)

Looks like a lot of white guys and black guys to me...
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I cant believe these guys keep alienating 50 million people. The largest minority in the country is getting dissed continuously by the right wing. Morons.

Yeah - and the largest majority in the US keeps getting represented (meekly) by the GOP.

GOP = Domestic party still concerned with America (some what)

Dem = Pseudo Domestic party throwing America down the well to acquire votes of illegals and to please foreign interests who pad Dem bank accounts.