Those were the first words Jay Leno said last night as he welcomed FNC host Glenn Beck on the NBC show. Beck responded, “Me? I’m not a polarizing guy… I find myself just being a dad saying the things that have to be said. Beck’s tea party and 9/12 mentions got some cheers from the LA audience.
Ya know, with all due respect, Leno is a douche.
Everyone that has Beck on has to point out how polarizing he is. How unapologetic he is. How divisive he is. It goes on and on and on.
I’ve never seen similar things said to:
Al Franken
Janeane Garofuckingwhatever
Tim Robbins
Michael Moore (Nope, he’s just a documentarian)
Ed Schultz
Keith Olbermann
Chris Mathews
Need I go on?
I find none of them a great deal less polarizing than Beck, but that doesn’t fit the narrative, does it? We don’t call leftwing kooks kooks, we call them “activists.” We don’t call leftwing pundits pundits, we call them “analysts” or “journalists.” In some cases we call them anchors and reporters.
The perceptions of the right and left are very different in this country. The far left is never framed as the divisive class exploiting bastards that they are, but can you honestly say that about the right?
Hell, many on the left are still attributing a line about Sarah Palin seeing Russia from her house to her even though it was Tina Fey that actually said it.
I thought Jay Leno had a more original brain in his head, but I guess not. He’s just another schmuck with a mic, makeup, and a low-rated show.
