This week, semi-professional roaster Rep. Anthony Weiner issued a report lambasting gold-retailer Goldline International and Glenn Beck for colluding to use fear mongering tactics to bilk investors. Always one to rise to the occasion for a bare-knuckled intellectual battle, Beck responded by creating the website "Weinerfacts.com", mixing attacks on Rep. Weiner with pictures of hot dogs.
Weiner accused Beck, who shills for Goldline with patented emotional intensity in TV commercials, of preying "on the public's fears of inflation and socialist takeovers," which Beck responded to by comparing Weiner to Joseph McCarthy, and accusing him of trying to shut down his show. Weinerfacts.com has been one of the top trending topics on Google since its launch.
Weiner commented on the semi-eponymous website to the Observer: "He's attacking the messenger and not addressing the message. I think ultimately Fox News and his radio station and he are going to have to answer the questions about this advertiser and about their role in promoting them....The focus of my report was not primarily [Mr. Beck's] show. I haven't called for him to be shut down, I haven't called for him to be sanctioned. He's got to live with himself."
A spokesman for Stu Burguiere, the executive producer of radio show The Glenn Beck Program, responded to Weiner's comments: "We appreciate Congressman Weiner checking out the web site, but this is not just about him. This is a comprehensive source of weiner information. We encourage him to check back often."
