Now that Jackass-gate is dying down, will the administration respond to Glenn Beck, who has been picking staffers off the outskirts of Obama-ville? And if so, how? Insiders tell the Washington Post that the White House is trying to avoid a direct confrontation with “a vocal minority,” hoping instead to do the adult thing and take the high road. (Though the president has reportedly been “rolling his eyes in disbelief” at the daily flood of kookiness coming from Beck and his cohorts.) “You don’t stomp a story out. You ride the wave and try to steer it to safe water,” says an Obama aide about the hands-off approach. We’ll see how that plays out.
And now, the latest list of who’s still advertising on Beck’s program:
The National Republican Trust PAC
News Corp. (The Wall Street Journal)
Merit Financial
Superior Gold Group
Loan Modification Help Line 800-917-8549
Wholesale Direct Metals
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. (The Informant)
LifeLock
Clarity Media Group (The Weekly Standard)
Citrix (GoToMeeting)
Scarguard
Publisher’s Clearing House
Imperial Structured Settlements
Schiff Nutrition International, Inc. (Move Free Advanced)
Eggland’s Best, Inc.
Roche Diagnostics (Accu-Chek Aviva)
Ad Council
IRSTaxAgreements.com
Carbonite
Rosland Capital
National Review
Liberty Medical
