Thread: Transcript of Glenn Beck vs. cheshire smiling cat face, Juan

BECK: You know, here`s the real story tonight. I can`t help but hear those words and wonder why there is such an enormous double standard in the world, you know? Think about it. If a Palestinian journalist came to the United States and some whack job kidnapped him, held him hostage at gunpoint, forced him to convert to Christianity, do you really think that the first thing he`d be saying after his release was, "This country really needs to better understand the U.S." or "They`re really just beautiful and kindhearted people. It`s just a small percentage of American extremists who are bad"?

I don`t think so. It`s a double standard. But you know what? It`s one of our own doing. And deep down, if you really think about it, it`s one that we should actually be proud of. We hold ourselves to a higher standard than the rest of the world, and that is just one of the many things that makes this country so great in the first place.

Now, you probably haven`t seen very many headlines lately about Congress debating, let alone passing, any sort of immigration reform bill, and it ain`t going to happen. Part of the problem is that Congress has virtually the entire month of August off. That`s great.

But the bigger problem is, most of the leaders just -- they don`t have the cojones, a Spanish word for guts, to fix the problem once and for all. You know, for most of them, it`s just about politics, and they are so blinded by the enormity of this threat.

So tonight, I want to show them and you the real story about the threats of illegal immigration, in the form of some video that apparently no other media wants to air.

What you`re looking at is a protest in the small town of Maywood, California. It is just south of Los Angeles. The town is 96 percent Hispanic, and it is estimated that half of the 28,000 residents are illegal aliens because the city council has made the town, quote, "an official sanctuary," end quote, for them.

Last Saturday, about 500 pro-immigrant demonstrators protested against what they called "the racists." Look at the signs. Where are the racist ones? They were confronted by pro-American groups who showed up to rally against them.

Well, as things started to heat up, a group of the anti-racist protesters, some of whom obscured their faces with bandanas, raised this: the Mexican flag. Now, that pole is actually standing in front of the U.S. post office. That`s the post office pole. And they were in the streets chanting, "Whose streets? Our streets."

Others in the crowd carried signs reading -- you saw them -- "Stolen Continent," "Illegal European Invaders, Go Back to Europe," and, "We Didn`t Cross the Border; The Border Crossed Us."

Look, no matter what the media and the politicians try to make you believe, this is not about Maria and her kids coming here to make a better life for themselves. This is about a growing mentality -- in fact, a Zogby poll puts the number at 58 percent of Americans who now believe the southwest of America rightfully belongs to Mexico.

Have you ever heard people say that illegal immigration is like somebody breaking into your home and eating all your food? Well, I`m going to take it a couple of steps further. It`s like somebody breaking into your home, and eating your food, and then complaining how it tastes, then using your pool, and sleeping in your bed, all the while telling you that they belong there because they used to camp on this property before you built your house there.

This is an invasion! It may be a silent one; it may be a slow one; but it is an invasion nonetheless. And if you want it stopped, you`ve got to act.

Now, I think our next guest just might disagree just a little bit. His name is Juan Hernandez, former member of Vicente Fox administration.

Juan, how do you feel about what I just showed the American people?

JUAN HERNANDEZ, FORMER MEMBER OF VICENTE FOX ADMINISTRATION: Well, first of all, my dear friend, I think that we need to bring the passion down just two or three notches. (I can actually say I hate this man!)
BECK: Wait a minute...

HERNANDEZ: You and I have been able to discuss other topics before, and you`re a very intelligent person, and we`re able to get a little punches in, but we`re talking about wonderful people in this nation who are willing to give even their lives for this nation, like yours truly, and suddenly we`re becoming invaders of this nation.

(CROSSTALK)

BECK: Sir, stop being a politician.

HERNANDEZ: I`m not a politician.

BECK: I have respect for you -- yes, you are -- I have respect for you, but let`s talk facts. We`re not talking about Maria coming over with her kids to make a better life.

HERNANDEZ: Yes, we are.

BECK: We are talking about -- no, sir. Sir, we are talking about people who are standing in the street right now hoisting up -- what was it, Mexican Flag Day at the U.S. post office? -- hoisting the flag, holding up signs, calling me a racist, saying that I don`t belong here...

HERNANDEZ: You, a racist? I`ll never.

BECK: Come on. Juan, respond to what they were doing.

HERNANDEZ: My response is that, look, I can`t believe the kinds of things that Pat Buchanan was saying on your show, saying that, well, the nachos are taking over, and you`re no longer eating hot dogs...

BECK: You are -- come on.

HERNANDEZ: ... and in one little town, they prefer nachos and they raise one little Mexican flag (INAUDIBLE) this invasion.
(CROSSTALK)

BECK: In any town, sir. You know it, and I know it, Juan. This is not one...

HERNANDEZ: This is not an invasion, my friend.

(CROSSTALK)

HERNANDEZ: Is it invasion having streets called "San Antonio" or towns? That`s not invasion.

BECK: I can`t have a dialogue with you.

HERNANDEZ: Sure, you can.

BECK: No, I cannot, sir. I can`t have a dialogue with you because you`re spinning. You`re just being a politician. You know it, and I know it, Juan, that this is not one town. You will not even recognize that there are those here in our country, unlike people who just want to come here and make a better life for themselves, there are people in our country that are trying to reclaim our land. Admit it or not, sir. Which is it?

HERNANDEZ: OK, I let you finish your sentence. Let me finish one or two sentences. Will you, my friend?

BECK: Go ahead.

HERNANDEZ: I think that, just a few months ago, people were saying, "Our borders are broken. We have to make sure that none of those terrorists come through the borders in Mexico." Now, it`s really what causes some fear in my heart and in my mind, is now we`re starting to think that those 41 million Hispanics, just because some are dark -- and, by the way, this Hispanic isn`t very dark -- but they are a threat to this nation.

We would die for this nation. Just because in one little town someone raised a Mexican flag doesn`t mean the rest of us don`t love this country.

BECK: That is so -- I mean, you are absolutely amazing. A picture is worth a thousand words. Show the pictures again, please. Roll the video. Roll the video of the crowds of people that -- "Your Forefathers were Illegal," we were slave-owners, we were butchers. Come on, "We`re invaders"? "Go back to Europe"? "No borders, no bombs, no bosses"? Please, stop the denial that you`re living in, Juan.

HERNANDEZ: No, let`s show the video of those of us who are Hispanics who are in Iraq dying for democracy. Let`s show the video of the people that are working in the fields in this nation. Let`s show those videos, not of one little town and a few people that prefer nachos over hot dogs.

BECK: Absolutely unbelievable. Thank you very much. I appreciate it.

That tonight is our "Real Story." If you see something on the news and you`re thinking to yourself how the media just completely missed the mark on it, I want you to e-mail it to me, along with what you think the real story is by writing to realstory@glennbeck.com.
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/ ... gb.01.html

Thanks for transcript Moosie.
Next time Hernandez should just give name, rank, serial number.

Bless Glenn Beck. I admit that I used to think that Mr Beck was nothing more then a talking head who was a RINO at best. I stand corrected and glad to have him stand up.

This transcript does my heart good. He is helping to show on national TV what we here already know and he did not let Mr Hernandez get away with marketing. Mr Hernandez wants to present the TV version, The life is all flowers and gold paved road version and Mr Beck wants to go with reality. Think I'll go with Mr Beck.

HERNANDEZ: No, let`s show the video of those of us who are Hispanics who are in Iraq dying for democracy.

I spent 10 years in the army, during that time I remember there was a report saying that the hispanic community was the least repesented in the army. Hate to Juan, but I didnt encounter that many hispanics during my whole 10 years.

Thank you for this transcript!

I thought cojones meant "balls" or "testicular fortitude" not guts lol

"58 percent of Americans who now believe the southwest of America rightfully belongs to Mexico."

This statement is incorrect. The poll shows 58% of MEXICANS, not Americans, feel the SW US belongs to them.

When Juan Hernandez speaks, he keeps sayin "My Friend" to the audience and people that barely know him. When Juan Hernandez says "My Friend" it sounds like he is scamming and about to take your wallet. "No, this is not an invasion My Friend and pay no attention to that man behind the curtain My Friend"

I hope that eventually we can locate a video file of this exchange.

Glenn Beck certainly deserves our thanks and we need to get some thank you emails and calls in to him.


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