I have both praise and condemnation for Beck.
Praise - What a fantastic American History Teacher he could be. I could sit for hours listening to him discuss the Founding Fathers, and the different events, both good and bad, in our history that made us what we are. He has reached out to an audience untouched by Limbaugh, Hannity, Levin, and all the rest – and that is minorities and women, and the under 20 crowd, and American History buffs. He truly loves America, and like him or not, he is a Patriot. He is also a pretty good author.
Condemnation. – Way too much of a Libertarian. What good is it for him to reach out to all those new people, if he just convinces them that both Parties are evil? I heard him say a few weeks back that what we shouldn’t do is put the Republicans back in power. Yes, he said that.
I’m a Christian, so it doesn’t bother me when he tells his audience to get down on their knees and pray for our country, but for those who are not, I could see that being uncomfortable. However I don’t hear him preach to you like a Mormon at your front door, so that’s a positive.
“What a fantastic American History Teacher he could be”
You must not have watched the Dead Sea Scrolls video or read the “defense” of Beck. Beck distorts history to promote his religion. Sadly, evangelicals like David Barton have done the same when they have tried to portray ALL the founders as Christians. Jefferson was a pagan.
And front door Mormons do the same as Beck, try to sound like an evangelical, until you call them on it. The whole Dead Sea Scrolls thing was to slander the Church. He can no longer claim ignorance. It is deliberate.
In what way have the Republicans in Washington learned their lesson from their last time in power? How is Boehner-Cantor-McConnell better than Ginrich-Delay-Dole?
Liberal Republicanism is what is wrong with this country and the rats are just a result.
1970s Nixon-Ford-Rockefeller liberalism brought us Carter
1990s Bush Sr- Dole-Ginrich brought us and kept us Clinton
and 2000s Bush-Hastert-Lott-Gingrich brought us OBAMA
clearly we need to break the cycle before we allow the GOP anywhere near power, RIGHT?