Posted on 08/30/2010 10:45:52 AM PDT by mikelets456
I have been on this site for about 3 years or so. I listen and learn from Beck, Hannity, Limbaugh, Levine and so many more. I, like most of you, have taken valuable time from my family to help preserve freedom. I have gone to (band played) NUMEROUS Tea parties, been to NUMEROUS town halls, Called and emailed Senators, Congressmen both in state and federal. Been to 9-12 meetings, handed out brochures and battled local government over school agendas. I have received hate mail, threats and have lost sleep... all the while finding time to work and spend time with my family while putting 3 kids through private school. I come to this site to be around like mined people who understand freedom and the hard work we all put in. Then I see posts about Hannity, Beck, Etc anytime they say something we do not agree with? Which is rare, but we seem to lament and focus on this instead of the task at hand... preserving freedom. People, we need to understand we will NEVER agree 100% with ANYONE... it ain't going to happen....Not even with our best friends. So why do we expect it from them? However as Ben Franklin stated "We either [clearly] hang together or we [clearly] hang alone.." Sorry for the rant, but I know all the time me and my family put towards this effort and the last thing we need right now is to fight amongst ourselves.... We either preserve FREEDOM together with accepting slight differences or we let freedom slip away while we argue. I promise not lose my children's freedom on MY watch... I do not want to be known as the generation that lost the world's last chance for freedom. You are either for freedom or you are not... what will it be?
I agree with you.
There are things that people do or say that I don’t agree with, but basically we are all on the same page.
The Founding Fathers weren’t all of one mind; why should either we or those with national audiences be any different?
Its basically an “I’m more conservative than you” pissing match.
“You like Limbaugh? He’s WAY to liberal for me!! He doesn’t even advocate armed revolution!!! And, he’s done shows where he never even MENTIONED the birth certificate!!! You might as well listen to Olberman, you liberal panty-waist!!!!”
SnakeDoc
It’s not just here. Other places I hang out for the conservative crowd revile Beck constantly for no other reason than his delivery style - the content, the message, is totally ignored.
Beck has really, really revealed his commitant to his beliefs. I know that Beck has received death threats. How many of us would do that or simply roll over?
I don’t agree with him, and really i have had to quit listening to him because he was so depressing. but there are few of us who put their money where their mouth is and i admire him a lot
Beck has really, really revealed his commitant to his beliefs. I know that Beck has received death threats. How many of us would do that or simply roll over?
I don’t agree with him, and really i have had to quit listening to him because he was so depressing. but there are few of us who put their money where their mouth is and i admire him a lot
Take a pill.
Rush, Beck and Hannity are not immune from criticism from right wingers.
Thank you.... I was at the 8-28 and could see all the time this guy put into it. Are there some things I think he could do differently? Yes... but do I harp on them? NOPE! These guys are putting their lives on the line, families on hold for the cause of freedom.
We have one chance to preserve it and once it is lost we will NEVER get it back... I don’t know of anyone that is willing to make that “bet”. Thanks again...
Hear, hear. What I find disheartening is the talk show personalities putting each other down. That makes me angry as everything.....because they need to pull together for this country. We’re at critical mass. JMHO.
Like any other place, there are some miserable folks here too.
Plus, it’s been suggested a lot of dissent here is due to agitators/trolls signed on here.
I’ve never really heard Rush, Hannity or Beck say a cross word about any of the other two. Savage won’t shut up about any of them, though.
SnakeDoc
I don’t smear any of them, but do prefer certain “styles” over others. Often it’s not what’s said, but how it is said that makes a HUGH difference in how the message is perceived.
Levin does it. Love him, tho.
What's a bet he does NOT mention Becks rally on his radio show this afternoon or on ‘Hanity” tonight.
We have an opportunity here to take back this nation and restore it to greatness. Our enemy is in disarray. We should take advantage of that and work/fight together.
That’s true. I like Levin a lot. He’s got Savage’s ability to tear someone apart ... but without all the personality disorders.
SnakeDoc
I sure hope that conservatives do criticize other conservatives, whenever there’s a need to do so, but it goes beyond just criticizing other conservatives: There’s a right to free speech in this country. I hope the right to free speech (plus a finite number of other decent things) successfully survives way beyond: Barack Obama, the leftist Congress, and political correctness.
I commented on the number of people who were deriding and denigrating Beck over the weekend (some even before the rally) by those who it was obvious did NOT watch the entire event and their catty critiques were not about substance but about Beck's "personality," "freaking people out," or they considering his views "extreme," etc. some of which could be taken directly from the talking points of Leftist Loons at DummyUnderground, DailyKossakKids or Huff&PuffPost.
We see the same "attacks" (as that is what they are) against Rush and to a lesser degree, Sean.
Regardless of what anyone takes exception or disagrees with something (or all of) these 3 advance/support, on their WORST DAY, they are 1,000 times better than the best Demo-Rat.
In addition, WHO (other than these 3) have done more to advance the Conservative cause and where would be be without them?
NO ONE is forcing anyone to watch/listen to these Con Gurus. Thus if you don't like something about them or what they support, then ignore it, get over it and try to keep it to yourself rather than bringing it here (A CONSERVATIVE SITE) and embark on a rant which only creates division and animosity among the few who are ranting and the majority who like/agree with them.
I agree....only one man on Earth say’s “I” more than our pResident. Hannity
Some of us are turned off by his self gratitude
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