I agree with what you’ve said, but I guess I phrased things the way I did because everyone attacking Beck these days (with the exception of Levin) has had far, far less impact this year than Beck has, so it strikes me as anklebiting.
I think a lot of people who attack Beck do so for their own advandement, but some really just are afraid of any one person getting pegged as the “face of conservatism”. Hard to tell which is which though.
I remember when Beck was persona-non-grata around here, back in the 2008 primary days. So the cult-worship phenomena has limits.