Beck is dangerous because he sows discontent with republicans.
Who does he think will stop Obamacare? Cap and tax?
Who will make sure our troops are adequately funded.
Oh, I forgot Beck doesn’t support our missions in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Sure we have our goofy and corrupt members, because we are all human beings, and the GOP gets bad apples from time to time. But corruption is not a hallmark of our party. Since 1968 we have been the ONLY party to stand up for smaller government, lower taxes, less spending, and a strong national defense. Some years we have done this better than others, but the GOP has been the one party who stood up for those things. (And I am not even getting into the social issues, for which we have been stalwarts as well.)
Beck's foolish or malicious (take your choice on motive) lumping of the two parties together encourages naive people to look to a third party, or to stay home and not vote. I resent that he does this, and I wish everyone would remember that he (by his own admission) JUST STARTED READING HISTORY and is only a radio and TV talk show host, not the font of all knowledge about government.
Does Beck think a Democrat is going to ‘change’? He never squealed so loud when Republicans had majorities and the Presidency
In his speech he said, quickly so much that it might have passed by unnoticed...that it is NOT America's job to go installing Democracies around the world, that we should teach Democracy by example.
Then he went on but I caught it, yes I did. It was a slap against our efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan and it was yet another alignment with the Ron Paulbots. Dubya's whole mantra about Iraq was that by removing the fine, fine Saddamn we would put in a Democracy that would be a first time in the Muslim world. Beck's comment is a slap in the face to that effort.
Like I said...I don't trust Beck. He makes some great points and his speech was great, but he's not on the same page as a lot of us, I suggest softly, as regards foreign policy.
Think Ron Paul. Think IRAN.
“Beck is dangerous because he sows discontent with republicans.”
I don’t think that’s quite right. He’s telling us that we have the same problem in the R party: PROGRESSIVES.
We need to stop letting people tell us that we need a big tent. We need people who align with a specific set of ideological principles. If they don’t, they shouldn’t be in the party.
My sister (a democrat because democrats ‘care’) says she agrees with me on most issues. If that’s the case then she’s in the wrong party. She’s just bought into the media line that R’s are mean/mean-spirited. We need to get a firm split between the parties on what they believe. Glenn is trying to point that out.
That being said, I do believe he’s spending too much time with Bill O & he’s forgetting his first principle - ask questions with BOLDNESS - when it comes to things he doesn’t like, like Obama’s eligibility. Why not just do a show, asking all the questions, & de-bunk them like he did with FEMA? I’m agnostic on the issue at this point, so I’d really like to see an in-depth review of the topic by reasonable people.