Posted on 02/21/2010 1:14:06 PM PST by Sergeant Tim
I was invited to be the opening speaker at Saturday's CPAC session. I had accepted but then, to my amazement, I learned that the John Birch Society would be one of many co-sponsors. This takes the big-tent idea many steps too far for me. So, I withdrew. Apparently, others were not so moved. That's fine. But it wasn't for me. Bill Buckley and Barry Goldwater, among others, chased the Birchers from the movement decades ago. And they're not a part of the movement. So, to give them a booth at CPAC was boneheaded.
I want to commend Bill Bennett for his wise piece this morning on the Corner. I agree with him.
I have no idea what philosophy Glenn Beck is promoting. And neither does he. It's incoherent. One day it's populist, the next it's libertarian bordering on anarchy, next it's conservative but not really, etc. And to what end? I believe he has announced that he is no longer going to endorse candidates because our problems are bigger than politics. Well, of course, our problems are not easily dissected into categories, but to reject politics is to reject the manner in which we try to organize ourselves. This is as old as Plato and Aristotle. Why would conservatives choose to surrender the political battlefield to our adversaries -- who are trashing this society -- when we must retake it in order to preserve our society? Philosophy, politics, culture, family, etc., are all of one. Edmund Burke, among others, wrote about it extensively, and far better that I possibly can. But all elements of the civil society require our defense. Besides, why preach such a strategy when conservatism is on the rise and the GOP is acting more responsibly?
Moreover, when he does discuss politics, which, ironically, is often, how can he claim today that there is no difference between the two parties when, but for the Republicans in Congress, government-run health care, cap-and-trade, card check, and a long list of other disastrous policies would already be law? The GOP is becoming more conservative thanks to the grass-roots movement and a political uprising across the country, which has even reached into New Jersey and Massachusetts. Why keep pretending otherwise? My only conclusion is that he is promoting a third party or some third way, which is counter-productive to defeating Obama and the Democrat Congress. These are perilous times and this kind of an approach will keep the statists in power for decades.
And what of his flirtations with Ron Paul's lunacy respecting America's supposed provocations with her enemies, including al-Qaeda? Why should such a fatal defect in thinking be ignored? Do we conservatives agree with this?
Finally, Beck is fond of congratulating himself for being the only or the first host to criticize George Bush's spending. This is demonstrably false. I not only attacked his spending, but the creation of the Homeland Security Department, the prescription drug add-on for Medicare, his "moderate" tax cuts, as well as his nomination of Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court, "comprehensive immigration reform," and so forth. And I was not alone -- Rush and Sean did the same, for example. And as someone who fought liberal Republicans in the trenches when campaigning for Reagan in 1976 and 1980, I don't need lectures from Beck, who was nowhere to be found, about big-spending Republicans. But this is not about me, or Beck, or Beck's past drunkenness (which he endlessly wears as some kind of badge of honor). It is about preserving our society for our children and grandchildren. Beck spent precious little time aiming fire at Obama-Pelosi-Reid in his speech, and it is they who are destroying our country.
On as a positive note, I am personally happy to see that Beck has cleaned up his public act -- as best I can tell, no more boiling fake frogs on TV or pretending to pour gasoline on someone -- and the rest of it. But I do think his speech, which contained nuggets of truth heard before and read elsewhere, including on Rush's show and in my book and many other books, may have distracted from some of the more compelling and coherent speeches at the event, including Marco Rubio's superb speech. I fear the media will see to this. I hope not.
beck needs to man up and say what he believes instead of hiding it
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I think that is part of my problem with him, he talks a lot but doesn’t state his positions well, like he is always ‘keeping his options open’. JMO
And it is too bad - because there's plenty of room. I like them both and I believe they carry important messages, each in their own way.
No, but Beck is not interested in anything but Beck so..
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What are you an old girl friend!
You know it since Michael’s boy, the Liberal Democrat Jerry Brown wants to be gov. again of my state.
I remember when his dad was gov. and put us in a hole
and his son was gov. years earlier and no better.
Nor would I! Not in any lifetime!!!
Nope, not trying to shift anything, just trying to set the record straight on your misinformation.
it is also interesting that ‘questioning with boldness’ is wonderful to the becktardz, unless you question beck
and yes, i am a levintard
If you mean moving to TEXAS; then WELCOME......
Or should I say WELCOME HOME......
You said people worship him and that he’s a stupid clown. Now you want to tame your argument and say he is “too big for his britches?” Stick with your inner tough guy and at least be consistent.
So how is he getting too big? Where should he be, no shows? Why does someone need to come down hard on him?
As “you” know, I watch Glenn Beck every day because his TV show is my husband’s favorite.
I want Glenn Beck to put the TWO PARTY’S PLATFORMS side by side on his CHALK BOARD so we can see that they’re not the same or if they’re the same...lol.
///The whole Levin thing with GB is dumb. From what I know the root complaint is rather petty - and Levin just won’t let it go.
And it is too bad - because there’s plenty of room. I like them both and I believe they carry important messages, each in their own way.///
Maybe. As a writer and blogger, it would annoy me to no end if someone ‘borrowed’ my stuff and forgot to mention where he borrowed it from. Is that not somewhat understandable?
I do know that.
Get a clue.
Google is a left wing site.
The left pays people to sit for hours and keep googling left wing sites on topics as they are bumped to the top
with more hits. Such as Sarah Palin + and a topic.
So Google, Yahoo, etc. have several pages of liberal
propaganda on Sarah Palin.
Yep, after a number of years in exile, I return to the state of my birth. Or the scene of the crime to hear my mother tell it. LOL!
wrong - we have stated our objections clearly - refute them if you can
Yes, but he’s above doing direct hits on anyone (allegedly) right of the line, like Weiner and the Beckster. Partly because he doesn’t need to-he’s in zero danger-but if he wanted to, he sure as hell COULD.
LOL! Only the percentage that worship his every word.
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