Posted on 02/22/2010 2:09:25 PM PST by Steelfish
February 21 Saturday Night Beck
Theres a lot to say about CPAC. This morning the major papers are highlighting Glenn Becks speech. I like Glenn a lot and I think he has something to teach us. But not what he offered last night.
Analogizing his own struggles with alcohol to the problems of our polity and in our politics, he said, Hello, my name is the Republican party, and I have a problem! Im addicted to spending and big government. It is still morning in America. It just happens to be kind of a head-pounding, hung-over, vomiting-for-four-hours kind of morning in America. And its shaping up to be kind of a nasty day. But it is still morning in America. And, again, I believe in redemption, but the first step to getting redemption is youve got to admit that youve got a problem. I have not heard people in the Republican party yet admit that they have a problem.
Glenn is among the best talkers in the business of broadcast. I am not sure hes a very good listener.
First, there is a good and strong tradition in alcohol and drug treatment that personal failings should not be extrapolated into the public sphere; that too often when this is done, conclusions are reached based on the wrong motives and, often, the wrong analysis. Glenn has made that mistake here and taken to our politics a cosmologizing of his own deficiencies. This is not a baseless criticism; they are his own deficiencies that he keeps publicly redounding to and analogizing to. It is wrong and he is wrong.
Second, for him to continue to say that he does not hear the Republican party admit its failings or problems is to ignore some of the loudest and brightest lights in the party.
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Are you on drugs?...Bill Bennett is the most conservative anti socialist you could meet.
JUST WHAT THE ENEMY RATS ARE HOPING FOR ....DIVISION. WE NEED TO ALL COME TOGETHER AS A FORCE TO BE RECKONED WHILE LETTING THEM THINK THIER ACHIEVING THE DIVISION THAT WILL GIVE THEM VICTORY. IF WE FAIL WE FAIL IN NOVEMBER AND WE FAIL OUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN. THINK OF THE BIG PICTURE!
Glenn Beck criticizes RINO’s. So what? Has Mark Levin been shy and demure when talking about RINO’s? What is the difference? Why is he not a hypocrite when he attacks RINO’s?
Has Mark Levin become a part of the establishment? Is he on a mission to stamp out criticsm of the GOP?
the man who used tax dollars for bi-lingual education is a conservative?
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I think that is the main point Levin is making. Beck says one thing one day, another thing another day. He doesn’t know what the hell he believes, that’s the argument. Incoherence.
someone tell bennet that scott brown voted for the jobs killing bill
Beck talks about different subjects, but, his main message is very consistent, if you watch all his shows, which I do.
- We need to massively cut spending.
- Progressives in the GOP and Democrats have been the problem in this country for the last 100 years.
- We need Honor and Honesty for our Politicians in Office.
That is his basic message, very consistent, knows exactly what he says, but his show changes from day to day. But, he keeps those main messages consistent.
Absent that, there is no reason to get excited.
Bennet lost me a long time ago. His buddy Noonan did too.
Bennet and Noonan are one and the same. If you are someone who likes Palin, forget it, she is not good enough for them.
So who is good enough for them? Hmmm? Romney?
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