Posted on 02/22/2010 3:28:25 PM PST by Gargantua
There exists the possibility that every person who ever ran for a national government office, be they Senator, Representative, or President, were all intrinsically and incurably evil since childhood. The greater probability, however, is that they started out in life as fairly ordinary people. People who, once they got to D.C. and became part of The Machine, it picked away at their charity, nibbled at the edges of their decency, and eventually completely consumed their integrity.
This would explain why they all seem to be reprobate, lying, scheming trash who care little if anything for those whom they were sent to “represent,” and care only about lining their own pockets to ensure getting re-elected. When ambition becomes avarice, it makes any number of lies, evasions, and justifications seem honorable. It also stands on its head the very process it would otherwise have chosen to serve.
Were this phenomenon of the “Mysteriously Transforming Humans” the sole province of the Beltway Banditry, our plight would be so much less grave. The truth is that this propensity for power to corrupt transcends the hallowed halls of Congress and the White House. It pervades Hollywood’s hoi palloi, academia’s acolytes and even television’s talking-heads.
Enter Glenn Beck. As he assumed the position before the cameras center stage on Fox, fresh from other entertainment-oriented pursuits, it seemed his was a benevolent mission to uplift the downtrodden, shine light into corners that loved darkness, and speak truth to the powers that putrefy all which they touch within our governmental institutions.
Right from the start he was lucid if loony, biting with wit and sarcasm, brilliant at connecting dots and ferreting out hoodlums, and humble when and where he himself became a part of the commentary. It was refreshing, informative, and truly revolutionary in the sense that nobody was doing what he was doing. He was the new Paul Revere’s church steeple, shining like a klieg light with the message “Three if by Government!.” (credits to the Freeper who came up with this tagline)
Then a terrible thing happened. His ratings went through the roof. Millions upon millions of people started watching him each night, eager for his next exposé laden performance, and hanging upon his every winsome word. No doubt there were accolades from his co-workers and media bosses. There were most assuredly many who told him how great he was. And, it seems, he started believing them.
He went from assailing those whose vile goal it was to overturn our Constitution and do harm to our glorious National Heritage, to referring in the same breath and with the same disdain to both the “Truthers” who believe the U.S. Government was complicit in 9/11, and the good people here in America who wonder why our President refuses to produce his birth certificate. Birthers, he now calls us--and it’s meant as an insult.
He went from warning us about the politicians who would tell us what to think and whom to believe, to setting himself up as an authority telling us who we should and should not vote for. Deb Medina? NO! George Washington? YES! Sarah Palin? (He’ll let us know once he makes up his mind.)
The once great and finely focused corruption-seeking missile has devolved into a self-promoting pundit who seems now to care more about what he cares about (replete with his own self-servingly tortured rationalizations) than that which is best for us, and for America.
Nobody is perfect. I cannot sit here and tell you that, were I in his shoes, the same fate would not befall me. I can, however, tell you what a huge disappointment it is when we find out that one of our heroes is in truth just another jerk. I was in awe of Glenn when he was our knight in flabby cheeks. Now I’m just sad. America is losing one its few truly brilliant beacons, and a damn shame it is.
;-/
He found a co-dependent with the sex pervert - The Leprechaun.
Isn't that the whole point of punditry
Truthers = idiots who are unable to accept settled physics, metallurgy, energy dynamics, witnesses and physical evidence.
Birthers = have no physical evidence to base any answers on... hence the questions.
Beck bashers crack me up....
Yes, how dare he have opinions different than yours!
How dare he!
bfl
Excellent rant.
Until something like that happens, we shouldn't expect our pundits to promote an issue that is presently radioactive.
He just asked her a question.
Sarah Palin? (He’ll let us know once he makes up his mind.)
Do you want him to tell you who to vote for?
His message is really pretty simple. Conservatives, time to take back your party. Let constitutionalism be your voters guide. If someone isn't clear on the constitution he doesn't need to be in public service; let him remain in the private sector til he gets the concept.
He's not the only one out there, he's one of several who have managed to stick a wrench in Obama's engineworks. But the number of attacks that are starting to add up make it clear that he is having an effect. The big difference between him and the others is that he is more philosophical while the others are more topical. Its a division of labor, each one doing what they are good at.
I have a feeling it will be more important in the 2012 election and i have a feeling Zero may not run again.
But I don’t know I swing both ways.
Ah, come on, you loved him, (your words) until he rejected the birther brigade, right along with other notable’s such as Ann Coulter.
So, he does not believe in the birth certificate issue and says so publicly so he is now a jerk. Wow. Does everyone have to believe the same as you to not be a jerk?
When Beck attacked Birthers with nothing but disinformation and lies he lost me. In fact read my tagline.
Beck is an AFTER-birther.
Glenn Beck to stockpirate: Good bye looney tune.
So many times when I espouse my views to my wife i wish I had a chalkboard and a pointer so I could really give a full presentation of the issues and what's at stake.
But now, when I try to say something she tells me right away: “We know!”
Well, maybe we do know... but if I had a chalkboard and pointer then we would reeeeeallly know!
linux, it’s Palin-Bot Dementia. The rules are this:
#1. Any politician or pundit whom you have 1 disagreement with should be immediately thrown under the bus.
#2. Wear blinders when it comes to rationally assessing your own candidate.
Every significant Conservative pundit has abandoned the birth certificate issue (Rush teases it occasionally.)
The last thing we need is to oust 0bama on what will be perceived (rightly or wrongly) as a "technicality." That could literally cause the inner cities to burn.
I believe we should at some point make state or national laws so this situation can never, ever happen again but it is not in our best interest to fight this out in the open right now.
A clean, clear and overwhelming defeat of the marxist left by the American people will be much better and have much longer-lasting good consequences than pursuing the BC angle regardless of how true it may be.
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