Beck's been at it (for the long term) just not on a national level. I've been listening to Beck since 2000, and he's been the same. I'm always impressed at his overall grasp of a situation or scenario, he does his homework. He was ahead of the financial downturn, ahead of Obama's antics, etc. And even in his early days, he accomplished things by getting folks to rally behind a cause. He used to call for improptu rallies in Tampa, and people would drive to the radio station to demonstrate on the side of the highway for a particular cause. He's no flash in the pan, he's been doing the same thing for years.
Beck’s work on this financial disaster has been superb. He called it 2 years ago when Rush and Sean were cheerleading GW’s economy. Rush is still my fave, but Mr. Drama has got to be making Sean and Savage a little nervous.
>>Beck's been at it (for the long term) just not on a national level. I've been listening to Beck since 2000, and he's been the same. I'm always impressed at his overall grasp of a situation or scenario, he does his homework. He was ahead of the financial downturn, ahead of Obama's antics, etc. And even in his early days, he accomplished things by getting folks to rally behind a cause. He used to call for improptu rallies in Tampa, and people would drive to the radio station to demonstrate on the side of the highway for a particular cause. He's no flash in the pan, he's been doing the same thing for years.
The truth is, I still can't totally trust him still... he's out there saying what should be said, I agree with everything he's doing now.
The "character" he appears to be on TV doesn't totally seem real to me, and it keeps me guessing at where he's coming from. All entertaining people do put on some sort of extra character when they're on-air... Rush is anti-humble, and it makes me laugh... Levin turns off his internal filter and hysterically yells out funny (but true) insults at everyone, I usually laugh there too. (It is relatively minor, but I saw the you tube clip of Beck on The View apologizing for making up --exaggerating -- a story about a meeting with one of the hosts, it rubbed me wrong and makes me not fully comfortable with him.)