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So the Ron Paul kool-aid drinkers are laying claim to "inventing" the Tea Party now, huh?

I would hope that everyone would stop, take a deep breath, and remember the last "quirky little Texan" we had in an election gave us bill clinton, on a silver platter...and then quietly disappeared into oblivion, leaving us to clean up the mess.

I understand that Paul is a Libertarian; Glenn Beck is a libertarian; Glenn Beck has - and shows - nothing but distain for both the democrat AND republican parties.

Beck is also cold-shouldered when it comes to Sarah Palin, a Republican.

Glenn Beck has been instrumental is hoo-rahing the Tea Parties, but again, the Tea Parties belong to the PEOPLE, not Glenn Beck, or O'Reilly, or Hannity, or anyone.

Can we therefore assume that Glenn Beck's real mission in life is to install the Libertarians into power?

He's preaching hard every day about the evils of both the existing parties, and hinting around about a "third party". I believe he will push for the Tea Party movement to become a "third party", and try to stealthfully edge in Ron Paul as the only one he thinks is qualified to lead it.

I think Ron Paul says some good thing regarding financial aspects, but to me his "quirkiness" is NOT presidential, it's too "Perot-like" and smacks of genuine obsessive nuttiness. Also, he has a temper that makes obama look like a neutered housecat.

I've been DVR'ing Beck ever since he moved to FOX, but my trust level on him has dropped from "wow" and "exciting", to "WTF is he railing about today" and "ho hum". His libertarianism has bubbled to the top several times, and he seems to be holding that agenda just under the radar, waiting for just the right "crisis" to warrant springing it on us.

Lately Beck routinely insults about half of the orginal audience he originally had by slamming people who don't share his every belief that some things about this pResident should be investigated, and regardless of what he says (and tries to laugh off), he DID ambush Sarah Palin in that first interview...even insulted her, IMHO.

I've moved him from everyday "must see", to whenever "fast-forward with a grain of salt". He's hanging right in there with his buddy O'Reilly, and is gaining the credibility of Geraldo.

I may be totally wrong, but his advice to us is "hope for the best, but prepare for the worst", so I'll do that by saying if he's trying to ram libertarianism down our throats, he'll suffer greatly in the ratings. Libertarians are the same sort that is in the White House, socially, with the exception being that they do want to balance the budget.

Glenn, I hardly knew ye.

He's preaching hard every day about the evils of both the existing parties

First, I agree w/ your conclusions, but on Beck, I can only agree if you qualify your assessment: He's preaching hard every day about the evils of both the existing parties progressive movement. His analysis of the Progressive movement is pretty much factual, and well researched. Facts are hard to deny, tho' they certainly get revised a lot by the progressives. That's why ya gotta go back to the original sources. On the 'party' thing, if the GOP changed its platform to put Constitutional Framework on the top line, along with a 'contract' to cut the # agencies in half, and cut 50% on the SSI/Medicare/Medicaid line, Beck would probably jump on board. That is what is needed, nothing short of that will do in the end.