Beck was hitting some strange notes during that speech. I often enjoy Beck but all too often he morphs into the Howard Beal [Network] of the 21st century. Instead of consistency and logic, he plays to the public’s deep emotional frustration with the status quo, sometimes working himself up into a complete tizzy. The next step is for Beck to fall to the floor and convulse like Howard Beal.
Let's be practical. We require a vehicle to take back this nation from the socialists. The Republican Party is turning back to its conservative roots, and it's counterproductive to trash them at this point. In view of US history, it's very unlikely that a third party is going to triumph against the socialists. The most effective strategy is for conservatives to take back the GOP.
The biggest critics of the GOP are often those that have done nothing for the party, exerting zero effort to work within the party on behalf of conservative ideals. Easy to spout off, much more difficult to get in the ring, take the hits and give it your best.
Sure, I've been extremely unhappy with the GOP's failure to abide by conservative principles over the years. But they're the only game in town to defeat the Dems. That's why I thought Hannity was a real jerk to divorce himself from the Republican Party in a very public way [he joined Conservative Party here in NY]. It should have dawned on him and others that to change the GOP you have to be involved in Republican politics and vote in the primaries. At this point, if Hannity and others keep ranting that they are exclusively conservative, rather than conservative Republicans, they are not doing this nation any favors.
I agree with your take on Beck. From my point of view, the only part of the Conservative philosophy that the GOP has strayed from the last 12 or so years, is spending - not minimize the importance of rigourous expense control, but there some other issues at hand, namely...
The GOP gave us the first Partial Birth abortion ban, an incremental step towards the elimination of abotion.Yes, there have been some mistakes - lack of real immigration reform, and the Prescription drug bill (which was ridiculous). But, on balance, the country is still light years ahead of where it would have been with AlGORE in the White House with a Democrat majority. To say that there's "no difference between the parties", is insane.The gave us a Supreme Court that has struck down oppressive gun regulation, infringements on our free speech and balanced (for the most part) civil liberties and national defense.
The GOP has played a strong hand in defending the country from enemies abroad and at home.
And so far, they have resisted the calls from the leftists to give into the global warming hysteria.
I've seen no evidence of this, at least not at the leadership level. As long as they continue to push socialists like Charlie Crist, John McCain and Dede Scozzafavas on us, they are only showing that they're ignoring their conservative roots.
The most effective strategy is for conservatives to take back the GOP.
That is true, but it isn't enough. The leadership of the GOP needs to go or conservatives will not have any GOP to take back.