Posted on 04/08/2010 2:32:54 PM PDT by iowamark
Glenn Beck and radio pals Pat Gray and Stu Burguiere rattled down the list of potential Republican nominees for President in 2012 this morning, and they had some bad news for the Tea Party movement: Sarah Palin probably won’t run, Ron Paul is still and long shot, and Mitt Romney, as of now, is the GOP’s best bet.
While Gray and Burguiere are harsh to most of the candidates, Beck spreads the love around. He tells his co-hosts that he likes Palin but doesn’t think she will run, Bobby Jindal but doesn’t think he has the charisma, and Congressman Paul but doesn’t think America is ready for him. Then, at the bottom of the pile, he finds Mitt Romney:
"I have to tell you that Mitt Romney could be the only guy that could win, and I don’t know if he could because I think that Americans are going to be I mean, this country is going to be in deep trouble by 2012, and the next term, if it’s not decided this term, the next term will decide our fate. Then I hope that Americans are ready for an adult and are ready for hard news."
It’s a strange, possibly sad conclusion from someone who had called Romney out for “flirting with socialism,” but ultimately Beck was trying to determine who could win, not who he thought should. If Beck was playing process of elimination, which he clearly was, it’s hard to refute his conclusion that Romney is the least likely candidate to crash and burn in a general election, if only for being a conservative from the most liberal state of America and having moderate successes like universal health care under his belt. Or– and this one is for you conspiracy theorists out there– maybe Beck is intentionally downplaying the Republican candidates’ ability to success so as to clear the brush and become the reluctant right-wing candidate by default. After all, he is the second-most popular human being in America. (Link to a Harris poll: Glenn Beck is the second most popular television personality in America… second only to Oprah Winfrey.)
Listen to the segment below:
Glenn Beck is false opposition, that is why the left always mentions him and not Michael Savage. Savage has the guts to mention the eligibility issue, unlike the Beck the Saudi puppet.
problem is, I have NEVER been a ‘becker’, but I will help others with their detox. :D
Every member of Congress from Utah has something in common (besides being male). Can you guess what that might be. Hint: They are NOT all Republicans.
I never thought of that
A Bishop leader from the racist days of his Mormon religion, still one of the most powerful men in his religion, supported by 90% of the practioners of the Mormon religion, running to take down America's first black President.
That would definitely become a story.
The GOP candidate in 2012 is not yet on the national radar, much the way Obama was not at this point in 2006.
Guess my point is missed...of course Im not for Romney but...he has the tech and the strength to win. I dont like it but thats that. No one else even comes close. Maybe palin if she stays on track ..but no one else is on the scene.
I don’t watch him all the time, but I have seen some shows of his that were excellent.
A few weeks back he spent an hour explaining what others who have ruled like Obama seems to want to, have done.
The show was called something close to, “The Holocaust You’ve Never Heard Of”
In that show he covered those killed by the U.S.S.R., China, and others... last century. It would be a real eye opener to kids who haven’t been told about these things.
Scary...
If we can’t do any better than Romney, we might as well give up.
You are a prophetess!
That one was courtesy of monk. And yeah, it’s scary.
The GOP needs to do better or disban.
The only way Romney wins the nomination is if he's the only candidate, or has only Ron Paul-caliber opponents in the primaries.
We'll see...I certainly do not support Romney, but we need to get someone else on the radar screen, and fast.
“”””Just a Mormon trying to sell us another Mormon”””, you nailed that one exactly right.
I detest mormonism and I detest liberalism, the liberalism part pretty much covers Romney.
Convince me by citing a reply anywhere at F.R. on any thread, that someone hates Mormons.
That is one of the reasons that I like Jindal, I think that he is a good and conservative Catholic. I don't know when Jindal's time will come, but it won't be anytime soon, although as a veep, (which will probably be his route) he could be on a ticket at any time.
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