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 wont run, Ron Paul is still and long shot, and Mitt Romney, as of now, is the GOPs 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 doesnt think she will run, Bobby Jindal but doesnt think he has the charisma, and Congressman Paul but doesnt 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 dont 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 its 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."
Its 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, its 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:
Can Glen Beck juggle?
Just wondering because most good clowns can.
Misquoted BEck as always.
they didn’t say Palin ‘probably won’t run’...they said she doesn’t ‘seem’ to want to be President.
But I bet she runs...not coz she wants to or even wants to be president, but because our Country needs her.
The irony, I cared not one wit about the LDS before coming across Romney's snitty little fellows here on FR.
On in particular drove me into the Inamn camp more than any ther Reaganaut, one who called Fred Thompson's wife a whore. You know who I am talking about and I do not want to ping her by mentioning her name.
Pining Monk to 234 ;)
Ack. The real point of my post is to stop caring so muc about 2012!
I llove sarah as much as anyone but she simply can’t win unless she really sharpens her game immensly.
She needs the economic abilites of peter schiff, the foreign policy ability of bolton, and needs to understand that the media will use anything to destroy her.
I think she can do it but not yet.
Emphasis...COULD!
"...do you think Pawlenty, Jindal, Huck would be ahead of Romney? Then, who...?"
Todd Schnitt (Schnitt Show, radio) said General Petraeus was a possible runner.
Yes, let's!
He's only in it for the money.
If the check was big enough, he'd promote Che Guevara.
And maybe sob a bit about him, too.
When people start at sentence with (bla bla bla) but, everything after that is not truthful.
I mentioned these crazed Inmans to you the last time you visited The Keep, Allegra.
Yes, they are crazed. Stay away! Stay away!
Worse than Volde.. uh.. "He Who Must Not Be Named"!
Yes we are very dangerous...
Glenn Beck also said Rick Santorum would be a great conservative candidate for 2012.
One of the temple oaths that the LDS take is called the ‘law of consecration’. :
“You and each of you covenant and promise before God, angels, and these witnesses at this altar, that you do accept the law of consecration as contained in this, the book of Doctrine and Covenants [he displays the book], in that you do consecrate yourselves, your time, talents, and everything with which the Lord has blessed you, or with which he may bless you, to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, for the building up of the kingdom of God on the earth and for the establishment of Zion. “
While the Doctrine and Covenats actually refers to giving all property to the LDS church (United Order or theocratic communism), most modern LDS take this (and the leaders have taught this) to be that you put the LDS church over EVERYTHING else.
All the LDS I know, and I did when I was LDS, interpreted this oath as putting the ‘church’ above the government at well.
Watch to see how often the LDS will put ‘the church’ first in their testimonies, comments and everything else, even over Christ.
On in particular drove me into the Inamn camp more than any ther, Reaganaut, one who called Fred Thompson’s wife a whore.
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Ah, yes, her. Never did apologize for that did she?
I would care less, perhaps, if 1) so much wasn’t at stake and 2) if Romney wasn’t already running.
Also, I am pretty good at multi-tasking. I can focus on 2010 AND 2012.
“Be ye therefore perfect”. LOL.
Damn right!
Don’t want to pile on Glenn as he has done a lot for our side, but ...
He’s like Dick Morris, you can’t pay too much attention to him.
Palin will run.
If not, another real conservative will run and quite a few are emerging lately.
No Mitt re-runs. We made that mistake with McCain.
States need to make sure no more dem crossovers pick our nominee.
I understand.
Completely.
I never saw that nasty comment about Thompson's wife, but that's disgusting.
Does this preson's name start with an 'r'? End with a 'u'?
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