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:
Kim Wong Ark deals with the issue of citizenship and naturalized citizens, not natural born citizens.
exactly. American education at work, apparently.
LOL. That is just funny.
Are you dense or something? The cases was dealing specifically with the child born in the United States as a natural born citizen even though the child’s parents were from China.
Scary...
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so are Bigots!
Might be good if folks listen to things in contects
http://www.mediaite.com/online/glenn-beck-mitt-romney-could-be-the-only-guy-that-could-win-in-2012/
try listening to things in context
http://www.mediaite.com/online/glenn-beck-mitt-romney-could-be-the-only-guy-that-could-win-in-2012/
It’s worse than we thought, he really is pushing that flaky guy, Mitt Romney, and he spent entirely too much time on Ron Paul.
So, Resty, are you still gonna support Mitt because you like his hair? That is one of my favorite jokes of yours.
Are you going to correct the lie you guys are promoting?
What lie is that, Resty?
So, Resty, are you still gonna support Mitt because you like his hair? That is one of my favorite jokes of yours.
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I stand for principles be they gospel or for Freedom and looking for someone can not come out and speak plainly about those things that is the person I will vote for!
correction
I stand for principles be they Gospel or for Freedom and looking for someone who can come out and speak plainly about those things that is the person I will vote for!
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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No, it doesn’t. Resty can be pretty wild at times but I have never seen her post anything against Mrs. Thompson, and I cannot imagine her even using that word. Resty seems to try to be polite at least.
It was someone else who made that comment.
the one you said you are going to correct!
Allegra should really do it!
Thank you reaganaut
Jeri alright in my book we need more like her!
Resty, honey. You made a funny a few weeks ago when I asked you if you were only voting for Mitt b/c he was LDS. Your response was something like “I thought you knew I liked his hair!”.
That was the genuinely the cutest comment I had heard. I’m not being sarcastic, I caught your joke and loved it. Even told some of my non-FR friends about it.
patience dear one. :D
Listen again if you are capable!
It was a run down who is going to run and when they got to Romeny they preface by saying the milstone around Romney neck was his health care before Beck comment on Romney chnages than Beck when off into another thought about America the nation was readly to hear the truth the things Beck has been teaching for months.
Those nuances mean something to those who have been listening to Beck just like understanding Limbaugh lingo if one is not Rush listener they will not grasp the nuances
These elections are for people who are thinkers if they want to regain our constitution!
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