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:
That is interesting.
I agree. The one thing lacking in this discussion though, is the factor of Glenn's alcoholism. So much of what he says and does can be described as the effects of the alcoholic personality, whether or not he is currently drinking.
I predict that Beck will crash, and not too far into the future. I hope that FreeRepublic is not, as I fear from some of the threads here, in the blast zone when he does. We don't need to be dismissed as enablers.
I am not endorsing him, but given a choice between he and BHO I would pull the lever for him. You on the other hand appear to be willing to give Obama another term. Your choice.
The left sees the exorcism event as a path for attacking Jindal, just as they see this African blessing Palin for political success and protection from witchcraft as something that can be turned into an effective attack if needed someday. I see both things as showing that these two politicians are truly, internally connected to the bible.
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Exactly. The left portrays anyone with solid, public faith to be a ‘wacko’. And sadly that makes many afraid to be open and public about their faith.
I had a (lapse Catholic) friend once tell me that I couldn’t possibly be a “Born Again Christian” because I was ‘cool’ and not ‘psycho’.
Not all of the antis, but probably a few.
Most of us HAVE to do our homework, although I will admit that there are some silly lies about the LDS out there and I try to correct them when I see them.
There is enough to debate about without making stuff up.
I am a firm believer in research and sources since I was LDS. And being a historian reinforces that.
Of course you are endorsing him, the primaries haven’t even started yet and you are pushing him by absurdly trying to play like it is Mitt Romney or Barack Obama for the 2012 election.
Join conservatives in getting that scum bag Romney out of the public eye, he hurts the Republican image and the party itself.
You are a conservative aren’t you?
How do you feel about Romney? Would you vote for him if he was the nominee?
Previous comments Glenn Beck made about Paul Ryan and other conservatives.
He just summarily dismisses these people if in his mind they smack of “progressivism.”
I don’t believe Beck is always wrong, but IMO he’s wrong about Paul Ryan.
I am not endorsing him, but given a choice between he and BHO I would pull the lever for him. You on the other hand appear to be willing to give Obama another term. Your choice.
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You do realize that ROMNEY WILL NOT STAND A CHANCE AGAINST OBAMA.
Romney supporters are the ones who want a second Zero term.
Why? Because Romeny has too much baggage and is a faithful member of a church that had an openly racist policy (until 1978) and scripture (that has not been changed) going against the first black president.
The Media will be ALL over him. If Rom is the nom it will be another McGovern.
Obama's mother was only 18 when he was born. She had not lived anywhere five years after her 14th birthday. Does this make a difference?
I really like both Levin and Beck.
Beck thinks he’s the smartest guy on the block.
Delusions of grandeur is more like it.
A factor that most don't understand, unless alcoholism has personally touched their lives, that is you or someone you love has or is dealing with it.
All those nasty personality disorders don't just magically disappear when one stops drinking, it can take years and may never occur.
Graybeard58 - sober by the grace of God, since 7 July, 1981.
They don't really have horns and a tail.
Why? Because Romeny has too much baggage and is a faithful member of a church that had an openly racist policy (until 1978) and scripture (that has not been changed) going against the first black president.
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Do add or take away from what I will say!
It is like saying the founding fathers of this country were racist until one honestly studies the histroy of there words. Just because the people were not ready to grow.
The Church was never racist maybe some members were because they too have not grown.
Events happen in history and it is easier to paint with a big brush instead of the pain taking to get to the truth which I am thankful to Darius Gray audio http://www.exclusivelylds.net/PersonalTouch.aspx?personalTouchID=60
When one is really honest they realize that this racist over tone was in all of Chirstiandom and Darius and also Marvin Perkins have really turn over every stone in religion in general!
One really should read their work who try to be objective and realized it was the country as a whole that needed to grow in their understanding!
Jindal isn’t a Natural Born Citizen is he?
He was born in Louisina, so he must be unnatural.
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