Posted on 10/22/2010 1:04:06 PM PDT by DTogo
On his radio show Friday, Glenn Beck took time to respond to comments made by Texas congressional candidate Stephen Broden that violence was a part of America’s founding and that a future violent overthrow of the government is “on the table.”
In first talking about the story, Beck came out strongly against the idea. “If somebody is suggesting violence, they will be the destruction of our country,” he said:
Later in the show, Beck realized that the Stephen Broden mentioned in the story is Pastor Stephen Broden, whom Beck has had on his show in the past. “Stephen Broden, what are you thinking?” Beck said. “Can’t stand with you on that; I can‘t stand with you at all if you’re saying stuff like that”:
Beck then went on to unequivocally denounce violent overthrow of government, warning that such actions will lead America into conflict that mirrors the French Revolution, not the American one. He also said that if Broden’s reported comments are in context, Beck will “campaign against him”:
Well violence is the last resort but I see nothing wrong with Broden’s statement.
Apparently Beck rejects Jefferson, who wrote about watering the tree of liberty with the blood of tyrants and other armed resistance kinds of stuff. Beck - what a sissy.
nobody on the right needs to be talking about a violent overthrow of the government a week and a half before the most important election in years.. idiocy
I heard that this morning.
I thought Beck was sounding a bit pussified.
Perhaps, failing other options, we should wave our hankies at the bad guys and weep soulfully?
I say bring it before I get too damned old.
For those of you who don’t know, Pastor Broden is a black minister in South Dallas who is up against Eddie Bernice Johnson who was in recent trouble for giving scholarship money to relatives and kids of aides—money she was couldn’t be used on anyone else because no one qualified had applied for it. He’s a big believer in our God-given freedoms and was pushed (IMO) into admitting that if our liberties are taken away, there could be a violent overthrow of the government. I don’t see anything wrong with his comments—however, I didn’t hear them in the entire context of the interview.
Agreed, Broden is correct but saying it right right now is playing into the hands of the left.
Totally agree!
nobody on the right needs to be talking about a violent overthrow of the government a week and a half before the most important election in years.. idiocy
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hear, hear
I detect a touch of “martyre syndrome” in Beck.
Joe Stack Was Right.
I guess Glenn Beck believes the media doesn’t lie about conservatives.
Article 1 of the Texas Constitution says that as long as its a Republic form of government the people have the right to alter, abolish the government as they see fit.
Do we get to use a guillotine?
Let’s not turn America into a ‘Banana Republic’. As long as there is legitimacy in the voting process, it is totally irresponsible idiotic to inject any violent intent into the campaign.
Glenn Beck has fallen for the leftstream media trick again
Ofcourse the DECLARATION was an act that would provoke WAR.
GB needs to get his story straight.
Agree
I mean Really, he would have called Sam Adams and the Sons of Liberty thugs because they Tared and Feathered The Royal Officials!!!!
Unless the elections provide a “change in leadership” and are “producing results”, he advocates armed insurrection against our Constitutional form of governance.
Imagine if in 2006 a left winger were saying that unless the 2006 election brought about a “change in leadership” and was “producing results” they were going to go Rambo on us?
Would anyone here be quoting Thomas Jefferson in that person's defense?
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