We have one. Talk radio, the internet and sites like FR. It is not used to anywhere near potential when guys like Beck do tear show theatrics and Levin calls Rubio a ‘good Conservative’.
Someone needs to explain to me how it is that Sarah Palin can drive days of media stories with a single facebook post but the supposed opposition party to Obama can’t use its own YouTube channel to circumvent the MSM.
Folks, THINK.
I agree we have the tools. We just don’t have the foot soldiers willing to do the grunt work. Lots of folks, at FRee Republic and other conservative sites spend jillions of man-hours writing and talking to one another.
Turn those man-hours into citizen journalism (similar to the Breitbart model), and we have a viable system.
They lack the effectiveness of the MSM because we conservatives expect perfection from our own media. Unlike us, the MSM audience does not have impossible expectations from their news sources. Our greatest strength, the pursuit of excellence, is also our biggest weakness. This stubborn pursuit of excellence-at-all-costs is what prevented conservatives from coalescing behind one conservative candidate during the primaries last year. It ain't rocket science.
To everyone:
Consider this: Glen Beck's multiple sources are either real or a figment of his imagination. If the latter, then he needs to be strung up from a rope (figuratively, at least).
If his sources are real, they're either Black Hats or White Hats. If Black Hats, it's not like we would ever be able to get obama impeached by ourselves ANYWAY. The worst outcome would be that the Black Hats would, 1) get a good laugh at our gullibility, and 2) continue transforming us into the USSR. The Marxist takeover (#2) is happening EITHER WAY, whether or NOT we allow ourselves to be manipulated by Black Hats giving Beck bad intel.
HOWEVER, what if Beck's sources are White Hats who are genuinely trying to save the country from a caliphate? What if they are risking their careers and maybe their lives by leaking all the information, only to be laughed at because conservatives are so consumed with their hate and derision? What if Beck is one of the few media messengers who can speak out and isn't owned by the Saudis?
Personally, Beck gets on my last nerve with his theatrics. I haven't listened to him in years because of that.
The simple fact remains: If Beck is dealing with White-Hats, will conservatives be able to set aside our anti-Mormon/anti-Moneygrubbers/anti-Whatever attitudes long enough to stop the infighting, put aside our petty differences, and rally together to save our country from another Revolutionary War? Are we going to stifle our stubbornness and take the chance these are White Hats trying desperately to save us from ourselves?
Well?