Posted on 11/21/2009 6:48:46 PM PST by reaganaut1
Glenn Beck [...] says he wants to go beyond broadcasting his opinions and start rallying his political base — formerly known as his audience — to take action.
To do so, Mr. Beck is styling himself as a political organizer. In an interview, he said he would promote voter registration drives and sponsor a series of seven conventions across the country featuring what he described as libertarian speakers.
On Saturday he held a festive campaign-style rally in The Villages in Florida, north of Orlando, in which he promoted his recently released book, “Arguing With Idiots,” and announced another book to come next August filled with right-leaning policy proposals gathered from the conventions.
Mr. Beck provided few details about his plans for the tour, making it unclear if he truly intends to prod his audience of millions into political action or merely burnish his media brand ahead of a book release.
Mr. Beck did say the conventions would resemble educational seminars, and he emphasized that while candidates may align themselves with the values and principles that he espouses, he would not take the next step to endorse them.
In describing the conventions, he told the crowd on Saturday: “You’re going to learn about finance. You’re going to learn about community organizing. You’re going to learn everything we need to know if you want to be a politician.”
His staff would not say whether particular candidates for office in the 2010 midterm elections would be invited to speak at the conventions or the August rally.
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Mr. Beck, having used his television and radio pulpit to lay out his list of the country’s impending problems — deficit spending, health care legislation that will “destroy” the economy, a dearth of “personal responsibility” — says he now wants to also provide solutions.
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I listen to him every day...enough for this to be my only criticism...that he knowingly paints with a broad brush.
He supports good people in both parties.
No he doesn't...he drags good Conservative members down to the level of the European Socialists and Globalists that call themselves democrats.
You can find a core of House conservatives in the GOP, but I challenge both Beck and you to come up with some "good people" on the democrat side.
Profound Man, it was sent to me by email but I found it on Snopes: http://snopes.com/polotics/soapbox/iacocca.asp
Try that. Jim
ProfoundMan
Duuuhhh...Sorry, my bad. Spelling not my forte’. Jim
I wonder if Iacocca has ever heard/listened to Glenn Beck.... HE is a man with a plan!
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