Posted on 02/21/2010 1:14:06 PM PST by Sergeant Tim
I was invited to be the opening speaker at Saturday's CPAC session. I had accepted but then, to my amazement, I learned that the John Birch Society would be one of many co-sponsors. This takes the big-tent idea many steps too far for me. So, I withdrew. Apparently, others were not so moved. That's fine. But it wasn't for me. Bill Buckley and Barry Goldwater, among others, chased the Birchers from the movement decades ago. And they're not a part of the movement. So, to give them a booth at CPAC was boneheaded.
I want to commend Bill Bennett for his wise piece this morning on the Corner. I agree with him.
I have no idea what philosophy Glenn Beck is promoting. And neither does he. It's incoherent. One day it's populist, the next it's libertarian bordering on anarchy, next it's conservative but not really, etc. And to what end? I believe he has announced that he is no longer going to endorse candidates because our problems are bigger than politics. Well, of course, our problems are not easily dissected into categories, but to reject politics is to reject the manner in which we try to organize ourselves. This is as old as Plato and Aristotle. Why would conservatives choose to surrender the political battlefield to our adversaries -- who are trashing this society -- when we must retake it in order to preserve our society? Philosophy, politics, culture, family, etc., are all of one. Edmund Burke, among others, wrote about it extensively, and far better that I possibly can. But all elements of the civil society require our defense. Besides, why preach such a strategy when conservatism is on the rise and the GOP is acting more responsibly?
Moreover, when he does discuss politics, which, ironically, is often, how can he claim today that there is no difference between the two parties when, but for the Republicans in Congress, government-run health care, cap-and-trade, card check, and a long list of other disastrous policies would already be law? The GOP is becoming more conservative thanks to the grass-roots movement and a political uprising across the country, which has even reached into New Jersey and Massachusetts. Why keep pretending otherwise? My only conclusion is that he is promoting a third party or some third way, which is counter-productive to defeating Obama and the Democrat Congress. These are perilous times and this kind of an approach will keep the statists in power for decades.
And what of his flirtations with Ron Paul's lunacy respecting America's supposed provocations with her enemies, including al-Qaeda? Why should such a fatal defect in thinking be ignored? Do we conservatives agree with this?
Finally, Beck is fond of congratulating himself for being the only or the first host to criticize George Bush's spending. This is demonstrably false. I not only attacked his spending, but the creation of the Homeland Security Department, the prescription drug add-on for Medicare, his "moderate" tax cuts, as well as his nomination of Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court, "comprehensive immigration reform," and so forth. And I was not alone -- Rush and Sean did the same, for example. And as someone who fought liberal Republicans in the trenches when campaigning for Reagan in 1976 and 1980, I don't need lectures from Beck, who was nowhere to be found, about big-spending Republicans. But this is not about me, or Beck, or Beck's past drunkenness (which he endlessly wears as some kind of badge of honor). It is about preserving our society for our children and grandchildren. Beck spent precious little time aiming fire at Obama-Pelosi-Reid in his speech, and it is they who are destroying our country.
On as a positive note, I am personally happy to see that Beck has cleaned up his public act -- as best I can tell, no more boiling fake frogs on TV or pretending to pour gasoline on someone -- and the rest of it. But I do think his speech, which contained nuggets of truth heard before and read elsewhere, including on Rush's show and in my book and many other books, may have distracted from some of the more compelling and coherent speeches at the event, including Marco Rubio's superb speech. I fear the media will see to this. I hope not.
OK, Levin was doing more for conservatism when Beck was not 18 yet. Got it.
Step back and look at what is happening today. MSNBC etc. hate both Levin and Beck, and with good reason.
God bless you, you are my parents.
Mark Levin - good
That's my vote!
beck decries everyone as the foe - levin criticizes republicans, but he does not draw a moral equivalence between democrats and republicans - he works within the republican party to change it - and encourages others to do the same
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OK, you can borrow the car tonight ‘till 10. ;)
ENJOY!
That is a good thing. But why is he attacking the person who has done more than anyone else to educate the public about Obama? If you are worried about conservatives doing damage to conservatism, you might want to remind Levin.
Here is one Levin comment: "Beck spent precious little time aiming fire at Obama-Pelosi-Reid in his speech, and it is they who are destroying our country."
Some Republicans are helping. Brown, Collins, Snowe, and Voinovich voted for the Reid "jobs" bill, when the Dems have hundreds of billions of unspent Porkulus money.
I value your mind, so I hope you can understand that I think this dumas will not understand. Maybe leaving them to their future to become embarrassed at what they now say is the best tack.
HOW old are you, have you even left school yet?
you said
bite me you can love your fellow man.
exactly what kind of loving are you meaning here?
bite me , good grief, what a complete absurd immature comment to make .
fact is homosexuals are all about a sick way of sex, it gets them off by shoving their penis’s up another mans ass or a woman wearing a strap on pretending to be a man while having sex with another woman.
Now they obviously need to seek mental help and to think that they want the normal folk of this country to accept that and have it taught in to schools, .
We already have one perverts by the name of Jennings telling children how to stick a fist up another mans ass, do you find that revolting or are you going to say bite me again?
After reading your past comments it seems you have come onto this site mistakenly.
because beck attacks me as well as obama
so who knew there were rinos in the republican party - guess we should let the democratz pass obamacare and crap and trade
I’ve just gone through their past comments and WOW.
bite me, I’m not wrong etc.
says she is a mother of two and at first I thought I was replying to a 16 year old with that kind of past comments.
seems a little obsessed with homo bashing too just like the homosexuals and the loony left are.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, if their ios folks who do not want Govt in any say in any kind of marriage then they need to join the liberterian party not a conservative movement.
here’s us trying to get the message out about how we want conservative values and then we have bite me mother saying it is the GOP who needs to change to be more liberal.
ASTOUNDING
or is it, should I say it, Megyn McCain has logged on under different usernames
EEK
Well forget it McCAIN you need to leave the politics now and let us carry on with a conservative message
She never answered me to tell me what “gay bashing” means.
I haven’t been checking the thread since then.... a bit busy the last couple of days.
Obviously a troll. FR is thick with pro-homosexual people; trolls whether they are new signups, old signups with few comments, or ones who’ve been here a long time active.
The homosexual agenda is ALL about Big Government, because it’s all about laws, whether through votes or judicial decision, to FORCE normal people to rent to, hire, marry, associate with, learn about, etc etc sexual perverts and perversion.
It’s ALL about Big Government. It’s Homo-Nazism.
You never answered me; please explain what you mean by “gay bashing”.
Be descriptive, not just another slogan, please.
oh so you’re that petty that you are taking the criticism personally? wow. Beck says the parties are equally bad. i think republicans are marginally better than Dems, and think the proper recourse is to improve the Republican party. i have not heard Beck say get rid of both parties and start over. so, i am not going to throw a fit of pique and expend energy denigrating him when it comes down to a difference in degree. But if you think your time is well spent railing against Beck that’s your perogative i suppose.
nail on head
I haven’t the time to go through all the thread but after seeing that reply I got I thought of looking at past posts and WOW it was telling alright
hope you had a good weekend
Heh - no one except homosexuals or their little friends uses the phrase “gay bashing”.
You mean there just was a weekend? When? ;-)
Hope you are okay with that...........
LOL
Precisely
Talking bout me? Common courtesy to ping those who you criticize.
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