I’ve been a big Glenn Beck fan and his show is on now and all week he is blabbing on changes and his vision and some American dream labs thing. But this change and his comments more than anything else are baffling. I don’t know what anyone else might think but I am no Libertarian and I think Ron Paul is a bit off kilter and can be crazy. I am and have always been confused on the direction of the libertarian movement and I have always been confused on the direction of people;e like Ron Paul, his son Rand, Bob Barr, Gary Johnson and others. I was embracing some libertarians in 2008-2009 until I realized that there is a line that they cross that is not lock and step with 60% of what I believe in. I don’t hate them, but I like conservatives first and foremost. And last I looked no Libertarian won anything. So Ia really worried here people that beck is going the wrong direction and will lose me or he no longer relevant and he will be in trouble because he will lose his main base of support for years.
These are my first thoughts. First I want to read what others have said. Because what he also said yesterday has really confused me on what he wants as well. I have yet to tune into today’s show as yesterdays gave he a bad feeling and a headache.
I’ve been a big Glenn Beck fan and his show is on now and all week he is blabbing on changes and his vision and some American dream labs thing. But this change and his comments more than anything else are baffling. I don’t know what anyone else might think but I am no libertarian and I think Ron Paul is a bit off kilter and can be crazy. I am and have always been confused on the direction of the libertarian movement and I have always been confused on the direction of people like Ron Paul, his son Rand, Bob Barr, Gary Johnson and others. I was embracing some libertarians in 2008-2009 until I realized that there is a line that they cross that is not lock and step with 60% of what I believe in. I don’t hate them, but I like conservatives first and foremost. And last I looked no libertarian won anything. So I am really worried here people that Beck is going the wrong direction and will lose me or be no longer relevant and he will be in trouble because he will lose his main base of support for years.
These are my first thoughts. First I want to read what others have said. Because what he also said yesterday has really confused me on what he wants as well. I have yet to tune into today’s show as yesterdays gave he a bad feeling and a headache.
I’ll add this, why I am re-adding this, he says he agrees more with Libertarians than anyone else which I don’t. I agree most with conservatives. He said he hates the talking heads and the format on cable news and that he burned out of it. Fine. But he says that he dislikes the far left and the far right. He said the far right and ran some video in the back ground of Hannity. Says what you will about Hannity and I have not been always lock and step with him, but as a independent free thinking individual who likes America and is conservative I think he has doen shows that are worth it even in doses. Like having Michelle Malkin on and letting Sarah Palin speak and taking on the Journal News and allowing debate. Sayw hat you will but and it is understandable beck fired the first shots at attacking Fox News.
I have not always been a biog fan of Fox News but it is the best we have and I defend it and support it. Beck seems to want a BBC News libertarian style....just wow. A international bureau? He thinks setting up shop with headquarters in NYC will just make then all unhappy in the other networks, but didn’t beck want to flee New York City? Never go back? So he will stay in texas and how will he run it then? I hope he knows what he is doing. Becauae I very confused.
We need a conservative network run by a conservative period.
I wouldn’t read too much into this Libertarian angle. It’s just a way to set himself apart from the right and left. He’s angling for an audience, pretending to be something completely different. An alternative, if you will, to the right or left.
It is a marketing ploy, nothing more.
HEY, I’M GLENN, I’M DIFFERENT, WATCH ME!
"Libertarian" in the title is putting him in a type-cast, restrictive box that he will truly regret being in later on down the road.
As an aside, the word "global" doesn't resonate too well with conservatives, either. As a conservative, I tend to view things in the light of the word "American" rather than "global".
Beck is "evolving" into dumb, dumber, dumbest.
Leni
I agree. I still can't stand Beck's giggly, silly radio show, and I still haven't gotten around to purchasing a Roku (or whatever device) so I can watch his TV show. The last Glenn Beck TV show I saw was his last one on Fox News.
If he's trying to bring about a stronger Libertarian movement in order to run third party candidates more successfully, we'll end up with democRATs in the White House and in Congress for decades. Just look at what happened to Mia Love in Utah in November. She lost a winnable election because the Republican vote was split by some Libertarian idiot. I'm still in mourning over that election...
Third party = music to the 'RATs' ears.