Funny, I didn’t know the New York Times, Keith Ellison, Mark Warren, Politico, etc. were conservative standard bearers.
That’s why I like Free Republic, I learn something new everyday.
I confess I do not partake except very occasionally of my dad's favorite, Thomas Sowell. As for Beck, well, at least he's more interesting than Medved, the few times I've ever listened to either of them. I always end up turning them off.
All I can say is that outside of formal media, on FR as well as outside in my general circles, the similarities between now and 1930s are often pondered. By people a whole helluva lot more conservative than Medved.
I wish Ted would distance himself from Beck a bit.