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A crowd that had to be several thousand strong came out to Borders bookstore on South Dale Mabry in Tampa this morning to meet and greet (quickly) conservative icon Glenn Beck. The radio and cable television personality sandwiched Tampa in between two other Florida stops on Saturday. He began the day in Lee County, came (late) to Tampa, arriving at about 12:15 p.m., and then went to the Villages, where he made his much hyped announcement that he had been teasing his listeners and viewers about in recent days. According to Orlando television station WOFL: He also said he plans...

The line looked like a conservative's worst socialized-medicine nightmare, a thousand or more people assigned letters of the alphabet and following commands to snake through multiple turns. But the crowd didn't seem to mind. And when the first glimpse of spiky gray hair emerged through a back entrance by the magazine section, a huge cheer erupted. Conservative media star Glenn Beck spent about 90 minutes signing copies of his latest bestseller, Arguing With Idiots, at the Books-A-Million store in Chasewood Plaza this evening. The stop was part of a two-day, seven-city swing through Florida, the kind of tour political candidates...

David Forsmark isn't the only NewsReal blogger with a review of Glenn Beck's new book. The Five Feet of Fury, Kathy Shaidle, also has a must-read review also. Check it out: When Mark Levin’s book Liberty and Tyranny came out, I joined the chorus who couldn’t believe that Mark Levin the Author sounded nothing like Mark Levin the Talk Radio Host. The style of Liberty and Tyranny purposely echoed the heightened language of the Founding Fathers and their famous documents. Nowhere between the covers did Mark Levin employ the phrases “Shut up, you dummy!” or “There, I said it!” However,...

NewsReal readers might appreciate David Forsmark's review of Glenn Beck's new book Arguing With Idiots that we published at FrontPage yesterday. Here's an excerpt: Arguing with Idiots: How to Stop Small Minds and Big Government By Glenn Beck Threshold, $29.99, 325pp.When I received a review copy of the new book by over-emoting radio-TV talker Glenn Beck, I sighed and put it to the side. What put me off were the book’s title, Arguing with Idiots, and the cover photo showing Beck dressed as a commissar, making a funny face. Since it’s axiomatic that arguing with idiots is a waste of...

There is no denying the numbers and the volume of sales surrounding Glenn Beck's newest release, Arguing with Idiots: How to Stop Small Minds and Big Government has produced results beyond expectations. After the stunning success of Beck's Common Sense and increased television and radio ratings, publishers had high expectations for his newest endeavour. Three weeks before its release, pre-orders were already outpacing nearly every other political book, including the unexpected flop, 50 Ways You Can Help Obama Change America. Beck's newest book has proven to not only to exceed expectations, but is sure to enrage his detractors. Just 3...

Expectations among book retailers are high as Glenn Beck's newest book, Arguing with Idiots: How to Stop Small Minds and Big Government is expected to hit book shelves on Tuesday. The pre-release sales of Beck's newest endevour has remained within the top 50 best sellers on amazon.com for the past three weeks and just prior to release is the 3rd ranked book on Amazon and is currently ranked #7 in company sales by Barnes & Noble. Beck's Arguing with Idiots: How to Stop Small Minds and Big Government is released on the heels of...