Glenn Beck Fantasizes That Rand Paul Will Nominate Andrew Napolitano To SCOTUS

[serenityrick]

Why don't we decide that until something awful actually comes out of his mouth? How can we say we support due process when we aren't doing that ourselves? Some of these journalists may have changed after listening to both Ron and Rand. The Tea Party has grown and Rand Paul was part of that. Can't we take pride and comfort in that?

As someone who's listened to him since 2010, he's definitely changed. He's been consistent on his support for Rand since he was voted into the Senate.

Prior to 2012, he was definitely "anyone but Obama" (he was quoted as saying he'd vote for a shoe to be President over him) and thus his massive support for Romney once he won the nomination. Since his loss, he's since evolved into a more libertarian stance. If Bush or Huckabee or Christie get the nomination and he suddenly supports them then I'll finally agree with everyone here that he's a snake. but from my perspective, I see him as a man who has changed his views for the better. I know I'm literally the only one here who will say that but whatever.

I understand the hate for him. He was definitely rude to Ron Paul supporters over the years but quite frankly, as an objective observer, the Ron Paul supporters were annoying as fuck. Their "tact" or lack therof turned me and many people off from listening to the libertarian side.

 

[serenityrick]

Beck isn't some 17 year-old teen who grew up under the Bush administration and parroted Republican talking points but is just now discovering libertarianism. Beck is a grown man who is also is well-versed in politics and had not one, but two opportunities to support Ron Paul. Instead he proclaimed Rick Santorum as the next George Washington.

grown men can't change their politics or outlook on the Country?

in 2008 I voted for Obama because I thought progressivism was the way to go
in 2012 I voted for Romney because I wanted to slow the bleeding
now, I'll never vote for a progressive, republican or democrat ever again and consider myself a constitutional libertarian.. I'm a grown man. Am I a snake too?

 

[TNforPaul45]

grown men can't change their politics or outlook on the Country?

in 2008 I voted for Obama because I thought progressivism was the way to go
in 2012 I voted for Romney because I wanted to slow the bleeding
now, I'll never vote for a progressive, republican or democrat ever again and consider myself a constitutional libertarian.. I'm a grown man. Am I a snake too?

You and Beck differ in that you have never hosted a radio show with two snakes and had a 30 minute laugh-fest of making fun of Ron Paul and calling for his supporters to be assaulted by the military while pretending to champion liberty and selling pictures of George Washington on t-shirts. Beck's by-line is "Question with Boldness" but he and his two little toadies make fun of anyone who questions ANYTHING about any official story.

As far as I know, you, at least, have not done that.

 

[garyallen59]

As someone who's listened to him since 2010, he's definitely changed. He's been consistent on his support for Rand since he was voted into the Senate.

Prior to 2012, he was definitely "anyone but Obama" (he was quoted as saying he'd vote for a shoe to be President over him) and thus his massive support for Romney once he won the nomination. Since his loss, he's since evolved into a more libertarian stance. If Bush or Huckabee or Christie get the nomination and he suddenly supports them then I'll finally agree with everyone here that he's a snake. but from my perspective, I see him as a man who has changed his views for the better. I know I'm literally the only one here who will say that but whatever.

I understand the hate for him. He was definitely rude to Ron Paul supporters over the years but quite frankly, as an objective observer, the Ron Paul supporters were annoying as fuck. Their "tact" or lack therof turned me and many people off from listening to the libertarian side.

I'm with you dude. I can't imagine him pushing for Huckster, Bush or Christie either and if he does I'll have to admit I've been duped but I really think he will continue to support Rand throughout. Will have to wait and see I guess.

 

[garyallen59]

You and Beck differ in that you have never hosted a radio show with two snakes and had a 30 minute laugh-fest of making fun of Ron Paul and calling for his supporters to be assaulted by the military while pretending to champion liberty and selling pictures of George Washington on t-shirts. Beck's by-line is "Question with Boldness" but he and his two little toadies make fun of anyone who questions ANYTHING about any official story.

As far as I know, you, at least, have not done that.

Yeah and I was up in arms against him through it all. But I really think he's an ally at the moment and I realize that can change but I'll take the support and wait and see. If he's been playing me I'll be the first to admit I've been duped and move on but until then let's enjoy the kind words for Rand.

 

[serenityrick]

You and Beck differ in that you have never hosted a radio show with two snakes and had a 30 minute laugh-fest of making fun of Ron Paul and calling for his supporters to be assaulted by the military while pretending to champion liberty and selling pictures of George Washington on t-shirts. Beck's by-line is "Question with Boldness" but he and his two little toadies make fun of anyone who questions ANYTHING about any official story.

As far as I know, you, at least, have not done that.

He called for Ron Paul supporters to be assaulted by the military? This must have been prior to 2010. I've never heard him call for anyone to be assaulted by anyone save for an obvious joke.

I mean the guy used to be an alcoholic and used to support the Patriot act 100% but again, he's changed his view on that entirely. I mean yes he supports Israel but even so he still calls for an end to their foreign aid because he believes they can take care of themselves. That's a pretty big swing towards libertarianism.

/shrug. I'm just calling it how I see it. Ever since I've been here and there's been countless of pro-rand quotes from Glenn posted.. multiple users keep saying "He'll stab us in the back soon, just wait!" and he's just never done it.. and it's been a couple years now. I'm still waiting to be proven wrong on this. I'm not a Beck fanboy by any stretch of the imagination but I think some of you need to relax and realize that influential people are truly coming over to your side of things and be happy about that fact.

Who gives a shit if he made fun of you and your desired candidate in a monologue? Grow some thicker skin for crying out loud. Some of you are coming off as completely irrational.

But again, if he turns on Rand when it counts (and frankly, once Cruz entered the race THAT would have been the time to turn on him.. if he wanted to help sink Rand he could be siding with the media right now and instead he can't stop calling him "brilliant". Or is this all part of the long-game backstab?), I'll concede my opinion on the issue. But right now he's been pro-Rand all the way.. and that's a fantastic thing because he reaches a LOT of people.

 

[NIU Students for Liberty]

grown men can't change their politics or outlook on the Country?

in 2008 I voted for Obama because I thought progressivism was the way to go
in 2012 I voted for Romney because I wanted to slow the bleeding
now, I'll never vote for a progressive, republican or democrat ever again and consider myself a constitutional libertarian.. I'm a grown man. Am I a snake too?

Do you have a habit of flip flopping on important issues? Are you trying to make money by hijacking a movement and watering it down with your non-libertarian views?

If so, yes, I'd consider you a snake like Beck.

 

[serenityrick]

Do you have a habit of flip flopping on important issues? Are you trying to make money by hijacking a movement and watering it down with your non-libertarian views?

If so, yes, I'd consider you a snake like Beck.

Hijacking a movement? lol. Are you the hipsters of a libertarianism? Jesus Christ. And "flip flopping" to libertarianism is a bad thing? Isn't that the fucking goal?

 

[Anti-Neocon]

Beck's foreign policy still sucks but it's similar to what Rand says nowadays. And if people are much better off listening to him than Hannity, Levin and the like. I've actually noticed FOX "News" watchers identify as libertarians probably cause of people like him. He's helping us salvage the long-used slur "libertarian" in the eyes of the GOP base. That alone is a good thing.

I love Tom Woods and the like but Glenn Beck actually gets a huge amount of people to soften their views toward libertarian ideas. What is wrong with that? He's a useful idiot.

 

[NIU Students for Liberty]

Hijacking a movement? lol. Are you the hipsters of a libertarianism? Jesus Christ. And "flip flopping" to libertarianism is a bad thing? Isn't that the fucking goal?

Evolving your views is one thing. Going back and fourth on them when it's convenient for you is closer to what Beck has been doing all along.

Back in 2011/12, Beck was already proclaiming to be on the side of libertarianism. People here were truly under the impression that Beck was "coming around". In fact, Beck had his pick of 2 candidates (Ron Paul and Gary Johnson to an extent) in that race that were presenting libertarianism on a national stage to a Republican audience that truly didn't know what that political philosophy entailed.

And as I mentioned before, who did he get a boner for? Rick. Fucking. Santorum.

 

[NIU Students for Liberty]

He's helping us salvage the long-used slur "libertarian" in the eyes of the GOP base. That alone is a good thing.

No, it's not, because people like Beck truly don't know what libertarianism actually means and as a result, the general public starts defining libertarianism based on his agenda.

This is exactly why the Tea Party was/is an absolute failure. What originally started out as a legitimate grassroots effort to replace the neo cons with representatives in the vain of Ron Paul, quickly transformed into a turf movement with people like Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin at the helm.

I'm assuming you chose your profile picture in order to mock Netanyahu's fear mongering, but yet you're defending Beck, an influential figure that has done nothing but push his audience to bow down to the Israeli government.

Yeah, he's sooo libertarian

 

[robert9712000]

As someone who's listened to him since 2010, he's definitely changed. He's been consistent on his support for Rand since he was voted into the Senate.

Prior to 2012, he was definitely "anyone but Obama" (he was quoted as saying he'd vote for a shoe to be President over him) and thus his massive support for Romney once he won the nomination. Since his loss, he's since evolved into a more libertarian stance. If Bush or Huckabee or Christie get the nomination and he suddenly supports them then I'll finally agree with everyone here that he's a snake. but from my perspective, I see him as a man who has changed his views for the better. I know I'm literally the only one here who will say that but whatever.

I understand the hate for him. He was definitely rude to Ron Paul supporters over the years but quite frankly, as an objective observer, the Ron Paul supporters were annoying as fuck. Their "tact" or lack therof turned me and many people off from listening to the libertarian side.

I think the difference between you and Beck and why people are suspect of his sincerity is he has money invest in his political opinion and you don't. He makes money by getting the most people to listen in. If popular conservative opinion is against Ron Paul, most likely his will too, because it's a financially better position for him to have. If the libertarian philosophy is catching on and people want that then he will probably beat on that drum.

Basically he most likely does not have many true convictions and just puts on whatever show he thinks will get the most ratings.(like his many fake cry sessions)

 

[erowe1]

There is no chance of nominating Napolitano to the Court. If it happened, it would be a huge embarrassment to Rand. Napolitano has no controversial views than Robert Bork, and less brain power than Harriet Miers. Both of those things would be proven under the slightest bit of media scrutiny and would get even worse if it got as far as Senate hearings.

He should definitely nominate libertarian lawyers. But he needs to pick the intellectual cream of the crop.