Glenn Beck: I'm Done With Establishment Republicans, I Support Constitutonalists Like Rand

[Confederate]

Ok, we're just going to have to agree that I now consider you a space alien.

Why's that? Ron Paul isn't consistently pro-life because he does not object to the "morning after" abortion pill or birth control that potentially aborts a fertilized egg by preventing implantation.

 

[A Son of Liberty]

I wouldn't say that was the prime reason. It was more of a faith based bias. Beck gravitated more to Santorum despite ample disagreement, because he felt he was a man of God, which isn't as prounounced with Ron.

Yeah, yet another problem I have with Beck. His understanding of God and what it means to be a Christian are bizarre and offensive to me.

 

[Occam's Banana]

I don't think Ron won any fans by being tricked into supporting heroin use on national TV [...]

I'm not sure which is more ridiculous - the assertion that Ron "supported" heroin use, or the notion that he was "tricked" into doing so ...

 

[Confederate]

Yeah, yet another problem I have with Beck. His understanding of God and what it means to be a Christian are bizarre and offensive to me.

Well he is a Mormon...

 

[Carlybee]

Why's that? Ron Paul isn't consistently pro-life because he does not object to the "morning after" abortion pill or birth control that potentially aborts a fertilized egg by preventing implantation.

So what. If Santorum had his way women would be outfitted with chastity belts at puberty.

 

[GunnyFreedom]

I wouldn't say that was the prime reason. It was more of a faith based bias. Beck gravitated more to Santorum despite ample disagreement, because he felt he was a man of God, which isn't as prounounced with Ron.

and a clear indication of Beck's LACK of godliness. One of the primary teachings of Christ is that the tax collector and blatant sinner who has a humble heart and repents before God is more of a man of God than the perfect Pharisee who is proud and lords his sanctimony over his peers. The same Spirit which drove that teaching 2000 years ago is the same Spirit which moves the men of God today. I would argue that anybody who thinks Santorum is even half as Godly as Paul are themselves lacking the Spirit. Certainly the spirit of discernment.

 

[mad cow]

By the way, both your score and Ron's score are a little too moderate for my taste; but I don't go around demonizing. In my opinion, the more libertarian one becomes the more one learns to accept others rather than demonize them, and trust that eventually your ideas will prevail and convince them if you can figure out a way to communicate.

Truth.I have taken that test countless times and I have never scored as low as Ron Paul's dot there.
I will take my allies where I can get them,even if just on one or two particulars we happen to agree on and maybe just for that one particular battle.

I don't need any more enemies.

 

[A Son of Liberty]

and a clear indication of Beck's LACK of godliness. One of the primary teachings of Christ is that the tax collector and blatant sinner who has a humble heart and repents before God is more of a man of God than the perfect Pharisee who is proud and lords his sanctimony over his peers. The same Spirit which drove that teaching 2000 years ago is the same Spirit which moves the men of God today. I would argue that anybody who thinks Santorum is even half as Godly as Paul are themselves lacking the Spirit. Certainly the spirit of discernment.

Owe. You. Rep.

 

[cajuncocoa]

I don't think Ron won any fans by being tricked into supporting heroin use on national TV nor constantly advocating that we must remove every foreign base by next Tuesday. I believe that ideoligical rigidity drove away potential voters including Beck, who largely agree with Ron Paul's general message.

I support Ron for his "ideological rigidity".... you never have to wonder where he stands on something. He's consistent. Of course people aren't ready for that...they're too used to listening to the wishy-washy opinions of people like Beck, who decide how they feel about an issue depending on which party proposed it.

 

[A Son of Liberty]

Well he is a Mormon...

To be clear, my objections have nothing to do with him being a Mormon.

 

[cajuncocoa]

So what. If Santorum had his way women would be outfitted with chastity belts at puberty.

No kidding!

 

[FSP-Rebel]

Good times yet I get that Levin and Beck have track records of flipping when it counts. That said, Rand has been bullet proofing his message and it definitely won't be easy trying to demagogue him as much as they did Ron.

 

[Confederate]

So what. If Santorum had his way women would be outfitted with chastity belts at puberty.

No, and to say so is intellectually dishonest. Saying that is not much better than when the media labelled Ron as supporting drug use and prostitution.

 

[Brian4Liberty]

Wow. Glenn Beck finally gets it! This is wonderful news!

On a more serious note, is Glenn Beck on radio or TV anymore? And did his attempt at becoming the next Pastor Hagee somehow not work out?

 

[GunnyFreedom]

Why's that? Ron Paul isn't consistently pro-life because he does not object to the "morning after" abortion pill or birth control that potentially aborts a fertilized egg by preventing implantation.

The bible defines that life is in the blood. If you come from a strictly Christian perspective, "life begins at conception" is a fiction. Per scripture, and I mean genesis through revelation scripture - the whole thing - life comes from the breath of God that is carried in the blood. An unborn child becomes 'alive' the moment there is a presence of blood. Which is ~12 days after conception. From a purely scriptural theology, the morning after pill and birth control are perfectly acceptable.

The reason you end up with 'life begins at conception' zealots, is the same reason you have Baptists screaming hellfire and damnation over wine and dancing. Organic corruption. This is one of the top-5 complaints that Jesus Christ made against the Pharisees - drawing hedges around the law.

 

[cajuncocoa]

Good times yet I get that Levin and Beck have track records of flipping when it counts. That said, Rand has been bullet proofing his message and it definitely won't be easy trying to demagogue him as much as they did Ron.

If that remains true, it only means Rand has moved too far away from his Dad's views for me.

 

[GunnyFreedom]

No, and to say so is intellectually dishonest. Saying that is not much better than when the media labelled Ron as supporting drug use and prostitution.

I agree that was an exaggeration, but good Lord Santorum is a pharisaical theocrat! Not even a theological theocrat like BlackTerrell, a pharisaical theocrat! That's like....the fastest way to piss God off that mankind has ever devised!!!

 

[AuH20]

If that remains true, it only means Rand has moved too far away from his Dad's views for me.

More like that he has "arrived", politically speaking. He is considered a legitimate presidential candidate, despite all the attempts to nullify his ascent.

 

[CaptLouAlbano]

Wow. Glenn Beck finally gets it! This is wonderful news!

On a more serious note, is Glenn Beck on radio or TV anymore? And did his attempt at becoming the next Pastor Hagee somehow not work out?

He has a network now I believe it is on one of the satellite providers and I think they are trying to get cable providers to pick it up. I catch maybe 15 minutes of him here and there when I am out and about so I am not sure of the details.

 

[Article V]

Beck didn't even like many of Santorum's stances when he endorsed him. There is an interview floating around when he castigated Santorum on his show for his questionable votes and comments. Nevertheless, he still felt Santorum was a more palatable choice than Ron Paul, who was too "all or nothing" for his liking.

while telling his audience NEVER to vote for candidates who promote the legalization of drugs and the abolishment of the Fed.

Beck told his audience they should support an orange (the fruit) over Barack Obama. Beck said that he'd literally vote for ANYONE who was not Barack Obama. The only reasons Beck didn't endorse Ron Paul is because Beck didn't think Ron had a snowball's chance of winning and thought Ron's policy of sit-back-and-watch-Iran-get-a-nuke was suicidal. I obviously disagree with Beck on those two points, but he's not un-libertarian for thinking those things and then making a regrettable political endorsement based off what he considered less than desirable circumstances. Ultimately, I believe Beck was just acting as a preservationist trying to hold a wall as best he could until a future election presents him with a candidate he agrees with more. I'm not going to demonize him for that, especially when his next candidate (Rand) is my next candidate!