Glenn Beck on Ron Paul

Glenn Beck just explains why he doesnt understand Ron Paul. Because Beck is a regular person who needs to be spoon fed why the war on terror is bad.
 
Well, for starters, he started talking about the Libertarian party, though Ron is not in the Libertarian Party.

Screw Glenn. Though I am glad he brings a voice to the case against the Fed, and other things he talks about, I still don't trust him.
 
He keeps on and on with the "libertarian" and forgets that Ron Paul is a Republican.
What he was saying was Republican, Small Govt, civil liberty, low tax Republican.

There are just so few Republicans in the Republican Party. It sounds crazy.
 
thanks for that. Does beck regularly spend more time on his radio show explaining his position like that?
 
His point is entirely valid. Ron Paul to an extent, and many in our movement to a larger extent, fail to present our ideas in a way that people will find receptive in our current state of affairs. Which is why most see us as crazy and irrational.
 
I think we're all aware that Glenn Beck doesn't get it...yet. A lot of people don't understand Ron's entire message. This just means we have to be patient, and Beck isn't hindering us right now. He'll probably never endorse Ron Paul, but he's still an honest guy, I think.

I'll keep watching him, and hopefully he'll wake up a little more. He's pushing parts of our message pretty far!
 
I wish that caller hadn't brought up the trilateral commission... I agree with Glenn (and Ron Paul, for that matter) that it is more of a conspiracy of like-minded ideas to bring us towards a more global government than an organized society with a precise plan in mind.

Anyway, Glenn Beck is right that it will take time to eliminate all those departments. But Ron Paul has explained that he doesn't actually believe we can take them all out in one week. He brings up his positions to let people know that they should not exist. Does Glenn Beck have a point that by saying he wants to eliminate the "IRS, FBI, CIA, Federal Reserve, etc." all in one sentence made Dr. Paul sound like a kook? Maybe so, but it took a lot of courage and honesty to say those things.

As for foreign policy, I'm glad he agrees that we should work towards bringing our troops home from all around the world. However, this doesn't need to take 25 years as he mentioned. Also, how can we work towards even a very slow withdrawal by sending more troops to places like Afghanistan and Iraq? His warmongering attitude has subsided significantly, though.

Beck has improved dramatically over the past few years, but he still has some points to work on.
As long as he is talking about the things we agree with and having guests on like Ron Paul, though, I am happy that more people are hearing the message.
 
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Madison said:
His point is entirely valid. Ron Paul to an extent, and many in our movement to a larger extent, fail to present our ideas in a way that people will find receptive in our current state of affairs. Which is why most see us as crazy and irrational.
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I agree. It doesnt help that a significant number of Paul supporters are actually ancap globalits, who would prefer that the US actually cease to exist in any meaningful way. That position actually undermines any advances Paul may make. It certainly doesnt make mainstream republicans comfortable with our movement. With 'friends' like that, who needs enemas?

The farther this goes, the more Im tempted to say fuck it, and just take care of my family.
 
ItsTime said:
Glenn Beck just explains why he doesnt understand Ron Paul. Because Beck is a regular person who needs to be spoon fed why the war on terror is bad.
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I disagree. I think Beck gets Ron Paul and agrees with him. All I heard in this video was Beck explaining why the AVERAGE (stupid, uninformed) person THINKS that Ron Paul sounds crazy. What I hear is that he agrees on objective, he disagrees on strategy (kind of like the difference between people on this forum, some think the thermite report shouls be in Hot Topics, some people thing it should be in General Politics.)

I don't think GB is 100% awake yet, but i do think he is getting there. Anyone that would discard Beck over this segment either wasn't lilstening or only heard what they wanted to hear.

The worst offense I heard was him being dismissive of the Trilateral Commision, he obviously still thanks TLC is still "conspiracy talk" or at least he thinks that will play well with his audience. GB is definitely a mixed bag, but I still think he is the best we got and I think he is coming around more and more.
 
He admitted he is spoonfeeding these ideas slowly, Ron Paul is more rash, and his style jives more with us. People not accustomed to hearing about ideas of liberty are becks target, and eventually they might arrive where we are.
 
I have to say, I called him a SNAKE, and i still take him with a grain of salt, BUT!

He does have a point in this one show and i now can better understand him. Personally i just gave him a bit more credibility with this one speech because i feel the same way sometimes talking to friends about RP! Some of the stuff is too much and over the top even for me, yet i voted for RP and CB. Some here will dismiss you and attack you as a RP traitor for not agreeing 100% with a Libertarian view and this only pushes people back to believing RP camp is crazy!
 
FrankRep said:
We have to slowly dismantle all these unconstitutional organizations. Things won't and CAN'T change over night, it will take time.
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Yes, the organizations. Of course. No one is arguing that.

But stopping the wars, bringing the troops back, and repenting of past military misadventures which have bankrupt this nation can be done in weeks.
 
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