Glenn Beck Nonsense-Talking

Glen Beck, last night, did an entire show on the theme "Liberty in Peril". Think what you want about Beck, but after the Q3 fundraising report he was saying some things about Ron that painted Ron in the light of a serious contender. With that said...

Ron needs to go on Beck's show NOW! Just about every single topic covered (and Glen's views on them) on Beck's show last night were in complete alignment with Ron's positions. Just a few of them were:

- Illegal immigration and securing the borders.
- Getting us OUT of the UN.
- Stopping the passage of the Law of the Sea treaty.
- The plans for the NAU. He showed clips of Vincente Fox admitting that the idea of a single currency (Amero) was on the horizon.
- The attack on 2nd amendment rights. He showed video and reported on the government confiscating guns from law abiding citizen's after Katrina.
- The need to get back to the Constitution.

Now, if I didn't know better I would say that Beck is a die hard Ron Paul supporter, but I know that his views on the War on Terror keep him from endorsing Ron. But there is no way that Ron couldn't get in good with Beck on everything else, and eventually could even convince Beck that the WoT is never going to succeed.

I'm going to drop Beck an e-mail telling him that his "special" show on liberty should become the primary focus of his show. Forget the gossip crap he throws in there every so often, and focus on these REAL problems. I think everyone else here should do the same thing. Tell him that this focus was awesome and that he should make this the entire show.

Then let's make an appeal to the campaign to get Ron on there ASAP.

Ron Paul does represent the traditional Republican position on the issues but by the same token he is a Libertarian. Sure he differs with the traditional Libertarian views on immigration and abortion, although there is a pretty strong pro-life group within the Libertarian movement.
He also breaks with GOP convention on the Drug War and the legal status of some other life style choices.

He has run as a Libertarian and as a Republican. Dr. Paul seems comfortable with both labels, and so am I.

Glenn Beck doesn't seem to be trying to use it as a way to discredit Dr. Paul. The word has some baggage, but it is one way you could describe the message of the Ron Paul revolution. If you are well versed in political theories then the label fits.
I think the fact that Ron Paul can accurately be called a Republican, Libertarian, True Conservative, and Constitutionalist, is a testament to his broad appeal. People in all these groups want to claim Dr. Paul as their own. In a way he fits all of those descriptions.

Let's not get too hung up on which of these labels is used. In fact I think Glenn Beck deserves a mixed thank you for talking so much about Dr. Paul. He has been both positive and negative about the campaign, but he is giving Dr. Paul very valuable exposure every time he talks about him.

Normally we complain that the media ignores Dr. Paul. That's certainly not true on Glenn beck's program, where Paul's name has been mentioned at least as much as the other candidates. If every host of a political show were giving Ron Paul this much attention I'd be thrilled.

I thought it was interesting that the statements he put on the screen were very positive conservative views, so that will serve to let people know that Ron is not some lefty liberal, as he's been accused by some, and that he is a fiscal conservative too.