The news today that Roger Ailes was the subject of a draft campaign for 2012 briefly got me more optimistic than I’ve been in a while.
Briefly.
And not because it was soon debunked. Before the news was officially shot down I thought it wouldn’t happen. And probably shouldn’t. As brilliant, hard working and <em>necessary</em> to the GOP as Ailes is as the man behind Fox News, he is a behind the scenes operator. That’s where he does his best work for Conservatives and Republicans.
But another big time heavy hitter from Fox would be a great candidate, not to mention a likely shoe in, for 2012. I don’t mean the former governor of the state that gave us the original Man from Hope. No, I’m talking of course about Glenn Beck.
Look to the 9/12 march that brought in hundreds of thousands if not over a million hard working real Americans to the politest protest Washington D.C. ever saw. Look at how he brought down the communistic Van Jones. Look at how he exposed the Maoist Dunn. Look at his ratings.
We need Leaders, not politicians. Glenn Beck will help kick the RINOs out of the GOP just like he’s kicking the commies out of the 0bama junta. Let’s draft Beck to Lead us as we <strong>take out country back!!!</strong>
Moe Lane
Steve Maley
Dan McLaughlin
Neil Stevens
Daniel Horowitz
You're not serious, are you?
civil truth (Diary) Saturday, October 24th at 12:31AM EST (link)Just what in Glenn Beck’s job history indicates that he can be the chief executive of the large business in America. Or that he has any experience dealing with two legislative bodies the members of which have their own agenda? Or that he can execute a foreign policy and negotiate with foreign powers?
Glenn Beck’s right where he should be. Don’t try to promote him to (and beyond) his level of incompetence.
The greatest evil…is conceived and ordered (moved, seconded, carried, and minuted) in clean, carpeted, warmed, and well-lighted offices, by quiet men with white collars and cut fingernails and smooth-shaven cheeks who do not need to raise their voice. Hence, naturally enough, my symbol for Hell is something like the bureaucracy of a police state or the offices of a thoroughly nasty business concern. -C.S. Lewis
http://www.gmsplace.com/
well, he would have help
red_dawn (Diary) Saturday, October 24th at 1:03AM EST (link)just like Cheney lent gravitas, experience and a whole lot else to Bush, Beck would have to have a team of advisers. That’s certainly true.
But what true Conservative GOP prospect is that not true of?
Tp govern you must win. And as far as I can see, Beck is the best man we have who can also win. And he’s perfectly positioned at Fox to keep in the spotlight and keep fighting 0bama till he actually starts campaigning.
This is the dumbest thing I've heard in a really long time...nt.
NightTwister (Diary) Saturday, October 24th at 9:55AM EST (link)The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter. – Winston Churchill
It is, isn't it? Just wait until he starts posting about
janis (Diary) Saturday, October 24th at 10:05AM EST (link)how Michael Savage would be the best VP in just the whole wide world. Or maybe SecState, yeah, that’s the ticket.
Actually, Savage attacks Beck
red_dawn (Diary) Saturday, October 24th at 12:13PM EST (link)and says he ‘copies people who are brighter than him,’ meaning I guess Savage.
To me, I think Savage is just jealous of Beck’s success.
I would be a better choice than Glen Beck
kyle8 (Diary) Saturday, October 24th at 10:54AM EST (link)After all, I share his philosophy, but I don’t have thousands of hours of tape of me saying silly things that can be used against me by opponents.
Get real, Rush, Beck, Hannity, none of these media guys can ever stand a chance. You can’t go so many years without saying a few things that can be taken out of context or exploited.
“Nothing works like freedom, Nothing succeeds like liberty”
Kyle
Got your PAC set up yet, kyle8?
janis (Diary) Saturday, October 24th at 11:01AM EST (link)And who would you want for your VP? Whoever you choose for the important jobs, please do pick Achance for your Chief of Staff and becker for your SecDef. And Moe would be a great choice for Press Secretary. You could make some money there to solve the deficit problem, you know, because tickets for pressers would sell like the proverbial hot cakes.
I don't think his tv or radio shows
red_dawn (Diary) Saturday, October 24th at 11:34AM EST (link)could really effectively be used against him. After all, we’ll have lots of hours of tape of 0bama and Biden saying and *doing* very stupid, not just silly, things.
Yes, Beck can at times be a little dramatic. But all his points and underlying reasons are sound. He’s a true Conservative who takes advantage of media to get out the message. And, again, at Fox he’s perfectly placed to not only fight teh Won but also set up his run before he actually declares.
Fox is doing a good job for us, but we can be taking even better advantage of it.
Remember the Bonzo series of movies Reagan did? People swore up and down in ’76 and even ’80 that those movies would doom him. But we all know how he turned that around.
who else can bring 2 million to dc?
red_dawn (Diary) Saturday, October 24th at 11:42AM EST (link)The Huckster?
Pawlempty?
Rombot?
Palin might have once ben a good prospect but the media have already trashed her. And she didn’t do herself any favors by resigning, imho. She can still rally the troops but I don’t see her holding office again.
Hey, maybe she can take over Beck’s show after he officially declares.
Oh come now; nobody brought 2 million people to DC.
Achance (Diary) Saturday, October 24th at 11:55AM EST (link)The truth is good enough, we don’t need to join the Calypso Louie Club. There was somewhere between a half million and a million on or around The Mall at most.
And touting any of the front rank Talk Radio of FOX TV personalities for National office is just silliness. You did see how quickly they hounded Rush out of the NFL bid?
In Vino Veritas
Even as important as its silliness, we need
redneck_hippie (Diary) Saturday, October 24th at 12:04PM EST (link)Rush, Levin et all doing what they are doing: countering the lies and criminal behaviour of the left.
2 mil might be high balling it but
red_dawn (Diary) Saturday, October 24th at 12:04PM EST (link)I just do it in reaction to the media low balling so much. It seems to me that the crowd was easily over a million and the 0bamedia are *still* claiming it was less than 100k.
Maybe overestimating is just as bad but I get so frustrated at their lies and dismissals of the unprecedented importance of the march.
And I’d again point to Reagan beating the skeptics as the model to follow here. There’s a groundswell already against the attack on Rush. I don’t think they can get away with it again.
I would be your VP
Leopard1996 (Diary) Saturday, October 24th at 6:33PM EST (link)You would just have to let me carry the football a lot.
“The accumluated filth of all their sex and murder will foam up about their waists and all the whores and politicians will look up and shout, “Save Us!”….and I’ll look down and whisper, “No”…The Watchmen