Good morning Blogmocracy Netizens! I hope everyone slept well and are ready for another day. Last night’s game was great and Brett Farve looked like his old self.
I came across an interesting article by Jonah Goldberg, author of Liberal Fascism where he defends Glenn beck from attacks on the Right.
Glenn Beck has come under furious assault from the Progressive Propaganda Machine. He has become target number one for the Left. His crime, you might ask? He has exposed the Totalitarian Progressive agenda that is attempting to transform America into a Progressive Dictatorship. He has brought down Black Nationalist Van Jones and is taking apart the Cryto-Fascist organization ACORN. You would think this would make Beck a hero to the right. Nope. The elites of the Conservative movement are attacking Glenn. They are not use to fighting the Left and would rather lose with dignity. Jonah Goldberg takes them to tasks and explains the important work Beck is doing.
For a self-described rodeo clown who frequently admits he isn’t that bright, Glenn Beck must be doing something right. A de facto leader of the populist backlash against President Obama, he made the cover of Time magazine, with his tongue sticking out no less. His books are immediate best-sellers. His radio and TV shows have stratospheric ratings. His one-man comedy performances draw packed audiences, and the proceeds from his numerous ventures have him making north of $20 million a year.
But perhaps his most impressive feat is his ability to unite a broad coalition of liberals, media scolds and conservatives under the single banner of Beck-hatred.
Now, before I proceed, I should disclose the fact that I like Beck personally and that his support for my book Liberal Fascism was a huge boon, helping to push it to No. 1 on The New York Times best-seller list. As a Fox News contributor, I have appeared regularly on his show. Whether that gives me more, or less, credibility when I say I cannot defend some of the things he says is for others to decide.
Still, much of the anti-Beck backlash (He’s an extremist! He’s paranoid! He’s hate-filled!) from the left is hard to take seriously. First, this is a crowd that lets Michael Moore and Janeane Garofalo speak for them, and that celebrated the election of unfunny man Al Franken to the Senate. If you think it’s racist to oppose Obama’s health care reform efforts, it goes without saying that you’ll think Beck is an extremist. This is what liberals always say about popular right-wingers, including Barry Goldwater, Ronald Reagan and William F. Buckley. For over 20 years liberals, including Presidents Clinton and Obama, have insisted that Rush Limbaugh is everything from an unpatriotic hatemonger to an enabler of domestic terrorism. It makes sense that they’d give Beck the same business.
Read the rest.
Glenn Beck is using that tactics of Saul Alinsky on the Progressives. They are not used to having their own tactics used against them. Much of the Conservative leadership is Dhimmified and are not used to fighting the Left on their own terms.
I personally love fighting the Progressives using the tactics of Alinsky back on them. It is time for the Elite Conservatives to stop pandering to the Progressives and start fighting back! If they don’t want to fight, well they should get out the way and let Beck take the Left on! Beck is effective, that is why the Totalitarian Progressives want to silence him.
