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Glenn Beck for President?

Posted on | August 29, 2010 | 23 Comments

It’s not an idea that ever crossed my overwhelmingly white mind, but such a possibility is explored at length by Michael at Jumping in Pools.

Category: Glenn Beck

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23 Responses to “Glenn Beck for President?”

  1. jefferson101
    August 29th, 2010 @ 1:11 pm

    I surely hope not.

    Don’t get me wrong. I like Beck for what he is, and for what he does. But I cannot see that emotional of an approach translating well into the Oval Office.

    It’s pretty much the total inverse of the “detached and cerebral” thing we have now, but it’s just as far removed from what we need in that position.

    Beck goes on a bit too long. While I wouldn’t expect him to do the Castro or Chavez thing and go on for hours at a time, he would go on for too long.

    For the record, I’m not comparing Beck to Castro or Chavez in any respect other than the tendency to keep talking for longer than is necessary on some subjects. But that part wouldn’t wear well, with me.

  2. jefferson101
    August 29th, 2010 @ 9:11 am

    I surely hope not.

    Don’t get me wrong. I like Beck for what he is, and for what he does. But I cannot see that emotional of an approach translating well into the Oval Office.

    It’s pretty much the total inverse of the “detached and cerebral” thing we have now, but it’s just as far removed from what we need in that position.

    Beck goes on a bit too long. While I wouldn’t expect him to do the Castro or Chavez thing and go on for hours at a time, he would go on for too long.

    For the record, I’m not comparing Beck to Castro or Chavez in any respect other than the tendency to keep talking for longer than is necessary on some subjects. But that part wouldn’t wear well, with me.

  3. smitty
    August 29th, 2010 @ 1:13 pm

    The value of the notion is mostly in making Lefty heads ‘splode, I should think.
    Beck’s done a lot of great research, and his seminar style radio/TV work is an invaluable piece of the overall recovery, but. . .Presidential timber?
    Let go of the modesty, Stacy. We need you in the Oval before Glenn. We’ll give you Insty for VP.

  4. smitty
    August 29th, 2010 @ 9:13 am

    The value of the notion is mostly in making Lefty heads ‘splode, I should think.
    Beck’s done a lot of great research, and his seminar style radio/TV work is an invaluable piece of the overall recovery, but. . .Presidential timber?
    Let go of the modesty, Stacy. We need you in the Oval before Glenn. We’ll give you Insty for VP.

  5. just a conservative girl
    August 29th, 2010 @ 1:16 pm

    Uh, no.

    Love him on TV. The rally was great, that is where he belongs.

  6. just a conservative girl
    August 29th, 2010 @ 9:16 am

    Uh, no.

    Love him on TV. The rally was great, that is where he belongs.

  7. Robert Stacy McCain
    August 29th, 2010 @ 1:30 pm

    Beck’s done a lot of great research, and his seminar style radio/TV work is an invaluable piece of the overall recovery, but. . .Presidential timber?

    As Michael Moynihan has observed, Beck appears at times to be teaching history while still learning history. He has the infectious enthusiasm of someone who’s very excited by his latest “discovery,” and that makes for good TV, especially considering that the vast majority of Americans are victims of the public education system and thus know next to nothing about history.

    Let go of the modesty, Stacy. We need you in the Oval before Glenn. We’ll give you Insty for VP.

    No, that would never do. As I explained in early 2008, no one named “McCain” is ever going to be elected president. So far, I’m batting a thousand on that prediction. Maybe one of my numerous children will prove me wrong, in which case the annual Fourth of July fireworks on the Mall in D.C. will be outdone by the “amateur” show I’ll light off from the West Lawn.

  8. Robert Stacy McCain
    August 29th, 2010 @ 9:30 am

    Beck’s done a lot of great research, and his seminar style radio/TV work is an invaluable piece of the overall recovery, but. . .Presidential timber?

    As Michael Moynihan has observed, Beck appears at times to be teaching history while still learning history. He has the infectious enthusiasm of someone who’s very excited by his latest “discovery,” and that makes for good TV, especially considering that the vast majority of Americans are victims of the public education system and thus know next to nothing about history.

    Let go of the modesty, Stacy. We need you in the Oval before Glenn. We’ll give you Insty for VP.

    No, that would never do. As I explained in early 2008, no one named “McCain” is ever going to be elected president. So far, I’m batting a thousand on that prediction. Maybe one of my numerous children will prove me wrong, in which case the annual Fourth of July fireworks on the Mall in D.C. will be outdone by the “amateur” show I’ll light off from the West Lawn.

  9. JeffS
    August 29th, 2010 @ 2:42 pm

    How about “Vice President R. S. McCain”?

    ;-p

  10. JeffS
    August 29th, 2010 @ 2:42 pm

    How about “Vice President R. S. McCain”?

    ;-p

  11. JeffS
    August 29th, 2010 @ 10:42 am

    How about “Vice President R. S. McCain”?

    ;-p

  12. jefferson101
    August 29th, 2010 @ 2:56 pm

    I’d never considered the Exploding leftoid head factor, actually. I think I’m seeing a plan come together here.

    1. Buy Depends stock.

    2. Promote Beck for President, causing massive ‘splodey heads and incontinence among progressives.

    3. PROFIT!

    (As long as Beck doesn’t take the idea to heart, it sounds like an awesome plan to me.)

  13. jefferson101
    August 29th, 2010 @ 10:56 am

    I’d never considered the Exploding leftoid head factor, actually. I think I’m seeing a plan come together here.

    1. Buy Depends stock.

    2. Promote Beck for President, causing massive ‘splodey heads and incontinence among progressives.

    3. PROFIT!

    (As long as Beck doesn’t take the idea to heart, it sounds like an awesome plan to me.)

  14. David R. Graham
    August 29th, 2010 @ 3:37 pm

    NO!

  15. David R. Graham
    August 29th, 2010 @ 11:37 am

    NO!

  16. Randy Rager
    August 29th, 2010 @ 3:57 pm

    Please no. Yes, the splodey progressive head syndrome is very pleasant to dwell upon. But Beck would be a disaster as President.

  17. Randy Rager
    August 29th, 2010 @ 11:57 am

    Please no. Yes, the splodey progressive head syndrome is very pleasant to dwell upon. But Beck would be a disaster as President.

  18. Kojocaro
    August 29th, 2010 @ 5:07 pm

    amen to randy

  19. Kojocaro
    August 29th, 2010 @ 5:07 pm

    amen to randy

  20. Kojocaro
    August 29th, 2010 @ 1:07 pm

    amen to randy

  21. Joe
    August 29th, 2010 @ 8:38 pm

    No. Definitely no. No.

    And I suspect Beck would be the first to say that.

    Notice how the fat racist tea bagger people leave the mall compared to those green liberal eco-friendly Obama folks. Crazy.

  22. Joe
    August 29th, 2010 @ 8:38 pm

    No. Definitely no. No.

    And I suspect Beck would be the first to say that.

    Notice how the fat racist tea bagger people leave the mall compared to those green liberal eco-friendly Obama folks. Crazy.

  23. Joe
    August 29th, 2010 @ 4:38 pm

    No. Definitely no. No.

    And I suspect Beck would be the first to say that.

    Notice how the fat racist tea bagger people leave the mall compared to those green liberal eco-friendly Obama folks. Crazy.