Last Friday, as usual, I was listening to Glenn Beck on the radio. Most of you know I'm a big fan of Glenn Beck, but on Friday, I was getting more and more angry with every minute.
Glenn Beck had yet to make up his mind about supporting McCain. I understood completely why some may have hesitated to support McCain - he's poked conservatives in the eye so many times, we winced at the mention of his name.
However, at some point, after the primaries are over, and the contrasts are drawn between the GOP nominee and the Democratic nominee, angst about our nominee should give way to support. U.S. Presidential elections are rarely, if ever, between your ideal candidate and the Democrats.
Most elections are a choice between two flawed candidates that will steer the country left (Democrat / liberal / more socialism) or right (GOP / conservative / more capitalism). Given the failures of the socialist model, it's surprising Democrats win anything.
One of the reasons is that most Americans get their election information from folks that spin it to make Democrats look good (or not as bad) and Republicans look bad (or really bad). That's why it's so important to have objective news sources and, maybe, some conservative voices, if at all possible.
Glenn is one of those few objective sources of information. I know he's conservative but, if you spend ten minutes listening to him - he's extremely fair. He has no problem slamming Republicans if they're screwing up. In fact, he does it all the time!
In the 2008 election, the liberal news media, if they were honest with us, would admit Obama is a candidate whose background scares most Americans (terrorist Bill Ayers and twenty years in a church with "God Dam* America!") and holds positions that will hurt most Americans.
For example, raising taxes in a weak economy will make the economy worse. It's not a judgement call - it's economic science. Raising taxes will hurt most Americans. When faced with the crisis of a huge rise in oil prices, the Obama-led Democrats took a 5 week paid vacation. High prices are hurting most Americans.
Except Members of Congress, which make $14,000 per month.
Obama will not admit the surge has worked - it's obvious it has worked and for a future commander-in-chief to not admit he's wrong reminds many of Bush's reluctance to admit his initial Iraq strategy was not working. Obama still thinks premature withdrawal would have been better. Americans don't want a President, of either party, who can't admit when their wrong.
On Friday, Glenn spent a good part of the morning agonizing about how much John McCain ruined the "orgasmic high" Sarah Palin had provided with the "conservative porn" in her Thursday RNC speech. Knowing how bad an Obama presidency would be, and what a breath of fresh air Sarah Palin is, I was stunned that Glenn Beck was still on the fence.
Angry and determined, I called in to vent:
GLENN: Let me go to Matt in Vermont...hello Matt!
MATT: Hey Glenn, how ya doing?
GLENN: Good, man, how are you?
MATT: I'm stunned. I'm a big fan but...
After hearing how different McCain and Obama handled the Russian invasion of Georgia...
And what Obama supporters said about Sarah Palin...
After all we know about Obama's Marxist past...
After all you know about Sarah Palin...
I can't believe you're still undecided about whether to support McCain-Palin!
McCain brought Sarah Palin to national politics...to his credit...
GLENN: Why do you have to call it McCain-Palin?
Just call it McCain.
MATT: What?
GLENN: Why do you have to call it McCain-Palin?
Cause then it makes me...
MATT: That's the ticket! He brought her there!
He put the Sarah card on the table and you're not going to pick it up!!!???
I just don't get that....that's uh...
GLENN: I understand..
MATT: I just don't understand that's like uh..
GLENN: No. Go ahead. I thought you were going to say that's stupid
MATT: You know the saying "Perfect is the enemy of the good"?
GLENN: What did you say?
MATT: You know the saying "Perfect is the enemy of the good"?
GLENN: I'm not looking for perrrfecttt. I'm not looking for perfect.
I'm just looking for someone who, in their speech last night, doesn't say things like, "Hey, if you lose your job and your get a lower paying job, we're going to make up the difference for a while."
That's what I'm looking for, I'm looking for somebody who doesn't say that.
MATT: (unaired) You don't have the option of choosing...
(aired) the perfect candidate. It's who's the best candidate between the two teams?
GLENN: Grrrrrrr!
MATT: Are you really going to choose Barr and say no thanks to Sarah Palin?
GLENN: No! No. No.
MATT: (Not aired) Because voting for Barr has the same effect as...
(Aired) voting for Obama.
GLENN: I just can't bring myself to say it right now...I just can't bring myself to say it yet...
(frustrated) I'm sure I'm going to vote for McCain-PALIN! I'm sure I'm going to do it.
(end of call)
That is the first time I've heard Glenn Beck say who he'd vote for.
SUCCESS!! Finally!
I was thrilled.
As Mac said the other night..."Change is coming!"
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