Glenn Beck

Former U.S. Sen. Jim Talent and Sen. Jim Lembke (R-Lemay) and Sen. Jane Cunningham (R-Chesterfield) are all chillin' this weekend at the Constitutional Coalition's Educational Policy Conference in St. Louis.  As you can see from the list over at The Beacon, Talent, Lembke and Cunningham will be joined by a formidable "Who's Who of Right-Wing Lunatics" at the St. Louis Frontenac Hilton. 

Just warnin' ya.

I don't really understand why these people are being so mean to Glenn Beck.  As the extremely wise Blaine Luetkemeyer said a few months ago, everything you hear from Beck "must be true because nobody's refuting it."

And remember: If you like Glenn Beck, you'll love Ed Martin!

Via St. Louis Pushes Back, an incredible (and true) advertisement for Ed Martin's Congressional campaign:

Just another day for mainstream Missouri Republicans...

I think that's what Glenn Beck is saying here:

Words fail me.

Politico:

Many top Republicans are growing worried that the party’s chances for reversing its electoral routs of 2006 and 2008 are being wounded by the flamboyant rhetoric and angry tone of conservative activists and media personalities, according to interviews with GOP officials and operatives.

Congressional leaders talk in private of being boxed in by commentators such as Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh— figures who are wildly popular with the conservative base but wildly controversial among other parts of the electorate, and who have proven records of making life miserable for senators and House members critical of their views or influence.

It's not just Rob Schaaf who's concerned about moves to enslave the American people; it runs out Glenn Beck is also concerned about the tyrannical desires of people of my ilk.

Yesterday, on his show: "We call them progressives now, but back in Samuel Adams’ day, they used to call them tyrants. A little later, I think they were also called slave owners."

As I watch more and more coverage from media outlets of interviews with “average Americans” giving “their opinions” I become less believing of the common political and media mantra of the intelligence of the average American. While there are many Americans who are politically, financially, and socially savvy, there is also a large number who are not. My question is, “Are all opinions of equal value?”

An example would be a major medical operation, is my opinion as layman of the same value as that of say a neurosurgeon? Is an uninformed, illogical opinion of equal worth as someone who has spent years studying, reading, and researching an issue? I believe there are three categories of thought in this country and most of us fit into some combination of the three.

(via Indecision Forever)