Seems he’s warming to (or rather, he’s more willing to bluntly express) the “losing more slowly,” “ruling class vs. the rest of us” tropes made so popular here on the fringes, where the unhelpful psychopathic smear merchants — out to question the integrity of honorable men whose realism was the brave stance in the face of GOP losses, as compared with easy reactionary anti-Obama, possibly racist positions taken by uncouth True Believers and Purists — have been “nudged” ever since they spoke out in the wake of Obama’s first victory.
Funny how so many of them — and I’m not including Levin, who has been here with us all along, but is only recently making noises about the death of the GOP — have gradually come around, isn’t it? From Good Man bromides to lately uncovering all the base and despicable actions of which leftists are not only capable, but willing? And yet we early adopters — Purists and filthy True Believers — remain on the fringes, a painful reminder to them, I suppose, of their own poorly-considered earlier positioning with respect to the Marxist cabal in power.
Pragmatism!
Audio below the fold.
“Mark Levin hammers ‘neo-statists’ Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio, Paul Ryan and Karl Rove on immigration”
I wish he would take a 10 lb sledge to those cowards Jen Rubin and John Gibson. I’ve really had all I can take from these pragmatists.
When Glenn Beck gave the keynote at CPAC in 2010, he diagnosed the Republicans as being like alcoholics, only their drug was progressivism (statism, whatever), and enjoined them to get help already.
Bill Bennett chided him for projecting his personal struggle onto the GOP.
Except that Glenn was absolutely right, and Bennett was (is? haven’t listened for a long time) blinkered by his connections and experiences in Washington. Same with Hewitt: they figure that because they have friends in high places whom they consider to be honorable, things can’t possibly be as corrupt as Glenn and Levin say they are.
Well, they are. I know that Levin doesn’t much care for Beck (something about stealing his material) but they’re both equally aware of how bad things are in D.C. and they’re both willing to get “hysterical” and “Visigothy” on air in the hopes that others will heed the warnings.
Louis Gomert used the name “Tammy Fae Boehner” on Beck’s show Friday, and it weren’t no slip. I’m guessing it’s common usage among certain representatives.
Piss on modern psychologism and its analogic projection of abnormalcy onto political matters. Such crap, but a damned good way to get lost in a blizzard of bullshit.
dicentra, speaking of Beck, I roll my eyes when people talk about how Beck is all about Beck and self-promotion. Well, yeah, duh, because Beck is the brand and if Beck doesn’t self promote, he starts having to write pink slips to employees.
I love it!
Marco, you broke my heart.
I am getting tired of hearing the use of the Dems/lefts language on race, that the Republicans have to win these people over by offering “something” that sounds like a bribe.
To hell with that, we are offering a constitutional Republic and doing our best to maintain it not, casting a Disney teen comedy.
Jeff wrote: …And yet we early adopters — Purists and filthy True Believers — remain on the fringes, a painful reminder to them, I suppose, of their own poorly-considered earlier positioning with respect to the Marxist cabal in power.
That’s why they have to keep us on the fringes because we make them look real bad.
I’d normally at this point [haven’t we been here before on other issues?] say, ‘Fine. Like Ronald Reagan I don’t care who gets the credit as long as we accomplish a worthy goal’, but you know and I know that the rat bastards won’t take the actions that need to be taken. F’-’em.
Gangsta Government, It’s alive and hungry.
Oops, link.
Well, yeah, duh, because Beck is the brand and if Beck doesn’t self promote, he starts having to write pink slips to employees.
Everyone who does a show — radio, blog, TV — has to self-promote. Doy.
Glenn’s been hinting that he’s about to step into the role of civil-rights movement leader, and he’s not happy about it at all, because such people always end up with a bullet to the cranium — MLK, Gandhi, etc. — and he has NO desire to be that kind of martyr for the Republic. He’ll gladly take a hit to his reputation and livelihood, but make his wife a widow and his children orphans?
What decent man would want the slightest piece of that?
Beck should instead go for the perpetually-aggrieved hustler role (Jackson/Sharpton). Nothing bad ever happens to them…
Beck should instead go for the perpetually-aggrieved hustler role (Jackson/Sharpton). Nothing bad ever happens to them…
Good idea.
No doubt he’s thought of that.
Doesn’t that Savage fellow already have that niche covered?
Or is it the Irish guy on FOX News.
The other one.
::SNORT::
If anyone believes that tripe, I have a bridge in Brooklyn to sell you.
I would bet you a 24-ct package of bubu lubu that in fact you do not have any such bridge at all.