Glenn Beck Leader of Republican Party

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Glenn Beck Leader of Republican Party

Written By : Alex Nobles

As scary as this may sound… Glenn Beck might actually have more power than anybody else representing the republican party. As the republican party seemingly has no leader in their ranks, at least one that can represent the voice of the people. Even though Glenn Beck is an independent, he represents more republicans than the republican party. The resignation of Van Jones signals that Glenn Beck’s words do not fall on deaf ears. The view’s of Glenn Beck have been labeled “extreme” from just about everyone on the left. Van Jones views are arguably just as extreme, if not more so. link

Glenn Beck’s ratings are arguably the highest among cable “news” network programs. Glenn Beck, at the horrible 5pm time slot, are getting ratings that are right under the likes of Bill O’Reilly, and surpassing Sean Hannity. Those two programs appear in FoxNews prime time lineup just imagine if Glenn Beck took over the Hannity slot. Just for reference Glenn Beck is being watched by almost three times as many people who watch Keith Olbermann who is msnbc’s best watched program. ( Source )

Glenn Beck is being attacked himself, as we so duly noted in our story about Glenn Beck being called a rapist and a murderer. Perhaps attacking Glenn Beck and boycotting his advertisers is backfiring for the left, as the controversy is helping Glenn Beck significantly. If you are successfully getting advertisers to not advertise on Glenn Beck’s program, but at the same time increasing his ratings by a large margin… you are doing nothing but breaking even. My view is, let the man say what he wants, it is cable news mind you… If Glenn Beck was on network news, that would be a different story. Glenn Beck says things that are not any worse than Olbermann or Bill O’Reilly, and I argue if you hate Fox News, you have to hate MSNBC. You cannot argue that MSNBC is any better, or less one sided, than is FOX News.

Glenn Beck has a following that is a cross between Rush Limbaugh supporters and Ron Paul supporters, something that has much more power than what the left has seen before. These people are upset, and they know how to successfully handle things in a grassroots fashion. Glenn Beck is not a typical republican, his views line up closer to the hybrid mix of libertarianism and conservatism, much like Ron Paul himself.

[Crossposted at Political Lore .com]

magicalpat

Another unintended consequence of an advertiser boycott of Glenn Beck is that he has more time per show to go after the left. His opening segment the other day must have run twenty minutes before a commercial break. It was captivating.

Most hour long programs have less than 40 minutes to make their case. A boycott of Beck just gives him more time.
http://www.billllsidlemind.blogspot.com billll

"Glenn Beck is not a typical republican, his views line up closer to the hybrid mix of libertarianism and conservatism,.."

In this sense, he does not represent the (Rockefeller) Republican party leadership, he represents the conservative population who register as Republicans.
D-Vega

Glenn Beck gets way too much credit from both the left & right.

A #1 cable news show? That's impressive, but it still means at most he gets 2.5 million viewers.

While having a 5pm time slot makes that even more impressive, he is still not in the league of Hannity, Limbaugh & O'Reilly.

Using this logic Rush Limbaugh, who ranks in the tens of millions of listeners per week, would be considered the leader of the Republican Party.
Markus

Good grief.. how many times do I hear this..

First its: Damn that Sean Hannity who is really running the Republican Party!

Then it's Sarah Palin is the unspoken leader of the Republican party!

A week or two later: It's Rush Limbaugh who is "really" running the Republican Party…

Now it's: Hey! Glenn Beck needs to admit he's controllting the Republican Party!

Heck, that must be the Republican strategy… we'll just keep changing our party leader every few weeks, yeah, that'll keep them Ugly Dems guessing!"

GOOD flippin' grief…
D-Vega

I think it has more to do with the leadership vacuum of the Republican Party.

If Beck is your leader, then you are going to have some problems. There's only so much you can be the Harbinger of Marxist Doom.

Limbaugh is still king in my book. His grasp of the facts, history and conservative ideaology is unmatched.
http://rightwingrocker.blogspot.com RightWingRocker

Glenn definitely represents my views and those expressed in the Federalist Party Platform.

http://rightwingrocker.blogspot.com/2008/04/platf…

RWR
http://www.rightwingrocker.com
http://rightwingrocker.blogspot.com RightWingRocker

Posted by Markus

2009-09-14 12:57:29

The important thing is that there is finally someone who is willing to stand up for the Constitution specifically. This has been missing in America for too long.

RWR
http://www.rightwingrocker.com
Markus

RWR… we've had people standing up for that for a while… it's the fact that the GOP goes out of their way to VILLIFY these people themselves or try to marginalize them.

I can't believe people are buying into this.. "Person of the Day" is the leader of the republican party.. Michael Steele is the guy at the head of the RNC… Coryn at the NRSC.

Those are the leaders of the GOP…

Let's see: Apologists Steele, RINO-Loving COrnyn, Amnesty-siding McCain, Sharpton/Pelosi agreeing-Gingrich…

Vs.

Beck, Limbaugh, Palin, Hannity

Is it any reason we don't consider ourselves representative by the GOP powers?
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