the vynsane asylum

Palin is just an ignorant dumbass.

Sadly, Beck is I'm certain a fairly intelligent person who can think things through and probably knows that what he's saying is stupid. But its in his best interests(fiscally, etc) to rile up the mob with all his fearmongering and divisiveness. Which makes what he is doing, in my opinion, all the more reprehensible.

Holy shit, the more I read about Ron Paul, the more I respect him as a man of principles. I totally disagree with most of his politics, but I have no doubt he believes in them. He's like a Libertarian Dennis Kucinich. We need more politicians like that on both sides.

Beck is a self-admitted entertainer who doesn't care what he's saying as long as he's getting paid, and he is certainly getting paid. Trouble is, he either doesn't realize or (more likely) doesn't care how many people hang on his every word and how he's worsening divisions in our country that were already really bad to begin with. He also either has the worst understanding of American history, or he's twisting it to fit his narrative. If he really wanted to restore honor to America, he'd shut the hell up. Honestly, the Founding Fathers had far more clear-cut differences than the two major parties do today, and their arguments got really heated sometimes, but they still had respect for one another as human beings and recognized that no one was a traitor for disagreeing.

Palin, though, dumbass and opportunist. Her comments are inane, and she seems in every interview and speech I've seen to be a half-wit. No, a quarter-wit. She's not even like Bush, who I believe was actually quite smart but played a moron really well to the public. (Really, how do you mispronounce the same word a few hundred times when everyone makes fun of you every time? If he were as dumb as he acted, he would've gotten it right the second, or maybe fourth, time and then paused to snicker under his breath.)

However, Palin looks like a Rhodes Scholar next to Michelle Bachmann. You ever heard of her?

When it comes to these far right conservatives like Beck, Plain, etc. and the Tea Party people, I can't help but hear the voice of Obi-Wan Kenobi: "Who's the more foolish...the fool, or the fool who follows him?"

anarky wrote:Bush, who I believe was actually quite smart but played a moron really well to the public.

You give him far too much credit.

I'm taking a Women's Studies class to fill a requirement. The professor is actually pretty cool and keeps the class interesting. She says she keeps a basket of balled up socks in her living room because she watches Glenn Beck and likes to throw socks at him.