Election tally: Glenn Beck won. Progressivism lost.

[Spoonman]

Election tally: Glenn Beck won. Progressivism lost.
By Jonathan Zimmerman Jonathan Zimmerman – Wed Nov 3, 11:08 am ET
New York – Score one for Glenn Beck. Not just for Mr. Beck’s Republican Party, which captured the House and nearly the Senate in yesterday’s midterm elections. The verdict represents a victory for Beck’s political philosophy, a brand of conservatism that sees progressive values as the No. 1 threat to America. One day, historians might look back on 2010 as the year that Americans sounded the death knell for progressivism itself.

A government solution for every problemThe term dates to the early 20th century, when social reformers triggered an unprecedented explosion of government activity. To these self-described “Progressives,” America’s filthy cities, factories, farms, and schools cried out for improvement and regulation. They crafted new laws to bring this undirected chaos under intelligent control.

Election tally: Glenn Beck won. Progressivism lost. - Yahoo! News

 

[Big Fitz]

The moron believes Beck supports the GOP. The GOP are ancillary to Beck's support of moral candidates who want to return this nation to it's constitutional roots and originalist intent, and engage in fiscally conservative policies to maxmize individual freedom.

The GOP currently doesn't stand for much if any of that except by individual candidate, BUT seem to the recipient of candidates who do believe in this, and ergo are include with those values.

 

[Mr. Shaman]

Election tally: Glenn Beck won. Progressivism lost.
By Jonathan Zimmerman Jonathan Zimmerman – Wed Nov 3, 11:08 am ET
New York – Score one for Glenn Beck. Not just for Mr. Beck’s Republican Party, which captured the House and nearly the Senate in yesterday’s midterm elections. The verdict represents a victory for Beck’s political philosophy, a brand of conservatism that sees progressive values as the No. 1 threat to America. One day, historians might look back on 2010 as the year that Americans sounded the death knell for progressivism itself.

"If there is one thing for which Glenn Beck deserves some measure of credit, it is his ability to promote himself and inflate his influence on the media, and in society, outside of all proportion to reality. The way he is portrayed in the press would give a neutral observer the impression that he is the most beloved public figure in the country with a growing following that dwarfs his contemporaries.

In the past year Beck has dropped from 2.67 million total viewers to 2.30 million, down 14%. In the key 25-54 year old advertising demographic it’s even worse. He sank from 678,000 to 434,000, a drop of 36%. Keep in mind that the mid-term elections this year ought to have made his program more pertinent and compelling to his audience rather than less, yet he still underperformed last year’s numbers by a huge margin.

Beck’s deteriorating numbers came on the heels of his vaunted “Restoring Honor” rally

in Washington, DC. Apparently that did nothing to restore his ranking. And two months later Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert rubbed salt in his wounds by hosting an even bigger rally. It is also notable that in the same time frame both Keith Olbermann and Rachel Maddow improved their ratings."

 

[LibocalypseNow]

True but there is much more to be done. The Socialists/Progressives still control the Senate and White House. This battle has only just begun.

 

[bucs90]

Mr. Shaman, you know your response included a quote that said Colbert/Stewarts rally was "bigger" than Becks? You do know the attendance difference in the rallies, right? Um....right?

 

[theDoctorisIn]

Mr. Shaman, you know your response included a quote that said Colbert/Stewarts rally was "bigger" than Becks? You do know the attendance difference in the rallies, right? Um....right?

There are no "official" numbers. His estimates are as good as yours, and I'm almost certain he's right - there were more people at Stewart's Rally than Beck's.

 

[Mr. Shaman]

Mr. Shaman, you know your response included a quote that said Colbert/Stewarts rally was "bigger" than Becks? You do know the attendance difference in the rallies, right? Um....right?

There are no "official" numbers. His estimates are as good as yours, and I'm almost certain he's right - there were more people at Stewart's Rally than Beck's.

There was (certainly) no room for any Reflection Pools, at their end o' the Mall.​

 

[LordBrownTrout]

I think Shaman secretly lusts for Beck.

 

[Intense]

8-28-2010

 

[skookerasbil]

 

[QUENTIN]

Mr. Shaman, you know your response included a quote that said Colbert/Stewarts rally was "bigger" than Becks? You do know the attendance difference in the rallies, right? Um....right?

Jon Stewart Rally Attracts Estimated 215,000 - Political Hotsheet - CBS News

215,000 at Sanity vs. 87,000 at Honor. There are no official numbers, but that's the tally from a business that determines crowd sizes by aerial photograph professionally, details its scientific method for arriving at the numbers, and has drawn heat from both sides for providing numbers far smaller than those claimed by organizers of "liberal" and "conservative" events who invariably inflate them.

Glenn Beck "Restoring Honor" Rally Crowd Estimate Explained - Political Hotsheet - CBS News

Sanity had at least double the attendance. Attendance doesn't mean much. There are concerts that attracted more people than King's March on Washington. But reality is reality and the crowd at the latter was much larger.

 

[(R)IGHTeous 1]

He usually makes sense, but sometimes comes off as paranoid and "out there" to me.

 

[Mr. Shaman]

I think Shaman secretly lusts for Beck.

Nahhhhhhhhhhh.....I don't see the value in his miscarriage-humor......

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[Mr. Shaman]

He usually makes sense, but sometimes comes off as paranoid and "out there" to me.

That shouldn't be all-that-surprising, when you consider his past-behavior.

His, isn't a unique-situation.....​

"Senator Joe McCarthy. A U.S. Senator from Wisconsin, McCarthy became the face of anti-Communist sentiment in the 1950s. His Senate hearings have been called "witch hunts". Although his alcoholism has never been officially confirmed, he did demonstrate many of the classic symptoms, such as anxiety and paranoia. He was only 48 years old when he died of acute hepatitis; it should be noted that this is a common complication of alcoholism, and that is generally considered to be what killed him."

 

[California Girl]

Mr. Shaman, you know your response included a quote that said Colbert/Stewarts rally was "bigger" than Becks? You do know the attendance difference in the rallies, right? Um....right?

There are no "official" numbers. His estimates are as good as yours, and I'm almost certain he's right - there were more people at Stewart's Rally than Beck's.

"Almost certain" - that about sums up Mr Stupid. One cannot be 'almost certain'. One is either certain or one is not certain.

 

[Mr. Shaman]

Mr. Shaman, you know your response included a quote that said Colbert/Stewarts rally was "bigger" than Becks? You do know the attendance difference in the rallies, right? Um....right?

There are no "official" numbers. His estimates are as good as yours, and I'm almost certain he's right - there were more people at Stewart's Rally than Beck's.

"Almost certain" - that about sums up Mr Stupid. One cannot be 'almost certain'. One is either certain or one is not certain.

Whew!!!!!



I'll bet you head's hurtin', after THAT one!!!!!!!!

How many days did it take, to think-that-one-thru??

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[ElephantMcDonk]

I have an idea:

The Republican Party should run Palin/Beck as a ticket in 2012. If that doesn't work, reverse it and run Beck/Palin in 2016. Keep doing it until they win or die. Or go with an all-Mormon ticket, Romney/Beck or Beck/Romney. Any one of those combinations would win Utah and Oklahoma for sure.

 

[The T]

Mr. Shaman, you know your response included a quote that said Colbert/Stewarts rally was "bigger" than Becks? You do know the attendance difference in the rallies, right? Um....right?

There are no "official" numbers. His estimates are as good as yours, and I'm almost certain he's right - there were more people at Stewart's Rally than Beck's.

"Almost certain" - that about sums up Mr Stupid. One cannot be 'almost certain'. One is either certain or one is not certain.

That's what liberals get when they dwell in gray areas. And why they fail miserably at logic. Astounding they can even make a computer work...

 

[ElephantMcDonk]

Us lefties, equivocate because we care about other people telling the truth.

Here's the deal, there were more people at Stewart's rally than Beck's. It wasn't close. I don't have an official count, but I'd guess it was double.

The 2010 elections were a successful wake-up call to certain Democrats that will learn and move forward into 2012.

 

[(R)IGHTeous 1]

Us lefties, equivocate because we care about other people telling the truth.

Here's the deal, there were more people at Stewart's rally than Beck's. It wasn't close. I don't have an official count, but I'd guess it was double.

The 2010 elections were a successful wake-up call to certain Democrats that will learn and move forward into 2012.

Indeed, let us all hope the Jackass Party woke up and will finally stop being national socialists.