It wasn’t long ago when Beck had a whole episode slamming the US military for its overspending and adventures in Latin America and elsewhere. And who else in the mainstream media constantly goes on about the early 20th century progressive movement? He even calls Bush a progressive, which is something I’m sure the rest wouldn’t dare say – Palin would probably call Bush a “common sense conservative” arghhhh.

Beck’s not perfect by any means, but he’s learning (and weren’t many of us at his stage at some point?) Having Napolitano near him must be rubbing off!

Newsmax readers, Glenn Beck and Palin fans are exactly the sort of people we should be reaching out to.

A few years ago I was a Bush/Cheney/Hannity neocon. It was only because of the tireless work of Ron Paul, Tom Woods and others that I heard an alternative view and came around.

Follow the money is profound and pithy, yet it is obviously just a bumper sticker slogan that no one actually stops to consider.

Mhstahl, while I agree that many Newsmax readers are ignorant, in that they are unaware of the truth, I would disagree with your assertion that reading Newsmax is indicative of “bovine dullness.”

You see, like many newsmax readers, I grew up steeped in republicanism…when such was marketed as smaller government, lower taxes, and more freedom.

I was once a dyed-in-the-wool Reaganite schlub. I voted republican, and I believed in that “shining city on a hill” with such republican fervor that I joined the Marine Corps and spent 9 years in the Infantry.

There were two things that started me down the path to ‘political enlightenment’ (if there can be such a thing):

The first, was Operation “Desert Fox,” in which I took part as a member of 2nd Battallion, 4th Marines. We took to calling it “Operation Monica Fox,” because our real purpose was obvious to the troops on the ground.

Second, and even more moving, was “A Century of War” by John V. Denson. This book started me down a path of discovery which forced me to reexamine my entire political orientation. If you know any military men, please give them a copy.

It is easy to assume a lack of intellect on the part of those who don’t share your viewpoint. But if we are to have any hope at all of breaking free from the broken system under which we labor today…we’ve got to “win the hearts and minds” of the natives. We can only do that by starting from a position with which they can agree, and proceed from there…rather than demeaning them at every opportunity.

See “Influence: Science and Practice” by Robert Cialdini.

What a testament to the ignorance, and bovine dullness, of Newsmax readers! Seemingly its writers feel no need present coherent arguments, and feel licensed to shade reality with rhetorical gimmickry. Shameful.

That said, there is indeed something of a grain of truth in the article, Roosevelt(both of them, frankly) was indeed a political descendant of Lincoln. If I learn Beck has criticized HIM, I might find a bit of respect for him….I will also anticipate a blue sun.