It saddens me greatly that people within our cause are fighting amongst themselves over a nominee. The right nominee has not revealed himself/herself, obviously. Glenn Beck is on our side. Someone said he's an addictive person. That he thinks he'll be a savior when TSHTF. He is admittedly a prepper. He wants others to prepare. He's going to produce a show on GBTV following the pursuits of one family as they prepare. That takes courage. I don't see any other well known figures putting themselves out there seriously talking about TEOTWAWKI, not even Rush. I'm not sure that makes Beck a savior in his mind. His emotions run strong, and he is clearly affected by the prospect of TEOTWAWKI. I think many of us can say the same. His personal cause has become trying to help people through it with grace, not hopelessness. I don't think that's such a bad thing.
No, it's not a bad thing, michelleo. The prepping discussions are what got me/us started.
I wrote what you've cited here about "savior", so let me explain and clarify.
I've been listening to Beck on the radio since way before he was on Fox and observed how he's changed. His emotions do run strong, and, while not a fault, Beck is intemperate. It's not what he says about who, it's not the prepping and his anxiety over the future of the country and
our welfare; it's because he doesn't appear in control of those emotions. Some days, before he left Fox, he sounded as depressed on the radio as he must have felt; other days he was in full rant, Levin-style and too many days, he and Pat and Stu ... well, the show was unlistenable -- manic laughter, weird voice-imitations while screeching over each other. Not only was it not entertaining, it caused me to wonder what the hell was wrong with them that they thought it would be.
Then there was the YouTube he made of himself after his "ass surgery" as he put it.
I don't find fault with the faith rallies, either, but I question Beck's devotion to the work and memory of Martin Luther King; for a man who prides himself on The Truth, he's either missing a lot or deceiving himself about the entirety of who King really was.
Finally, there's his insistence on non-violence. It makes me grind my teeth. If he thinks we're going to Gandhi or King our way out of this, and it appears he does, he couldn't be more wrong. But I can see him standing at the forefront (here's the "somewhat delusional" part) shouting to not resist, don't fight, don't shoot.
I take from Beck the good and the sensible and I credit him for that, and I stand in awe of his deep and abiding Faith, but the rest? I worry.