Palin and Beck 2012? A match straight out of hades

November 19, 7:10 AMLA County Libertarian ExaminerMartin Hill

http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-27692-LA-County-Libertarian-Examiner~y2009m11d19-Palin-and-Beck-2012-A-match-straight-out-of-hades

Sarah Palin, former governor of Alaska who is making the media rounds promoting her book Going Rogue, has said that she would consider TV host Glen Beck as a running mate if she ran for president in two years:

“I can envision a couple of different combinations, if ever I were to be in a position to really even seriously consider running for anything in the future, and I’m not there yet.. But Glenn Beck I have great respect for. He’s a hoot. He gets his message across in such a clever way. And he’s so bold – I have to respect that. He calls it like he sees it, and he’s very, very, very effective.”

Palin, touted as a conservative who might save the faultering Republican party, cemented her standard establishment line on Israeli policy in an interview with Barbara Walters airing this week, saying ‘the Jewish settlements should be allowed to be expanded upon‘, even if it encroaches into Palestinian areas.

An Israeli flag was seen displayed in her gubernatorial office in a February 2008 interview,
with Palin making the shocking remark that the ‘only flag in my office’ is Israeli” when she met Israeli President Shmon Peres along with John McCain in September 08 at an event hosted by Bill Clinton. “I wanted to meet you for many years…The only flag at my office is an Israeli flag, and I want you to know and I want Israelis to know that I am a friend.”, Palin said.

Beck meanwhile, an admitted alcoholic and recovering drug addict, is touted by some as a ‘staunch libertarian’. Beck is Mormon, otherwise referred to as “the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints”, which is described as “a pseudo-religion designated as a cult by many religious and secular organizations and fitting many, if not most, of the classically designated characteristics which define cult activity”. Mormon publications have described Beck as “one of the most influential Mormons in the media today”.

‘Focus on the Family’ pulled a Glenn Beck interview over his Mormon faith in December 2008, with their spokesman Gary Schneeberger explaining to news outlets that “differences in the Mormon faith and the historical evangelical faith are not inconsequential”… adding that “some from our base” were concerned that the interview aimed to “signal theological compromise.”

The Christian ministry group Underground Apologetics had initiated the criticism of Focus on The Family’s promotional interview of Beck, stating:

“While Glenn’s social views are compatible with many Christian views, his beliefs in Mormonism are not. Clearly, Mormonism is a cult. The CitizenLink story does not mention Beck’s Mormon faith, however, the story makes it look as if Beck is a Christian who believes in the essential doctrines of the faith…..to promote a Mormon as a Christian is not helpful to the cause of Jesus Christ. For Christians to influence society, Christians should be promoting the central issues of the faith properly without opening the door to false religions.
Some of the false doctrines of Mormonism include polytheism, an attack on the trinity, that Jesus was the spirit-brother of Lucifer, that God the Father is married to Mother God, temple baptisms for the dead, the Bible has missing parts and many errors.”

Politically, Beck touts himself as a conservative and purported libertarian, but doesn’t mind the fact that
Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele’s is ‘pro-choice’. This logic fits right in line with neocon Republicans Rudy Giulliani and Arnold Schwarzenegger, who betray their so-called base with their views while being continuously lauded as Republican heros. In a March 2009 interview, Beck told an interviewer “Yeah, I’m a libertarian, man. I am pro-life, but in my perfect world, we encourage people to make decisions that are pro-life. That’s the way it works”

While claiming to be a libertarian, Beck supports the myriad of undeclared wars launched by George W. Bush, endorses the patriot act, and showed disdain for Ron Paul supporters in November 2007 during the presidential election, with PrisonPlanet.com documenting the fallout:

Complaints Flood CNN After Beck Smears Ron Paul Supporters As Terrorists
“Complaints and demands for a retraction and an apology are flooding CNN today after Neo-Con host Glenn Beck and ex-Marxist David Horowitz smeared Ron Paul supporters, libertarians and the anti-war left as terrorist sympathizers and inferred that the U.S. military should be used to silence them, parroting a talking point that traces back to a September 2006 White House directive”

In reality, “Glenn Beck is a Neocon Not a Libertarian” , as this youtube video so brilliantly illustrates [with 300+ comments]
In a candidly honest appraisal, the Libertarian Party Co-Founder David Nolan Calls Sarah Palin A Shill, Glenn Beck A Wanna-Be Libertarian in an October 2009 radio interview.

Palin, meanwhile, in an MTV interview during her vice-presidential bid, referred to Ron Paul as “cool.” adding “He’s a good guy,.. He’s so independent. He’s independent of the party machine. I’m like, ‘Right on, so am I.”

Congressman Paul however, in a Politico interview in July of this year, threw cold water on the Palin hysteria that seems to be sweeping through the GOP:

“As for soon-to-be departing Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, Paul dismisses her supporters as “more establishment, conventional Country-Club type of Republicans.” “I wonder whether she’s energizing the 15-20 year olds,” Paul muses. “That would be a question I would have. Because she doesn’t talk about the Federal Reserve and some of these issues. She doesn’t talk too much about personal liberties, civil liberties, getting rid of drug laws, attacking the war on drugs, punishing people who torture.”
Worse still, he adds, Palinites are partisans: “If Obama was the only one who was guilty, they would be on his case all the time, but there is a lot of partisanship and I am probably less partisan and therefore she is going to appeal to partisan Republicans better.” As Paul sees it, such partisanship is the rough equivalent of an old Onion headline, “”Our local area sports team is superior to your local area sports team,” Or as he puts it, “I think when it comes to foreign policy and monetary policy on big spending and watching out for the big corporations, Republicans are Democrats”

It should be interesting to watch as the circus develops over the next two years, with statists of every stripe fawning over their D or R celebrity puppet candidate. Meanwhile, I wish them well in buying and selling their books, while the people who genuinely care about freedom can continue to expose the phonies, and strive for liberty in our time.