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Beck tells Couric: When I was an alcoholic, I was socially liberal; when I sobered up, I dumped all that nonsense

by: Bill Dupray   posted: 2009-09-23 10:17:00
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Beck is a riot and when you see him talking you can't help but think that he just has to run for some political office somewhere. I mean after all, if Al Franken can be a Senator, Beck could do at least that well and maybe better. It wouldn't shock me in the least if he ran for President.

In the first few minutes, Couric asks him about his party affiliation (he leans libertarian), and he starts his answer by saying that when he was younger, he was socially liberal, but that he was also an alcoholic. When he got sober, he realized that liberalism was really not all it was cracked up to be. Couric didn't like that at all, but Beck just does an aw-shucks and gets out of it. It is a great interview.


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Polls show discontent with Congress is at a record high, registration of voters as independents is very high, and though third party candidates are the kiss of death for one of the major parties (we can thank Ross Perot for giving us Bill Clinton, and Ralph Nader for giving us George W. Bush), a Libertarian with a throw-them-all-out approach and a pile of charisma could really go pretty far in the era of Obama. After all, most of us would agree that the Republicans largely sucked when they ran the show, and the Dems really suck now. Maybe Glenn Beck's time has come.

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MAS1916 on 2009-09-23 11:30:55

This finally explains why Hollywood is made up of a bunch of lunatic, limousine liberals!

Sober Up, Hollywood!


Bill Dupray on 2009-09-23 11:52:41

Hollywood is made up of people who never had to grow up. They get to keep doing the reckless things many people do in their youth because, for them, the real world doesn't exist.


Harrison on 2009-09-23 12:14:38

Ha for a great example of this read the novel State of Fear. Truly a great read.


EricTheRed on 2009-09-23 14:13:11

This wasn't a terrible (i.e., ultimately left-slanted) interview, as far as Couric goes. Granted, she wore her liberalism on her sleeve, but she didn't bite Beck's head off.


Kyle Varner on 2009-09-23 14:47:55

The Libertarian Party needs someone like Beck to come in and get it visibility. The LP's message is very strong, it just needs to be heard. I wonder if Beck will do this....


4rc on 2009-09-24 00:39:09

The LP is small because they're purist. All or nothing


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