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Glenn Beck is taking pride in Doug Hoffman. AP Photo Evan Agostini
Conservative Doug Hoffman has benefited greatly from the endorsement of Glenn Beck as he now is the favorite to win New York's 23rd Congressional seat. The relationship between Beck and Hoffman continues to grow stronger as election day approaches. Hoffman continues to subscribe to Beck's beliefs and principles while Beck points to Hoffman as his example of someone trying to do "the right thing" regardless of party affiliation.
As Think Progress has noted Hoffman seems to be following the lead of Beck in nearly all areas now. Hoffman signed on to Beck's "9/12 Pledge" which included upholding Beck's 9 principles and 12 values while in Congress. In addition in a recent interview with Beck (seen below) Hoffman calls Beck his "mentor" and goes along with Beck's belief that global warming is not a man made problem.
On his television show today Beck returned the favor by devoting a large portion of his show to praising Hoffman as an example of the kind of conservatism people should vote for. While confessing to not know too much about Hoffman Beck points out that what he does know he likes. In addition Beck paints Hoffman out to be someone who may not be flashy but who does his best to do the right thing which is good enough for Beck.
It seems that if Hoffman is able to clinch a victory tomorrow American will have its own version of Glenn Beck in Congress. Depending on one's view Beck the prospect of a "Mini Beck" in Congress is either extremely frightening, unbelievably encouraging, or all together entertaining.
Comments
You really aren't serious are you? Do you connect Beck to the
Sept 11 2001 attacks? To Hitler? To the destruction of Atlantis?
You COULD if you tried! You are a deranged lib/prog. Really deranged.
Palin, Pataki, Thompson, all respected among the teabaggers. We are changing the face of the old grand party.
Thank God for Hoffman. Why the GOP establishment chose a Rino Republican bewilders me.
I think it's fair to say that Mr Witt is in the group that considers Glenn Beck's 9 principles & 12 Values "extemely frightening", without bothering to tell you what they are...
9 Principals
1. America is Good
2. Belief in God
3. Honesty
4. Family is sacred
5. Justice: Justice is blind, no one is above it
6. Right to life, liberty & pursuit of happiness
7. Charity: If gov't forces, it is not charity
8. Right to disagree
9. The gov't works for me. I do not answer to them, they answer to me
12 Values:
Honesty, Reverence, Hope , Thrift, Humily, Charity, Sincerity, Moderation, Hard Work, Courange, Person Responsibility, Gratitude
The fact that Doug Hoffman believes in these principals and values makes him some sort of extremest for Ryan Witt to ridicule, along with Beck? Who is the extremest?
Gigi: Actually I never ridicule Hoffman in this article. Do the nine principles include putting words in the mouth of those you attack Gigi? If you do want to see what I think of Glenn's 9 principles I would encourage you to look up the article I devoted to just that subject. I find it curious how Glenn believes "America is good" while he devotes most of every show to talking about how the President is supposedly intentionally destroying the country. Beck does not really believe America is good. He believes that his America is good. Anyone who disagrees with his viewpoint is not "good" but part of some conspiracy to destroy the dollar and join a one-world government.
Ryan,
Beck believes that America is good. He opposes those who don't believe America is good and therefore say they want to "fundamentally transform" it. He opposes those who go around the world apologizing for America and bowing to foreign kings. If he doesn't want to destroy this economy and remake it, then why does he surround himself with leftest radicals who do? He was raised by radicals, mentored by radicals, educated by radicals and surrounds himself by radicals now! The only reason I can see for you to deny his radicalism, is that you agree with it. I just listened to his preacher giving a speech about the merits of socialism/marxism! !He called America the Land of the Greed and the Home of the Slave.) You insult our intelligence! You did not ridicule Mr Hoffman directly, but you ridicule Beck daily and you said he is following Beck. You can call that putting words in your mouth if you want to. I think you are pretty straight forward.
Gigi: Geez Gigi do you realize how brainwashed you are? So if Beck tells you someone does not represent America and they are not "good" you believe him? I disagree with Beck on most points but I do not deny that he represents part of "America" and that he wants what is good for the country. I just disagree with him on what is good. You actually allow Beck to tell you that some individuals do not represent America, including our President. That is the problem with statements like "America is good." I agree but if you really mean it then you have to accept that all America is good, not just the people you agree with. Not just everyone but those you call "radicals."
Gigi: Also I do not ridicule Beck on a daily basis. First I don't even write every day. Second I don't write about Beck every day. Third half the time I write about Beck I only describe what he said. That is not ridicule that is giving you the "facts" as Beck says. Sometimes I do attack Beck's points and that is blatantly clear when I do so. Other times I provide Beck's points and the counterpoints of liberals. I know how dare I give another point of view. Needless to say however I do not "ridicule" Beck everyday. Clearly you don't believe in Beck's value of honesty and moderation.
Glenn has done a lot to bring conservative ideals to the front even though he is an independent. I am glad that Beck has supported Hoffman. Since the great divider was elected, I have become politically active and want him OUT.
NOBAMA!
Hello Ryan, I think it would be helpful to us, to fully disclose your reasoning. Why would "some" (you) believe that Beck's 09/12 philosophy is "extremely frightening". To me, all of the principles listed in his 09/12 principles and values are ideal. Which one of these would frighten people? a belief in God? A belief that there is an ultimate accountability that may keep these elected politicans of ours a tad bit more honest?
Yet Ryan, it's slanted articles like this which usually prostitute for the Democratic far left which is going to wake up the politically brain dead majority that makes up this country.
Curious myself Ryan, How exactly do you feel about the 9 principas or the 12 values. Please explain how a liberal views these. I do not want to assign words to you I really want to understand your position on these.
Just voted for Doug Hoffman. America here we come. You really should not have awoken the sleeping Giant!
"Depending on one's view Beck the prospect of a "Mini Beck" in Congress is either extremely frightening, unbelievably encouraging, or all together entertaining."
Y'all need to learn how to read before accusin' Witt of finding Beck 'extremely frightening.' That quote is pretty neutral in tone.
Matt: I can't speak for Ryan, but as a liberal, I think Glenn's 9/12 list are part well-intentioned, part hogwash.
The most troubling thing about it is Glenn's willingness to make things either black or white. Take number 1 for example - "America is good." Last I checked, "America" is a land mass that is incapable of either a positive or negative morality. If, as is more likely, Glenn is referring to the people that make up America, I'm not sure how you can simply say, "they're good." The truth is more complex than that. Yes, there are "good" people in America, but then again, there are also "bad" people, and all sorts of "somewhere in between people". More than anything, and just like everywhere else in the world, there are self-interested people in America. So to say "America is good" is really saying nothing at all, and is simply an attempt to shame people who would dare criticize the country.
With all due respect Ryan, the reason that Glenn beck gains such a reputation among the right has to do with people like Noam Chomsky, Howard Zinn, and Naomi Klein who anger the right through their extraordinary intolerance of opinion and paranoid fantasies about corporations and the military. I don't like Glenn Beck either but I understand his appeal. The left needs to disavow some of the leftist college professors who preach moral relevance if they want to gain clout with the majority of Americans.
Jimmy: Give me a break. If you added up every liberal who followed Chomsky, Zinn and Klein, you wouldn't even have a tenth of the following that Beck has. The 3 people you mentioned are marginal figures on the left. The closest example I can think of is Michael Moore, but his influence has steadily waned over the years.
Joe: Actually on this point you do speak for me. Bored refer to Joe's comment. I have no problem with "America is good" but what Beck then does with that statement. He excludes everyone from "America" who is not a die hard laissez-faire free market capitalists. Those Who does not agree with him on abortion or gay marriage, etc. are also excluded. He went as far as to kick an ACORN representative off his show when the man dared to disagree with him. Notice how Beck now never allows anyone from the other side to have an interview on his show? He does not tolerate other opinions. So it is really on his "America" that is good.
Ryan,
For someone who makes a career of ridicule, you certainly are thin skinned. OK, you don't ridicule Beck everyday. Sometimes you go two days without a word, sometimes you write two in a day, but I'm sure it's not every single day....it may only average 4 or 5 days a week...I don't understand how you can deny ridiculing Hoffman in this article. Your title is so insulting, I wouldn't need to read the article.
I don't believe things just because Beck says them, though I do respect him and know that he is an honorable person. I work while he's on the radio, and I don't get cable. I get what I can from the internet, but there is evidence of what I said about Obama & his cronies everywhere! Instead of addressing what I actually said about Obama, you go off on some odd tangent about me being told by Beck that some people don't represent America and that they aren't good? I never even know what you're talking about. I said exactly what I meant! Why do you twist my words?
Gigi: Not thin skinned. Just unwilling to let someone lie about me. And yes you did lie as you just admitted in your last post. You try to mitigate but the fact is it was lie. So I am glad you admitted that.
Ryan,
I exaggerated, and just barely. Amazing how easy it is for you to accuse me of lying with such little provocation. But Obama lies over and over on camera, and I must be brainwashed to believe my own eyes and ears! You never (I mean, almost never; don't want to be accused of lying!) address what I actually said about Obama's radical connections and his preachers words and his bowing to foreign kings and apologizing all over the world for America, even in places where so many of our soldiers died on their behalf! Why don't you address the fact that 70-80% of the jobs in this country are from small business, and he is almost completely ignoring small business. (except to do them more harm) How can you deny the damage he's doing to the dollar, when he adds trillions to the debt and just keeps printing money. That alone will destoy the value of our money? You insult me instead of addressing the issues. What else is new.
Gigi: Oh and once again you lie because I have addressed the heart of Beck's conspiracy theories and philosophy. Once again you assume with researching. And it was not a tangent. You asked me what I see wrong with Beck's 9/12 principles. I pointed out what is wrong with them as he does not live up them himself. I find it funny how anytime a liberal actually refutes Beck you all just write it off as a "tangent" yet when Beck goes off on tangents about some random quote from a low-level Obama administration official you consider that the heart of the matter. Yea right...
Ryan,
I went back and looked at your article about the 9/12 project as you requested. In the article you acted like it was hard to find the principals & values on his site, doubted that the protesters ever read them and mocked Beck over the "moderation" & "humility" values. You never mentioned what the other values and principles even were. Is there another article somewhere? Surely you weren't pointing me to that one as an example of you fair treatment of Beck...good grief!
Gigi: Let me respond by using your own arguments,
"Oh there you go again attacking me personally or the tangents of my arguments. Why don't you address the truth I present about Beck's lack of moderation and humility instead of simply attacking me? Why do you not address my argument concerning the founding fathers and how they would not in fact agree with Beck? Why do you not address my refutation of Beck's argument against the global warming."
Gigi: Oh and if I were Beck I would also install a red phone on my website and consistently mock you for not responding to my constant baseless attacks against you. As if you should be forced to respond every time I come up with some wingnut accusation against you. How "honorable" is that? Beck has not responded to many of the ABSURD rumors about his past. Does that mean that since he has not responded the only logical conclusion is that he did it? Of course not but Beck uses that kind of reasoning in attacking Dunn and the White House.
Ryan,
Are you accusing me of lying again? Wow!
How are these conspiracy theories and philosophies of Beck's when I see them on the news, youtube, etc. My friend, you are a serious case.
Gigi: I don't have to accuse you admitted it below. I am merely stating the facts.
Glenn Beck is an honorable man, because he sincerely believes that the country that he loves is going down the toilet. That our freedoms are being threatened through the destruction of the economy, the threat to freedom of the press, speech, rights to bear arms, etc.
You may think that is beyond 'moderation', but it takes alot of guts to speak your conservative mind in this culture of 'political correctness' which means 'liberal political correctness'.
He is humble. He does the hard thing even when he knows he will be smeared and ridiculed, by other commentators, by democrats, and republicans. He just says what he believes is true and suffers the consequences.
About global warming...I thought we all knew the globe wasn't actually getting warmer, so we changed it to 'climate change' get with it, dude.
Ryan,
I see you still just insist I'm a liar, but do not address my questions. You'll notice I addressed yours.
I think it was fair to put a red phone in Beck's studio. The White House accused him of lying. He gave them a chance to call him any time he said something that wasn't true. It's a very immature stunt I agree, but entertaining to the simple minded like myself. But as long as we're being immature, they started it, by saying that he was lying about them.
Ryan,
Why do you call them 'wingnut' accusations, when they are caught on tape? I especially loved those entertaining videos of his friends ACORN.
Ryan,
Ok I see more points you wanted me to address.
I missed your article about the founding fathers so 'no comment'.
You object to the 9/12 values and principles because you can point to an example of Beck failing to live up to them? That's it? Do we have to be perfect in your eyes to have values and principles to strive for and believe in? Please explain further, because I honestly don't get it...
Ryan,
Ok, I'll address one more of your comments then I've got to get some sleep. Glenn doesn't respond to the absurd accusations against him, so why should the administartion have to defend themselves against Glenn? For one thing Glenn isn't running the country. We the people have a right to know the truth. Glenn does alot of research, has witnesses, videos, etc. and we the people have a right to an explanation! They work for us! Glenn is accused of raping someone is 1990...is that what you are talking about? That should be ignored or addressed with a law suit, because no evidence, witnesses, videos, public records, etc,etc are presented with the accusations. Ok, I'm through trying to reason with a lib tonight!
'How can you deny the damage he's doing to the dollar, when he adds trillions to the debt and just keeps printing money. '
The president does neither, actually. Congress spends; Federal Reserve controls money supply.
Ryan,
Remember when I said we were going to lose our freedom in this country while the loony left lectured us on semantics? Well you drug me into that ridiculous situation here. You had me arguing about the defination of ridicule, daily, moderate, humility, exaggerate, lie, but it's never about the real issues! Drives me nuts...
short drive?
Gigi: The fact is at the very best you were wrong and at the very worst you lied. You can call it "semantics" now that you have been called out on it but it is what it is. I am not running from the argument here you are. I did discuss the "real issues" you just can't stand that the facts are not on your side so now you are complaining about semantics.
Gigi,
Don't let Ryan get to you...nuts is a moniker he wears proudly, and he wouldn't know a "fact" if it bit him on the arse( thats British for tushie, Ryan).
Must have drive herself right off the bridge or something. Need to find amusement elsewhere.
A truely large tent caring Liberal sentiment, Bored. Thank you for your candor
Are the liberals more amusing, j? I'll have to check them out.
Too bad, tho. Gigi was just getting amusing.
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