Glenn Beck's Double Standard About Newt Gingrich
by Political Arena Editor Chuck Norton
As we have all seen in the elite media by some in the chattering class, the long knives are out for Newt Gingrich. Every time he has ever thought out loud it will be used against him and taken out of context. The "establishment" types are in a panic because they are afraid that Newt will shake things up as he did when he helped balance the budget and pass welfare reform.
"Put ourselves in a room and balance the budget by force of will; lock the experts out." - Newt Gingrich
As for Glenn Beck the former liberal and alcoholic.
Newt is not the same man that he used to be.
I saw him on Sean Hannity some time ago. Newt said that he had come to realize that his old friends in academia, like this crew in the White House, are as big a threat to the United States as the Soviet Union ever was. Because, as Newt told Sean, "If these people are allowed to get their way this country will look nothing like the one we grew up in."
Ever since that time Newt has had a moral clarity that I personally find to be astonishing. Newt is not the only one to become more accurate and conservative with age. He wrote a book about rediscovering his faith and has made films about President Reagan and Pope JP II's efforts to fight communism.
Rick Perry, Ronald Reagan, Michelle Bachmann, Ron Silver, Chris Hitchens, Star Parker and yes even Glenn Beck all used to be Democrats and/or leftists. Heck, even Erskine Bowles embraced free market economics. He said it had something to do with him becoming a grandfather.
Glenn Beck is no longer a liberal neo-secularist and is no longer an alcoholic. So why can Glenn Beck can have a spiritual and philosophical awakening and Newt Gingrich cannot?