In Praise of Glenn Beck

Time Magazine, who has really lost all credibility as far a news magazine, annually compiles the Top 100 and has released the The 2010 Time 100.

For each person selected, someone else is asked to write a passage about that person.

This year, Glenn Beck has been selected as one of the The 2010 Time 100.

Sarah Palin wrote the passage about Glenn, and knocked it out of the park!

Who'd have thought a history buff with a quirky sense of humor and a chalkboard could make for such riveting television? Glenn's like the high school government teacher so many wish they'd had, charting and connecting ideas with chalk-dusted fingers — kicking it old school — instead of becoming just another talking-heads show host. Self-taught, he's become America's professor of common sense, sharing earnestly sought knowledge with an audience hungry for truth. Glenn, 46, tackles topics other news shows would regard as arcane. Consider his desire to teach Americans about the history of the progressive movement: he's doing to progressive what Ronald Reagan did to liberal — explaining that it's a damaged brand.

His love of the Founding Fathers inspires others to learn and respect our nation's history. Best of all, Glenn delights in driving the self-proclaimed powers-that-be crazy. (The whole country awaits the red phone ringing!) Even his critics (whom he annihilates in ratings) have to admire his amazing ability to galvanize everyday Americans to better themselves and peacefully engage their government. Though he sometimes dismisses himself as an aw-shucks guy or just a "rodeo clown," he's really an inspiring patriot who was once at the bottom but now makes a much needed difference from the very, very top.

I am an admirer of both Beck and Palin, and recognize the sacrifices Beck has made over the last several years in bringing the truth to America. I was a radio listener and appreciated the talents of Beck before the politics got heated up, but like Palin says, I now find him an inspiring patriot and a great American.

Thank you to Sarah Palin (see Ted Nugent's summary on Palin) for putting forth such an excellent summary, and as I was Tweeted earlier today, if America should come out of this hijacking (or transformation), Glenn Beck will be owed a great debt of gratitude.

Indeed! Stay safe Glenn and keep up the good work. Like many Patriots out there, I am with you brother!