tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624873013842943245.post1566469862890384442..comments2012-07-13T18:32:57.485-07:00Comments on The Cranky Critter: Who Decides What America's Common Core Values Are?Cranky Critterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05509666202091121125noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624873013842943245.post-86377590520078072672010-09-04T09:46:42.251-07:002010-09-04T09:46:42.251-07:00Actually, not that quick. I've given it seriou...Actually, not that quick. I've given it serious thought.<br /><br />I don't think that either he or say Ann Coulter are sincere. I believe it's an act. At their core, each of them are first and foremost self-interested opportunists. They think of their audience as fish, or sitters, to use the con artist vernacular. <br /><br />For folks like these, be they liberal or conservative, that question is the one mos interesting to me. Ether they are smart and know they are con artists, or they are sincere and, well, dumb.Cranky Critterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05509666202091121125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624873013842943245.post-24778176512807938772010-09-02T10:31:54.163-07:002010-09-02T10:31:54.163-07:00Even though I think Glenn Beck is a schticky, phon...<i>Even though I think Glenn Beck is a schticky, phony opportunist</i><br /><br />Aw, c'mon. You're entirely too quick to discount the possibility that he's a schticky <i>sincere</i> opportunist! Which takes far less talent and effort.<br /><br />Despite my long established dislike of Glenn Beck's ranting, I forced myself to watch <a href="http://www.glennbeck.com/content/articles/article/198/45013/" rel="nofollow">the speech</a>*. For the most part it was feel-good cotton candy. Rouse 'em up rhetoric with little to no real substance. <br /><br />[*--OK, more like listened to it as background noise while I played poker online. Hey, I have my limits. It didn't deserve over an hour of my undivided attention. Heard it all before.]Tullyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03842067230152580405noreply@blogger.com