The Wilson You Never Knew

[mgc1961]

On the heels of a recent Sunday magazine profile of Glenn Beck, The New York Times published a roundtable discussion among six scholars on the issue of President Woodrow Wilson. Wilson has become a popular Beck target, and has suddenly emerged as a hot topic in our current politics.

"I hate Woodrow Wilson!" shouted Beck at February's Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington.

For the record, I was at that gathering, and I'm a conservative, I like Beck, and I don't hate Wilson. My take on Wilson, however, is very different from what I'm hearing from Beck or from scholars on the left or right, whether pro-Wilson or anti-Wilson. It relates to a crucial aspect of Wilson that needs to be better known and which, dare I say, might even prompt Beck to amend his view — slightly perhaps.

Read the rest of the article at http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/forum/2010-10-27-column27_ST2_N.htm

For the record, I don't like Glenn Beck. I don't like what he does on either the radio or television and I think giving credence to just about anything he has to say is a grave mistake.

[Old Codger]

1. Seems

Like a large waste of time and effort to "hate" someone who has been dead for quite a while, but that isn't a real surprise considering the source.

[bemildred]

2. Well, that's an interesting argument.

Wilson was Ok because he was a Commie-hater. Haven't seen that sort of logic for a while.

But I must agree that it would be funny to see how Beck feels - as opposed to thinks - about it.