LA Times 11.25, Whose Watching Glenn Beck?, Tim Rutten

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Tim, I have been taking note of a paranoia that is analogous to Father Coughlin. Any commentator who opens his broadcast with "Hello you sick twisted freak" is irrational at best. The time in which we live is a serious moment in history. With perhaps as many as 17.5 % of our fellow citizens either out of work or underemployed, sarcasm, hyperbole, and division seem to be Beck's forte. The thought of him joining any potential Republican candidate including Palin is scary. We need job restoration to lower state and federal corporate taxes to compete with Singapore, Ireland, China, Japan and others. I'll be visiting with friends in Iowa soon and addressing the fact that U.S. Companies pay the highest taxes in the world. American businesses large and small pay from 35% to 41.6%. If the President sees his planned tax increases implemented in 2010 the maximum rate could rise to 46.2%. Corporations in Ireland paid 12% in taxes last year. I am a Republican , a grandfather, but first and foremost I am an American. We need a unifier to climb this job restoration mountain. This is immediate priority number one. We need serious people to solve this jobs problem. Beck nor Palin can get the job done. In thinking about Sara Palin,I agree with the words of the song, "Sara, no time is a good time for goodbye". Yet for you its time to say goodbye to politics.

Dr Phillips