The significance of an idiot like Glenn Beck

Is that while most of us see him as a babbling idiot, the Tea Party people think he is prophetic:

"That is often the point when Tea Party supporters say they began listening to Glenn Beck. With his guidance, they explored the Federalist Papers, exposés on the Federal Reserve, the work of Ayn Rand and George Orwell. Some went to constitutional seminars. Online, they discovered radical critiques of Washington on Web sites like ResistNet.com (“Home of the Patriotic Resistance”) and Infowars.com (“Because there is a war on for your mind.”)."

These people talk often of Obama using healthcare as a ruse to impose martial law, and the Republicans have done nothing to stop such nonsense talk. Why? Because it has helped them on healthcare, and they see this as a political boon.

But this is not responsible leadership. And those who egg Glenn Beck on, and treat him as if he is other than a drooling idiot--they are doing us a disservice and doing so in way that actually endangers our Republic. Yes, it will make them money right now, and possibly political power. But it is not good for us. Any of us.