The Real America: Messages from the Heart and Heartland Book

If you like Glen Beck, you will REALLY love this audio book. If you absolutely loath him, well... give it 30 minutes and see if you aren't ready to cut him some slack. I don't always enjoy his radio rants -- sometimes a little edgy and often pretty wacky -- but I have always appreciated him as an intelligent and entertainingly articulate conservative spokesman. More often than not, I side with his views. In this little book, I sensed a man with out guile who IS what he says he is. Is he a "sick, twisted freak"? Maybe. But he is the kind of freak that fully confesses what he was, decided to change, and demonstrated profound courage and discipline in transforming himself. So Beck regales us with stories illustrating what was so good about America, how it is being taken from us, and what it will take to restore it. At the same time, I couldn't help being impressed with the great American journey of his own personal transformation. Hate him if you will, but after hearing it through to the last CD, I doubt any discerning critic will deny that Glenn Beck, rough edges and all, is no phoney. Yes, he is an entertainer, but this one happens to be sincere, honest, and devout. If he's a hypocrit, Beck will be the first one to announce it. And I don't think I would have been so impressed if I had just read the printed page. Hearing his thoughts and stories in his own voice is what earned it five stars.