However, that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t fight corruption at every turn. Unfortunately, our current system is inherently corrupt. You only have to see how government money goes to heavy campaign contributors to realize the corruption in our government. Groups like ACORN are only the proverbial tip of the iceberg.

Framing the issue in terms of “corruption” entirely misses the point of Obama’s Socialism-pushing administration. Even if ACORN and all similar groups were out of the picture, Obama, his cronies, and their ideological allies in both parties would still be working to propel America into Socialism.

If this transformation were proceeding in a “non-corrupt” fashion, would our problems be solved, Mr. Beck?

I didn’t think so.

The colloquialism “polishing a turd” comes to mind…

That said, the mainstream understanding of corruption focuses only on the misappropriation of government resources for venal purposes, and as long as that is the case a crusade against corruption will miss the essence of the problem. The best one can say for Beck’s position is that it provides an opportunity to make the case that *any* government action not directed toward protecting individual rights is corrupt, so that if one wants to ‘clean up’ government one must work to return it to its proper scope and function.

John McCain said that he was willing to sacrifice free speech in order to fight corruption in government. But any government that regulates speech is by that very fact corrupt, and with consequences far more dangerous than the skewing of votes in an election or legislature.