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Martin Smith of Tampa, right, holds two copies of Glenn Beck's latest book at the front of the line Saturday. Beck stopped by the Borders on Dale Mabry Highway to tout his book Arguing With Idiots. About 1,000 showed up, some as much as 12 hours early.

Beck draws crowd in Tampa

About 1,000 people lined up along Dale Mabry Highway for the chance to meet conservative pundit Glenn Beck, who visited a Borders bookstore as part of his whirlwind tour through Florida on Saturday to promote his latest book, Arguing with Idiots.

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