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Monday, August 30, 2010

Beck's Rally: Political Ploy Or Religious Revival?

Glenn Beck's "Restoring Hope' rally drew a massive crowd of conservatives to the National Mall on the anniversary of Martin Luther King's 'I have a dream' speech.

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30 comments:

Anonymous said...

You forgot the third and correct choice...Money making vehicle

Anonymous said...

It was not political it was about a spiritual awaking of the country and a return to conservative values .

Anonymous said...

ahahahahahahahahah...now that's funny 10:11.

Anonymous said...

10:08 are you against individual profit in this country ? SOCIALIST !

Alex said...

Sad to see that so many people can be gathered by such a mediocre individual.

Anonymous said...

You guys call out Sharpton and Jessie for race hustling, yet you don't see Beck hustling the right all the way to the bank. LOL.

Anonymous said...

10:08

Just curious how Beck made money off this?

Anonymous said...

12:45 Since when does logic enter into a debate from the left ?

Anonymous said...

Quite frankly, I am very grateful to Glenn Beck. IMO what America needs is more people to belive in Restoring Honor. This event raised over 5 Million Dollars for the Special Operations Warrior Foundation.

The Special Operations Warrior Foundation mission is devoted to providing a college education to every child who has lost a parent while serving in Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps Special Operations during an operational or training mission and immediate financial assistance to severely wounded personnel and their families.

At least Mr Beck is helping a cause he believes in and not sitting on his duff making fun of others and complaining about something he knows nothing about.

Our military personnel are dying for us so we can keep our freedom. America needs to Restore Honor. Thank you Glenn Beck for your part in Restoring Honor.

Alex, if you believe this event was lead by a mediocre person (and 10:08, 10:49) what are you doing to help America gain back trust, values and honor?

Anonymous said...

notice when the left 'rallies' its a voice that needs to be heard, yet when the right gets a gathering its horrible?

Anonymous said...

He is deep inside of himself now and doesnt understand why there are so few people there. What he is talking about is everyones own reflection and what they see.

Alex said...

1:05 I will tell you what we're doing.

Instead of bible thumping we promote stem cell reasearch.

Instead of blowing up abortion clinics, we think that a woman should decide what to do with her body.

Instead of courts and states deciding who can and can't get married we want the two adults to decide that.

Instead of being active in townhalls we're active in study halls.

Instead of starting useless wars we pull people out of Iraq.

Instead of being an embarassment in the eyes of the world, we try to reestablish damaged American image.

Instead of voting for a cowbow from the Toystory or for a quitter from Alaska we actually vote for a Harvard educated law professor. Elite, you're damn right. I want this country run by an elite group of people. We saw what happens if you president looks and acts like the guy you want to have beer with.

Instead of teabagging hate rallies, we actually get the health care reform passed. So hopefully, we can be a little better than # 37 in the world. Your slogan is I want my country back. Well noone took this country aways from you. I, on the other hand want this country FORWARD.

BTW, before you start bashing me personally. I do not collect collect welfare. I am currently working on my masters degree and I served 6 years in the army. So I know a little bit about honor...
And for the record, I do think that Sharpton and Jackson are just as idiotic as Beck.

Anonymous said...

Alex believes

In the use of infants stem cells when there has been no success there

He believes in abortion of innocence but life for life for murders

He wants to take marriage out of the church and destroy it but give rights to any perverse life style

He wants to stop free speech in town halls and touts the left wing teachers union failures look at the grades

Alex doesn't America to defend itself or to take action ahead of time I guess he learned nothing from WWII

He believes as Obama does that America is an embarrassment , as most others in the world would love to live here and die trying to get here

He thinks voting for an unproven socialist is better then experience and a proven track record oh and a citizen born in this country .

He believes Obama's forced health care takes precedence over free will and the freedom of choice and a little thing called the Constitution .

He states he is working on a masters degree some one tell him a piece of paper doesn't make you smart life experience does !

Anonymous said...

Anon. 3:19 PM,
While you're at it, why don't you mock 1:55 PM's six years of military service too?
That's six more years than Glenn Beck and most of the right-wing " patriots combined military service ".

Anonymous said...

cspan is reairing this tonight at 8pm. If you have not seen it, it's worth watching.

Anonymous said...

3:57
we are not allowed to mock that..... remember don't ask don't tell applies to people like Alex too.

Anonymous said...

1:55 Has never served a day in his life and if he did he had a physiological discharge .

Anonymous said...

yea Alex sounds like a real Patriot ! lol

Alex said...

4:19, thanks for your comment. I knew I would eventually be challenged by an intelligent argument.

Redbird said...

Political ploy, Religious ploy- all to sell some old gold!

But hey, why look inward?! Lets all just beat up the guy here who articulates his/her argument the clearest! run Alex run

the right needs to STOP bashing people for being/sounding "smart" lets not forget that is a major selling point for the center and MOST rational voters.

Anonymous said...

Alex the only Army you have been in was the salvation Army .

Anonymous said...

We (tea party) need to stop making "Intellectual" a bad word.

lets not forget that intelligence IS a good quality to have in a leader. The fact that we cant even hold a discussion on this blog without people gay bashing or calling names "for using big words" makes me think twice about voting for anyone who aligns themselves with that mentality.

Anonymous said...

6:14

you sound like some dont-ask-dont-tell socialist!

wet pants liberal haha

Inteligence and progresivizm are poisons. get real.

Anonymous said...

America is waking up and rejecting the socialist agenda ! Were coming for you Alex .

Anonymous said...

I love how 6:47 & 6:49's rebuttals of "Intelligence" are riddled with spelling and grammatical errors... haha

lovely irony.

Anonymous said...

7:34 You can always tell when you out wit the witless they attack grammar whether mistakes exist or not . hahahahaha

Alex said...

There is a surprise. Instead of having valid arguments people resort to personal attacks and even question my military service. Once again you prove my earlier point

Anonymous said...

Alex, so you post a diversionary misspelled comment so that you can comment on it . How pathetic you are .

Anonymous said...

Funny how the left becomes more unhinged the closer November gets ...

Anonymous said...

Alex you have made NO point. You also have NO military service .