Glenn Beck's 'Restoring Honor' Rally: What Do You Think Now?

[babsbunny]

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2010/08/29/129506607/

by Mark Memmott

After all the talk about whether his "Restoring Honor" rally at the Lincoln Memorial was divisive because he had chosen the location and anniversary of Martin Luther King's 1963 "I have a dream" speech, how is conservative broadcaster Glenn Beck's event playing on the morning after?

Well, NPR's headline puts it this way: "On The National Mall, Divisions Kept In Check." Topping her story with both the Beck rally and a another gathering aimed at honoring the anniversary of King's speech, reporter Andrea Seabrook says that "the National Mall in Washington, D.C., became a crossroads of American politics Saturday. Two rallies represented two very different ideas of what this country is and should be. Tens of thousands of conservatives gathered to honor the military and Christian values, while a much smaller group demonstrated in honor of the 47th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s March on Washington." Among those leading the second event was the Rev. Al Sharpton.

[kratos12]

1. I still think It sucked ass

as does Beck

[saigon68]

2. It also sucked Canal Water

[Submariner]

3. It was a "Klan without Hoods" rally to 'take their country back'

It looked something like a white power rally. Beck hasn't fooled anyone, except the 87,000 suckers that showed up.

[derby378]

4. I didn't watch any of it, so I still don't give a damn

Why is this guy even news? He's nothing but a huckster. Shouldn't we be focusing on people other than this charlatan?

[AzNick]

5. I was surprised by the low turnout

87,000 official attendees. I was expecting a quarter to half a million.

Wasn't he supposed to surpass Obama's acceptance speech attendance of 1.8 million?

[xchrom]

6. When I saw the pictures, the set up, the numbers I thought

To my self this will be viewed as a success.

Was it as many as beck wanted? No.

Was it far too many?

Yes.

Did it, is it still getting attention?

Yes.

[tularetom]

7. Well, was honor restored?

If not, I guess it was a big fucking waste of time.

And when I went out this morning I didn't notice any honor.

[spanone]

8. i think he's a clown

[babsbunny]

9. At the bottom of the article you can actually vote

[muntrv]

10. It was a glenn beck tea klux klan rally sponsored by the koch bros.