Glenn’s gracious .

Great comment.

That was a smart and classy way of handling it.

If someone at Stewart’s rally shows up with an objectionable sign, can we label the entire crowd as thinking the same?

writer said:
If someone at Stewart’s rally shows up with an objectionable sign, can we label the entire crowd as thinking the same?

I already assumed that would happen.

Yeah. That would be unfair.

writer said:
If someone at Stewart’s rally shows up with an objectionable sign, can we label the entire crowd as thinking the same?

There better be a whole lotta black people at Stewart’s rally, otherwise it will be racist.

LOL @ the Right Wing PROJECTIONS

Yeah, you’re REALLY gonna see Hitler and Racist signs at J-Stew’s Rally.

LOL

though I guess we can modify the popular “WITCH DOCTOR” sign with Ms. O’Donnell

writer said:
If someone at Stewart’s rally shows up with an objectionable sign, can we label the entire crowd as thinking the same?

You’ve COMPLETELY MISSED THE POINT of the rally.

But, whatever will make you feel better. PROJECT AWAY

You can always count on Glenn to say what needs to be said to keep a gullible audience believing in him.

Stewart’s rally has a point?

writer said:
Stewart’s rally has a point?

As much as Beck’s did, just not the same point.

Okay. As long as everyone in the crowd isn’t stereotyped.

writer said:
Okay. As long as everyone in the crowd isn’t stereotyped.

I wouldn’t hold my breath.

writer said:
If someone at Stewart’s rally shows up with an objectionable sign, can we label the entire crowd as thinking the same?

I don’t think you should label the entire crowd. That person must have just got placed at the wrong rally, as your description should put them in the keep fear alive rally.

I’ve heard there are going to be plants of people who don’t fear anything.

writer said:
I’ve heard there are going to be plants of people who don’t fear anything.

Do they have “No Fear” bumper stickers and T-shirts?

writer said:
If someone at Stewart’s rally shows up with an objectionable sign, can we label the entire crowd as thinking the same?

Its easier to just ban signs. Right?

Glenn’s the biggest jokester out of the three of them. No way any sane person could honestly believe the tripe that comes out of his mouth.

Oh wait…..

I just read where there have been over 100,000 RSVPs on Facebook for those planning on attending the Stewart/Colbert rally. Will they all show up? Probably not, but it will be interesting to see.

It’s really all about a few laughs, and if I were able to, I’d definately show up.

I think that Glenn is just challenging them to raise the same amount for the families of military personnel that he did with the Rally…
about $5.5 million .;.. go Jon and Ed and Stephen…. raise the same amount for the troops.
What? They aren’t raising any money for a charity? then what is the point? oh, to show how much they hate the people who raised that $5.5 million for the families of wounded or killed Special Forces…. ok, now I get it, it will be a liberal, left wing wackos hate fest, as usual… to show how much they care. Now it makes sense to me.

One jokester, one union, and one nutcase.

Okay, so let’s say 100k people show up to this rally. My question: What happens then? Do Jon and Steve do stand up comedy routines? I could watch that on Comedy Central at home couldn’t I

Beck, don’t feed the troll…I don’t understand why fox constantly responds to Jon Stewart’s schtic/ stand up whatever you wanna call it…..I guess it could be worse, he could have been another bill maher, which I don’t think he’s gotten there yet…just a schmucks opinion. …meaning me

That is probably the best answer you could possibly give when asked about it. I really dont know what else people would want him to say.

What a Royal televangelist douche bag…

paul, they just might. But if even one of them is offensive, we can immediately say the entire crowd thinks the same.

One side of the political spectrum holds a rally built on celebrating the Constitution, the values of Martin Luther King and espousing government accountability, fiscal responsibility and individual freedom. Then two buffoons hold a rally to ridicule the first rally. Is it really hard to figure out who has the most credibility here?

Jackie_Treehorn says: “Glenn’s the biggest jokester out of the three of them. No way any sane person could honestly believe the tripe that comes out of his mouth.”

You don’t watch him, do you? You’re right, tripe comes out of his mouth, but in an extremely persuasive manner. Beck is a gifted propagandist, a con man of the highest skill set.

I also take issue with Beck being the biggest jokester of the three. He thinks he’s serious when he’s not calling himself a rodeo clown that no one should accept.

Regarding the “sanity” of those who believe this yellow propagandist, they’re perfectly sane believers of a virtual, parallel universe, a fact-free universe where Breitbart and Beck are heros and Obama is a socialist. As a society, this bifurcation of reality is leading to distrust: the informed certainly don’t trust the misinformers at Fox and those who buy the anti-MSM propaganda at Fox “News” don’t trust those who are recognized at real journalists in the real (mainstream) world. This massive distrust could well be our undoing as an advanced society, but don’t expect to see R. Murdoch or R. Ailes fretting too much about their irresponsible destruction of our country. It serves their agenda very well.

Even Bill Clinton has said that ridiculing thousands or millions of people may not be the wisest political move, but the far left doesn’t seem to be listening.

Everyone, its all okay…. the media is fair. They are our watchdogs and report the facts…

As soon as one person has one sign that is negative or mean I know the media will call it a hateful event Right!

I know since the media is honest and fair that if there is not a lot of black people there… they will call this a white crowd and criticize the rally because there is not very many minorities..

I am like most Americans now, and we have such faith in the American media.
LMAO….

felixw said:
One side of the political spectrum holds a rally built on celebrating the Constitution, the values of Martin Luther King and espousing government accountability, fiscal responsibility and individual freedom. Then two buffoons hold a rally to ridicule the first rally. Is it really hard to figure out who has the most credibility here?

We should applaud them all, and Rev. Al and Ben Jealous and Charlie Rangel, for standing up against Restoring Honor. It’s nice to know where people stand, isn’t it?

Could Beck look anymore ridiculous or pompous than that photo of this pudgy pasty faced morning zoo drug addict disc jockey?It’s Teabaager Zoolander! Pointing to the heavens in front of Lincoln and speaking directly to and for God.This is what Stewart and Colbert are making fun of.Beck is not feared just laughed at as a complete fucking buffoon.

writer said:
If someone at Stewart’s rally shows up with an objectionable sign, can we label the entire crowd as thinking the same?

The signs are just a bonus. I look at the Tea Party leadership and they’re bigots to a person. That’s all I need. Now let me see, Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert… what agenda do they have? Laughs? Ratings? Finding and revealing the absurd? Well, it may not be the most noble form of liberty, but at least it doesn’t espouse segregation as a civil right. ;-)

Could Beck look anymore ridiculous or pompous than that photo of this pudgy pasty faced morning zoo drug addict disc jockey?

It could be worse.

Azarkhan said:
There better be a whole lotta black people at Stewart’s rally, otherwise it will be racist.

Nope. Just the somewhere near 12% that reflects the national average… as opposed to the 0.01% at Tea Party rallies.

Paul, like I said. For all his faults, Bill Clinton is a smart politician. He knows that if thousands and thousands of people show up for a rally and you label all of them as hateful bigots, you’re taking a political risk. If the far left is willing to take that risk, have at it.

philipjames said:
I think that Glenn is just challenging them to raise the same amount for the families of military personnel that he did with the Rally…
about $5.5 million .;.. go Jon and Ed and Stephen…. raise the same amount for the troops.
What? They aren’t raising any money for a charity? then what is the point? oh, to show how much they hate the people who raised that $5.5 million for the families of wounded or killed Special Forces…. ok, now I get it, it will be a liberal, left wing wackos hate fest, as usual… to show how much they care. Now it makes sense to me.

There is no charge for admission to the mall, so anyone who raises funds at a rally is doing so of their own accord, maybe with some coordination. And any time tens of thousands of people show up anywhere, there will be fundraisers, coordinated and not. But if you want to find the people who cash in on gullibility AND a national tragedy for pure personal gain, look no further than Glen and Sarah in Alaska on 9-11-10. Good times!

Paul Westlake said:
But if you want to find the people who cash in on gullibility AND a national tragedy for pure personal gain, look no further than Glen and Sarah in Alaska on 9-11-10. Good times!

That’s kind of funny given that neither of them took a fee. If you’d like to explain how they “cashed in on a national tragedy” feel free.

Pablo said:
That’s kind of funny given that neither of them took a fee. If you’d like to explain how they “cashed in on a national tragedy” feel free.

Dont try and use facts…

writer said:
I’ve heard there are going to be plants of people who don’t fear anything.

and again – funny
genuinely

writer said:
Paul, like I said. For all his faults, Bill Clinton is a smart politician. He knows that if thousands and thousands of people show up for a rally and you label all of them as hateful bigots, you’re taking a political risk. If the far left is willing to take that risk, have at it.

I don’t disagree with that assessment. But the Tea Party is not your ordinary political movement. Its grass root patina is belied by its atroturf funding, and its financiers are unified in their opposition to civil rights for gays, pregnant women, and rolling back hard-won gains for blacks. This is a stealth attack on American civil rights and I’m never going to describe it as anything but. I came up with a good analogy yesterday and I’ll use it again:

When I show up at a party and discover it’s being thrown by a bunch of guys flying a Confederate flag behind their gun rack, I go the fuck home. And anyone who doesn’t share the bigotry of Dick Armey and Rand Paul should go home, too. ;-)

Pablo said:
That’s kind of funny given that neither of them took a fee. If you’d like to explain how they “cashed in on a national tragedy” feel free.

Odd, since they charged more than $200 a pop. Where did all the money go? Last I heard, there was no charity attached to the event. Did that change?

Am I alone in thinking that the whole Republican/Teabagger insurrection has peaked? The vast majority of middle Americans are not buying into this irrational propaganda that’s financed by the very people who have been trying to derail any and all progressive legislation since FDR and beyond. If there were a genuine populist movement in this country I’d join in a heartbeat. Fortunately, we’re having to rely on people like the court jesters, Stewart and Colbert, to make sense out of what’s happening and help us out of this mess. While it is only symbolic, It’s clear that the Stewart/Colbert rally will draw many times the numbers that Beck’s rally drew. I was actually at MLK’s 1963 rally and the reliable conservative numbers given then were at least 300,000 and the tightly packed crowds stretched nearly all the way down from the Lincoln Memorial to the Washington Monument. From all accounts and aerial photos the crowds at Beck’s rally were much smaller, at the very most less than 100,000. We’ve reached the tipping point where Murdoch and cynical Republicans and their corporate backers can only do so much to turn the tide. They’re lost control of the narrative and demographics alone will do them in, not to mention that the rightwing has no plausible program.

Classy Glen

ganymede said:
Am I alone in thinking that the whole Republican/Teabagger insurrection has peaked? The vast majority of middle Americans are not buying into this irrational propaganda that’s financed by the very people who have been trying to derail any and all progressive legislation since FDR and beyond. If there were a genuine populist movement in this country I’d join in a heartbeat. Fortunately, we’re having to rely on people like the court jesters, Stewart and Colbert, to make sense out of what’s happening and help us out of this mess. While it is only symbolic, It’s clear that the Stewart/Colbert rally will draw many times the numbers that Beck’s rally drew. I was actually at MLK’s 1963 rally and the reliable conservative numbers given then were at least 300,000 and the tightly packed crowds stretched nearly all the way down from the Lincoln Memorial to the Washington Monument. From all accounts and aerial photos the crowds at Beck’s rally were much smaller, at the very most less than 100,000. We’ve reached the tipping point where Murdoch and cynical Republicans and their corporate backers can only do so much to turn the tide. They’re lost control of the narrative and demographics alone will do them in, not to mention that the rightwing has no plausible program.

You are not alone. Very well articulated.

I thought that Glenn was a rodeo clown and that people shouldn’t take him seriously…at least that’s what he said.

Paul, unless every single person at Beck’s 8/28 rally was being paid, I think it’s naive to call the movement ‘astroturf’. But the first amendment allows the left to call the crowd whatever they want. Guess we won’t know how that worked till November.

writer said:
Paul, unless every single person at Beck’s 8/28 rally was being paid, I think it’s naive to call the movement ‘astroturf’. But the first amendment allows the left to call the crowd whatever they want. Guess we won’t know how that worked till November.

I’ll give you 8/28, no prob. But that’s hardly the only rally, and it wasn’t even billed as a Tea Party rally. I’m talking about Tea Party events, with paid political operatives driving busloads of “volunteers” and, in some cases, employees of businesspeople with ties to the leadership. I’m talking about expensive Buses, with full body marketing screens, filled with paid staffers and volunteers on stipends. I’m talking about websites that are paid for by Freedom Works and company. I don’t want to impugn the entire 8/28 crowd, by any means, but those people ARE associating with KNOWN bigots and civil rights opponents. And not a little bit, a lot. Those bigot and civil rights opponents are the leaders and financiers of the movement. You think they don’t want a return on their investment? Seriously, people may not realize what they’re being sucked into, but it’s real, and real ugly.

Haha, fantastic. This i exactly how you have to respond to people like Stewart/Colbert. They win the instant you get hostile or try to play their game.

I find affirmative action a form of bigotry. I find it offensive that on police and fire exams in WNY minority candidates start off with more points than Caucasian ones. It goes both ways.

Paul Westlake said:
I’m talking about expensive Buses, with full body marketing screens, filled with paid staffers and volunteers on stipends. I’m talking about websites that are paid for by Freedom Works and company.

And where does that money come from?

Let me save the baggers a lot of time. Beck is great, Stewart is bad. Beck is Lord and nevers lies to the sheep baggers and is the only one of the two, that cares about this country and nobody showed for Stewarts rally! Now ,I lied for the baggers so they won’t have to go to hell. Sister Sara pray for me!

Corvax said:
I find affirmative action a form of bigotry. I find it offensive that on police and fire exams in WNY minority candidates start off with more points than Caucasian ones. It goes both ways.

It doesn’t go both ways, institutionally. Those provisions were implemented to counterbalance pervasive institutional racism, not anecdotal racism on the streets. You can play offended by affirmative action all you want, but you can’t deny the legacy of slavery and segregation on the populace. I don’t know all the specifics on the FD tests, but the courts handled it as best they could. There is no perfect fix for the institutional racism that has and continues to exist in both the public and private sectors, but pretending that white men have never, and don’t still have, massive advantages in the American economy is willful blindness. And, yes, I’m a white man, in the most populous, least white, and female-heavy (51%-49%) city in the country. And I’m managing just fine.

Pablo said:
And where does that money come from?

Corporate donors, mostly. Koch, Scaife, and all those nice guys in the energy sector.

Paul Westlake said:
Odd, since they charged more than $200 a pop. Where did all the money go? Last I heard, there was no charity attached to the event. Did that change?

The event was put on by a group that booked Glenn as a speaker through Premiere Speakers Bureau, which anyone can do. And actually, I should correct myself; Glenn did take his fee, but donated it to SOWF. Sarah took no fee at all.

So, would you like to explain how they “cashed in on a national tragedy” or not?

Paul Westlake said:
Corporate donors, mostly. Koch, Scaife, and all those nice guys in the energy sector.

Got numbers, or just the talking point?

Paul Westlake said:
It doesn’t go both ways, institutionally. Those provisions were implemented to counterbalance pervasive institutional racism, not anecdotal racism on the streets. You can play offended by affirmative action all you want, but you can’t deny the legacy of slavery and segregation on the populace. I don’t know all the specifics on the FD tests, but the courts handled it as best they could. There is no perfect fix for the institutional racism that has and continues to exist in both the public and private sectors, but pretending that white men have never, and don’t still have, massive advantages in the American economy is willful blindness. And, yes, I’m a white man, in the most populous, least white, and female-heavy (51%-49%) city in the country. And I’m managing just fine.

Legacy of slavery? How long is this legacy going to last? It has been generations since anybody was even alive during that time period. What a joke. At what point does it end? Lets keep making excuses for minorities so that they can “get a fair shake”. Try graduating from high school, going to college (or a trade school)and then compete equally for a job.

Maybe minorities arent hired because of the threat if they are told to do something they dont like they will sue for racial discrimination.

I’ll let the left live and die with the race card. Mainstream America is tired of it.

If it’s only a few busloads who are actually being paid to show up, the numbers would be so small as to be insignificant in any election. As for some of the tea party leaders being bigots, think of it in the same way that the left explained away Obama’s twenty year association with Wright. Merely guilt by association. The views aren’t affected.

Pablo said:
Paul Westlake said:
Corporate donors, mostly. Koch, Scaife, and all those nice guys in the energy sector.

Got numbers, or just the talking point?

Seriously? And what do you say when I provide a link to a well-researched Rachel Maddow segment? You blow it off as partisan lies. Media Matters, Think Progress, AlterNet… you won’t believe a word they say. All of them have reported on this. I don’t have time to find the sources you would trust. If I come across anything middle-of-the-road enough for this site I promise I’ll post it. Meanwhile, why do you trust that the Tea Party isn’t financed by these people? Why haven’t you dug for yourself if it’s so important to have the facts?

Corvax said:
Legacy of slavery? How long is this legacy going to last? It has been generations since anybody was even alive during that time period. What a joke. At what point does it end?

When the fucking institutional racism ends! What part about segregation and institutional racism do you not get!? Talk about a fucking joke!

Corvax said:
Maybe minorities arent hired because of the threat if they are told to do something they dont like they will sue for racial discrimination.

I was a hiring manager for three years at major sports league… NOBODY EVER CONSIDERS THIS!

Corvax said:
I’ll let the left live and die with the race card. Mainstream America is tired of it.

You’re the one who raced straight to affirmative action, racecard boy.

buh bye

writer said:
If it’s only a few busloads who are actually being paid to show up, the numbers would be so small as to be insignificant in any election. As for some of the tea party leaders being bigots, think of it in the same way that the left explained away Obama’s twenty year association with Wright. Merely guilt by association. The views aren’t affected.

That’s a little too convenient. Follow the money. Conservatives like to follow the money and audit the system, make sure things are on the up and up, right? All I’m saying is, follow the money. And it’s way more than just a few busloads. Really.

But Paul, if listening to a bigot for twenty years doesn’t affect one’s views, then surely an hour long rally couldn’t have any affect.

writer said:
As for some of the tea party leaders being bigots, think of it in the same way that the left explained away Obama’s twenty year association with Wright. Merely guilt by association. The views aren’t affected.

that is a fair way to explain it
thanks – its easy for both sides to breitbart video or headlines

writer said:
But Paul, if listening to a bigot for twenty years doesn’t affect one’s views, then surely an hour long rally couldn’t have any affect.

I believe he was arguing the few busloads and $$$ point

I’m still not sure whether or not to be aroused.

writer said:
I’m still not sure whether or not to be aroused.

‘badda bing’

writer said: “But the first amendment allows the left to call the crowd whatever they want…..”

This is so ironic. Fox distorts, lies, makes false claim, creates a narrative that is almost completely out of line with reality, but people like “writer,” who still has not expressed an original thought) can attack the left for their assumptions, understandings, etc. of Glenn Beck’s book release event, scratch that, reclaiming civil rights movement, (King believe what?), scratch that, Restoring Honor (no one will notice that Beck has no honor to start with) rally.

I posted the interview video of Becki’s flock at that rally, but I also pointed out that interviews like that can be done on both sides. Obama has some dim supporters too. Remember the woman in Detroit who went to some place where they were supposedly handing out “Obama money?”

http://www.sharethisurlaboutglennbeck.com/2010/09/why-would-beck-want-his-supporters-to.html

I read Colbert’s FB invite last night and I have to say I don’t get what the point is of this DC thing. It seems to me that the ironic tone of this will get old in about five minutes. If this is just a jokey response to Glenn Beck, wouldn’t a five-minute sketch on “Funny or Die” be better than a long, expensive trip?

Look, satire is very much needed and welcome right now. Steward and Colbert do it well. But that shouldn’t be confused with real responses and calls to action that merit serious answers. What do liberals/the Left gain from cheap shots, name-calling, snarky comments, and above-it-all irony? Answer: IMO, nothing.

writer said:
But Paul, if listening to a bigot for twenty years doesn’t affect one’s views, then surely an hour long rally couldn’t have any affect.

There’s a difference between finding that one of the most prestigious and socially-connected churches in Chicago is run by a loose canon with a chip on his shoulder and choosing to associate oneself with a movement that is literally built on anti-civil rights money. And the other difference is, Obama disassociated himself from both Wright’s comments and the man, burning dozens of bridges in the process. Nobody is walking away from the Tea Party on moral grounds. Quite the opposite. The more we point out the bigotry in the policies advocated by their newly anointed champions, the more they dig in their heels and try to turn the tables with accusations of race-baiting and reverse racism. Some people may not realize what they’re buying into, but their leaders know exactly what the score is how much time is left on the clock.

The_Reasonable_Lib says: “I thought that Glenn was a rodeo clown and that people shouldn’t take him seriously…at least that’s what he said.”

That was then; now he’s given himself a promotion to messenger of God.

Ayn Rand has been spinning in her grave ever since.

Atlas Barfed.

Paul Westlake said:
The more we point out the bigotry in the policies advocated by their newly anointed champions, the more they dig in their heels and try to turn the tables with accusations of race-baiting and reverse racism. Some people may not realize what they’re buying into, but their leaders know exactly what the score is how much time is left on the clock.

this is a valid argument, but I believe to keep the analogy, we would have to say the the left has not seen an overt action by the Tea Party to rid itself of bigots – or at least say thats not why were here so STFU

I wonder how many of Beck’s “followers” agree with him that 1) Obama is a Christian and 2) he was born in Hawaii. Based upon the comments of his people on his website and on TheBlaze.com, his propaganda site, I’d guess about half of them don’t believe what Beck even says on those rare occasions that he’s actually right.

Part of Beck’s millions are the 5%ers — people way the hell out there. There’s one lady on record saying that they have genetically combined mice and men, so that mice can have human brains. Yeah, they’re THAT bat-shit crazy. Of course, that person is not the Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate in Delaware. (No wonder Karl Rove did his level best to stop her from being selected to run against Coons.)

no-touchy-touchy said:
this is a valid argument, but I believe to keep the analogy, we would have to say the the left has not seen an overt action by the Tea Party to rid itself of bigots – or at least say thats not why were here so STFU

Agreed on the integrity of the analogy. But I also think it eventually devolves to those people who show up at those rallies to turn their backs on the bigotry when they see it and hear it, both on the stage, and in the crowd. I give credit to the few honorable Tea Partiers I’ve seen doing exactly that in videos posted on YouTube. But I’ve also seen far too many where people either accept or applaud the sentiment. At some point, to maintain your true integrity as an American devoted to liberty for all, you have to cut your losses and walk away. I did exactly that with certain over-the-top environmental groups I used to support, despite my general agreement with them, because of their un-American tactics. That’s the appeal I’m putting out there – walk away. They can still go to the polls and vote for conservatives, but walk away from this anti-civil rights insanity that is the corporate-backed Tea Party freight train. Please, before it starts tearing America apart.

Enjoy the chat. Gotta run to the Dentist. Back later.

Correction: Part of Beck’s millions are the 5%ers — people way the hell out there. There’s one lady on record saying that they have genetically combined mice and men, so that mice can have human brains. Yeah, they’re THAT bat-shit crazy. Of course, that person is now the Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate in Delaware.

John Stewart wouldn’t get 1,000 people there if those whores wouldn’t be appearing as an “audience”, just for the money.

Stewart couldn’t hold a candle to Glenn Becks 625,000 attendees.

NOW, I understand why stewart works at Comedy Central – because he’s a freakin’ joke.

Beck Bashers beware! You are attacking a man who is attempting to do something honorable for his country and God is watching you! Remember Moses and Dathan? Dathan (like Stewart), must have thought he was smarter and more informed just like some of you who post remarks on this blog site do. Moses (like Beck) represents Godly leaders who despite opposition from within continue to be inspired to do good for their country. Such men are not much different than Moses and other godly leaders in history. Contemporary Christian leadership similarly involves rejecting the perverted doctrine of separation of church and State, such as it is misconstrued by liberals who refuse to acknowledge Gods providential hand in national affairs. Dathan believed as some of you do that he was in the right to exploit and undermine Moses, but still God destroyed him and his followers in a moment, and this without reading them Mirada rights or allowing them to call an attorney!! God you see can bypass the liberal courts as well as the social scientists and college professors who peddle their secular doctrines. Apparently the Lord weighed their complaint against them instead. Was God unjust or was he acting on behalf of those who still trusted him going forward? Surely the Lord was interested in the facts about Moses; his lack of intellect, his temper, poor social skills etc. These were all valid complaints but what happened to this counter movement in the end? Could it be that something else was at work here in this story? Moses was not perfect we know this. There are people who fix things and there are people who all they know how to do is attack those who try to do good. Beck’s rally, while flawed in some respect, was undoubtedly one of the most powerful demonstrations of solidarity this country has ever seen! But yet you liberals see only a BAD man and a BAD event? Those who stand for honor and morality, you are are with Beck and the grass roots movement known as the Tea Party. But those who stand for immorality, Big government, socialism etc., you belong with the Dathan crowd. Ever heard of tremble earth politics? Its when God over rides the smart people splits the earth open and swallows up those who misrepresent and attack godly men and movements! (Numbers 16: 27-30). “For the nation and kingdom that will not serve the Lord shall perish, yea, those nations shall be utterly wasted” (Isaiah 60: 12)

The idiot who wrote this article says at the end:

“Translation? I am a serious person and you guys are jokesters. Good luck.”

That’s your translation, idiot. Here’s mine:

Beck thinking: “I don’t want to mess with these guys, because they have the power to expose me for what I am.”

hgovernick said:
Beck thinking: “I don’t want to mess with these guys, because they have the power to expose me for what I am.”

Bingo!

Noa Napoleon said:
You are attacking a man who is attempting to do something honorable for his country and God is watching you!

Go read Matthew 7. Heathen! (And I say that out of love, of course. Love the sinner, hate the sin, ya know.) ;-)

Pablo said:
The event was put on by a group that booked Glenn as a speaker through Premiere Speakers Bureau, which anyone can do. And actually, I should correct myself; Glenn did take his fee, but donated it to SOWF. Sarah took no fee at all.

So, would you like to explain how they “cashed in on a national tragedy” or not?

I missed this before. I didn’t see the reporting that updated those numbers – right up until the event, all the reporting pointed to large fees and no charity. I’ll take your word for it, for now, and see if I can find verification. Meanwhile, you win this one. I won’t say they cashed in on national tragedy with THAT particular event. They still do it every day with their rhetoric that claims ownership of 9-11 and the area around the Liberty Tower, just for one example. But on that event, I’ll stand down. ;-)

I missed this before. I didn’t see the reporting that updated those numbers – right up until the event, all the reporting pointed to large fees and no charity.

Were there any numbers to back that reporting up, or was it just the breathless anticipation of a Beck/Palin 9/11 whoring cashapolooza?

Oh, and did you watch any of it? Big chunks are available, though maybe not at Media Matters.

Cliffy44 says: “Stewart couldn’t hold a candle to Glenn Becks 625,000 attendees.”

Even Beck doesn’t believe that there were that many there. I believe that the CBS estimate of 87,000 is about half of those who attended his Restoring Honor by Lying Rally.
http://www.sharethisurlaboutglennbeck.com/2010/08/during-his-speech-to-restore-honor-beck.html

Glenn Beck is a shock jock! He just has a different format now. I do like him because he does give plenty of material for the Daily Show :)

writer said:
As for some of the tea party leaders being bigots, think of it in the same way that the left explained away Obama’s twenty year association with Wright. Merely guilt by association. The views aren’t affected.

Leadership is a fair amount more significant than association mate.

Of course Beck is staying mum on the subject. Self-preservation. Nobody spars with the smart comedian. The hosts of Crossfire learned made that mistake back in the 90′s.

hgovernick said:
The idiot who wrote this article says at the end: “Translation? I am a serious person and you guys are jokesters. Good luck.” That’s your translation, idiot. Here’s mine: Beck thinking: “I don’t want to mess with these guys, because they have the power to expose me for what I am.”

If they have such power as you claim, they would already have used it. All they’ve done so far is spread a few lies and inuendo like GBR (who is secretly an unemployed water boy at the Cadillac Ranch.)