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On 8.28.2010, Glenn Beck's "Restoring Honor" rally was held on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. The purpose of the rally, which Beck claimed to be "non-political" despite featuring Tea Party-favorite Sarah Palin as a speaker and its being attended entirely by conservatives, was unclear. The participants spoke abstractly about the need to restore "honor" and "pride" to a country that had lost it. When pressed for when our country had lost its honor, most cited the election of Barack Obama.
After watching this video I'm conflicted. Does this video prove that the conservative agenda is easily absorbed and that will lead to a strong showing in the fall elections? Or does it show that these people are so uninformed that they might be persuadable?
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Again Michele Bachmann has no respect for the truth . As if we should expect anything less. As her mouth moves the lies are immediately spewed
On a day when crowd estimates could provide their respective groups with political clout, Bachmann asked her audience how many thought more than 1 million people were in attendance. The question was met by big cheers from the gathering of about 1,000. "We're not going let anyone get away with saying there were less than a million here today because we were witnesses," Bachmann said.
La Russa got it all wrong in his assessment of the event.
Asked what he thought of the event, La Russa said: "It was beyond gratifying. I was inspired. There were a lot of things that inspired me. It was more religious, much more religious (than political). ... I'll raise money for those folks anytime. Albert got a legitimate award I was asked to introduce. I don't see the problem."
Don't see the problem? Might want to check out some of the photos from today's event Tony Baloney.
I don't know , but any rally that includes Sarah Palin has to be considered political in nature. To call this event non-political is just silly. It is what it is and I think we just need to be honest about that. Maybe if you guys were concentrating on baseball instead of tea and restoring America you would be leading the division instead of trailing the Reds by 4 games. Badump tish......
We can follow what happened back in the 40s or 50s. I was just a little girl in Miami, and they built camps for the people that snuck into the country, because they were illegal. They put them in the camps, and they shipped them back. We can do that.
It finally happened. Glenn Beck has gone too far for his right wing owners. How do I know that? Because he just blamed 9/11 on one of the guys who pays his salary.
Watch the video here.
The guy Beck is blaming for 9/11 is one of his bosses, Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, who just happens to be the largest stockholder of Fox News who isn't a member of majority owner Rupert Murdoch's family.
Calling your boss a terrorist who is responsible for 9/11 can't be good for your job security, can it?
Yesterday, Glenn Beck expressed POUTRAGE that anyone would compare something to Nazi Germany, that is, anyone not named Glenn Beck.
When Democrat Jared Polis (CO-2) compared Arizona's new "Breathing while Latino" law ( as Fox's Shep Smith calls it ) to the Nazi tactic of demanding papers be presented at all times or face arrest, Glenn Beck started to cry.
Glenn Beck: "Are you comparing the systematic cold blooded extermination of millions of Jews to America making sure that people are here legally?
No, Glenn Beck, you moron. Jared Polis is comparing the law that required that anyone suspected of being a Jew in Nazi Germany must show documentation or face imprisonment to the new Arizona law that requires anyone suspected of being an illegal immigrant to show their documentation or face imprisonment.
If you haven't heard about the 30 Governors who have received "Resign or else" threats, you might be interested to learn about this.
The group, "Guardians of the Free Republics," wants to "restore America" by dismantling parts of the government, according to its web site.
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The website also promotes tea party protests, calls for revolution, videos from Glenn Beck, and sympathetic articles about recent right-wing domestic terrorist activities, like the suicide attack on an IRS building in Austin earlier this year.
My original title was "RW Shock Doctrine Pundits are dragging the GOP off a cliff, and America with them" but by the time I was done writing this article I had a change of heart. Please read further as I explain.
Last night Glenn Beck continued on his Obama = Bomb throwing radicals schtick, because that is what he is and all he has. Despite alleged shootings at Republican campaign offices or death threats to Democratic members of congress Glenn Beck still stays at 11 because he apparently lacks a 1 through 10.
Here is Beck commenting on Ed Shultz and asking if Progressives would "Kill us all" if Health Care didn't pass.
Simply put, there is a battle between unaccountable RW pundits and Republican leaders who are accountable to the voters for control of their overlapping base, and I hope an adult steps up to the plate. For the first time in my life I am rooting for the Republican party on this one.
Screw going to 11. The Conservative Freak Out continues to go to infinite and beyond.
Witness Rep. Paul Broun as he flat out rewrites history in a disgusting attempt to compare Health Care Reform into something scary, such as that "Great war of Yankee Aggression". In the reality based world, we call that THE CIVIL WAR!
Watch . . .
BROUN: If ObamaCare passes, that free insurance card that's in people's pockets is gonna be as worthless as a Confederate dollar after the War Between The States - the Great War of Yankee Aggression.
So Ronald Reagan will replace that Yankee agressor President Grant on the $50 bill because Reagan's accomplishments (cough - Jack Shit- cough) are greater than FREEING THE SLAVES?
Good afternoon, Progressive Electorate readers. This is your afternoon open thread to discuss all things Hill-related. Use this thread to praise or bash Congresscritters, share a juicy tip, ask questions, offer critiques and suggestions, or post manifestos.
This is an open source project, so feel free to add your own insights. Here's the news I found lurking around the Internets...
If Republicans and Fox News pundits were embarrassed about looking like birthers, loony bins and white supremacists, well, they just got a whole lot more to worry about.
Recently, a truther organization called "We Are The Change" spoke to Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) - a friend of (Glenn) Beck and a frequent guest on his show - about reopening an investigation into 9/11. Chaffetz agreed with the activist, and even noted that he had spoken to professor Steven Jones, leading 9/11 truther, who Chaffetz said had done "interesting work"
Well, let's think like someone in Massachusetts. Okay. Let's think like the progressive movement here. It's still, even if you don't believe in the whole Jesus story and you're like 'whatever.' Let's, can we learn anything from this. Let's just assume that you're a progressive and you're like 'he didn't rise from the dead.'
What was the story. A guy who wanted change. He speaks out against an oppressive government. And, they execute him. What? For progressives, that's the ultimate story.
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