“The media has their own agenda. And if the media has a storyline, it just writes it in …. And currently the storyline is ‘conspiracy theorist.’ …Why is it a concentrated effort now to label me a conspiracy theorist?”
— “Glenn Beck sees media conspiracy to label him a ‘conspiracy theorist,'” Stephen C. Webster, Raw Story
On Saturday, talk radio entertainer Glenn Beck told a Washington crowd that God speaks to him. And you thought patriotism was the last refuge of a scoundrel.
Former Alaska Temp-Governor Sarah Palin, whose five children include professional unwed teen mother Bristol and infantryman Track, faced Fox News fans at the Lincoln Memorial today and proclaimed:
“I’ve been asked to speak as the mother of a soldier, and I’m proud of that distinction. You know, say what you want to say about me but I raised a combat vet, and you can’t take that away from me.”
“No woman gives birth thinking she will hand over her child to her country, but that’s what mothers have done from ancient days.”
Mrs. Palin: Thank you for your cervix.
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Glenn Beck, Sarah Palin, and thousands of their gun-totin’ pals from the National Rifle Association are coming to the Nation’s Capital on Saturday to commemorate their deeply held belief in something-or-other. The date, January 28th, is the 47th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech, and the rally will be in the same place it was heard, the Lincoln Memorial. Perhaps the NRA will have T-shirts honoring Dr. King and President Lincoln, both assassinated by gunshot.
But this weekend’s event means more than hijacked history, Tea Party antics, and Glenn Beck’s self-promotion. To the people of Washington, the rally means closed streets, crowded subways, and paranoid Tea Party tourists. In short, just another weekend in Washington.
More:
“Glenn Beck’s 8/28 rally: An instant guide,” The Week.
“Glenn Beck and Al Sharpton: The Rallies of 8/28,” Washington Post.
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Glen Beck and his pals are observing the 47th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech next Saturday (August 28, 2010) by gathering at the Lincoln Memorial with the National Rifle Association. Very fitting, since President Lincoln and Rev. King were assassinated by gunshot.
Beck’s buddies are boldly standing up for something-or-other but, unlike 20 million other tourists each year, they’re scared stiff of Washington DC. Beck blogs warn them to avoid the Green and Yellow Metro lines where they might encounter rampaging hordes of junior high students and other urban horrors.
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