8-28 and the Media

Glenn Beck has organized a rally in Washington for tomorrow which is billed as a march to restore honor to the country. It is intended to be non-political. Attendees are asked not to bring signs and no politician in office will speak. Sarah Palin will speak, however, so the non-political nature of the event is not complete, although to be fair, she does not hold any office at the moment. And obviously, a Glenn Beck led rally will not be there to promote progressivism; it will promote conservative patriotic values. Also speaking at the rally will be the niece of Dr. Martin Luther King.

The media coverage of the rally, however, seems to come right out of the talking points of the DNC. The least inflammatory of the claims is that Beck is appropriating the legacy of Martin Luther King because it is the 47th anniversary of King's "I have a dream" speech at the same location. This is nonsense. Did these people ever bother to read that speech? Dr. King would be all in favor of people peacefully coming together to pray for guidance for the country. Perhaps the worst of the coverage calls Beck a master manipulator of white fears of minorities. this is not a talking point, it is an out and out lie. Again, I assume that those who castigate Beck in this manner do not bother to watch his show. He is about as far from a racist as one can get. He has a distinct political point of view which could best be described as the traditional American one that each man is endowed by his creator with certain inalienable rights among which are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. He is against the grab by the government of powers that go beyond those in the constitution. He is aganst any move to take God out of the public discourse. He is in favor of individual rights. None of this is racist. Beck does, however, expose a lot of liberal/progressive hypocracy. For example, Beck talks about progressive icon Margaret Sanger as a proponent of eugenics, the true basis for the founding of Planned Parenthood.

In any event, it will be interesting to see how many folks show up in Washington to Beck's rally. Hopefully, there will not be any disruptions from the crazies on the left.