Glenn Beck: Without his direct intervention, the civil rights movement is "an abomination"

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Glenn Beck: My DC rally will ‘reclaim the civil rights movement’

By The Associated Press
Thursday, August 26th, 2010 -- 8:15 am



Glenn Beck's rally on the anniversary and at the site of Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous "I Have a Dream" speech is drawing criticism, protests and questions about his intentions.

Beck insists the event Saturday at the Lincoln Memorial is not about politics, even though Beck and former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin will attend. But the rally is drawing a strong reaction — and several counter-rallies — as the nation looks toward November's elections.

Beck, a popular figure among tea party activists and a polarizing Fox News Channel personality, has said it is merely a coincidence that the event is taking place on the 47th anniversary of King's plea for racial equality. Beck has called President Barack Obama a racist.

The event's website says the "Restoring Honor" rally is to pay tribute to America's military personnel and others "who embody our nation's founding principles of integrity, truth and honor." It urges citizens to attend and "help us restore the values that founded this great nation."

"This is going to be an iconic event," Beck says. "This is going to be a moment that you'll never be able to paint people as haters, racists, none of it. This is a moment, quite honestly, that I think we reclaim the civil rights movement. It has been so distorted and so turned upside down. It is an abomination."

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2010/0826/glenn-beck-dc-rally-reclaim-civil-rights-movement/

[derby378]

1. Beck wants white guys to "reclaim" the civil rights movement?

:yoiks:

[Amerigo Vespucci]

2. All of the effort white guys put in at lunch counters and on buses...

...so that other white guys could have a meal at a lunch counter and ride a bus without discrimination? Glenn Beck is ready to take BACK that legacy for the white guys who made it all possible.

:rofl:

[derby378]

3. "We shall overeat...we shall overeat..."

:rofl:

[Marr]

14. Yes-- it ties into their whole narrative of "the blacks have taken over".

I've heard Beck fans say as much. They actually believe it.

[RockaFowler]

4. What honor is he trying to restore??

WTF do these people mean???

[NMMNG]

5. ....

[xchrom]

6. and sarah palin?!?

:rofl:

[ladjf]

7. Beck has delusions of grandeur.. nt

[Submariner]

8. Flaming racist idiot

[ixion]

9. Beck wouldn't know a "civil right" if it bit him on the a**

Just sayin'...

[guitar man]

10. holy crap

who dresses him? That outfit could have come straight off the front of a Ricola box! :rofl:

[yellowcanine]

12. Looks like lederhosen. Maybe Beck is trying to reclaim his Bavarian heritage?

[guitar man]

13. maybe

but I don't think they want him either!! :rofl:

[Johonny]

11. He makes millions off this crap

it always amazes me how "fiscal" conservatives are so loose with their money. From creationist, global warming deniers, fake religious based 4th tier universities to pointless RW commentators it's amazing how much money these people generate and produce nothing of any value except validation of peoples hate. Yet conservatives can't seem to pay enough for that validation. Spoon feeding a conservative has to be the easiest job in the US.