{"id":2472,"date":"2010-08-19T19:06:28","date_gmt":"2010-08-20T02:06:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=2472"},"modified":"2010-08-19T19:06:28","modified_gmt":"2010-08-20T02:06:28","slug":"glenn-beck-drops-veterans-from-828-rally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=2472","title":{"rendered":"Glenn Beck Drops Veterans From 8\/28 Rally"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"GlennIn a notice posted today at Congress.org<\/a>, Glenn Beck finally got the permit for his 8\/28 rally approved. It was also noted that he changed the purpose of the rally from a “demonstration to honor veterans”<\/i> to simply a “restoring honor rally.”<\/i><\/p>\n

Why would Beck alter the purpose to something so generic it that it doesn’t have any real meaning? Could it be that his little scam was revealed and he could no longer pretend that this event was for charity? It was previously revealed that the Special Operations Warrior Foundation would not receive any money until after all of Beck’s expenses had been covered. So the possibility exists that there will no donation at all.<\/p>\n

With this more vague description of purpose, Beck can turn the affair into the evangelical revival meeting that he always wanted it to be. It can be the celebration of his “Divine Destiny”<\/i> which, by the way, is the name of his event to be held the night before where he promises to “heal your soul.”<\/i> We already know that he believes this event will be a turning point in history, and he said today that it will be this generation’s Woodstock (?). And don’t forget that he was told by “someone”<\/i> in the Vatican that what he is doing is “wildly important.”<\/i><\/p>\n

This isn’t the first time that Beck has changed the purpose of the event. At one time the purpose was to launch the publication of his next book, “The Plan,”<\/i> a 100 year blueprint for the restoration of America. Here is how he described it in his original announcement<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“On August 28, 2010, I ask you, your family and neighbors to join me at the feet of Abraham Lincoln on the National Mall for the unveiling of The Plan and the birthday of a new national movement to restore our great country.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

After that he claimed that God had chosen the date<\/a>:<\/p>\n

I believe in divine providence. It was not my intention to select 8-28 because of the Martin Luther King tie. It is the day he made that speech. I had no idea until I announced it and I walked off stage and my researchers said, New York Times has already just published that this is Martin Luther — and I said, oh, geez. We were going to use 9-12 but 9-12 is a Sunday. I’m not going to ask anyone to work on the Sabbath. I’m not going to ask anybody to honor God on a Sunday.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I have no idea what he means by not honoring God on a Sunday. And apparently he isn’t expecting any Jews to attend his rally because for them (and many Christians for that matter), Saturday is the Sabbath.<\/p>\n

Beck’s next explanation for the event was that he was doing it all on behalf of our brave fighting men and women and their families. That didn’t last long. Now he has dropped the reference to the veterans from his permit application, though I’m sure he will continue to exploit them.<\/p>\n

One other amendment to the permit application concerns the attendance. He raised the projected figure from 150,000 to 300,000. He must be feeling pretty confident. Which is funny because he said on his radio program today<\/a> that he was discussing the event with Bill O’Reilly who guessed that between 10 and 15 thousand people show up. Beck was obviously surprised by O’Reilly’s estimate so O’Reilly asked him how many people he thought would be there. Beck said modestly, “I don’t know. Over a hundred thousand I hope.”<\/i> This seems like false modesty from someone who just doubled his official projection to 300,000.<\/p>\n

Apparently O’Reilly is not as optimistic as Beck. According to Beck, O’Reilly told him that if that many people showed up that Beck could take over the O’Reilly Factor. Now that would be fun. I bet Beck would hold O’Reilly to this. I would love to see the two of them go at it for the primetime slot. We’ll see how that unfolds in a couple of weeks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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