Glenn Beck's 'Restoring' Love Rally Proves The Tea Party Isn't Dead

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http://www.businessinsider.com/glenn-beck-tea-party-restoring-love-rally-photos-2012-7?op=1

Conservative, doom-and-gloom Tea Party icon Glenn Beck says he is on a new mission. A mission for love.
More than one year after his Fox News departure, Beck — accompanied by a gospel choir, an orchestra, an exact replica of the Liberty Bell — made his comeback official this weekend, delivering a history lesson, a religious message, a spoken word performance and a musical and digital presentation to a 65,000-plus audience in the Dallas Cowboys Stadium in Dallas.
The "Restoring Love" event completes Beck's trifecta of rallying calls.

Beck struck a new tone with his audience, aiming for a positive, action-driven message, rather than an attack on a political ideology. But he maintained some of his government finger-pointing that made him famous on cable television, particularly Obama's recent business and government gaffe and the First Lady's "Let's Move" campaign.

Pacing around a cross-shaped stage, Beck told his audience: "We must not become America in name only. We must strive to be the great country that we are," he said. "There are two kinds of Americans. Those who like to be pushed, and those who push themselves."

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Beck rented out Dallas Cowboys Stadium for his "Restoring Love" rally — upwards of 65,000 people attended the event, according to estimates on Beck's website.






An orchestra played throughout Beck's two-hour speech.



This also happened.



***my reaction

[Edweird]

1. Of all the RW freaks, Glenn Beck is the worst IMHO.

But that's just me.

[JaneQPublic]

2. The teaparty isn't dead; it just smells that way. (nt)

[LeftinOH]

3. Here's a reaction from someone much smarter:

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6. ...

[spanone]

4. what a fookin' maroon

[1-Old-Man]

5. Explain this to me about that article - and editorial comment

Why is it that in the first paragraph they state as fact that "a 65,000-plus audience" was in attendance but then in the final abbreviated paragraph we are told that "upwards of 65,000 people attended the event, according to estimates on Beck's website", when there is a clear history of over-estimation of crowd size by Beck?

They seem to think that by inflating the numbers of people in attendance they can somehow claim legitimacy for the argument they present. Its an odd thing but at its base it is the most common thing, Republican distortion.

[xchrom]

7. always have the largest grain of salt you can find handy

when 'dissecting' any 'fact' put forth by beck.

[Johonny]

17. a lot of people came dressed as MT seats

[Robb]

8. Tent Revivals: Gleefully Separating Rubes From Dollars, Since 1801.

[ewagner]

19. Ha!

My first thought also!

[ananda]

9. And Texas is about to elect a TP senator..

.. Ted Cruz.

Yuck.

[get the red out]

10. What's with the sign?

What's with the "I AM A MAN" sign? Were the party members thinking otherwise?

[xchrom]

11. i thought possibly beck was confused. nt

[get the red out]

12. Could be

He needs to know there's nothing wrong with that. But since he's a Bagger religious extremist.......

[deutsey]

14. He co-opted the signs some African-Americans held during the civil rights movement

He's either co-opting it (like the right loves to do with leftwing, populist memes) or he's mocking it...or maybe both.

[Blue_Tires]

16. Exactly

I've seen hubris, I've seen complete absence of self-awareness, but his co-opting MLK "tribute" a couple of years back for a modern-day klan minus the robes was one of the most over-the-top things I've seen in my life...

[get the red out]

18. From laughable to WRETCHED

That takes it from laughable to wretched and hateful.

Beck is a monster, and I really believe he is mentally unstable.

[Evasporque]

13. Sponsored by Viagra....free samples and tote bag handed out...nt

[Berlum]

15. What a huckster

using pathos and bathos to fleece the RepubliProles...

[Wounded Bear]

20. So now he's Brother Love's Traveling Salvation show?

Yeah, right.

[sadbear]

21. He's going for the full Father Coughlin now, huh?

[johnnie]

23. Go away Glenn

[sadbear]

25. Glen Beck is full of shit.

How much money have you given him?

I bet you bought this one, too:

http://www.amazon.com/Cowards-Politicians-Radicals-Media-Refuse/dp/1451693478/ref=la_B001IQUMVM_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1343774577&sr=1-1

I've read a few passages in that one. Not much love there. In fact, it's a lot of hate directed at people similar to the people here at DU. Glen Beck is a con man, and you fell for it.

[JaneyVee]

26. Ugh. First try restoring paragraphs.

[Warren DeMontague]

28. Thank You!

And welcome to DU!

[JaneyVee]

31. Hey Thanks!

[Quantess]

27. Glenn Beck makes up stuff.

His take on history is amazingly inaccurate, on a regular basis. He has a faulty grasp of the concepts of communism, socialism, capitalism, and fascism. Beck weaves things out of whole cloth. He makes up "facts" that never happened. Beck is wrong most of the time! Don't take my word for it...do some fact checking on your own.

I wonder why someone could possibly take this man seriously? Are you touched by his display of emotions, or what?

[JaneyVee]

24. He has become a cult leader to the mindless hyper-fundies.

Funny how a man who spends 24/7 spreading HATE names his rally restoring love. Beck is a Fascists Fascist.

[Initech]

29. Glenn Beck actually portraying a positive message instead of "I see Nazis?"

[w8liftinglady]

30. my mom lives by Cowboy Stadium

I was driving up to see her,and saw the sea of teabaggers walking into Cowboy Stadium...in 105 degree heat.

I puked a little when I found out what it was.(I honestly thought they were having a gun show there)