Beck Day

Well, Glenn Beck, Sarah Palin and friends put on their show at the Lincoln Memorial. The organizers did a fairly good job at keeping the speakers and crowds from saying anything overtly political, or remotely interesting. My interpretation of the whole event is that it was meant as a show of strength. First, to show that appropriating the date and place of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s most famous speech could be done with impunity. Second, to show that there are a lot of wacky white folks out there who'll show up to an event organized by right-wingers. They all got to emote about love, honor, God, guts, and glory. They pretty much followed the plan to not talk about specific political issues or people. Boring, sure, but somewhat menacing just because they all showed up when called by their masters.