Glenn Beck’s rally was as expected, but before the attendance numbers get out of hand, the US Park Service estimates up to 350,000 Tea People and flag wavers attended. That had to be said up front before the exaggerated numbers come out later.
This photo is proof there weren’t just a few kooks in attendance.
James Frye:
The people who attended were clearly there for a red-meat tossing tirade about how the evil Socialist President Obama and the handmaidens of Satan – aka The Democratic Party – were destroying America. What they got instead was a long-form Christian revival meeting combined with a military recruiting show. The message was pretty clear and nothing new – “If America doesn’t turn toward God we’re all doomed!” combined with speaker after speaker pretty much fetishizing the military.
The faces in the (nearly all-white) crowd told the story – they came from all over the country for THIS? I’ve never seen so many frowns concentrated in one spot in my life. The only people of color were on the stage and it was a parade of sermons and tales of military bravery, one after the other.
None of them ever did get around to defining what they meant by “honor” either (neither Beck nor Saint Sarah of the Perpetual Victim), just that we didn’t have it like the Founding Fathers did. Martin Luther King’s name was invoked a few times to scattered applause.
People on Twitter were reporting that the attendees said they felt “snookered” by Beck and weren’t happy at all.So what’s the “miracle” that took place today? It was that this public ego masturbation by Glenn Beck attracted so many people (up to 350,000 people according to the US Park Service estimates) and got any attention at all.
Of course the Hitler meme was used again:
When was the last time American Christians attended a rally to hear a Mormon preach?
Where else would you see a Confederate flag without watching an old movie?

In a nutshell, the Hitler meme is still being used, Xenophobia was in the air, Confederate flags are all the rage and the people that attended felt ripped of. The rally was just as expected. These people can’t run a rally and they most certainly can’t lead America. This man is a nut. Get out and vote.
These photos were hijacked from @TeaPartyTracker‘s tweets. You can visit their website at TeaPartyTracker.org.

