Beck, Palin, and hundreds of thousands of tea baggers defile MLK legacy

cbs estimated 87,000, fox news estimated 500,000, and the national park service estimated 350,000.
the actual attendance is probably somewhere in the middle.

I wrote up this whole rambling article, but ultimately decided simplicity was the best approach.

To make it simple, Beck, Palin, and hundreds of thousands of tea baggers decided to hold an ultra-nationalist, religious rally called "Restoring Honor" on the anniversary and at  the place of Dr Martin Luther King Jr's I Have a Dream speech. They even pretended that they were intrinsically linked to the ideals of MLK. This pissed me off in a previous post, titled Glenn Beck should not be permitted to think he owns Dr Martin Luther King Jr.

I present to you, a series of videos for your consumption.

The first is Dr Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech. It's 17 minutes long, but look it's Sunday, if you haven't watched or listened or read this speech, now is your chance:

And now I'll give you some samples from the Restoring Honor rally. I would post the whole rally, but it's like three and a half hours long. Fuck that. But I will not try to persuade the viewer too much into my viewpoint, only present the rally to you, so you can draw your own conclusions.

One thing I do want you to pay attention for is the demographics of the immense crowd of tea baggers.

I'll start you out with the Opening Prayer and Pledge of Allegiance. 

Next up is Beck's speech, at least highlights of the speech chosen by Beck's or Fox News' corporate staff:

And Palin's speech. I still don't understand why Palin has any political sway in this country, at all:

Finally, the closing prayer:

Well then. What do you think?