Restoring Honor Rally – Here’s your fringe extremists

h/t Tabitha Hale

There are more photos of today’s historic event at RightScoop.

Around the Blogosphere: Political blogs’ coverage of the Glenn Beck Restoring Honor Rally

“…But I am struck by the left-wing outrage over all of this.

“The same people who have been saying for weeks it is a sign of tolerance to build a mosque at Ground Zero are screaming how intolerant it is for Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin to go to the Lincoln Memorial and give a speech today.” Erick Erickson, Red State, Glenn Beck Day.

“Will this truly be apolitical, as Glenn Beck insists, or will it turn into a political demonstration? Or, rather, will Beck’s political opponents turn it into a political rally themselves? All those questions are being answered right now. And don’t forget to donate to the Special Operations Warriors Fund, the charity that Beck and the rally support today.” Ed Morrissey, Hot Air, Open Thread: Restoring Honor Rally

“The Reverend Al Sharpton, the Reverend Walter Fauntroy, and the Reverend Timothy McDonald have been recently quoted in an uproar over Beck's 828 rally this weekend. They are suggesting that Beck is "hijacking" Dr. King's dream. Says Reverend McDonald, "To use this weekend when we remember that great march on Washington in 1963 as a pretense to give credence to their cause and their agenda is insulting. We were there." Had the hijacking of the dream been a sincere concern for the reverends, they would have had a standing reservation to obtain a permit in order to honor the legacy of Dr. King and the "I Have a Dream" speech that made history on August 28, 1963. But they did not.” – Lisa Fritsch, American Thinker, Who Owns 8/28?

 

Weasel Zippers – Honor And American Pride Come To DC

“The patriotic crowd that had already gathered at the Lincoln Memorial today in our nation’s capitol this morning stood and sang “God Bless America” at 6:30 AM during a sound check.

“No wonder the left hates these guys.”

Jim Hoft, Gateway Pundit,  RESTORING HONOR RALLY – Americans Honor Our Great Nation

Around the web: National media coverage of Glenn Beck’s Restoring Honor Rally

Glenn Beck’s Restoring Honor Rally is being held today.  Here is a smattering of the coverage from major media outlets.   Typically, the coverage dismisses the message and focuses on the controversy that they drummed up.

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Conservative talk show host Glenn Beck struck a spiritual tone in opening remarks at his "Restoring Honor" rally today. "America today begins to turn back to God," he told the crowd. – CNN 

Glenn Beck promised his Restoring Honor rally at the Lincoln Memorial Saturday would fundamentally transform the U.S., sounding a deeply religious note in advance of the controversial event. – MSNBC

Where Dr. King Stood, Tea Party Claims His Mantle: It seems the ultimate thumb in the eye: that Glenn Beck would summon the Tea Party faithful to a rally on the anniversary of the March on Washington, and address them from the very place where the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I have a dream” speech 47 years ago. After all, the Tea Party and its critics have been facing off for months over accusations of racism. – New York Times

The conflict between the two rallies has drawn attention all week as civil rights groups, such as the National Urban League, have complained about the Fox News and radio-talk show host holding a rally at the site when King delivered his speech. – USAToday

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You can support the Special Operations Warriors Foundation—the charity this rally benefits—by sending the text message SOWF to 85944

Please do so, and gimme some feedback in the comments.  If you attended the rally, please give me a link to your photo galleries, and I’ll post your favorites here.

Going to the Glenn Beck Rally on Saturday?

If you are planning to attend Glenn Beck’s Restoring Honor rally on Saturday, and you’ll be taking photographs and/or video of the event, please let me know.  Drop me a line at admin AT IBleedCrimsonRed DOT com and either send your photos or a link to your photo gallery. 

I had planned to attend but day-job related travel next week won’t allow it.  I even bought a new camera for it.  But, since I can’t go and you are, I can live (and blog) vicariously through you.

Photos and videos of the event not only help document the history of these things, but they also help to fight the left-wing media’s attempts to paint us all as extremists, racists, bigots, wackos, etc.  Remember Andrew Breitbart’s now famous offer to donate $10,000 to the United Negro College Fund if anyone could provide video evidence of the use of the N-Word during the protests at Capitol Hill on Healthcare Sunday?

I’ll post your photos, your videos and your narratives of the event, and give you credit for your efforts.  So please, drop me a line at the address above, or gimme some feedback in the comments section.