# Glenn Beck's "Restoring Honor" rally will not be political (& other Tea Party nonsense) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 26, 2010, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glenn-becks-restoring-honor-rally-will-not-be-political-other-tea-party-nonsense/551517 "2010-08-26T11:13:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 16
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2010, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glenn-becks-restoring-honor-rally-will-not-be-political-other-tea-party-nonsense/551517/301 "2010-08-30T17:34:49Z")
Depends how big your sign is. ETA: Speaking of which, I just realized [who](http://www.jerrymoran.house.gov/) that guy’s sign was directed to. ---
**Author:** ![cosmosdan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a6a055/32.png) [@cosmosdan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cosmosdan)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2010, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glenn-becks-restoring-honor-rally-will-not-be-political-other-tea-party-nonsense/551517/302 "2010-08-30T18:09:55Z")
> [@Gangster\_Octopus](#): > > Hmmm, I look at these [pictures](http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/8/29/897319/-Beck-rally-crowd-size-by-the-numbers) and the term “packed” is hardly the word that comes to mind. That seems like a fairly reasonable analysis. The fact is we can’t know but I got a kick out of Michelle Bachman, described by Beck as a wonderful Christian woman, seems pretty disconnected from the truth when she described it as over a million. It was interesting that after the non political rally, Bachman held a political one pleading with Tea Baggers not to throw all the good {GOP} incumbents out. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2010, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glenn-becks-restoring-honor-rally-will-not-be-political-other-tea-party-nonsense/551517/303 "2010-08-30T18:16:48Z")
The proverbial man riding the tiger. “We’re going to ride this anti-incumbent wave, and hope nobody notices that we’re incumbents too.” ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2010, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glenn-becks-restoring-honor-rally-will-not-be-political-other-tea-party-nonsense/551517/304 "2010-08-30T18:20:39Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > > [@elucidator](#): > > > > Lefties love tightly packed crowds, gives us a chance to share cooties and cop a feel. > > On the other hand, fucking in the mud takes more square footage than standing with a “Moran” sign. Sure, but looking at the size of all the Type-II folks on their hoverounds, square footage per capita is going to be a pretty serious concern. -Joe ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2010, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glenn-becks-restoring-honor-rally-will-not-be-political-other-tea-party-nonsense/551517/305 "2010-08-30T18:39:32Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Lefties love tightly packed crowds, gives us a chance to share cooties and cop a feel. Righties tend to spread out more, because paranoids need more “personal space”. “Don’t Tread On Me” ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2010, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glenn-becks-restoring-honor-rally-will-not-be-political-other-tea-party-nonsense/551517/306 "2010-08-30T18:55:21Z")
[quote=“Merijeek, post:266, topic:551517”] > [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Anyone else concerned that ol’ Humper may be approaching Terminal levels of CD? > > First, he’s blindly defending a Glenn Beck rally. Not unusual for a GOPtard, of course. Except that this rally was pretty much nothing but Jesus Jesus Jesus America Jesus, and within the last few days ol’ Humper said that Beck was pretty awesome EXCEPT WHEN HE’S BUSY GETTING ALL BIBLE-Y. And this is new or unusual, how? I’ve been complaining about Beck slipping away into religious la-la land for quite some time. I’ve pretty much stopped listening to him because it’s too damn much trouble to wade through the proselytizing bullshit. > [@](#): > > His head must be packed with fucking concrete to keep from popping. Nah. Packed full of brains, which I use. As opposed to keeping my head firmly shoved up my ass as you apparently do. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2010, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glenn-becks-restoring-honor-rally-will-not-be-political-other-tea-party-nonsense/551517/307 "2010-08-30T18:57:01Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > The only crash and burn here is you, but you’re too fucking stupid to feel the flames, let alone put them out. I love it, Bo. I rub your face in facts and you deny them just to call me names. Carry on, my man. You’re operating in the finest tradition of the SDMB here. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2010, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glenn-becks-restoring-honor-rally-will-not-be-political-other-tea-party-nonsense/551517/308 "2010-08-30T19:06:04Z")
Keep fuckin’ that chicken, **Hump**. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2010, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glenn-becks-restoring-honor-rally-will-not-be-political-other-tea-party-nonsense/551517/309 "2010-08-30T19:12:40Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > I rub your face in facts and you deny them just to call me names. Facts? What facts? The facts from the paragraph where you started off – “So let’s do our own estimates” … followed up with the oh so factual sounding phrases – “The estimate that has always been used …” – and – “note that the open area to the left is packed with people” – and – “That open area holds another 150-200,000 people.” Fuck’s sake you even threw in a link to the Freep for good measures. Those are facts the same way that, “my johnson is 12 inches long” is a fact. ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2010, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glenn-becks-restoring-honor-rally-will-not-be-political-other-tea-party-nonsense/551517/310 "2010-08-30T19:48:40Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > Those are facts the same way that, “my johnson is 12 inches long” is a fact. It is for me. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2010, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glenn-becks-restoring-honor-rally-will-not-be-political-other-tea-party-nonsense/551517/311 "2010-08-30T19:51:39Z")
You make it sound like that’s unusual. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2010, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glenn-becks-restoring-honor-rally-will-not-be-political-other-tea-party-nonsense/551517/312 "2010-08-30T19:56:09Z")
Pet ferrets named “Johnson” don’t count. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2010, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glenn-becks-restoring-honor-rally-will-not-be-political-other-tea-party-nonsense/551517/313 "2010-08-30T19:57:04Z")
Someone I know who lives in the neighborhood reports there were a lot of people in T-shirts wandering the neighborhood afterward, buying Washington trinkets in the souvenir shops, taking all the seats at the fast-food places … IOW just a few more tourists than the average summer day in DC. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2010, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glenn-becks-restoring-honor-rally-will-not-be-political-other-tea-party-nonsense/551517/314 "2010-08-30T20:05:39Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > > [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > > > The only crash and burn here is you, but you’re too fucking stupid to feel the flames, let alone put them out. > > I love it, Bo. I rub your face in facts and you deny them just to call me names. Carry on, my man. You’re operating in the finest tradition of the SDMB here. The best part of all this is, shit-for-brains, that you still think I dissed your numbers. I don’t fucking care about your numbers. You know why I don’t care about your numbers? Because your source for those numbers doesn’t exist. Then you came back and tried to show me I was wrong by… wait for it… making up more numbers. I don’t care about the numbers. The point is that you (and your quoted blogger) just made a bunch of shit up _and then tried to call it facts_ **just like you just did in your last post**. You are so far gone, you don’t even know what you are arguing about with me, but you’re smug in your contention that you have somehow “won” something. You’re an idiot. How do you find your mouth with the food? And if you look at the pictures and video from the [Hungry Pregnant Demon](http://www.brightestyoungthings.com/articles/glenn-beck-a-demon-have-a-tea-party.htm) website, you’ll see that it’s not “packed” as you want it to be, it’s actually pretty open with lots of open grass and wide walkways. Go look at pictures of the Million Man March, or watch video of MLK, Jr. speaking there, and then you’ll see what a crowd of hundreds of thousands looks like. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2010, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glenn-becks-restoring-honor-rally-will-not-be-political-other-tea-party-nonsense/551517/315 "2010-08-30T20:13:47Z")
> [@](#): > > On the other hand, fucking in the mud takes more square footage than standing with a “Moran” sign. I defer to your expertise. ---
**Author:** ![villa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc79bd/32.png) [@villa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/villa)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2010, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glenn-becks-restoring-honor-rally-will-not-be-political-other-tea-party-nonsense/551517/316 "2010-08-30T20:22:00Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Go look at pictures of the Million Man March, or watch video of MLK, Jr. speaking there, and then you’ll see what a crowd of hundreds of thousands looks like. Well to be honest, a crowd of 500,000 black people only counts as 300,000 white folk, so you can see how these good constitutionalists can make that kind of mistake. ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2010, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glenn-becks-restoring-honor-rally-will-not-be-political-other-tea-party-nonsense/551517/317 "2010-08-30T20:34:40Z")
> [@villa](#): > > > [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > > > Go look at pictures of the Million Man March, or watch video of MLK, Jr. speaking there, and then you’ll see what a crowd of hundreds of thousands looks like. > > Well to be honest, a crowd of 500,000 black people only counts as 300,000 white folk, so you can see how these good constitutionalists can make that kind of mistake. Guess who wins the thread? -Joe ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2010, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glenn-becks-restoring-honor-rally-will-not-be-political-other-tea-party-nonsense/551517/318 "2010-08-30T20:51:35Z")
> [@Merijeek](#): > > Guess who wins the thread? > > -Joe He’s still going straight to Hell, right ? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2010, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glenn-becks-restoring-honor-rally-will-not-be-political-other-tea-party-nonsense/551517/319 "2010-08-30T20:56:06Z")
No, not me, he’s talking about\*\* Villa\*\*. ---
**Author:** ![Kolga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e56c9b/32.png) [@Kolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolga)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2010, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glenn-becks-restoring-honor-rally-will-not-be-political-other-tea-party-nonsense/551517/320 "2010-08-30T21:04:26Z")
> [@villa](#): > > > [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > > > Go look at pictures of the Million Man March, or watch video of MLK, Jr. speaking there, and then you’ll see what a crowd of hundreds of thousands looks like. > > Well to be honest, a crowd of 500,000 black people only counts as 300,000 white folk, so you can see how these good constitutionalists can make that kind of mistake. Now my coworkers are poking their heads into my office to ask if I’m okay, since I just barked out loud 🙂 save me a seat on the bus to hell, please. window if possible. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glenn-becks-restoring-honor-rally-will-not-be-political-other-tea-party-nonsense/551517.md?page=15) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glenn-becks-restoring-honor-rally-will-not-be-political-other-tea-party-nonsense/551517.md?page=17)