memeorandum: Speakers at Glenn Beck rally talk of faith (CNN)

1:20 PM ET, August 28, 2010

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Kate Zernike / New York Times:

Where Dr. King Stood, Tea Party Claims His Mantle — WASHINGTON — 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 …

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Bob Herbert / New York Times:

America Is Better Than This — America is better than Glenn Beck. For all of his celebrity, Mr. Beck is an ignorant, divisive, pathetic figure. On the anniversary of the great 1963 March on Washington he will stand in the shadows of giants — Abraham Lincoln and the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr …

Discussion: Don Surber, Peter Daou, Washington Post, Daily Kos and RealClearPolitics Video Log

Janie Lorber / The Caucus:

Parallel Rallies by Beck and Sharpton — People posing with an Abraham Lincoln lookalike while arriving for the “Restoring Honor” event on the National Mall on Saturday in Washington — Two political foes - Glenn Beck and the Rev. Al Sharpton Jr. - are gathering hundreds of thousands …

Discussion: Washington Post, Townhall.com, Gawker and Think Progress

David S. Broder / Washington Post:

There was nothing to fear on Aug. 28, 1963 — Idid not stick around to see Glenn Beck's extravaganza at the Lincoln Memorial, not out of protest but because I had work to do in Philadelphia. But I was more than satisfied by my memories of the earlier event at that site I'd covered …

Discussion: American Thinker and The Reality-Based Community

CNN:

Speakers at Glenn Beck rally talk of faith — Washington (CNN) — Conservative talk show host Glenn Beck opened his controversial “Restoring Honor” rally Saturday by urging Americans to “turn back to God” and return the nation to the values on which it was founded.

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Washington Post:

Beck Tells Crowd to Concentrate on ‘Good Things in America.’ — Conservative commentator Glenn Beck exhorted a crowd of activists gathered on the National Mall Saturday morning to restore the traditional honor and values of the nation. — “For too long, this country has wandered in darkness …

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ABCNEWS:

Glenn Beck's ‘Restoring Honor’ Rally Draws Tea Party Activists — Organizers Say Rally Not Political, Civil Rights Leaders Criticize Timing — Glenn Beck's ‘Restoring Honor’ Rally to Celebrate Martin Luther King — Veazey referred to Beck's comment from July 2009 that President Obama has …

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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:

TWO VERY DIFFERENT DREAMS, STRIVING FOR VERY DIFFERENT MOUNTAINTOPS.... I have a meeting this morning that's going to delay my Saturday posting schedule a bit, but in the meantime, as throngs of anti-government zealots assemble at the Lincoln Memorial, I thought I'd take a moment to consider the word “we.”

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Paul Krugman:

Nobody Could Have Predicted — One point I haven't seen made about the troubles of the US economy is that the timing of recent growth tells you a lot about what was — and what wasn't — wrong with economic policy. — After all, we had more or less a consensus view about when the stimulus would kick in …

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nrapvf.org:

Statement From NRA-PVF Chairman Chris W. Cox On The 2010 Nevada U.S. Senate Race — In the coming days and weeks, the NRA Political Victory Fund (NRA-PVF) will be announcing endorsements and candidate ratings in hundreds of federal races, as well as thousands of state legislative races.

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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
In Nevada, No One Is Someone to Watch

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Naftali Bendavid / Washington Wire:
For Reid, No NRA Endorsement

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Chris Good / The Atlantic Online:
The NRA Non-Endorsement: Reid's Response

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James L. / Swing State Project:

AK-Sen: Stay Classy, Joe Miller! — Joe Miller tweets: … UPDATE: I see that Joe Miller quickly pulled the plug on that tweet. But don't worry, James Hell has the screenshot! — LATER UPDATE: The Murkowski campaign is furious:

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Alaska_Politics / Anchorage Daily News:
UPDATED: Joe Miller likens Murkowski post-election scenario …

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Peter Berkowitz / Wall Street Journal:

The Death of Conservatism Was Greatly Exaggerated — In 2008 liberals proclaimed the collapse of Reaganism. Two years later the idea of limited government is back in vogue. — Last August left little doubt that a conservative revival was underway. Constituents packed town-hall meetings across …

Sarah Cassidy / The Independent:

One in four lap dancers has a degree, study finds — ‘Women motivated by career and economic choices, not coercion,’ says report — The first academic research project into lap dancing has found that, rather than being uneducated young women who have been coerced into the industry …

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Paul Bedard / US News:

EPA Surrenders to NRA on Gun Control Issue — EPA rejects attempt to regulate lead in bullets after NRA protests — In a swift and unexpected decision, the Environmental Protection Agency today rejected a petition from environmental groups to ban the use of lead in bullets and shotgun shells …

Discussion: Hot Air, RedState and Weekly Standard

Silla Brush / The Hill:

Obama: ‘The war is ending,’ fulfilling campaign pledge — President Obama vowed Saturday that all U.S. troops will return home from Iraq by the end of next year, completing his 2008 campaign promise to end the war. — The military has already pulled out roughly 90,000 troops since early last year.

Discussion: CNN and The Politico