Posted on 08/27/2010 4:30:00 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
A Washington rally that will be hosted by Fox TV’s Glenn Beck and feature conservative power broker Sarah Palin drew the wrath on Friday of the chairman of the House Democratic campaign committee.
Chris Van Hollen rejected organizers’ assurances that the “Restoring Honor Rally” — expected to draw thousands of members of the conservative Tea Party movement — would be “non-political.”
In fact, Van Hollen predicted the rally would be partisan and could turn off many voters.
The event, to be held on Saturday on the National Mall — between the U.S. Capitol and Lincoln Memorial — is billed as an opportunity to “celebrate America by honoring our heroes, our heritage, our future.”
But with Beck and Palin on stage before a crush of enthusiastic followers, the rally seems ripe for partisan bashing.
“Let’s call it what it is. It’s a blatant political effort,” Van Hollen told reporters at the National Press Club where he also said his party would prove many analysts wrong and retain control of the House in the Nov. 2 election.
“You’ve seen Glenn Beck and a lot of the talk show hosts on Fox News out there talking about this election for the last 15 months,” Van Hollen said.
“Since the day President Obama was elected president, we’ve had a constant a tirade against the president, against the Democratic efforts to get the economy turned around.”
Van Hollen said such talk can backfire.
“Americans are going to be turned off by the sort of just outrageous rhetoric on the right — conspiracy theories, rants,” Van Hollen said.
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Dems are gonna be in for a surprise tomorrow, and in November.
That's "Top RAT"
Thousands.. I’m guessing ol’ Sharpton will have beeeeelleeons
of his folks there.
I hate to break it to Nancy Pelosi and company but the American people are going to foreclose on the House on Tuesday, November 2, 2010.
Oooh! I like the sound of that!
I am one American who will not be turned off By Beck and Palin/.
What does he mean Democrats efforts to get things turned around?? I thought they already turned a 5% unemployment rate to 10% and a Trillion dollar deficit to a 13 trillion dollar one.
As Rush always likes to state “ These idiots will always tell you who they are afraid of “. At the moment it’s Beck & Sarah.
They have a lot to fear.
Hey Chris Van Hollen, I had just read that 500,000, a HALF-MILLION showed up today at the Washingtong D.C. mall. You and the Dems got a BIG SURPRISE today and WILL AGAIN on November 2nd.
I like how this guy’s opinions were all made BEFORE the rally even happened. What a tool.
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