Glenn Beck: Show Me Your Friends

GLENN: Okay. Attempting to overtake the popularity of Glenn Beck's 8/28 rally, a group of about 300 liberal and progressive organizations have planned a rally on the national mall. Is it this weekend? Yeah. It's 10‑2‑10, isn't it?

GLENN: According to two new reports, Saturday's 10‑2 march, one nation working together, also has garnered support of President Obama's political organizing group, as well as multiple churches. As the Hill reports, the Democratic National Committee's Organizing For America, which is the President's, Organizing For America, which works to support and build off Obama's policies sent out an e‑mail blast supporting ‑‑

GLENN: No. It's good. Usually what you should do is check that off line, but that's what the professionals do.

STU: You talk on mike. You don't play audio when trying not to. Do we have our roles down here?

GLENN: The Democratic National Committee's Organizing For America which works to support and build off Obama's policies sent out an e‑mail blast. The message bills the event as the biggest progressive demonstration in decades. A video posted on OFA's website may offer a glimpse in what the event might look like, an election rallying touting Democrats successes over the last two years while villainizing the Republicans and here's what the President said.

OBAMA: ‑‑ all across the country and the other side is not fighting back. You've seen special interests align with the Republican party all across the country and they are now spending millions of dollars all across the country against democratic candidates, running tremendously negative ads and the worst about part about it is we don't know exactly who these groups are because of a Supreme Court decision called citizens united.

OBAMA: You now have a situation in which special interests can get millions of dollars in contributions from some of the wealthiest, most powerful interests in the group.

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OBAMA: ‑‑ and so all of our candidates are getting swamped. Now, given what's at stake, given the fact that the other side has said they want to go back to the exact same agenda that was in place before I took office, having taxes for millionaires and billion heirs even if it adds to our deficit, letting corporate special interests write their own rules, because they want to go back to that agenda, we know that we're going to have to make sure we do well in this election and we are fighting or as candidates as strongly as you fought for me.

PAT: Because he only had a billion dollars, he only spent $1 billion and we know where every penny came from.

GLENN: Well, we do and, you know, when he talks about, you know, you don't want to right special interest groups just writing legislation, he knows what he's talking about because we've seen the damage that special interest groups bypassing Congress and just writing their own legislation ‑‑

GLENN: Not at all. OFA is not alone supporting the rally. Among those who have decided to sponsor the rally are multiple church groups, according to the New York Times. The march is cosponsored by the United Methodist Church, the United Church of Christ, which is what's his name, Jeremiah Wright's church.

GLENN: The National Baptist Convention and several Jewish organizations. As people of faith, we deeply care about the issues of justice, education, and jobs and we feel those are ‑‑ those issues facing society we have to address. This is according to the United Methodist Church. A march like this is something that hasn't been accomplished since Dr. King brought people together in 1963 around issues of race, war, class, and the right to decent paying, good jobs.

GLENN: So, we know what they're doing. They are ‑‑ they are organizing for their version of America. They are pulling out all the stops. This is truly, truly Astroturf. You can't get people to come to the mall and organizing something in six weeks. You can't do it. If this ‑‑ these 300 organizations, which include all of the labor unions, which includes gigantic churches and church organizations, we had individual churches that decided that they wanted to, you know, come or individual pastors, but we didn't have ‑‑ we didn't have the United Methodist Church saying, we're are the buses, let's go, all of our churches. We didn't have that. And we also didn't have a political message. The message was about God. The message was the 40 day and 40 night challenge. The message was you are better people than this.

I believe that we have done something that no one has done since Martin Luther King, but you'll notice that they themselves now are imaging themselves as Martin Luther King. I had to make sure that I was saying the whole time, I'm not Martin Luther King, don't claim to be Martin Luther King. They are now claiming to be Martin Luther King and his march. And it is all about power, money, and politics. If there aren't 2 million people there on the mall, I would be shocked because they know how much is at stake. They know what that crowd needs to ‑‑ photographs. They know what that crowd needs to look like.

PAT: And like you said, they've got every union, they've got every church group, they've got the office of the presidency of the United States behind this thing. This is ‑‑ I mean, if you can't ‑‑ you've got to get 2 million people there. With all of this power behind them and organizing ability, they ‑‑ I mean, they proved in 2008 they know how to organize.

GLENN: And they will. And their crowd will ‑‑ it has to be 2 million people. It has to be 2 million people. I would have a little more confidence in 2 million if I knew they didn't have the power of MSNBC behind them. You know, I think once you have the power of MSNBC ‑‑

GLENN: So, you have this weekend the anti‑8/28 rally. We saw the pictures of the crowd and this isn't about numbers. This is about the spirit of the crowd, what happens, what happens on stage. How is it reviewed? How is it covered? What is said? And I will tell you, I support their right to gather. I support their right to stand and be heard. I support their right to let people hear and see who they are. That's all I asked. All I asked for was we have a right to be heard, we have a right to stand, we have a right to have people hear us. And that's all they're doing and they have that right and we as citizens have the responsibility to listen and then choose.

I find it interesting that Stephen Colbert, in part of the story that nobody has covered, do you know who set that up, who set up the whole Stephen Colbert incident in Congress and on the fields? Do you know, Stu?

GLENN: Yeah. It was the farm workers union that put this whole thing together and had Stephen Colbert come out and work on the farm and then go to Congress. The unions are knee‑deep in all of this and I don't know how all this shakes out. I don't know and I don't claim to be the one who is left standing in the end. Here's what I do claim. I believe that those who play these games at this point, who are not honest, who are in bed with the special interests or in bed with what America knows is wrong, they will go the way of Oprah Winfrey. A lot of people will say, oh, Oprah cashed out and got a lot of money, yeah, she did, but Oprah was losing to Judge Judy in the end and I believe that not because she, you know, ate up all of her time and, you know, her 15 minutes or 1500 hours of fame was over. I believe it happened because she got involved in politics and everything else and people didn't like what she had to say. She forced them to choose and she got into something that wasn't her realm. Colbert and what's his name, Stewart, are doing the same thing now. And I don't know if these are the event that will do it to them, with you I will tell you that Stephen Colbert, I felt bad for him because I think he was set up but he also choose and he knew he was getting in bed with the unions and was being ‑‑ he's a shill. That's all he is is a shill and the America people are done with it. Everything that is establishment ‑‑ I'm going to go into this tomorrow a little bit. Everything that is the establishment will be over. It will come to an end. Now, it will either be a smaller government and ruling themselves or it will be a global establishment in the end. That will be for the American people and only the American people to decide.

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WHO WE ARE

We are One Nation, born from many, determined to build a more united America – with jobs, justice and education for all.

We are young people, frustrated that society seems willing to spend more locking up our bodies than educating our minds, yet still we find ways to succeed and shine.

We are students and newly-returned veterans – persevering in the face of mounting debt – determined not to be the first generation to end up worse off than our parents.

We are baby boomers and seniors – who saw hope killed in 1968 and will not let the dream of a united America be taken from us again.

We are conservatives and moderates, progressives and liberals, non-believers and people of deep faith, united by escalating assaults on our reason, our environment, and our rights.

We are workers of every age, faith, race, sex, nationality, gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, and ability – who have suffered discrimination but never stopped loving our neighbors, or our nation.

We are American Indians and Alaska Natives - citizens of Native nations – who maintain our cultures, protect our sovereignty, and strength America’s economy.

We are the new immigrants, raising our children in the torchlight of the Statue of Liberty, while confronting the shadows that are bigotry and mass deportations.

We are the native born. We inherited the divided legacies of settlers and American Indians, black slaves and white and Asian indentured servants. And yet, in this moment of shared suffering, we rejoice in newfound friendships and new alliances.

We are people who got thrown out – thrown out of our jobs, schools, houses, farms and small businesses – while Wall Street's wrongdoers got bailed out. We are families who pray every day – for peace and prosperity; for deliverance from foreclosures; for good jobs to come back to urban and rural America.

We are unemployed workers – forced to watch hopes for bold action dashed – because some Senators threaten filibusters, and other would-be champions fold in fear.

And yet, we are the majority – fueled by hope, not hate. We have the pride, power and determination to keep ourselves – and our country – moving up and out of the valley greed created.

And most importantly – from ensuring women are treated fairly at work, to expanding health care coverage for millions– we have been victorious whenever we worked together. We have proven the only thing we need to succeed is each other.

And so, on 10-2-10, we come back together - to march.

They are delusional, at best.

We are One Nation, born from many, determined to build a more united America – with jobs, justice and education for all.
There's that "social justice" and claim they have a "right" to be given a job and education.

We are young people, frustrated that society seems willing to spend more locking up our bodies than educating our minds, yet still we find ways to succeed and shine.
There's that "woe is me, I'm a victim" mentality.

We are students and newly-returned veterans – persevering in the face of mounting debt – determined not to be the first generation to end up worse off than our parents.
This statement in and of itself, just shows how utterly clueless these people are. If they opened up their ignorant eyes and looked at themselves and the administration/leaders they support, they would realize it is THEM that is causing them to "persevere in mounting debt"...but I digress.

We are baby boomers and seniors – who saw hope killed in 1968 and will not let the dream of a united America be taken from us again.
What happened in 1968? Are they referring to this, by chance? assassination of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. and subsequent race riots across the nation, the assassination of presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, widespread demonstrations against the Vietnam War across American university and college campuses, and violent confrontations between police and anti-war protesters at the 1968 Democratic National Convention. Gotta love those hippies...but I gotta ask, how did those events kill hope and take away the dream of a United America? Again, I ask, don't they see it is themselves that caused all this?

We are conservatives and moderates, progressives and liberals, non-believers and people of deep faith, united by escalating assaults on our reason, our environment, and our rights.
I find it super hard to believe any TRUE conservative or TRUE believer of deep faith, would stand with these tools. It's laughable...escalating assaults on their reason (to which they have none), their environment (poor envirowackos), and of course, their rights (which TECHNICALLY only come from GOD and no one can take away, unless you insist MAN gives rights).

We are workers of every age, faith, race, sex, nationality, gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, and ability – who have suffered discrimination but never stopped loving our neighbors, or our nation.
There's that "victim mentality" again...

We are American Indians and Alaska Natives - citizens of Native nations – who maintain our cultures, protect our sovereignty, and strength America’s economy.
Ok, fine, I'll give them this.

We are the new immigrants, raising our children in the torchlight of the Statue of Liberty, while confronting the shadows that are bigotry and mass deportations.
Translation: We are ILLEGAL immigrants, having our children on American soil, so we can claim them as citizens and live off American taxpayers, get free health care, free benefits, and cry foul and call names, when anyone tries to enforce the LAW and send us back from which we came, because we have no respect for America or it's laws and don't come here legally. We can never be accountable for OUR crimes...it's always someone else at fault or who has the problem (bigotry).

We are the native born. We inherited the divided legacies of settlers and American Indians, black slaves and white and Asian indentured servants. And yet, in this moment of shared suffering, we rejoice in newfound friendships and new alliances.
Yeh...yeh...yeh...victim...suffering...divided.... I call BS.

We are people who got thrown out – thrown out of our jobs, schools, houses, farms and small businesses – while Wall Street's wrongdoers got bailed out. We are families who pray every day – for peace and prosperity; for deliverance from foreclosures; for good jobs to come back to urban and rural America.
Thrown out? Heh....yeh. I'm sure. The victim thing? It's getting kind of old.

We are unemployed workers – forced to watch hopes for bold action dashed – because some Senators threaten filibusters, and other would-be champions fold in fear.
Forced....FORCED to watch Hopes for bold action, just dashed....boo hoo. Translation: Those dang Republicans that filibuster and those "would-be champions", i.e., Democrats, who fold in fear...they just won't do enough to make sure the government does everything for us, so we can just sit on our asses and do nothing.

And yet, we are the majority – fueled by hope, not hate. We have the pride, power and determination to keep ourselves – and our country – moving up and out of the valley greed created.
Majority? Keep fooling yourselves. These hippies have more hate in them than anyone in America. And it is their pride and power that keeps them determined, because they don't want to lose on their agenda. These people have no clue what it is to love America, to love their neighbor and to be truly united. They are the most divisive bunch America has EVER known.

And most importantly – from ensuring women are treated fairly at work, to expanding health care coverage for millions– we have been victorious whenever we worked together. We have proven the only thing we need to succeed is each other.
Gotta love "community organizing" and the Progressive agenda eh? Hasn't it been great for America, Americans and the Republic?

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