Reason.tv presents the Glenn Beck rally in six minutes and zero humidity, featuring folks who (rightly) think that politics is not and should not be the most important thing in our lives. It is very worth watching.
At some point, the host mentioned that there is a sense that something has been lost and that things must changes without necessarily being able to articulate it. My take on this is that people are tired of the lack of accountability in government. Think about it, no heads really rolled in government after the financial meltdown, TARP was passed against the will of the America people, and so was Obamacare and the auto bailouts, lavish promises were made about how the stimulus would work but no one in the administration is acknowledging that they might have been wrong. And there is so much more to add to this list (fell free to send me suggestions of what lawmakers have gotten away with). Of course, people are tired.
NPR this morning had a very different take about the rally. Cokie Roberts, for instant, explained that while the participants and organizers claims that the event wasn’t about politics, she isn’t buying it. Why? Well, in the past Glenn Beck had talked about politics and criticized the president.
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