Beck to get Academy Award!

[mfcorey1]

Glen Beck has just succeeded in pulling off the biggest fraud this nation has seen. His rally could not include the usual political hate that he is known for, because the country was watching. So he pretended to be this spiritual icon evangelical and the disappointment could be seen on the many faces of those who came to bash all politicians, especially the President. They went along with the scheme in order to lessen the thought that they had been hoodwinked. It was so sad to see a country that has held some of the greatest minds of all times reduced to simpletons grasping at the words of a man who is clearly on the brink of madness. The look on Beck's face clearly expressed: THEY CAME AND THEY FELL FOR IT.

[Beartracks]

1. Was there a fee for attendance?

Just curious. Seems there could not have been, being as it was on the Nat'l Mall and everything.

How was this gig paid for?

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[Sal Minella]

2. The Koch brothers fund most of this teabag nonsense.

They were astroturfing against the stimulus program before it was passed.

See the article in The New Yorker on their completely secretive financial support of all this wingnut crap.

They cherish thinking of themselves as radical Libertarians but their businesses do not hesitate to feed at the teat of taxpayer funds.

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/08/30/100830fa_fact_mayer

Covert Operations: The Billionaire Bankers Who Are Waging War on President Obama.

They are the second biggest privately held corporation after Cargill.
They own Dixie Cups, Stainmaster, and Lycra (among many other brands), and a lot of oil businesses.

Edited to add link to The New Yorker article by Jane Mayer.