Glenn Beck's Rally of Palingenesis. Why does "Restoring America" make me nervous?

[backscatter712]

Glenn Beck's Rally of Palingenesis: Why does "Restoring America" make me nervous?

Why does "Restoring America" make me nervous? Why do words like that, coupled with flag-waving and angry crowds make me more nervous?

Having watched the replays of Glenn Beck's "Restoring America" rally, let's start with what we didn't see. Glenn didn't bring his chalkboard to the rally this time. He didn't bring up his conspiracy theories, and left his Malia and Sasha impressions back on his radio show. The tea-partiers in the audience played along and left their signs home for the most part, so we didn't get to see pictures of President Obama with a Hitler mustache. After all, with the amount of publicity this rally generated, Glenn had to keep his act clean.

So what did we see? Glenn Beck has seen religion. That's nothing new, but he put a lot of emphasis on it in this rally; the subject brought him to tears (I know, shocking.) There was the usual flag-waving and adulation of the military. Also, there were heaping helpings of stories and quotes from the Founding Fathers, Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King Jr. and other historical figures.

But the thing I noticed the most, which gets the hair standing up on the back of my neck, and should be getting yours standing up as well, was the heavy dose of palingenetic rhetoric. Follow me to find out why...

[HEyHEY]

1. I live in a repressive country that can't get facebook.

Got another link?

[backscatter712]

3. Here's the story on my personal blog.

I wrote this one, so I gave myself permission.

http://www.meldroc.com/?p=684

[HEyHEY]

4. That's rare, I actually enjoyed reading that

Usually most bloggers can kiss my ass. Nice work though. One thing

"they can lead American down an unimaginably destructive path. Many people make the mistake of thinking that characters like Adolf Hitler were near-mythical aberrations that couldn’t take "

The typo four words into that sentence.

Anyway, people do keep saying that this bastard will fade away. I'd say it's hard to say. Obama still had a huge amount of support last election.

[backscatter712]

6. Fixed the typo!

Thanks for the heads-up!

And thanks for reading!

[JVS]

11. But enough about occupied Quebec.

;-)

[liberal N proud]

2. Brings back images of the Contract On America by Newt

Remember that one well.

[backscatter712]

7. Indeed, and it reminds me of the Bush years...

[Bitwit1234]

5. I like the reference to it being Whitestock as posted over at

Crooks and Liars.

[zulchzulu]

8. It's simply veneer that hides the usual Tea Party ConspiRacists... n/t

[backscatter712]

9. Yep. The neo-cons and Koch billionaires are pushing all the buttons.

As usual, we see the alliance between big-business elites and authoritarian conservatives...

[librechik]

10. Because Repukkklicans alwasy say the opposite of what they mean. They want to "DESTROY AMERICA!"

no wonder you are scared