Uber Patriot or Crazy Loon?

Ol' Glenn Beck, Fox News Channels newest acquisition, had his "We Surround Them" special this past Friday. All over the country the neo-cons gathered in bunches to watch Beck blubber his way through half of the show, and thump his chest through the other half. Even Chuck "Can Lead a Horse to Water AND Make It Drink" Norris hosted a big viewing party on his Texas Ranch.

I DVR'd the show and watched, with a fairly open mind, last night. And the neo-cons called liberals alarmist! He starts out backstage throwing red meat to the viewers telling them how great they are and how much they are ignored. How they didn't take out certain kind of home loans and are now being forced to bail those people out. He asks what happened to the voice of the forgotten man and that the forgotten man is YOU! (the viewer)

He's got a little theme working here with 9/11 as the basis of it. On 9/10 we were all "keeping our heads in the sand" oblivious to the threat that lurked within our borders. On 9/11 he said we realized "for the first time" how vulnerable we are (maybe for the first time in a generation Glenn, but not for the first time ever). And on 9/12 we were united against our enemies, that we'd never forget what happened the day before and we'd focus on what was important. That we'd focus on family, friends, and the "eternal principles that allowed America to become the world's beacon of freedom." Then he announces the point of the show: The 912 project.

I'll be keeping an eye on Beck's new project website. Let's just see what pops up there. While he says this isn't about "politics or party" I have a little trouble believing that. He slams President Obama everyday. He slams the Democrats in the House and Senate everyday. Not that there is anything inherently wrong with that, but if you're going to say this isn't about politics then shouldn't you spend equal time slamming the Republicans as well? We'll see what happens, maybe he's saving his rage on Republicans for later.