Almost every single diary I have seen on Kos about Beck's rally has been ridiculous. Photo's of giant crowds with some green space tucked away in the corner a few hundred yards away get the caption "See, I can still sit down somewhere! This rally is pathetic!".
This is not the path we want to lead ourselves down. Stop trying to belittle the turnout for what happened to be a successful rally... by deluding yourselves and contributing to the delusion of others you are only hurting the cause.
Any honest appraisal of that rally would conclude Beck really brought them out, especially relative to the failures most other republican rallies have been. We need to realize this is a pretty bad sign. My experience has always been that the GOP was never the kind of establishment that could actually have a "movement" like this (just as a matter of its nature- extreme individualism, etc). In order to get 80,000+ people of this nature to come from different places around the country takes a pretty significant motivating factor.
This makes me think that a large number of these people are going to be doing all they can to be spreading all of their BS to every corner of their district. These people are fired up and we will be looking at worst case scenario losses if we dont try to match that kind of enthusiasm (for lack of a better word). 80,000 people showed up to a Beck rally that really did nothing noteworthy for gods sake. How many will showup when something is on the line, like an elected office?
Wake up and smell the roses people-- There is a motivation gap. I understand how some of us are extremely disillusioned with the current admin and congressional leadership. You arent going to hear me tell you that not voting this cycle or limiting your participation or even voting 3rd party is a stupid idea or makes you AN EVIL REPUBLICAN OMGZZZ. You get enough of that already. Just please consider all the consequences when/if you exercise your right to vote for whomever you like.
This Beck rally has scared me. I knew he had a legion of drones ready to point there wallets at whatever product he is pimping at the time. I knew they just turn off their brains when he comes on television. I didn't ever think they would show up for such a dumbed/watered down event where nothing significant occurred at all. This tells me we are in for something seismic if we dont act.