Black Conservatives Voice Support for Glenn Beck Rally

My sincere apologies to Matt Wilson for misrepresenting his article, Black Conservatives Voice Support For Glenn Beck Rally, in my comment from August 28. Re-reading the article, I'm stunned to realize, that as part of my response to the preceding readers' comments, I attributed another article's biased innuendo to Matt's balanced and objective reporting. An embarrassing mental lapse made even more embarrassing by the fact that I agree with his observations. Again, my sincere apologies.

I just want to thank you, Matt Lewis, for providing us with a non-biased article which provides examples of black Americans supporting, not condemning, this rally. The rally exercised the same freedom as that of MLK's speech 47 years ago - freedom of speech. So thank you, Mr. Lewis, for supporting that freedom and having a voice, instead of bowing to hypocrisy as so many other columnists have.

Were any of them actually there? It looked like a see of white folks.

The Rally today was a beautiful event. We have a rally talking about getting back to God and the basics of what our founders believed this country should be and the way that people should behave towards each other. I love Palin and Beck and Alvedia King was just another plus to this event. She is a conservative, as was MLK. Did you know he was a Republican? yes, he was. Today talked about our country loving God, and the singing, and prayers were wonderful. This was a truly blessed and wonderful day. I was wishing my daughter, who loved this country could have been there. Her phones ring with America the Beautiful. I have her flag flying outside. She is dead. Suddenly wihtout warning. We had just had dinner and I got the knock a 12 midnight. I cried today when I heard the bagpipes and the beauiful words and singing. It was wonderful.

Interesting. The posted comments fall in one of two categories only. Those who honor the values of Martin Luther King and look to re-affirm the noblest of America's principles for all Americans. And those who are anti-Glenn Beck. Which category possesses loftier intentions? Are detractors willing to kill the message for an opportunity to shoot the messenger? Columnist Matt Lewis implies, not too subtly, that a mostly white crowd at the event represents an intrinsic failure of the message. To the contrary, the fact that Americans have gathered in affirmation of Martin Luther King's call to judge an individual by the content of their character and not by the color of their skin is an occasion of genuine Hope.

DR. KING IS REVERED BY BOTH BLACK AND WHITE. HIS COURAGE TO DO THE THINGS HE DID SHOWED ALL AMERICANS THE WAY TO INTERGRATION. DR. KING BELONGS TO ALL HUMANITY AND ISIN A LEAGUE OF HIS OWN . MANY WANT TO CLAIM HIM BUT HE WILL GO DOWN IN HISTORY AS THE PEOPLES REVOLUTIONARY.

Actually it had nothing to do with Dr. King until Sharpton brought it out into the main stream media and the park service mentioned it to Beck. No one owns the Lincoln Memorial or dates. they don't shut down Dealey Plaza on November 23. Does anyone know the date the Gettysburg address was given? What was on the mall last year on August 28, 2009 it surely wasn't a tribute to Dr. King. The reason I did not go was I knew there would be religious overtones and I'm not religious but I do support Beck or anyone else wanting to speak about the Wounded Warrior project and his asking for money to support our wounded military.

I think a person shows his lack of intelligence by resorting to name calling and using hateful words to describe someone's actions or inactions. Perhaps, if these hate filled, biased individuals would start to think for themselves instead of feeding off someone's hate mongering retoric, they would become part of the solution to America's problems instead of contributing to the problems she faces.

There have always been house slaves who supported slavery because they were on the inside of the home playing like it was theirs. Turning a blind eye to the field slave is what allows these morons to think in their elitest, narrow and short-sighted manner. Conservative or not, the best argument against Beck is the words and tactics Beck uses to make his racist, sexist, classist, fear mongering remarks. It is just sad that anyone thinks what Beck says is good for anyone but a select few confederates. Even during the height of the most vicious history in the world, there were morons like these proud to be someone's property. It is even more sad that in 2010, not 1810 these pathetic brainless morons think they are more than confederate window dressing.

Nice article Mr. Lewis, good points, but unfortunately those left loons will continue with their hateful point of a "hijacking" of Dr. King's legacy. I have hope that Dr. King's legacy will prevail and folks will realize truly what he meant by judging men by the content of their character. I think the tide is slowly turning and perhaps it gives conservatives of color courage to come forth and be counted. The left has to demonize Beck and drive the narrative of stealing King's legacy, when really the left is nervous they are about to lose some of their voting block. When you really think about it, who is really stealing what? I think Sharpton having a rally in close proximity says it all.