Political Lipskip

Honor Rally on the Mall Was a Great Experience

I attended Glenn Beck’s honor rally on the mall today. I took photos and video. Nothing I could post here could possibly make you realize how enormous the event was. Not from my vantage point anyway.It was a nice event. Moving and at times cheesy. There was no politics. All I heard and observed were speeches and videos about military heroism and God.

We started our journey being jammed in the Metro train. Like the DC Rally of last Sept. it was incredibly packed. We stayed on the train until the Smithsonian stop and piled out on the DC streets with the rest of the herd. We moved toward the mall and Washington’s monument. It was at this point we began to realize the enormity of what was before us. There were people already sitting in their chairs beneath the Washington Monument. We walked down past the WW2 memorial and tried to make our way as close as we could. We got about half way before we said enough and found us a patch of grass to sit on under the trees. We had a good view of one of the screens and could here the presentation just fine. We had virtually no view of the stage. I could just make out a tiny dot the were the speakers as they walked around as they spoke to the crowd.

I’ve read media reports of the event. The AP claims tens of thousands showed up. ABCNews said 300,000. The AP said activists were handing out Obama Hitler brochures. We never saw anything of the sort. You would never have been able to find one if you wanted one as proof. It was just typical smearing from the left. We get it and aren’t surprised.

The truth is with the people there. We know what we saw. We know why we came. We know the country that we care about is imperil by statists. We are standing now to fight against the left. It scares the hell out of them. That’s why they try to minimize events like this.

Unless you come to Tea Parties or rallies you have no idea what people are feeling right now. You ignore us at your peril. You try to marginalize us using the media. But if you want to know the truth about events like this, don’t expect the media to honestly cover it.

The story should be who these people that attended today are. How far they came. How much money they spent to get here. Thousands sacrificed time and money to stand with each other to restore honor to this country. It was a good day. One in which the left and media will never understand.