Good that many people went; an important rally. At the same time, I have no real idea what Mr. Beck’s ambitions are, or if he is now a stalking horse for Sarah Palin. I read that this event included a certain kind of silent engagement between Evangelicals and the Mormon Beck. That’s interesting. Beck is increasingly speaking of G-d.
General question – do the Evangelicals ‘own’ the American conservative movement? Are secular and non-Christian conservatives going to be marginalized in the backwash of a kind of Revival Tent Evangelism (I have lived in West Virginia and have seen the actual revivals, which were certainly interesting). I am sure to be accused of ‘hating’ Christianity, and that’s fine, but I am puzzled by these developments. I mean, I fully recognize that not a lot of Jews will become conservatives, but I wonder if ‘moderate’ or secular or atheist Christians will grow increasingly uneasy with these events. I don’t know if they should or not, but Beck conjures up a pretty rustic kind of populism.
As to Sarah Palin, I’ll repeat something I’ve written before – interesting lady, courageous and all. But pretty easy game for a decent Democratic candidate, I think.
I think the big challenge for conservatives is to create an alternative to a Palin candidacy, though it looks like Palin will be representing the Evangelical wing and by default, or logic, a Romney type will go against her. I wonder if that’s exactly what the Democrats want. And no, I won’t be voting Democrat.
