Now I finally get it. Glenn Beck has figured out what George W. Bush and his handlers figured out years ago, based on the popularity of Ronald McDonald Reagan: Americans do not want to think for themselves. They want a daddy. They say they want to be independent and free of government influence, but these are the rantings of a teenager.
Every day thousands of Americans give up responsibility--to God, to Rush Limbaugh, to Beck. For eight years they handed over all moral and social responsibility to Bush, and today we see the results. If we are in an economic depression, if we face obstacles we may not be able, as a nation, to overcome, it is entirely due to our childlike dependence on self-serving politicians and celebrities to tell us what to believe, how to invest money, when to buy a house, which leaders to vote for.
All of the people attending Beck's rally are looking for a Big Daddy to tell them what to do, so they don't have to think and they don't have to face the reality and uncertainty of adult life. THIS is the characteristic that will undermine and destroy our society, while Beck and Limbaugh get rich.