(Sarcasm alert.)

King, the niece of civil rights activist Martin Luther King, Jr. and daughter of his brother activist A. D. King, is currently the director of African-American outreach at the pro-life group Priests for Life and has recently stepped into the spotlight after several appearances on Beck's radio program.

But I wouldn't argue Nixon vs. Reagan; IMO Nixon was the placeholder, Reagan kicked it between the posts, into the end zone.

Dubbed "Beckapalooza" by Politico, it has already garnered Beck untold hours of free media coverage and, however high or low the turnout is, it is guaranteed to make Beck the center of attention for a few more media cycles next week. For a man selling books -- "Arguing With Idiots" comes out in paperback Sept. 14 -- free media is a valuable thing.....

So Beck and Sarah Palin, his fellow featured speaker, will get their free self-promotion rally, and SOWF will get the rest; they've reportedly already raised $5 million. (The event was originally billed as the unveiling of a new Beck book called "The Plan," which would outline steps to take over the next 100 years to "restore our great country." That was later scrapped for a vague focus on restoring honor.)

The one catch is that the sponsorship of SOWF -- a tax-exempt charity -- means that the event cannot be "political," as Beck's promotional literature emphasizes.

Salon

This flood of money comes to SOWF at an interesting time. Legislation passed by Congress in 2009 amends the GI bill to provide children of all military personnel killed in the line of duty after September 11, 2001 with full scholarships equal to in-state tuition for a public university, plus a stipend for living expenses and books.

This largely duplicates what SOWF does, although Rosenthal said funding from her organization will cover tuition for children whose parents were killed before 9/11 and will also supplement the new government funding. The GI bill, for instance, only pays for four years of college, while SOWF will pay for students to attend school longer if they need to. SOWF also pays for more expensive private college tuition and provides money beyond the limited stipends included in the legislation.

I asked Rosenthal if she worries SOWF's reputation could be tainted by its affiliation with the divisive Beck. She said SOWF required speakers at the event, who will include Sarah Palin, to sign an agreement promising not to talk politics. "Because we're involved, it cannot be political," she says.

Join the Special Operations Warrior Foundation, Glenn Beck, Sarah Palin and many more for this non-political event that pays tribute to America's service personnel and other upstanding citizens who embody our nation's founding principles of integrity, truth and honor.

Our freedom is possible only if we remain virtuous. Help us restore the values that founded this great nation. On August, 28th, come join us in our pledge to restore honor at the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC.

You don't think the fact that Beck and his backers picked this particular day and locale - of all days and locales - had anything whatsoever to do with an attempt to associate Beck with the work that MLK gave his life for and to cheaply, opportunistically glom onto some of that reflected glory?

Little story:

In 1966, in MD, there was a Democratic candidate for governor, George P. Mahoney, who ran on a slogan of "Your Home Is Your Castle; Protect It."  Now, all by itself, there is nothing wrong with that slogan, but at the time, and given what was going on with civil rights, it was code that signaled that Mahoney sided with those who believed their property values would plummet if blacks were allowed to move into traditionally all-white neighborhoods.  

Here's a link to an excerpt from Google books that makes for interesting reading on the Mahoney candidacy and local politics at the time.  I was only 13 and not into politics, but I do remember lots of discussion about it.

Dixicrat Dem Mahoney lost that election to Republican Spiro Agnew...and I think you know the rest of that story.

Beck haas said tha he wants to relcaim the civil rights movement on behalf of someone (conservatives, whites?)

And I missed the link where Beck claims to be "reclaiming the civil rights movement".  

"Restore" denotes that honor is now missing or lacking.  Isn't Beck saying that America is now dishonorable?  Do you agree with him on that point?  What was the turning point from honor to dishonor?

And you haven't answered the question either.