Beck: O'Reilly Told Me He'd Give Me His Show If 100,000 People Come To My Rally

Glenn Beck said that Bill O'Reilly has "promised" to give up his 8 PM time slot if 100,000 people turn up at Beck's "Restoring Honor" rally.

Speaking on his radio show Thursday, Beck talked about a conversation he'd had with O'Reilly on Wednesday. O'Reilly, he said, had told him that, in his opinion, no more than 20,000 people would show up. Beck replied that he hoped at least 100,000 people would attend.

"He said, 'I tell you what, if you have over 100 or 200,000, you need to anchor the 8 PM show. You do the 'O'Reilly Factor,'" Beck said.

His co-host asked him if he and O'Reilly shook on the deal. "No, but I did ask for witnesses," Beck said.

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The "Restoring Honor" rally has stirred up quite a bit of controversy due to the fact that it is taking place on the same day (August 28) and at the same place (the Lincoln Memorial) as the 1963 March on Washington, where Martin Luther King gave his "I Have A Dream" speech. Rev. Al Sharpton has even planned a counter-rally, which will also take place on Aug. 28.

Beck's weekly segment with O'Reilly aired Thursday night. In the segment, O'Reilly noted that civil rights leaders such as Benjamin Jealous, the head of the NAACP, had blasted Beck and vowed to "fight" his rally.

Beck said that he was not trying to cause trouble, and that in fact his rally was upholding Dr. King's values.

"Do white people own the legacy of Abraham Lincoln?" he said. "Because I don't think they do. And I don't think black people own the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King. It's the idea of the content of character."

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Comments

[JackHoffman]

10:07 AM on 09/09/2010

Don't forget to count the geese.

[ChaCubed]

04:24 PM on 09/08/2010

Ahhhhhhhhhh, so it WASN'T the liberal media underreporting, it was O'Reilly using his influence!!!

LOL

Kidding. Really.

[JLSR]

06:34 AM on 09/07/2010

The official count by parks service was @ 87,000. So, according to them, Beck loses.

[PJ M]

02:41 PM on 09/08/2010

Beck is a loser regardless of how many showed up ....

[SDB2]

11:33 PM on 08/31/2010

Father Coughlin's spinning in his grave.

[jay culver]

12:45 PM on 08/31/2010

500K. Time to go Bill, or are you not man enough to follow through?

[ChaCubed]

04:23 PM on 09/08/2010

? Sounds like the same math some men use to come to determine how long their member is.

[dubbleplusgood]

02:00 PM on 08/30/2010

there wasnt over 100K. there are hi-res photos and video on the web you verify yourself. beck math.

[Protect our future]

07:52 PM on 08/28/2010

Bye, Bye Bill. No doubt it is time to go.

No flip flopping please.

[Dan W Bright]

01:56 PM on 08/27/2010

wieeeeeeeeeeeeeerdo

[libertyanne]

08:17 AM on 08/27/2010

I hope we get a lot of people there so Bill O'Reily will leave the air. Anything for that hottie Keith Olbermann. He'll be so happy!

[Red Crow]

04:32 PM on 08/26/2010

----> READ the book 'Common Nonsense: Glenn Beck and the Triumph of Ignorance' by Alexander Zaitchik

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Nonsense:_Glenn_Beck_and_the_Triumph_of_Ignorance

[as promised]

10:42 PM on 08/26/2010

Common, yes, nonsense, yes.
It's perfect!

[as promised]

03:58 PM on 08/27/2010

Thanks for the tip, I have a copy on hold for me at Chapters, as we speak! Must admit I had to chuckle when I saw the Beck books in the "Politics" section..... that's not where *I* would file them!

[MJinCanada]

04:53 PM on 09/10/2010

Well, if the pages were softer ....

[skatoolaki]

03:49 PM on 08/26/2010

Wow, Beck will try *anything* to make as many people as possible show up at his thing. He knows no bounds as to how low he'll stoop or how insane he is.

[RRoadrunner]

11:55 AM on 08/25/2010

This idiot is probably hoping for a confrontation so he can spew more nonsense. I hope anyone with a brain stays away.

[miamorphos]

07:56 PM on 08/26/2010

Unfortunately, that doesn't prevent his fans from attending.

[as promised]

10:41 PM on 08/26/2010

There is no doubt at all he is looking for confrontation and he WILL proclaim his 'innocence' with that "make-me-wanna-pu_ke" face he makes. "What, who me?"

[Jamie Kowalski]

10:28 AM on 08/25/2010

A sign suggestions for those who haven't decided yet:

"Repeal the Green Line"

[bilo rile me]

06:32 PM on 08/24/2010

I just hope Dr. Beck brings his chalkboard, pointer, and plenty of chalk. Nothing validates, and makes everything perfectly clear like the pointer.

[Mik McAllister]

05:31 PM on 08/24/2010

O'Reilly should have hedged his bet and specified only counting people with an IQ over 70.