Colbert: Glenn Beck's Rally Has Nothing To Do With Dr. King (VIDEO)

Last night after Jon Stewart ripped apart Glenn Beck's civil rights rally on "The Daily Show," Stephen Colbert gave his take on the "restoring honor" rally. Specifically, Colbert explored how his rally will be different from that of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s on the same steps of the Lincoln Memorial.

Colbert also defended Beck from the "restoring honor haters" who are upset about Beck holding his rally on the anniversary of Dr. King's "I have a dream" speech, saying, "Big whoop! 8/28 is also the birthday of Jason Priestly. You don't see his panties in a bunch."

Colbert concluded that Beck's rally has nothing to do with Dr. King, aside from "the date, location, march, and the threat of assassination." To prove that Beck wasn't just trying to emulate Dr. King, he showed clips of Beck comparing himself not just to Dr. King, but to Ghandi, erratic news anchor from the movie "Network" Howard Beale, and Jesus Christ. This gave Colbert a revelation:

"He's not just a talk show host!" Colbert gasped. "He's the 'Mighty Morphin' Power Martyr!'" With all the information he needs to "drink the Kool-Aid," Colbert demonstrated that he's ready to follow Beck in his "silver freedom spaceship that runs on human tears."

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Comments

[imaxfli]

10:53 AM on 09/19/2010

Why is it that all these "Patriots"(Beck, Limbaugh Colter, Palin) have never really done anything truely Patriotic like serving their Countries Military or done any charitable work....the only thing they really have in common is they are all getting Rich by dividing the Country with mostly lies?

[audadvnc]

03:25 PM on 08/31/2010

No! Yes! Auto Tears! Who did it? GB is awesomely idiotic!

[Fenarkleman]

02:38 PM on 08/31/2010

Colbert totally skull f's Glenn Beck. Again.

[BadgersBite]

07:26 AM on 08/31/2010

Want to annoy Glen Beck? Ignore him...

[Sonofabeach]

02:02 AM on 08/31/2010

I am sure that another date would have been just fine Mr. Beck. Just fine.

[AddyGmom]

08:08 PM on 08/30/2010

Wonder what he'd look like with a grown-up haircut?

[gydyup]

02:24 PM on 08/30/2010

Glenn Beck is completely losing his mind.

[AddyGmom]

08:07 PM on 08/30/2010

..... but he keeps fleecing the flock of their $$$$$.... and they let him.

[Uproar]

01:36 PM on 08/30/2010

Beck is no different from those fake preachers at mega churches who take donations and buy themselves huge houses and vacations with it. He is a fraud. What a conceited man, to compare himself to the greatest people who lived. When you compare yourself to someone better than you, it's saying that you should be honored and celebrated in the same way. So he is essentially asking his devotees to celebrate him the way MLK is celebrated and respected. Pathetic guy needs some self-esteem.

[StopMakingSense2]

01:35 PM on 08/30/2010

Now we know who's followers ancestors kept the snake oil salesmen in business..

[Bedouin1957]

11:06 AM on 08/30/2010

An absolutely brilliant piece by Colbert! Loved the end, 2+2=4! Wonderful. Thank the fates that we have folks like Colbert, Stewart (and the forgotten one) Lewis Black. Things in this country have been changed by "comedians," like Lenny Bruce, Richard Pryor, George Carlin, just to name a few. Again, this was brilliant.

[Gneirre]

09:27 AM on 08/30/2010

It's Monday and I haven't had my cup of java yet so can anyone give me some justification and sound logical sense (even though I've heard it a million of times via the media [rolling eyes] and through Alveda herself) why Alveda King was speaking at a Glen Beck rally? I've heard her speak about her position and her views regarding the rally, but for some reason, it comes out sounding like Charlie Brown's teacher.

[freddypudwacker]

01:04 PM on 08/30/2010

Yes, I will attempt to explain, wa wa wa wa wa wa wa wa wa.

[dholl69]

05:19 PM on 08/30/2010

GB used her as a pawn to get his twisted message accross. If he can have someone from the King camp supports his nonsense, then that makes it ok.

[pgurlatl]

08:30 PM on 08/30/2010

Yeah but even her own family thinks she's a little off.

[zetacplus]

04:40 AM on 08/30/2010

You gotta love Colbert and Jon Stewart. They are the best

Olbermann and Maddow are tops also.

[olddognewtrick]

03:01 AM on 08/30/2010

Jason Priestly wears Manties?

[DaveCarroll4]

01:08 AM on 08/30/2010

In most of the other carnivals I've been to, they call it a "Side Show"! You know where they have the bearded lady, the fortune teller and the 2 headed snake. Oh yeah, that's where they sell the snake oil, too!

[Sonia Vivar]

11:44 PM on 08/29/2010

There is no stopping his rant now that he thinks he's god's main man, or maybe a god !