In fact, today people who had gone over to the Mall at mid-morningon Saturday said they were surprised to see a lot of people leaving already. Maybe that's why the tally came to well under 100,000. Maybe that's why, in an effort to regain the spotlight, Beck is getting more outrageous only 24-48 hours after his church picnic.
At the core of his latest blast is the declaration that Obama's form of Christianity is perverted, and if there's anyone who knows perversion it's Glenn Beck. Out here in prairie-land, Beck is himself being accused of being the "anti-Christ" and harsh words are being passed around about Mormons.
In its wrap-up of the aftermath of the rally, a Washington Post report reflects uncertainty about the size of the crowd.
Estimates on the size of the rally have varied widely. According to one commissioned by CBS News, 87,000 people attended the event. Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin (R), who also spoke at the event, told a reporter afterward that she thought more than 100,000 people had attended.
Beck said that the crowd was between 300,000 and 650,000, and Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), speaking at her own event after the rally, said that no fewer than 1 million people had been in attendance.
Democrats, on the other hand, are making hay as Glenn Beck's sun sets, if only temporarily. Some Republicans are "avoiding any mention of it altogether."
