By Rick Newton

I found myself in complete awe of the entire ‘Restoring Honor' event. Content-wise, I probably would have taken away all of the same impressions from TV coverage as I did being there. Experiencing the outpouring of emotions, spirituality, and patriotism of the crowd, however, created a palpable sense of common bond, determination, and (pardoning the abuse of this word for the past 2 years) ‘hope'.

I have a healthy respect for Beck and his ability to stimulate worthwhile thought, but his production and facilitation of Saturday's event was without parallel. In watching and listening to him daily, one understands the deep sense of feeling/emotion behind his words, as it frequently manifests itself in the quivering of his mouth and the redness in his eyes - but on Saturday, he was in (almost) full control and, instead, had tears and emotions flowing throughout the "thousands" of attendees.