An editorial cartoon accompanies this piece that pretty much makes conservative mouthpiece Glenn Beck look like a maniac in his “I?Have a Scheme” speech. In the background you see caricatures of Martin Luther King and Abraham Lincoln, portrayed as helpless to stopping Beck’s rantings. Beck undoubtedly saw this coming. He put himself out there for ridicule because every American has the right to say what’s on their mind —?it’s called freedom of speech — no matter how many people choose to listen and, subsequently, poke fun. But what exactly did Beck — who promoted the event as nonpolitical (an amazing reach considering 2008 GOP vice presidential nominee and potential future presidential candidate and tea party crusader Sarah Palin also spoke) — accomplish at this past weekend’s rally? Beck and fellow conservative Palin appealed to a mass of people gathered at the National Mall to help restore American values and honor King’s message.