COLORADO SPRINGS — In the halls outside the main stage of the World Arena on Tuesday night, ideas were sold — or better, given away, long before media giant Glenn Beck took the stage.
The Tea Party, Rocky Mountain Gun Owners, petitioners for returning real history to schools, for voting yes on Amendments 60 and 61 and Proposition 101, for Republican senatorial candidate Ken Buck. And many walking the halls carried signed copies — one woman had five in her arms — of “Broke: The Plan to Restore Our Trust, Truth and Treasure,” which hit shelves that day.
It’s the first stop on Beck’s national book tour, but fundamentally, it’s a rally for his world view and the roughly 2,500 fans were there to hear what their conservative prophet had to say.
“I just really like him,” said Susan Donohue, a 54-year-old graphic designer who drove from Littleton with her 21-year-old daughter. “He’s very genuine, a very real guy. He doesn’t have a perfect background and I can identify with that.”
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