Beck's Oval Office: A 'Revolution' Is Taking Place Based on Individual Liberty

On Wednesday evening's Oval Office speech, Glenn Beck asked when the mainstream media will realize that "there is a revolution going on in this country." He noted that the media will often focus in on a mere handful of Occupy protesters demonstrating at Zuccotti Park and dub it the next great revolution -- strange, considering it ignored the tens of thousands who gathered for FreePAC and Restoring Love. They also have largely ignored the phenomenon of Ted Cruz, who just secured the Republican nomination for Congress in Texas.

Beck said this revolution can be called anything, even the "Tea Party movement," but that he refers to it as "the Third Great Awakening" and that it Call it has been ringing up victories, large and small across the country.

Beck went on to cite conservative victories in statehouses in Virginia and New Jersey, a Senate race in Massachusetts which claimed Ted Kennedy’s seat, and winning control of the House of Representatives.

A decisive victory for Ted Cruz, the Tea Party candidate for U.S. Senate in Texas, against the Republican incumbent, reaffirms this very notion.

Cruz has received glowing accolades from conservatives of all walks, including former House Majority leader Dick Armey, FreedomWorks founder Matt Kibbe, and syndicated columnist Michelle Malkin just to name a few. The constitutional law scholar earned their praise by his willingness not just to challenge the left, but even the GOP establishment.

Beck then turned to the proposed sales tax increases in Georgia that were intended to pay for road work. The state voted down the measure in no uncertain terms. While the media has painted these triumphs as unexpected, Beck said that anyone who is truly paying attention know that these events "are part of a pattern" -- the kind that typically leads to a "revolution."

"Sure, I wish we had a president who  believed in the Constitution," Beck said, but "we don’t." He ceded that we may also never have a true Tea Party president, but that regardless, we are effecting change and "making things happen." Because of the Tea Party, Beck believes that the worst aspects of Washington, the media, and society by and large are being rolled back and that limited government and individual liberty have reclaimed their place at the center stage of American life and politics.

But Beck wanted to make sure that while there is plenty we must "say no" to -- like printing money, raising taxes and increasing the size of the federal government, no revolution in history has ever been successful only by taking what is wrong away.

"You hear a lot about rights but not a lot about limits," Beck said before adding that the Tea Party is bringing back those limits.

At the same time, "you don’t inspire people by telling them 'no' all the time," Beck explained. We also have to be about creating something new. "We have to bring something to the table."

Beck said that this movement focuses on the individual, personal responsibility and one's own desire to make his or her own way in life.

"Someone who earns their own living. Someone who supports their own family. Someone who feeds the hungry...and heals the sick."

Those who attended Restoring Love, or who read TheBlaze's coverage of Restoring Love likely understands what Beck is talking about. "And you know that is what I believe. We have to serve. We have to take back the work of our hearts. We can't outsource love to the government."

Beck said he does not doubt that even a progressive like Woodrow Wilson had good intentions, but that they just "think they can do the work better than we can" through their plans for small business, health care and the nations lending institutions. It is "up to us," Beck maintained, to show the left that their plans cannot and will not work. And by continuing to vote down their tax increases and by sending congressmen and senators committed to restoring the State to its "proper," limited role, we can do just that.

To Beck, this is not just a political revolution, but an economic and cultural one as well. While mainstream media may never figure out what is truly happening in our society, Beck believes that as a culture we must continue to restore, "honor, courage and love."