What can Anchorage expect from the Glenn Beck road show?

From the Press:

If he stays true to form he'll mix up the colorful Glenn Beck character [people] know from television with a little bit of [self-help guru] Anthony Robbins and a dose of old-timey evangelical preacher. It'll be a feel-good, inspirational event, part super-patriot rally, part self-help seminar and part tent revival, with a few departures into an Orwellian two minutes of hate if he starts ripping Obama or ACORN.

It'll be interesting to see how much he pushes the evangelical Christian rhetoric, though, because he's been alienating an increasing number of his supporters on the religious right. ... As Beck has become more and more explicitly religious in his commentary, his evangelical fans are becoming more and more nervous about his Mormonism, which the vast majority of evangelical Christians believe to be a false faith.

Zaitchik sees Beck and his new friend Sarah Palin -- who'll introduce him in Anchorage -- as almost totally sympatico though "probably more standoffish now that they're competitors" in the media market catering to the political right.

Both of them are basically interested in doing the same thing, which is riding the role of movement leader, above the fray of election cycles, for as long as possible, because there's so much money in it, and there's so much longevity in it, and I think they both have similar interests in maintaining being king and queen of that scene.

But for Beck, at least, his job is about more than money and fame, Zaitchik says.

I think he actually believes that God wants him to make a ton of money and become this huge celebrity by fear mongering and generally doing whatever it takes in the media to promote right-wing causes.

The promoter of Beck's Anchorage show says the fact that it's on the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks is coincidental and that he doesn't know what Beck and Palin have planned for the event. Critics of the pair are accusing them of exploiting a national tragedy for profit.

According to the event's Ticketmaster page, seating will be divided between "wet" sections -- with alcohol for sale -- and "dry" sections.