Freedom Movement Goes to Capitol Hill - 09.12.09 March on Washington (middle east, drug)
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I watched about 30 seconds of Glen Beck's coverage and it was all I could stand. I do support their right to their opinions, and right to express them. I just don't want any part of it.
The national media outlets are expressing a bit of shock over just how many people there are that actually showed up to march.
The Republicans, after touting the tea parties as being just a "bunch of neocon right wing nut cases" are shocked to learn that this indeed might not be the case.
I suppose it's easy to blow off protesters at the local level, but when hundreds of thousands of fathers, mothers, children, democrats and republicans join together and decend on Washington ... well ... that's a little harder to ignore.
The expectations from the organizers were a "few" thousands. Do to the overwhelming numbers that showed up, they were asked to start their march 20 minutes early because they couldn't fit in the Plaza.
If ten thousand showed up, it would have been deemed successful. Many, many times that number showed up.
Just the fact - live with it.
Why so desperate to dismiss/discount the crowd that showed up?
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