Posted on 10/02/2010 10:52:51 AM PDT by Libloather
Civil rights, labor groups rally on National Mall
The goal is to arouse enthusiasm among Democratic voters and stave off an expected GOP comeback in the midterm elections. The rally is also a liberal response to conservative commentator Glenn Beck's rally in August.
By Jordan Steffen, Tribune Washington Bureau
11:52 a.m. CDT, October 2, 2010
WASHINGTON - Thousands of activists from groups that support the Democratic Party gathered for a march and rally on the National Mall on Saturday in a bid to rejuvenate the enthusiasm of more liberal voters and stave off an expected GOP comeback in next month's midterm elections.
Organizers said the rally includes hundreds of groups representing Latinos, blacks, labor and environmental activists, and would be aimed at demands for jobs, justice and education.
The rally, called "One Nation Working Together," is in part a response to conservative commentator Glenn Beck's "Restoring Honor" rally in August that drew thousands to hear a call to return to American values of liberty and faith. However, organizers said the "One Nation" rally had been planned since April.
Beck has criticized the liberal response, in part because he said it includes members of socialist groups.
(Excerpt) Read more at chicagotribune.com ...
Who isn’t being force or paid to be here? Show of hands please....
There’s only one way to respond to this nonsense:
Glenn Beck and other’s from the tea party need to organize another rally in Washington. Big Time.
I am watching MSNBC coverage and there are no crowd shots. A speaker just said that a satellite image indicates that the crowd is larger than Beck’s - but how come no images?
Did anyone catch what Joe Madison just said?!
LMAO
He said someone tell Glenn Beck there are more here RIGHT NOW, than on 9-29.
Umm Glen had his rally on 8-28.
And of course we the Tea party had one on 9-12
And this Union rally today ain’t even close to those numbers, either event!
I saw part of this idiocy . The standard close-crop shot of a small crowd made to look big or more over, shot so as not to expose how small the crowd really is.
Is it me - or does this sound like an anti-Hussein gathering? Jobs suck, housing sucks, life sucks, Beck sucks, and slavery still exists.
Didn't the RATS fix all that?
You got THAT right !
big sign in the crowd : “Beck and Palin are racists;” after speaker after speaker, “we are one nation, don’t let anyone divide us.”
Of COURSE it’s going to be larger than Beck’s. Can’t have the uninformed having access to facts.
Cspan just panned back from the Washington Monument and there was a lot of green(grass) on the sides of the reflecting pool.
Not buying any numbers close to Beck’s event.
Stupid Marxist does as stupid Marxist is. You vill comply.
LOL, no way is it bigger than Becks. There is so much space between the people it’s laughable. Everyone looks bored to death.
I’m watching this moonbat clambake on CSPAN and does it look to anyone else like some of the flags on the stage between the band and the podium are dragging on the floor?
Marian Edelman Wright of Children’s Defense Fund and Ben Jealous of NAACP up now.
How long is this thing going to drag on?
Hah! Lots of empty seats in the VIP section.
Thanks for the tip about Cspan.
In Venezuela they force certain groups to march or lose their jobs.
I guess the Democrat left is not much different.
I am surprised they haven’t unionized the welfare recipients yet.
Lukewarm applause for Ben Jealous’s lame attempt to channel MLK...
I think this guy just likes the sound of his own voice.
Now he’s trying to lead the crowd in a chant “Ever Forward, Never backwards.”
Weak.
From the (AP)
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While the Beck rally stretched well down the National Mall, Saturday’s event was shaping up to be far smaller, with sparse groups lingering around the reflecting pool and other monuments.
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http://apnews.myway.com/article/20101002/D9IJLNU00.html
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