Posted on 09/21/2010 4:46:28 AM PDT by IbJensen
Although the media took last week’s announcement of comedian Jon Stewart’s "Rally to Restore Sanity" like it was manna falling from heaven, some Democrats are concerned it could hurt them in the upcoming midterm elections.
Scheduling such an event on the Saturday before Election Day, when field operatives should be diligently working on Get Out The Vote efforts in their districts, could be tremendously counterproductive.
On the other hand, as Politico’s Ben Smith noted Monday, there’s already a big Democrat rally planned in October:
Stewart hasn’t mentioned that labor groups and other institutional Democratic organizations are already planning a big Washington rally to counter Beck: The One America rally on October 2, which has been struggling to get the kind of attention Beck does. [...]
"Midterm elections are about turnout and as has widely been reported, there is an intensity gap in this election, with the Republican base more motivated than the Democrats’. Some of that gap can be closed with an aggressive ground campaign — we can make up 2-3% in a given race by talking to people at their doors and on their phones," emails veteran labor Democratic consultant Steve Rosenthal. "I love Jon Stewart — rarely miss the show, but to the extent that some people who will attend his rally would otherwise be involved in GOTV efforts this is not helpful."
Nation editor Chris Hayes e-mailed Smith:
First: It’s hard to imagine lots of democratic [sic] politicians showing up to a left equivalent of Glenn Beck’s rally (and I wonder how many will be at the *actual* progressive march on October 2nd), but more than that is [sic] puts our current ideological predicament in stark terms. On the right, a large, well-funded, organized, ideologically zealous movement dedicated to a genuinely reactionary vision of America. On the other side? A very gifted satirist calling for everyone to just chill. If I landed here from Mars and took this in and was asked to bet on who’s going to have more political success, it would be a no-brainer.
Something else lost in the discussion is that this event is scheduled for the day before Halloween.
Makes you wonder what kind of anti-GOP costumes will be on display and how that will go counter to the "million moderates march" motif.
Think about all the George W. Bush, Sarah Palin, Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, and Sean Hannity dolls likely to be burned in effigy in our nation’s capital as organizers futilely ask, "Can’t we all just get along?"
Doesn’t present a picture of sanity, does it?
Of course, with two liberal Clintonistas involved in putting this event together, they’ll likely have folks patrolling the crowd to control such imagery.
Nobody’s better at falsely presenting a "moderate" persona than a former member of that administration.
...*smiles*...freaks and sneaks abound,national TV can’t make up their mind, cover it or hide it....their own
Such a rally would only gather nuts, loons and thrill seekers, trash & trouble will be the only result.
You ever notice that every single Progressive cannot write an intellectually honest factual sentence. Instead everything they write is a blie laced, overly emotional slogan?
From the name, one would think it's an anti-Dem anti-Obama rally.
No different from any other socialist gathering. They’ll leave cans, bottles, cig butts and other debris everywhere. They’ll scream obscenities and burn likenesess of Bush and Palin, the flag, then go home or the shelter or whatever.
Think about it:
The best way to ruin the “kids’s” fun is for the “grown ups” to embrace and encourage the activity.
It is especially terrible for the kids if the parents say they’ll be there to have fun!!!
“You ever notice that every single Progressive cannot write an intellectually honest....”
You ever notice that every single MARXIST cannot write an intellectually honest....
There, I fixed it for you... Stop using the Marxist’s
code word “Progressive”.
When they say progressive. It means progressing the world of Communism.
I hope all 34 of the attendees have a great time.
Exactly. Even fewer will show up if word gets out that the Tea Party people want in on the fun too and will also go... then they don't show up. Nobody there.
Glad to see they have finally come to grips with their insanity. Step one, admit you have a problem.. :)
‘field operatives’? who the hell has ‘field operatives’??
are those the people voting for the dead and comatose?
If they show up in droves - the "element" will show their true colors and not help to get out their vote. If they don't show up...it makes Glenn Beck's 8/28 rally seem all the more amazing.
If the rally goes forward I hope plenty of conservatives are there to take pictures of the crowd. You just know the libs will try to say it was a big as the Beck rally so we will need pictures to make side by side comparisons.
I can only imagine what kind of nutcases will show up and get facetime on national TV.
They will leave tons of trash on the National Mall that will take two weeks to clean up.
If any numbers of note show up, The MSM will cover it.................
Doesn't matter. Who gets their new from "them" anymore anyways? We'll show it, Drudge will show it, Michelle will show it, Andrew will show it. That's really all that matters anyway.
Can't someone bring a camcorder or sumping to show the refuse?
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