Really! Funny when 0bama spoke here at Cuyahoga Community College, Param, Ohio (democrat stronghold) they had to recruit students minutes before his speech to fill ticketed seats. The boots on the grounds that day said the organizers had to really struggle to find students who wanted to participate. Ticketed seats, tickets given out or sold, and enough "no shows" they had to recruit unwilling students. Hmmmm....Operation Ticket Master?
The kids may go for the free trip, free seats, and volunteer time credit. I guess that's what irks me the most...volunteer time credit.
I have a better idea, send them to the unemployment office to volunteer a few hours there. Send them to the nearest food pantry to help hand out food. Have them assist at the food distribution points for Angel Food Ministries. They will learn more about America and the people in it, than any stupid Union,TV show sponsored rally.
Ah...but I rant at a propaganda event.
Better than thousands of them go to DC for this nonsense than to be home in their districts helping out Democrat candidates.
That's the difference between you and a liberal, though; for most of them, such actions are meaningless unless someone is there to see them, to witness their actions, and reflect glory back on them for doing nothing more than living up to their espoused beliefs.
If they did as you suggest, they'd be actually helping someone, but there wouldn't be camera-ready shots of a mass of people, which translates into a comeback to Beck's gathering. THAT is what they REALLY want--to stick a finger in the eye of their REAL enemy, those awful, awful Christian Americans. (I say this as an atheist.)
When I worked in a homeless shelter a few years back, I hung out with the Christians. We enjoyed ourselves and related to the clients, and none of the Christian volunteers made a big deal out of what they were doing -- they just showed up, did their thing with a smile, and that was it. Meanwhile the atheists who worked with me fulltime were cranky, bitchy and mean, as well as disloyal--but they made sure to let everyone know how much they were "suffering" for the good work they were doing.
For many (not all) liberals, good works are labot; giving the finger to some source of "authority" or the status quo, a childish rebellion that delivers an emotional rush (with no practical value to anyone suffering from the ills the libs supposedly despise)--that's the REAL goal.
good works are labot; giving = good works are ABOUT giving
Sorry.
I read in his appearance at USC he had to get Jamie Fox to do a concert before the event because they had only handed out 4,000 tickets. Even with the concert and 21,000,000 democrats within 50 miles of USC he drew 18,000.
I don't know what the final attendance was, but when I was listening to the Gopher game on the radio, the announcers stated that although the rally was to start in a few short hours (and the gates to the venue had already opened), it was like a ghost town. They then switched to talking football, but they did say that the "expected" traffic delays had not yet started.
There was also mention of possible clashes, later in the afternoon, between the football fans, and the political students.