Couldn't disagree more. I have been watching these protests since 2001, and I am convinced that if all three networks would cover just ONE of these BashAmerica fests live, from beginning to end, the Democrats would never win another election in my lifetime.
Agree, absolutely.
Of course we all know how it will actually be "reported": Helpful censorship of extremist statements and signage; no mention of the (literal) Stalinist orientation of the organizers; no mention of their, and their speakers', alignment with warmongering, left-wing insurgent movements worldwide; etc. What we'll get is an impressionist account bearing no recognizable relation to the reality of the event, instead reflecting either the Vietnam era nostalgia of the "reporters," or their mindless and automatic compliance with the decades old taboo against "red baiting" (i.e. the prohibition against identifying an extremist as an extremist, provided they are left-wing extremists).
I was supposed to be there today.
Hubby just called and said it was a zoo. He couldn't hear a word I said, because of the crowd noise. Just wanted to let me know it was over, but they couldn't leave yet because of the crowds, and he was going to go get something to eat with other freepers and Protest Warriors.
I am a little disappointed about this, because it either means that (sob!) all those buses from New York finally made it through the barricades, and there were far more people at the march than at the rally, OR it's just ANSWER's usual gift of inflicting maximum inconvenience wuth minimum numbers. They do tend to mill around a lot after one of these things. I'll wait to hear sauropod's account.
I have to say, though, that I was watching the crowd on TV, and on the traffic cams here, and at 3:00 it sure wasn't as large as it should have been. It should have been bigger than 2003. After all, they think they have Bush on the ropes, they think they have a majority opinion behind them, and they have their savior Mother Sheehan there blowing kisses to the crowd. And yet this was the best they could do...