Posted on 09/12/2009 5:40:05 PM PDT by Chet 99
Reporting from Washington - Tens of thousands of protesters marched on the U.S. Capitol today, airing a wide range of grievances rooted in a shared sentiment: seething anger at President Obama and his far-reaching agenda.
Led by a fife and drum corps in period costumes, the demonstrators filled Pennsylvania Avenue and swarmed the Capitol grounds with a sea of bobbing placards and hand-lettered signs that spelled out a catalog of dissent.
There were antiabortion protesters and term-limit advocates. Critics of financial bailouts and the federal investigation into CIA interrogation techniques. Marchers worried about rekindling inflation and upset about the soaring national debt. Pickets opposed to Obama's healthcare reform plan and challenging the legitimacy of his election.
"Is This Russia?" one sign said. "Traitors Terrorists Run Our Government," read another. "Don't blame me. I voted for The 'American,' " a third stated.
The protest -- touted by organizers as the largest-ever outpouring of political conservatives -- was organized by a loose-knit coalition of anti-tax, small-government proponents, and widely promoted by sympathetic voices in the blogosphere and on TV and talk radio. Park police declined to provide an official crowd estimate.
The rally was embraced, after some hesitation, by congressional Republicans, some of whom were leery of associating with the more incendiary elements of Obama's opposition.
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
In Ancient Rome, a senator once proposed that all slaves be dressed in brown so they could be identifiable.
The idea was voted down on the logic that if the slaves knew what their actual numbers were, they would revolt ... quickly.
Very interesting. By the same token, we see pro-Obama news undercounting by a factor between 10 and 100 the number of people at the rally so that the rest of the pro-Obama folks in the U.S. won’t realize how vastly outnumbered they are as well as to prevent the rest of the anti-Obama, anti-statist population from getting a clear idea of their own numerical strength.
Can you provide Freedom Works link to that statement? I can’t find it on their site, thanks!
Actually, that number originated during the tea party. They kept us updated throughout. During the rally, they announced, according to abc (yes, abc) there were 1.5 million of us there.
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2009/09/first_reports_from_ap_and_ny_t.html
Scroll to bottom, first update.
Oh, I thought you were talking about an update today from Freedom Works. Like I’ve stated, abc originally estimated our crowd to be 1/5 million. Being there, I would not doubt it. =)
The idea was voted down on the logic that if the slaves knew what their actual numbers were, they would revolt ... quickly
Wow..that is the most logical answer I have heard yet, thanks
There was a helicopter that flew over us in a circle a couple of times. Does anyone know who this was and did they take pictures. It was around 12:30 when it circled the crowd at the Capital, as many were stopped and sitting on the grass.
The poster here http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2339024/posts is saying it was a cool million and “Metro Police” called it 1.2 million.
:)
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