The left is good at protesting, but they're terrible at rallying support.

I'm watching these assholes at Notre Dame protest Obama's speech there later this spring and I'm wondering where the rallies are in support of Obama? Why is it that we can put thousands together to protest Bush, but can't put thousands together to help support our President, who's being railroaded for his support of liberal values?

I'm not trying to call anyone out, but it really is frustrating watching Obama get sideswiped and no one is there to help him out, or show that there are a number of other people who support Obama's speaking at Notre Dame.

Unless I'm wrong and something is planned, then I'll concede so, or maybe zero people at Notre Dame support the school's decision to invite him?

But that can't be, because they protested Bush when he spoke there in May of 2001:

http://www.mindfully.org/Reform/Bush-Notre-Dame-Values.htm

C'mon, for those who live in Indiana or know people in Indiana, or know anyone who knows someone who knows someone that attends Notre Dame, let's show the school we support their decision and of course, support our president speaking there.

news to me. Not in this country anyway.

a protest or a march every other day!:hippie:

2 terms of Nixon, one of Carter who courted the evangelicals and 3 terms of GOP Presidents.

Heck of a job Baby boomers.

I have little doubt your own, precious generation will make life a paradise in earth... as that seems to be what every up and coming generation tends to think of themselves-- previous generation messed up the world, next generation will save it. Fast forward thirty years, later, rinse, repeat...

You gave us some good tunes...after that I can't think of much.

I ask because that's sort of a right wing trick. Maybe there are none but I'd be surprised if that were true.

But nothing. I know there is a website where you can sign your name showing your support, but that never does anything.

they'd have a site but this brain won't give me anything. I usually only look for this stuff when somebody bashes Chavez. lol :evilgrin:

I'm all for letting them look ridiculous on their own, while supporting Obama in the ways he is asking...

http://www.whitehouse.gov/

mess and why are they not speaking out in support of Al. Was anyone on the TV to counter Pawlenty? I hope our big guys in the senate come out and raise hell if Franken is not seated after this final counting of ballots. If he were a repub he would be seated already.

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Did you sleep through the last three months?

Electing Obama was a splendid success at "rallying support" and I don't at all feel deflated by some political Christians bitching about a commencement speech at Notre Dame.

I agree, but I hate the minority speaking for all of us.

I certainly wouldn't expect the Left (the folks who actually hit the
streets in our party) to do ANYTHING further for Obama seeing as
how all he's done is shit on us since his election.

Tesha

I don't know of anyone who worked at the Democratic Headquarters or for the Obama Campaign that feels that way. We're having another party coming up pretty soon. I'll be sure to ask if you are speaking for them.

...get up from your keyboard and you yourself
go protest in support of Obama. Just don't look
to me to do it because, frankly, he's deliberately
avoided supporting most of the causes *I* care
about in favor of supporting the causes the DLC
and the corporations care about.

Tesha

speak for me. Hey, if you hurry, maybe you have time to get Nader on the 2012 ticket? I say this as a lifelong Democrat, you guys scare the hell out of me. You're just as nutty as the lunatic rightwing, and becoming almost as relevant. Good luck with that.

You guys on the right side of the party really *ARE* firing
blanks, aren't you?

Tesha

the lunatic fringe, of which I'm guessing you're a card carrying member.

And it ain't the same people.

Tesha

the Democratic Party will wind up in the same position in which the GOP currently finds itself...being run by the fringe, with absolutely no direction at all. You guys think you elected the president all by yourselves. I beg you to go back and look at the stats, Pres. Obama was elected by a sweeping cross section of Americans, and not all of us are "fringy".

Here's a thought, why don't you start now by getting 3rd party candidates elected to lower office, and not just drag Ralph's fetid carcas out of whatever hole you find him in, every four years?

about their hollering.

The pope has embarrassed Catholics again and again and again over the last month. Every Catholic I know has just continued to tune him out.

Let the religious people deal with it. What the hell do I care that religionists protest Obama? He uses his religionists against my house, so turn about it fair in my book. When it was his religionists bashing my family, Obama said they deserve to be heard, and that they are good, decent and moral people. So, whatev.

.... or what color to paint our signs.

We're Democrats, we cant agree on anything. ;)

the media to cover the story,if you notice the anti war movement produced on many occasions a crowd 20 times larger but no coverage.

and support Obama are afraid of being excommunicated if word gets back that they took a stand.

Remember, this is the church that excommunicated Roy Bourgeois just because he supported the ordination of women.

You're not going to get excommunicated for supporting Obama. It won't happen. The Catholic Church hasn't excommunicated Kerry or Biden or any other Catholic Democrat who backed Obama, so they're not going to do that.

They might make an issue of it, some might try and deny you communion (which hasn't happened), but they're not going to do that.