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WeDidIt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-12-09 10:16 AM
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And Glenn Beck's Teabagging Party Becomes A Total Bust
Crowd sizes too small to garner much notice on the weekend Reality Journalism TeeVee Shows.

Not even Faux is covering it much.

Beck pushed 2,000,000 as his expectation for six months.

Last night, in a desperate attempt to lower the expectations dramatically, his organization said 20,000.

Today, organizers are claiming 30,000. You just know Park Police estimates will be lower.

Epic Fail
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polichick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-12-09 10:18 AM
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1. msnbc showing it now. nt
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WeDidIt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-12-09 10:20 AM
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3. And it's an epic fail
Shit, uncovered war protests were many times larger than this crap.
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MH1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-12-09 10:26 AM
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6. Yeah, but how big were the protests against W's coup in 2000 / 2001?
I went to one in May 2001 that was dubbed "million voter march". I wish we would have had 30,000. I figured about 3000 and others supported my number. I think CNN reported about 1000, if I remember correctly.

I despise Beck and what these people stand for but they got 10 times as many out to protest whatever they're protesting today, and we got maybe a tenth of that who cared about democracy.

There's a lesson there, I think, and it's not a good idea to ignore it.
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rhett o rick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-12-09 10:40 AM
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15. what's the lesson. nt
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MH1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-12-09 10:47 AM
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20. Actually 2 that I can think of at the moment.
1) the reich-wing is much better than we are at mobilizing

2) people generally don't give a shit about democracy, even on the so-called "left". (Okay that was my takeaway from the 2001 march which I did attend.)
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rhett o rick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-13-09 11:40 AM
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38. How then do you explain the landslide for Pres Obama? Talk about mobilization.
I think your impression that people on the left don't give a shit about democracy is off base.
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Yavin4 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-12-09 05:21 PM
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36. Your Protest Didn't Have A National "News" Network Promoting It
Nor did it have a national radio personality also promoting it for about 7 months.

Given the amount of national publicity, the march today was a complete failure.
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Arugula Latte Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-13-09 12:28 PM
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41. Um -- There have been plenty of HUGE liberal protests for various causes.
I was in a pro-choice march in '92 that drew hundreds of thousands. There was another one in, maybe, '04 that was about half a million. There have been GIGANTIC, global anti-war marches that, if they were covered by the media at all, focused on one or two of the most "out there" protesters (anarchists, or what have you). A million and a half people showed up for Obama's inauguration (not that that was a protest). And so on.

Yes, we DO get the crowds. It's the media coverage we don't get.
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Lorien Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-13-09 12:30 PM
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42. We had a massive march on Tallahassee on inauguration day in 2001
there was also a huge protest in DC the same day. Tens of thousands at the very least, but the MSM barely covered any of it.
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peekaloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-12-09 10:19 AM
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2. I think "choke" is more apt.
ya know ole Beckerhead tries too hard by ramming things down his followers throats that it becomes just a tad too much to swallow.

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tsuki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-12-09 10:21 AM
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4. I guess the number of Hatriots isn't as large as Be_k's ego.
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Kali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-12-09 10:32 AM
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12. hatriots
excellent!
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tsuki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-12-09 12:11 PM
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22. I forget where I saw that. I just appropriated it without apology. It fits. nt
Edited on Sat Sep-12-09 12:11 PM by tsuki
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SoCalDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-12-09 03:07 PM
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28. The Goons of August become the September Snooze n/t
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tsuki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-12-09 03:44 PM
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32. Too good. Another appropriation, but, I'll remember where it came from. nt
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DCKit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-12-09 05:16 PM
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33. Angnorant Hatriots.
A band, or a new political party?
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Solomon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-13-09 12:24 PM
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39. Damn Good. I'm using it.
Hatriots.
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madrchsod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-12-09 10:22 AM
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5. i was checking the traffic cams around the area
Edited on Sat Sep-12-09 10:24 AM by madrchsod
the streets around the march are pretty much deserted.....yes it`s a epic failure but the band played on!

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Iggo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-12-09 10:27 AM
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7. Is that the Huckster on bass?
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madrchsod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-12-09 02:50 PM
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24. yup....
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polichick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-12-09 10:28 AM
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8. Good research! nt
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Barack_America Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-12-09 10:29 AM
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9. You really need to figure in the number of porta-potties...
'cause they're probably occupied.
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notadmblnd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-12-09 10:35 AM
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13. at 2 hatriots per potty?
Edited on Sat Sep-12-09 10:57 AM by notadmblnd
I would assume it takes two to tea bag?:shrug:
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ashling Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-12-09 10:55 AM
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21. But a porta potty doesn't allow for a very wide stance
:rofl:
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DainBramaged Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-12-09 10:30 AM
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10. That picture should be shown BEFORE they talk about the 10,000 Freepturd march
just for effect.

Priceless.
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stenwin77 Donating Member (21 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-12-09 10:31 AM
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11. I just received this... not sure how many thousands they mean
http://twitter.com/BreakingNews

Tens of thousands are packing streets near the U.S. Capitol in downtown
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WeDidIt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-12-09 10:36 AM
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14. ORganizers told CNN 30,000, whcih they dutifully reported
Park Police will definitely ahve a smaller estimate.
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DainBramaged Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-12-09 10:44 AM
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18. They can't even match one of the dozens of anti-war protests
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Divine Discontent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-12-09 10:41 AM
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16. So NOWWWWWW can we finally put any arguments to rest by talking heads when our people are on as
guests, and the talking head says AMERICA is out there voicing it's strong disgust about Obamacare - and dutifully point out that few idiots in each county joining up at a rally ain't "AMERICA!!!!" and point out Beck's less than 200K (I'm sure it will be far less as we're hearing), that he said would be 2 MILLION!
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DainBramaged Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-12-09 10:45 AM
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19. Our people aren't going to contradict the MSM, and lose face time?
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Initech Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-12-09 10:43 AM
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17. Definite epic fail.
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polichick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-12-09 02:09 PM
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23. Is there an accurate number yet??
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WeDidIt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-12-09 02:52 PM
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26. Beck said 60,000 on Faux, Gooper Congressassholes say 1.5 million
Wide range there.
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polichick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-12-09 03:13 PM
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30. Yeah, that's quite a spread. Thanks. nt
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ShortnFiery Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-12-09 02:52 PM
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25. Love it! Even Corporations can become TOO ARROGANT for their own good.
Thanks for the good news. :-)
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Zynx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-12-09 03:11 PM
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29. Corporations are as stupid as the rest of us.
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Orsino Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-12-09 03:06 PM
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27. CNN was pimping it hard this morning...
...with "30,000 expected." I heard that claim two or three times while waiting for my car to get out of the shop. There was a mention of a "growing crowd."

I don't think CNN gave this much coverage to the hundreds of thousands of antiwar protesters.

Oh, well--at least the shop seems to have switched away from Fox.
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kittykitty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-12-09 03:18 PM
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31. One speaker told the crowd that ABC reported 1.5 million. Yawn.......
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-12-09 05:18 PM
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35. That was mad Marsha Blackburn n/t
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-12-09 05:17 PM
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34. You nailed this one early
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x6533963
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lame54 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-12-09 05:24 PM
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37. I went to get a new tire today...
and FOX was playing in the waiting room - they showed it the entire time I was there - they most definitely are covering it
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Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-13-09 12:27 PM
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40. Well like everything else Glenn Beck does, there was a huge lie
then when the truth came out (as it always does) it all became a pathetic joke.

The sum total of Glenn Beck's life? Yep, a pathetic joke.
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