Republicans Have Awakened A Giant as Huge Crowd Attends March on Washington

[Scuba]

http://www.politicususa.com/2013/08/24/republicans-awakened-giant-huge-crowd-attends-march-washington.html

A massive crowd attended the March on Washington today to honor Dr. King’s dream, and to let Republicans know that they are ready to fight for their rights. The size of the crowd was best captured in the photo by AirPhotosLive:



Compare this to the photos from the last tea party protest in DC over the “IRS scandal”:



The Democratic event featured speakers from different groups and organizations that all agreed on an agenda. Speaker after speaker at today’s event discussed issues like raising the minimum wage, fighting voter suppression, restoring the gutted sections of the Voting Rights Acts, economic opportunity, civil rights for all Americans including the LGBT community, stand your ground laws, and immigration reform.

The Democrats offered a broader more inclusive agenda, and this big tent was reflected in the difference in the diversity of attendees at each event. The IRS protest featured an almost completely white, male, and older American crowd. The March on Washington was striking in its diversity. There were Americans of all ages, shapes, sizes, colors, and sexual orientations at the event. The March on Washington included more Americans from every part of America.

[msongs]

1. where's the "massive crowd"? nt

[Lithos]

2. Which picture are you referring to?

Bottom picture is the one from the IRS march which we all know was not well attended.

[elleng]

6. Between the Reflecting Pool and the trees.

[Ken Burch]

3. I'm not sure why they're calling it "a Democratic event"

The march wasn't sponsored by the Democratic Party.

Yes, a lot of Democrats will be there, but calling it "a Democratic event" implies that the march was only held for partisan purposes...and probably wouldn't be a really comfortable thought to Dr. King himself, who, in the last two years of his life, was passionately challenging the Democratic Party from the left on both domestic and foreign policy ideas.

[Phlem]

4. K&R!

-p

[spanone]

5. people KNOW voting is a constitutional right

[Jack Rabbit]

7. Indeed it is a right -- no matter what Fat Tony says

[Generic Other]

8. The first march on Washington 1963 for comparison

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