and can't pull it off so they're blaming other people.
Cornel West wasn't even an important part of the event when most people signed up. That happened later (if it really happened at all) so this kind of reeks. Speakers cancel all the time, you don't cancel events just because 1 person can't make it.
They probably didn't have the necessary permits and set-up so now it's everyone else's fault.
I invite you to read this thread http://www.democraticunderground.com/1251698551 and see how badly it was being organized by someone who said they had 20 years experience organizing events (baby showers it seems now) but was daft enough to state you don't need a permit to gather 100,000 people in Washington DC. Lol! And now the whining that Senator Sanders impeded the event. Sounds like bullshit. His campaign politely distanced itself from it from the start. Those 2 clowns took over a grassroots event and fucked it over. It happens all the time with grassroots efforts.
These bozos couldn't even set up a website. What kind of professional organizers with 20 years experience are these? Click around on their lame site here on a free host (lol) and you'll see it's just an empty wix shell http://enoughisenoughdc.wix.com/breach. The about us, repertoire, booking, gallery links are empty with just the default information that came with the shell. It doesn't even have its homepage http://enoughisenoughdc.wix.com
Professional event organizers? I don't think so. Sounds more like event hijackers or total incompetents. As someone who's organized large events in the past (San Francisco City Hall, SF Giants Park). I'm leaning towards option 1 because of some sketchy behavior people noticed with the organizers.
I could be wrong but without digging into it too much, that's what I think right now.
And there's this too written on Aug 18, 2015 by the original organizer
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Amanda Copeland and Karen Sterling (and maybe others) are attempting to co-opt OUR COLLECTIVE rally, in its entirety. They feign confusion on what anyone who mentions its previous incarnations is talking about, and remove and ridicule reference to our months of hard work. Do not be turned away by this arrogance. Stay on board, and let’s make this work. Together.
After contacting me out of the blue, Amanda stated “I am the organizer of the 100,000+ Enough is Enough Rally Bernie Sanders for Pres…We moved the event over to Event Brite…”
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Amanda and Karen then both claimed to know nothing of what they refer to as “some other rally” by the exact same name, at the exact place, that had over 120k listed as ‘Going” for months. Recall how the alternative press (upon which we rely for any semblance of a level playing field) was all over our efforts. Then we are to believe that Amanda and/or Karen and/or whomever come up with THE EXACT SAME NAME as our evolving rally, in that case? I don’t believe that is true.
This event is an evolution, of ALL our efforts. It might even still succeed, despite the destructive snipping thus far; despite slapping the 120k+ in the face by now co-opting the idea, seemingly to get the credit. If we hope to attract 1/10 of the original 120k, we need all the publicity we can get, so let’s hang together, instead of trying to disavow each other.
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Of course, once I explained this, the insults really escalated “Are you really for Bernie? Men are so touchy about their place in life,” Karen asked, then noted in innocent bewilderment, after contacting me out of nowhere, calling my running blog about OUR phenomenal, crowd-sourced and unprecedented success called “a bull***t post”, asking me to “cease and desist”. I, of course, will no more stop than do I hope she or any of the other 120k+ do. We #FeelTheBern, despite ulterior motives and petty desires for 15 minutes in the sun.
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https://steventodd.wordpress.com/2015/08/18/bernie-sanders-enough-is-enough-rally-idea/
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