Thousands gather in DC in support of Dems agenda

[Xipe Totec]

Source: Associated Press



WASHINGTON – Tapping into the same anger that fuels the tea party movement, a coalition of progressive and civil rights groups marched Saturday on the Lincoln Memorial and pledged to support Democrats struggling to keep power on Capitol Hill.

"We are together. This march is about the power to the people," said MSNBC host Ed Schultz. "It is about the people standing up to the corporations. Are you ready to fight back?"

In a fiery speech that opened the "One Nation Working Together" rally on the National Mall, Schultz blamed Republicans for shipping jobs overseas and curtailing freedoms. He borrowed some of conservative commentator Glenn Beck's rhetoric and vowed to "take back our country."

"This is a defining moment in America. Are you American?" Schultz told the raucous crowd of thousands. "This is no time to back down. This is time to fight for America."


Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101002/ap_on_re_us/us_one_nation_march

[EFerrari]

1. Does the Professional Left never give it a rest?

lol

[Xipe Totec]

2. Ouch!

:thumbsup:

[EFerrari]

3. Dear beautiful Harry Belafonte is on now.

:woohoo:

[Celtic Merlin]

27. Rahm would like them to, but he's GONE.

[TomCADem]

41. Thought They Were Supporting Democrats and Attacking Republicans...

...rather than attacking Democrats and giving Republicans a free pass.

:rofl:

[EFerrari]

59. Be careful. You blaspheme!

lol

[xxqqqzme]

48. Does the screaming right?

[EFerrari]

57. I don't think I can decode your post.

[tabasco]

49. Figures you would post something divisive

when presented with a unifying event.

[EFerrari]

55. Wait -- this is an event for the progressive movement

and I'm being divisive by pointing out that the Professional Left turned out to support Democrats?

Sell your bridge somewhere else, buddy.

[yurbud]

105. the White House will scold them for trampling the grass and making the lawn look bad

for when the corporate lobbyists come over.

[Bitwit1234]

4. And the tea bags and rabid ahole republicans keep harping

they want "their" country back. Well no body told these real Americans that it belonged to these bunch of racist, hate filled, lying, crooked butt republicans and tea bags. It belongs to all Americans. And I think this crowd today it showing that ALL AMERICANS HERE out number the tea bags and radicals.

[EFerrari]

5. It would be hilarious to compare footage of this real grassroots event

with that embarrassing farce, Whitestock.

[la la]

6. i read that as....

*whitesock* which would be funny, too! ;>)

[EFerrari]

8. LOL. n/t

[TheEuclideanOne]

28. Whitestock

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[EFerrari]

46. That isn't mine but another DUer's.

I'm sorry I can't remember whose because it's brilliant. :)

[TheEuclideanOne]

51. I was laughing again just thinking about the name

I did a search on DU just to see who it was. Can't figure it out,though. Oh well. I will be sure to throw it around in conversations just to piss off the Teabaggers.

[nyy1998]

7. +1

[Duval]

39. I love ya'll! :) nt

[Xipe Totec]

9. 'One Nation' rally draws thousands to Mall to counter conservatives

Source: Washington Post

By Krissah Thompson and Spencer S. Hsu
Washington Post Staff Writers
Saturday, October 2, 2010; 1:17 PM

A rally on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial kicked off Saturday with tens of thousands of progressive activists hoping to energize supporters worried about the conservative tea party movement and the possibility that Democrats could lose control of Congress.

The "One Nation Working Together" march is the culmination of months of planning begun by civil rights organizations and labor unions. In recent weeks, more than 400 supporting groups signed on to the rally set to span four hours beginning at noon and featuring speeches, poetry and musical entertainment.

The groups backing the march - including the National Council of La Raza, the NAACP, the AFL-CIO, the Service Employees International Union, USAction and the U.S. Student Association - are looking to make a political statement in response to conservative commentator Glenn Beck's rally in August. That gathering partly filled the Mall with tens of thousands of his supporters, and tea party groups across the country have held anti-tax rallies.

By mid-morning Saturday, "One Nation" supporters were already heading to the Mall. On the city's Metro system, which opened an hour early to accommodate the crowds, rally attendees carried signs like "We March for Hope Not Hate" and "Standing Up for All the Change We Voted For." Others wore blue "One Nation Working Together" T-shirts handed out by the American Federation of Teachers union.


Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/01/AR2010100104440.html?wprss=rss_nation

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Photo slide show:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/gallery/2010/10/02/GA2010100201796.html

[Oceansaway]

10. wooooohoooooo !!...nt

[glowing]

11. Its too bad the President didn't decide to attend. That would really have brought out

a ton of support... and his message is about inclusion in a positive productive method. There is nothing about this rally that is against the President. He should have attended or sent a representative like Joe Biden to speak to the crowd.. But these idiot politicians don't take the opportunity for a great ad.. People of all backgrounds coming together to build the country... All those pukes get up there and speak (Palin, Bachman).. why are our Dems so afraid of standing with their base?

[Just One Woman]

14. It's the people

I think the point is that this is the people. This must be about the people! This way, it cannot be construed that it is about government. I hear twitter is going crazy with teabag head spinning.

[bdamomma]

92. it wouldn't take too long for tea party heads to spin!!!!

our rallies are so much better so much diversity thank goodness

[msongs]

17. athat's funny considering Obama and this rally's hosts have different agendas nt

[ProudDad]

107. He doesn't want to be mistaken as someone who actually supports Unions (n/t)

[Bitwit1234]

12. No one is showing real pictures tho. I

guess they are trying to pretend beck drew more.

[Warpy]

13. That bothers me, too

There are no long or wide shots and no aerial shots (although restricted airspace over DC might be partly to blame for that one.

[Iliyah]

18. the corporate media

are focusing on the GOP winning 24/7. The corporate polls I believe are pretty much wrong. I'm watching CNN, MSNBC and Cspan, and of course CNN is commenting that this event "One Nation" rally is political. MSNBC is a little better in getting the message out - "we the people" and America.

[onethatcares]

31. from day one the corporations have been spewing about taking the country back

and they've paid people to rally and furnished buses for them to travel in and did everything a casino would do to get folks in the pictures.

There is no way they would waste a breath of air telling the American people there were 700,000 really concerned citizens there today.

[backtomn]

93. 700,000 ????

There were only about 200,000 for Martin Luther King famous speech. Let the Repubs exaggerate about things like this.

Let's take the high ground.....please.

[bulloney]

72. Good Morning America today was trying its best to discredit today's event.

They kept harping that the "One Nation" event has to outdraw Beck's lily-white lovefest in order to prove that the teabaggers aren't setting the political tone this year. Plus, they were quoting Beck in discrediting "One Nation" who said people attending were including communists and gays. Like, Beck has no biases in this. And like Beck is such a great judge of things.

[backtomn]

94. Let GMA "try" to discredit this.....

the question is......what will this motivate us to do.

I wish Obama would have helped make this a better event. Oh....I guess he did that by telling us "professionals" to suck it up and vote Dem.

[polmaven]

121. No!

Gays attended? I mean - communists are one thing, but gays How credible can any rally be if gays are there????? Sheesh!


(i hope this :sarcasm: isn't really necessry, but here it is.)

[ThomThom]

35. It was announced that there were more people than Beck

but no number was given. People were still arriving at the time
I just got back.

[TheEuclideanOne]

15. Estimates show that 700,000 people attended

You heard it hear first.

[droidamus2]

34. Oh yes

Can we do like the Republicans. Overstate the original estimate and then keep adding non-existent participants. If we can I see your 700,000 and raise it to > 1,000,000.

[TheEuclideanOne]

36. If I can quote a well known politician "YES WE CAN"!

I see your 1,000,000 and raise it to 1,500,000.

Holy crap! I just read in a post that I am currently authoring on a very well known resource for political information that over 1,500,000 people attended. How exciting!

[proud2BlibKansan]

56. Who said that?

I was there. It was more like 250,000. Very impressive but nowhere near 700,000.

[TheEuclideanOne]

60. I was just poking some fun at the way Fox and friends inflate the numbers

I would love to see MSNBC do the same just to piss them off and highlight their BS. It would absolutely piss off Glenn Beck.

[Jackpine Radical]

88. Holy crap, I just heard there were 7 million people on the Mall.

Did I get that right?

[RedCloud]

99. And at least 20,000,000 are underwater in the large cement pond

[TheEuclideanOne]

125. 7,000,000??? Holy Cow!

I wouldn't have believed it if I didn't read it here.

[MiniMe]

16. At least the signs are spelled correctly

[Xipe Totec]

19. LOL!

:rofl:

[femrap]

96. I noticed that as well....

and some had really big words, too! I love being around Progressives who can spell!

[Xipe Totec]

23. Check out picture #2 in this slide show

Not a crowd shot, just two people, but it says it all.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/gallery/2010/10/02/GA2010100201796.html

[Historic NY]

101. I liked the last one "Vote Hell No Out" ....

[marasinghe]

116. +1 (n/t)

[bonnieg]

79. Exclusive Interview with Ben Jealous (President of NAACP)

This is a fantastic interview with Ben Jealous (President of
the NAACP).  He is interviewed by Free Speech TV's Herb Boyd
and Marc Steiner from the National Mall during the One Nation
Working Together March.  Powerful stuff.  This is the kind of
movement building we need in this country leading up to the
mid-term elections this November.

http://www.livestream.com/freespeechtv/video?clipId=flv_b058dd31-c19e-441a-a024-4217696e43e3

[rayofreason]

127. Link to high-res aerial..

..photo of the event.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/njpitney/5045134373/sizes/o/in/set-72157625081892992/

[Judi Lynn]

20. AP has done itself proud in the article, as always! I'd like to ask you,

"Did the Becksters "pack" the place?"

From AP's Philip Elliott:

".....More than 400 organizations — ranging from labor unions to faith, environmental and gay rights groups — partnered for the event, which comes one month after Beck packed the same space with conservatives and tea party-style activists.

Beck and former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin gathered near the Lincoln Memorial on the anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech to urge a vast crowd to embrace traditional values."

How could the earlier rally be "vast" and this one not so much?

Holy moly!

I DVR'd it and am just starting to hear the whole thing now. Going to enjoy the whole damned thing, too.

Thanks, Xipe Totec, for the O.P. and thread. Glad to see AP is keeping its standards high, as usual. <gasp> <choke>

The rally looks BEAUTIFUL.

[Xipe Totec]

21. The Washington Post did a better job - see post #9

But is looks like in both cases the photos are early in the day while the crowd is just starting to arrive.

Let's see if they post pictures at the peak of the rally.

:hi:

[customerserviceguy]

61. The only numbers that really count

are the ones that turn out a month from now. Everything else on both sides is just rah-rah.

[Xipe Totec]

62. And you don't think that events like these will affect turn out a month from now?

I'm just asking. :shrug:

[customerserviceguy]

71. I don't think they'll change minds that are already made up

And the other side has far more of those. We're going to get clobbered, but I have moved past that point, and am looking at it as an opportunity to replace Blue Dogs and DINO's with true progressives, the way the tea partiers have replaced establishment country clubber Republicons with their candidates.

If the other side can get rid of it's dead wood, so can we. We have a President who is more than wiling to veto their excesses, that will make up the bulk of his activism during the last half of his first term. If the baggers are on display, the media will turn on them like they have turned on the President.

[Xipe Totec]

73. Well, of course not

The whole point is to change minds that are not made up.

The ones that are up for grabs.

Which are more than you think.

[customerserviceguy]

98. I sincerely hope that you're right

and that I'm wrong.

[madmom]

22. I'm so sad :^( could have been there, had a ride and everything, but

hubby got sick so......:cry:

[EFerrari]

29. Wishes for his recovery, madmom.

At least we can watch in absentia this time!

[Xipe Totec]

54. +1 nt

[madmom]

104. Thanks, he is feeling better, but more sick because we had to miss the rally.

[edhopper]

24. Fuck you AP!

"Tapping into the same anger that fuels the tea party movement, a coalition of progressive and civil rights groups marched Saturday on the Lincoln Memorial "

No you assholes it is NOT the same anger. We support the policy of our party and want them to do what is right.
We are not a bunch of racist idiots who "want our country back"

Eat shit AP!

[EFerrari]

30. Definitely. Authorized Propaganda, faux and balancing their bs.

[underpants]

80. Not to dismiss it but is Saturday afternoon writing

This will not be discussed on the TV shows tomorrow or on Monday-just like the anti-war protests (*I* was there) this might allow people to think it is okay to think this way

[russspeakeasy]

89. Well said....

not as direct as I would like, but well said...

[ronnie624]

110. *

:thumbsup:

[alp227]

25. Now that's a GOOD rally for once!

I've read all over the news that "hundreds of thousands" attended this just like for the Glenn Beck rally. Except that today's rally made a whole lot more sense. I'm talking about uniting for health care and education and moving the people forward versus attacking the government and non-stop religious hooey.

[Xipe Totec]

26. C-span live video link

http://www.c-span.org/Watch/C-SPAN.aspx

[onlyadream]

32. hahahahaha

I just got an e-mail from my fox watching friend making fun of this march saying it is a pathetic NO SHOW. I just sent him the above posted pic with a big "are you kidding me?" Fox is feeding them with such lies that they don't have a concept of what numbers we are.

[BumRushDaShow]

33. One of the best signs out there

"The Axis of Ignorance - Tea Party, Republicans, Fox News".

:rofl:

[ThomThom]

37. Headline should be hundreds of thousands

there was a lot of people there not just a few thousand

[DeSwiss]

38. K&R!

[Judi Lynn]

69. I saw it on C-Span, and later in the afternoon the sides were totally filled. n/t

[markmyword]

40. Progressives on the Move(Marching that is)

[La Lioness Priyanka]

42. do we like the professional left now?

[Xipe Totec]

53. Me like!

I'm not a professional, but definitely on the left.

And left handed to boot!

:hi:

[La Lioness Priyanka]

58. ..

:hi:

[humbled_opinion]

43. This is giving me more HOPE then I have had in awhile...

My Hope that Democrats will not lose many seats on NOV 2nd and the Tea Party will be proved to be just a fad, a joke of intolerant people, that had their say and were roundly rejected by true American Patriots.

On Nov 3rd we can safely get on with fixing this country and there will be no second guessing on the Presidents agenda. We will have lower energy costs through green jobs, we will revitalize this economy by rebuilding the infrastructure, we will tax the rich corporate masters and use that money to help the most needy among us, and use it to create more jobs, we will have better healthcare, and a cleaner environment, more people will be seen as equals under the law with the repeal of DADT and DOMA....

Yes We Can...

[crim son]

44. The FReepers are claiming some of the pics are from Beck's rally,

and that the crowd is much smaller than his was.

[EFerrari]

47. LOL. They never disappoint for pathetic. n/t

[MadMaddie]

64. The easy way to dispel this new myth is to point out the

diversity and the number of correctly spelled signs. Remember Beck told them not to bring signs.

[Eugenian]

78. Pointing out the correctly-spelled signs won't convince the Teahadists.

They won't recognize the correct spelling.

[crim son]

84. I didn't know that! n/t

[MadMaddie]

128. Beck was trying to prove that his rally wasn't racist

so he didn't want them bringing their racist signs of President Obama with the nazi moustach or the bone in his nose.

[Ahpook]

68. Hehe

Ironic since they are the type to pull shit like that :) We don't need it.

[Beartracks]

102. That's why they're always so quick to suggest BS tactics.

Those who would actually lie, manipulate, and steal are often the quickest to accuse others of doing so.

------------------------

[PSzymeczek]

95. Can't be from Beck's.

The faces aren't all old and white.

[kimi]

45. It was a HUGE crowd!!

Made me so proud! I just got home, and it was fantastic. Lots of good signs, lots of great inclusive feeling. :)

[DemzRock]

50. So... the mainstream media is actually reporting on this!

Remember when they didn't even report on the Voter Marches objecting to Bush's election theft at all!?

[DainBramaged]

52. Looks like A LOT more than 'thousands'

have to work today,but I am there in spirt.

[bonnieg]

63. The People Are Mobilizing

I just watched coverage of the One Nation Working Together
march on Free Speech TV and I am completely blown away by the
turnout and diversity of organizations and people that came
together on the National Mall today.  It was so inspiring to
see all of these people mobilize and come together to demand
the change that we voted for.  The spirit of collaboration,
comradery, and optimism is something that the fearmongering
Glen Beck rallies can never march. In case you missed it,
check out this clip of:

http://www.livestream.com/freespeechtv/video?clipId=flv_50587ffc-920b-47f2-bb28-8a261407d4e4

[HughBeaumont]

65. Awesome rally. So many people for three things - jobs, education, equality.

All comes down to ending these two fucking wars and taxing the wealthy. Free it up. Start hiring. Stop holding America hostage.

[ProSense]

66. One Nation Working Together Official March Release

One Nation Working Together Official March Release

WASHINGTON (October 2)--- As of 3:00pm, an estimated 175,000+ Americans - representing all 50 states and our country's great diversity - joined together at the Lincoln memorial to re-claim the American dream and raise their voices for jobs, justice and public education. One Nation Working Together released the following statement:

" It's inspiring to look out and see so many people -- even more than we even expected -- from so many different places coming together as one nation in support of jobs, justice and public education," said Leah Daughtry, national campaign director of One Nation Working Together. "This is an important moment in the progressive movement - as each person returns home and continues to rally our fellow Americans as we head to the ballot box in November and re-commit ourselves to our common future.

"This is true democracy and good old-fashioned organizing at work."

[sce56]

83. Can you imagine if we would have had a network like Fox support and organize this Rally!

More than double the Beck's Brown shirt rally with out a cable news networks sponsorship!

[totodeinhere]

97. Where did you get that from?

According to the AP:

Organizers claimed they had as many participants as Beck's rally. But Saturday's crowds were less dense and didn't reach as far to the edges as they did during Beck's rally. The National Park Service stopped providing official crowd estimates in the 1990s.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101003/ap_on_re_us/us_one_nation_march

[sce56]

117. A biased source! I heard it during the rally from one of the speakers!

WASHINGTON (October 2)--- As of 3:00pm, an estimated 175,000+ Americans - representing all 50 states and our country's great diversity - joined together at the Lincoln memorial to re-claim the American dream and raise their voices for jobs, justice and public education. One Nation Working Together released the following statement:

http://action.onenationworkingtogether.org/news/entry/one-nation-working-together-official-march-release

" It's inspiring to look out and see so many people -- even more than we even expected -- from so many different places coming together as one nation in support of jobs, justice and public education," said Leah Daughtry, national campaign director of One Nation Working Together. "This is an important moment in the progressive movement - as each person returns home and continues to rally our fellow Americans as we head to the ballot box in November and re-commit ourselves to our common future.

"This is true democracy and good old-fashioned organizing at work."

[totodeinhere]

120. Perhaps your source is the biased one.

Of course the organizers of the event are going to try to inflate their numbers. I would trust a source without a stake in the outcome such as the AP.

[Historic NY]

100. well done people its beats the ignore-rants of the klangers.

[Politicub]

67. Justice vs. Oppression - so glad that I'm on the left

I was listening to the simulcast on Sirius today, and it was inspiring to hear so many progressive points of view. And coming to DU and seeing the pictures of the event is energizing.

[Eugenian]

70. understatement

From the AP article: "But Saturday's crowds were less dense" than those at Glenn Beck's rally.

Ain't that the truth!

[Xipe Totec]

74. LOL!

Very clever put down!

:applause:

[bulloney]

76. Bwahahaha! Couldn't have said it better! Less Dense! And from AP, of all news gerbil agencies!

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[tavalon]

87. "But Saturday's crowds were less dense"

Without a doubt. LOL

[ProSense]

75. Here's a great clip

from Crooks and Liars


h/t rocktivity

[indy legend]

77. Gee, I wonder if the "liberal media" the right is always crying about

will give this as much attention as the teabagin,klan lovin,racist, jebus loving christian, "real american" palinites and becktards got?

[lonestarnot]

81. Never surrender!

[ProSense]

82. Photo: Let's pledge to layoff the Republicans

Via Daily Kos

[LawnKorn]

Much better than Beck's dog and pony show

[LawnKorn]

85. K&R

[No Elephants]

86. Populist Democrat = Very Appealing

[ProudDad]

109. Yep, we need more than 5 of them in the Congress...

Oh, yeah, and one in the White House would be nice, too.

[bdamomma]

90. C span is showing the rally now

Gives me a warm feeling seeing all those people!!! Brings me back to ? 2006.

[Solly Mack]

91. k&r

[Cognative_Dissonance]

103. FEINGOLD STANDARD

Please "like" my Facebook page to get out support for Russ Feingold!!

[Xipe Totec]

118. Okay. Only because I like Feingold

But keep in mind that thread jacking is considered gauche. :)

Welcome to DU! :hi:

[AllyCat]

106. "crowd of thousands"?? What is up with this damn M$M!!!

Shades of what got me into politics in 2001...it became apparent to me the media was LYING. And they continue to do it.

[Xipe Totec]

119. For some reason I'm reminded of Simon Zealotes and the crowd of 50,000

:hi:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPq_914s2Jw

[ProudDad]

108. I doubt that most of these good folks really assembled to

save the weak-ass dems...

They are just deathly afraid of the craziest from the other right-wing of the Big Business Corporate War Party...

Gee, whatever happened to "Card Check". Didn't Obama promise to get that one passed?

Now THAT would be something...

[Douglas Carpenter]

111. kick and recommend!!

[Enthusiast]

112. K&R

I want to thank all the participants in the One Nation Rally. You represented the thousands of us that couldn't attend.

[Rhiannon12866]

113. K&R!

:woohoo:

[4dsc]

114. And the right is complaining about the trash

I guess there wasn't any trash from the Beck rally but we all know why.

[bikebloke]

115. Blimey!

I just realized that I stepped aside so Harry Belafonte could get by. And I didn't recognize him.

[pampango]

122. Americans gather to promote hope, call for jobs, education, immigration reform

Source: Sky Valley Chronicle

TENS OF THOUSANDS FLOOD LINCOLN MEMORIAL IN “ANTIDOTE” TO TEA PARTY

Tens of thousands of Americans – this time around made up of many self described progressives or liberals – came to present what they said was an “antidote” to the tea party movement and as a show of support for the President and Democrats in Congress.

Carrying signs that read “We march for hope not hate,” “Support our President”, Justice for all” and “Stop robbing from the middle class to pay the rich,” these Americans wanted to present a case that not only said the Glenn Becks and Sarah Palins of the world have the matter wrong, but there are just as many people in the country, if not more, who are opposed to their actions, tactics and political movement.

This rally, a show of force as much as anything else, was presented by a coalition of some 400 groups ranging from labor unions to environmental groups, civil rights groups and groups seeking immigration reform. There were many people of color at this rally.

The rallying cry was jobs and education, justice, immigration reform and to stop handing the country over to the rich and large corporations.

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[FrenchieCat]

123. After so much hate that the media has shown and talked about all of these months....

It was refreshing to see something different!

[EFerrari]

124. Who is unreccing jobs, ed and justice?

LOL, lame. K&R

[seafoamrider]

126. It was wonderful...

...to see everyone together and fighting back. Great job by those who attended!