Amazing coverage of fraud and protest from Avram Friedman

[Dancing_Dave]

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In my last report, I described the events of January 6, 2005, surrounding the certification of the Electoral College vote by the Joint Session of Congress, the historic objection to the acceptance of the Ohio slate of electors by both House and Senate members and the poignant and potent protest march and rally that ensued outside, on the streets of the Capitol.

Fourteen days later, for the activities surrounding George W. Bush's second inauguration, it's necessary, again, to begin by noting that this is the news report you did not see on the evening news or in your local daily newspaper. So far, these events have received news coverage as fraudulent as the election itself. In fairness, there has been more mainstream news coverage of the inauguration protests than I have learned to expect in the last few months. Thursday night following the inauguration ceremony the evening news on FOX and MSNBC in the Washington DC area did report on some of the protest activity along the route of the Inaugural Parade on Pennsylvania Ave and to some extent, elsewhere. But, in these reports, the protests were grossly under-stated and subject to subtle ridicule to portray a false impression of smaller proportion and intensity than the undeniable reality...

The historic, world-shaking news is that the side-walk areas designated to the general non-paying public along the parade route on Pennsylvania Avenue, were dominated by tens of thousands of people protesting the outcome of a fraudulent election and the war in Iraq. At the same time, streets that in the past have been packed hundreds deep and paid grandstand seats that were normally packed solid with the supporters of the President during virtually every inauguration in the history of our country were sparsely populated and in some cases almost completely empty on January 20, 2005. This is the real news.
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F*ck the corporate "news". There's no way to make them tell the truth about anything that matters anymore. The revolution will not be televised. We have other means of communication.

[GetTheRightVote]

1. I have video of the empty bleachers, it was great to see

:kick:

[Dancing_Dave]

2. HERE is the LINK!

Sorry I forgot to include that all important detail:
http://www.friedman-sun.com/inaug/jan20.htm

This is a very admirable piece indeed, just what REAL journalism is!
Read the whole thing and you'll be amazed.

[Wilms]

3. It's stunning.

I think the "collective unconscious" of the American people knows this guy didn't get elected, even if most people aren't conscious of the fraud.

But there is example after example of an isolated presidency.

Don't be surprised if he resigns.

[Beth in VT]

4. Was this later in the day? After everyone had left?

Doesn't seem real.

[icehenge]

5. Can you explain the photo in more detail

Is this democrat stands, paid ticket stands?
Where was the location?

Why does it look like a Nazi army march?

I just can't believe even repubs wouldn't gobbled up those
seats and say Go *! As he rolled by in his hermetically
seal limo.

Signed,
Confused

[fasttense]

6. Hi Icehenge. I'll try to answer from what I know.

The stands you see were pro-b*sh stands. Even CNN commented on how empty they were. I'm not sure if you had to have a ticket but I think you did. It must have been near the end of the parade route because CNN and MSNBC didn't start complaining about the emptiness until near the end of the parade.

B*sh had more security and check points than in any other inaugural. ABC said it looked like some third world country because of all the security present. I noticed that too. It looked like a Nazi Army march!! Funny description but apt.

The CNN commentator kept saying "it's, so empty, is it normal to be so empty? Why is it so empty when the parade isn't even over yet?"
Though other commentators picked up on the emptiness and military state appearance of the inaugural, they never repeated it. They must have had Rove jumping on them for telling the truth and they quickly shut up about it. The next day after the inaugural, I expected more of the police state pictures and an analysis of why the pro-B*sh bleachers were empty. But CNN, MSNBC, and ABC quickly shut up about it and now only we here know about it. Our bias liberal media at work.

[danostuporstar]

8. they were all bushie's stands

with the exception of the Answer area, all the seats were ticketed by the RNC. it was strange, after the * and dick motorcades went by, everyone sort of didn't stick around for the actual parade. tho, no doubt these stands were prolly empty from the beginning.

[icehenge]

12. Thanks for the answers guys

[mirrera]

7. Thanks for posting this link!

I received the link in my email from the cobb mailing list and almost forgot to check it out. Cobb's list is great at finding these articles. If you are intersted in signing up here is the info: recount-news mailing list
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http://lists.votecobb.org/mailman/listinfo/recount-news0

[AtLiberty]

9. MANDATE MY A**!!!

Do you like my profound observations?

[PennyK]

10. But remember

It was freezing out there...after their herotard went by, they probably all took off...but it WAS lovely to see all those empty seats

[marions ghost]

11. thanks for posting

I have forwarded this out to people not able to attend...those video clips put you right down at street level. I had no idea there was so much restriction of movement, as in the "segmentation" of the groups of protestors along the parade route...corralled into holding areas.

[understandinglife]

13. Thank you for posting; this is excellent stuff to use when discussing...

....the NON_MANDATE of Bush and his theocratic, neocon cabal.


BE THE BUSH OPPOSITION;24/7

[emcguffie]

14. Comment on CNN: It's inconceivable --

I heard them, and misunderstood. Whoever it was said something to the effect of it being inconceivable that protesters could outnumber Bush supporters. Now I see that he meant that's what was happening. It had sounded like he meant, see, those silly protesters, did they really think they could create a significant presence?

[chrisbur]

15. Maybe that's near the end of the parade route.

Though we definitely outnumbered supporters, the bleachers across from us at 12th and Penn. were probably half full.