Obama Praised At Mass Rutgers Student Walkout (DailyKos Dairy)

[RevolutionToday]

(Despite the name in the title, this belongs in General Discussion)

Anyone who visits the front page of MichaelMoore.com can see just how huge of an event the Rutgers Walkout was this Thursday. I saw between 600-800 people come out to the rally/march on Voorhees Mall to show their support for the troops and their opposition to the occupation of Iraq.

At the rally Gold Star mother for peace Sue Niederer, who tragically lost her son in the war, expressed her support for presidential candidate Barrack Obama. She praised Obama for inspiring young people everywhere to get involved in activism, which is a very good thing. Iraq Veteran Against the War (IVAW) member and Iraq vet Kristofer Goldsmith also expressed the wish that students vote for Obama this year over more hawkish candidates, although he also expressed reservations about Obama’s votes to continue funding the war.

After the rally we marched around campus, going through the downtown area of George Street to eventually reach the Exxon gas station for an impromptu sit-in with the banner "Arrest Exxon" unfurled. There Rutgers student and Tent State University/Students For a Democratic Society (website: tentstate.com) member Erik Straub took the megaphone and made the excellent point that the people who start wars aren’t the ones fighting them, it’s oil companies like Exxon who help create U.S. foreign policy by contributing millions of dollars to pro-war think tanks and politicians.

More at DailyKos (with pics!): http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/3/28/113029/292/78/486066

I think this is awesome, send this guy your appreciation.

[Drunken Irishman]

1. I totally read that wrong.

I thought it read:

Obama praised at mass (Catholic), Rutgers' students walkout.

[RevolutionToday]

2. Catholics are pretty left wing

So I wouldn't doubt it.

[Kittycat]

3. So did I

:rofl:

[Tarheel_Dem]

4. good on them....i love it when young people get involved..

thanks for posting.

[RevolutionToday]

5. Kick for the late night crowd