rssLiberals to Rally at One Nation Event Tomorrow on The Mall
Friday, October 01, 2010 at 5:34 pm
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There’s going to be a rally on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. tomorrow and, for once, it won’t involve the tea parties. The Washington Post reports that more than 400 progressive groups, who’ve been planning the event for months, hope to draw tens of thousands of supporters to the event — dubbed One Nation Working Together — and demonstrate a viable counterweight to the tea party movement. Indeed, the rivalry between the new progressive coalition and and the tea parties has been goaded on by Fox News’ Glenn Beck himself:
Beck spent a segment of his Fox News show decrying the march – and pointing out that among the more than 400 groups that have signed on are the Communist Party USA and the New York City Democratic Socialists of America.
“All of these groups, and the president of the United States, want nothing short of fundamental transformation of America,” Beck said on a recent show. “Do not allow them to get away with the lies! Do not allow them to say that we are just ‘one nation, working together.’ ‘We’re just trying to put America back to work, and putting America back together.’ These people, a lot of them, have fought their entire life to destroy America!”
NAACP President Benjamin Jealous, who’s playing a leading role in organizing the event, described the coalition somewhat differently, telling the Post that “What unites our coalition is a common goal to pull America back together and put America back to work. We are unified through a deep concern over a lack of civility in the political discourse. We are unified around our common vision of an America where we acknowledge our differences and work together to solve problems.”
It’s a nice, albeit somewhat vague message that has managed to bring together a diverse coalition of progressive groups from African American churches to LGBT groups, but whether it’s enough to motivate progressives across the country to show up at the polls in November remains an open question.
Denise Gray-Felder, communications director for One Nation Working Together, tells me that they “certainly hope that people will remain energized and engaged and carry that energy into the voting booth on Nov 2.” One Nation is registering as a 501(c)3 nonprofit, Gray-Felder notes, and as such it won’t be doing any direct political advocacy. She confirms, though, that getting out the vote will most definitely be a central mission of the group going forward.
“There is a major civic engagement and public education component,” she explains. “We’ll have get-out-the-vote information, and we’ll be giving out voter registration applications, so that is a big, big component of the next step of our strategy…. There is a civic engagement staff that’s part of the One Nation team, doing social media outreach, and there’s also a face-to-face component where, as of first thing Sunday, people will be out going door-to-door. People at the rally will be asked to make a commitment to make ten calls, recruit least two friends to volunteer, and volunteer at least ten hours getting out the vote.”
Asked whether One Nation was at all disappointed that Comedy Central stars Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart had announced yet another rally for later in October — as opposed to potentially joining forces with the group, Gray-Felder told me that “we’re never discouraged by anyone who wants to help promote engagement and shares the same commitment to helping the middle class and working Americans get economic stability, as we believe they do.”
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Comment posted October 1, 2010 @ 11:01 pm
I wish I could be there, I hope the mall overflows with people. We Democrats need to get a sense of urgency, and stomp down the tea bag hacks and hags.
Comment posted October 2, 2010 @ 2:43 am
These tea bagging morons are just racist country hicks. I wish they would just simmer down and realize that we know what is best for them. They are not smart enough to make their own decisions. I can't wait to see the massive crowds of enlightened people on then mall tomorrow.
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Comment posted October 2, 2010 @ 4:40 am
All of you God hating Liberal hacks should learn how to speak Arabic and take the next flight to Iran. If you hate America so much go live in another country.
Comment posted October 2, 2010 @ 6:05 am
I'll wager the rally outstrips Beck's baghead bonanza by thousands, tens of thousands, HUNDREDS of thousands.
I'll also wager there won't be s**t for coverage on Fox-Pac. They'll find a way to spin it negatively, which is their trademark, since they've thrown in with the Repuglicans and bagheads by “donating” $1,000,000 to the Republican Governor's ASSociation and the Chamber of Commerce each, respectively.
What it will show is that the People are all of us, not just a vocal minority of racist whiners who can't get past their own hypocrisy and lies to be taken seriously.
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Hate to tell you this, old sport, but they don't speak Arabic in Iran. They speak Farsi. And most Iranians aren't too happy with the Saudis anyway.
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Comment posted October 2, 2010 @ 8:20 pm
Did I hear that the sponsors of this rally were…
The NEA (National Education Association)
Planned Parent Hood
The Communist Party USA
The AFL-CIO and SEIU
????? is this the CHANGE we can believe in?
What do all these groups have in common?
Doesn't look good to me… how about you?
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Comment posted October 2, 2010 @ 9:48 pm
Gambling on Iraq Oil Again : A Drop in the Bucket Vs. Growing Population & Demand World-wide. The Age of Cheap Oil = A Thing of the Past.
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1. At this time, it looks like the oil-friendly country is gambling on Iraq oil again, citing a big government & deficit, and therefore the world-wide stimulus package worth trillions and health care reform in America are now at stake.
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2. Of the money by the money for the money is getting a society nowhere near prosperity.
Gambling on party of “no idea” is sure to be much like Throwing an Egg of Economy Against a Rock.
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The outcome of government take-over :
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1. In banking industry, the result of government take-over is big bonus parties backed by the tax-payer's invaluable cash.
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2. In healcare reform, the outcome of government take-over is to dump ill children when needed most.
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3. In oil spill, the administration should be held responsible for its deregulation, urging a big government
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Chanting deficit :
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1. Amid chanting deficit, the same old failed policy.
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2. Amid chanting deficit, hands-off approach over huge trade deficit from oil money spill & trade imbalance with China from remorseless health care premium.
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3. Unfortunately, as a direct consequence of remorseless health care premium, numerous folks have no choice but to hang onto affordable offerings, since one in two households is said to face a hard decision between necessity & drug.
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4. Inaction cost in relation to health care reform totals $9trillion over the next decade.
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5. Over the next 10 years, total Bush tax cut costs will equal $3.9 trillion, …. the tax cuts would increase deficits by nearly $4 trillion between 2005 and 2014.
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The most critical debt : Personal Bankruptcy
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1. The current recession came from Personal Bankruptcy largely as a consequence of the relentless health care costs, pain at the pump, and the subsequent subprime mortgage crisis.
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In the face of huge trade deficit from oil money spill & trade imbalance with China, the primary economic policy of previous administration was ” spending baby “to the great delight of republicans' sponsors.
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2. By comparison, the recovered stock market value alone, around $1.5 trillion, is nearly twice as much as the stimulus package, set aside all the other benefits.
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As always, the republicans and unqualified media let folks locked in a box. ruling out the positive effects.
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The most promising deficit-cut of government : Slashing the destructive war & military waste
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1. Slashing the destructive war & military waste alone supposedly could be enough to balance the budget.
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Energy Independence : An Only Way to Desperately-Needed Job Growth
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My response to the question : where are jobs ?
In the trade deficit, exactly in the severe and persistent oil money spill, taboo of ” do not add to the deficit” party.
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Under the existing Bush tax cut for bonus parties, a sole job plan for the republicans, the country already saw millions of job cuts.
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