{"id":14322,"date":"2009-09-12T20:41:51","date_gmt":"2009-09-13T01:41:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=14322"},"modified":"2009-09-13T08:10:58","modified_gmt":"2009-09-13T13:10:58","slug":"the-first-stage-is-denial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=14322","title":{"rendered":"The first stage is denial"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m not claiming to know the actual number of people in the rally at the Capital today, but I know more than 70,000 people when I see them;<\/p>\n

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The DC Fire Department has issued an unofficial estimate of 60,000 to 70,000 people in attendance, which is smallish by big DC protest\/event standards<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yeah, if you’re used to ANSWER’s inflated numbers. I’ve yet to see the Left reach 20,000 – a whole lot smaller crowd than the number of people I saw today. I’ve been doing these protests since 2000 and today’s crowd is largest I’ve seen. I didn’t go to this last Inauguration, so I can’t compare it to that – but I’ve hardly missed a protest since the World Bank protest in April of 2000.<\/p>\n

Michelle Malkin<\/a> has published a 2 million number, and I heard that number at the rally, but I’m not sure I want to commit to 2 million. Allah Pundit examines the figures at Hot Air<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Somehow, Think Progress thinks these pictures are important;<\/p>\n

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I saw very few birthers at the protest – everyone I saw was worried about their family incomes. To make this one tiny sign (added almost as an after thought) representative of the crowd is disingenuous.<\/p>\n

And the second sign; I guess they’re saying that white people can’t be concerned about their own civil rights. That’s what The Washington Monthly<\/a> is trying to say, apparently;<\/p>\n

As for what the overwhelmingly-white crowd had to say, I still think these protests could benefit from some focus. We learned today that right-wing activists don’t like government spending (except when Bush and Republican lawmakers spent freely), don’t like the size of government (except when Bush and Republican lawmakers increased the size of government), don’t like deficits and debt (except when Bush and Republican lawmakers added trillions to the nation’s tab), and don’t like czars (except when Bush used dozens of them to implement his agenda).<\/p>\n

They don’t like health-care reform, though it’s not clear why. They don’t like gun control, though it’s not clear why they think anyone’s coming for their firearms. They also don’t like taxes, immigration, abortion, Muslims, the U.N., and the idea of “socialism,” though their understanding of the word is tenuous at best.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Washington Post<\/a> isn’t far off TWM’s mark, either;<\/p>\n

The crowd — loud, rambunctious and sprawling — gathered at the foot of the Capitol after a march along Pennsyvania Avenue from Freedom Plaza. Invocations of God and former President Reagan by an array of speakers drew loud cheers, echoing across the Mall. On a windy, overcast afternoon, hundreds of yellow “Don’t Tread on Me” flags flapped in the breeze, mingled with U.S. and Texas state flags. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I saw a lot more minority people there than you might imagine – don’t believe me? Checkout some of the photos El Marko took today<\/a>. I even saw a black family who had temporarily adopted a white disabled veteran and pushed him through the throngs in his wheelchair the length of Pennsylvania Avenue. <\/p>\n

The New York Times<\/a> describes the crowd like this;<\/p>\n

But as they sang verse after verse of patriotic hymns like \u201cGod Bless America,\u201d sharp words of profane and political criticism were aimed at Mr. Obama and Congress.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Profane? You’d think they’d offer an example of what they mean – but they don’t. Just the standard Nazi charges;<\/p>\n

The atmosphere was rowdy at times, with signs and images casting Mr. Obama in a demeaning light. One sign called him the \u201cparasite in chief.\u201d Others likened him to Hitler.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

No mention of LaRouche?<\/p>\n

So the Left can try to deny what happened today and besmirch the participants, but that doesn’t change the facts. Welcome to 2009.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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