{"id":20449,"date":"2010-09-13T13:51:50","date_gmt":"2010-09-13T17:51:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=20449"},"modified":"2010-09-13T13:51:50","modified_gmt":"2010-09-13T17:51:50","slug":"ok-enough-with-the-rallies-already","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=20449","title":{"rendered":"OK, enough with the rallies already"},"content":{"rendered":"

John Hawkins from Right Wing News send along a couple of links from this weekend. The first is about the First Annual BlogCon<\/a> sponsored by Freedom Works<\/a> – I see some of our friends like Mary Katherine Hamm and Skye attended. <\/p>\n

But there was also a march in DC also sponsored by Freedom Works which Jahn also covered and posted upon entitled The 9\/12 Taxpayer March on Washington<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I’m going to spend a few minutes ruminating on why these are useless demonstrations, so if you’re going to disagree, you might want to stop reading. <\/p>\n

The BlogCon is good – bloggers from the Right need to network…everything that helps them in that endeavor is excellent. If Freedom Works wants to fill that huge gap, I’m down with it. Freedom Works has come along way since I first started working with them more than two years ago when they would infiltrate MoveOn protests (posts here<\/a> and here<\/a>).<\/p>\n

But the rallies have to go. If Freedom Works wants to rally around a candidate, or a group of candidates, a rally makes sense. But a rally for the sake of having a rally is so much mental masturbation. The rally that was held last year made the point that there is HUGE support for a presidential candidate who wants to oppose President Obama – but where is that candidate? But they’ve become social events for people with clever things to write on a poster board.<\/p>\n

The rallies are a rudderless gathering of people waving signs. And the only result of holding these things is embarrassment for the movement – the movement which has no leader to give a singular voice to their cause and their vote. We end up looking like the hippies – and thinking we’ve done enough when all we’ve done is show up and wave a sign.<\/p>\n

Unless the Republicans can turn up a candidate worth a shit, these pointless rallies should stop. They can only pale in comparison with last year’s rally and give the Left more ammunition. Of course Republicans can point a gun in any direction and the bullet will hit their foot every time.<\/p>\n

Disagree with me all you want.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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