Progressives and radicals decended on Washington, DC Saturday demanding more government spending as the way to fix societal ills. Groups including the AFL-CIO, SEIU, NAACP, Democratic Socialists of America, Organizing for America, Communist Party USA, American Federation of Teachers, CodePink and National Education Association linked arms in a call for voters to keep Democrats in power.
Here’s a sampling of the sights and sounds of the day.
After milling in the crowd all day, I would estimate 80%-90% of attendees wore union-affiliated t-shirts. Some others wore ‘I Need a Job’ shirts. We talked to people who were bussed and actually flow in – the Tides Foundation spent a lot of money.
This blogger overheard an organizer shout into a cell phone that SEIU was supposed to send 695 buses but apparently didn’t. While I did not attend the Beck rally and am not good at judging crowd size, today’s crowd was clearly smaller than Beck’s. I walked about a third of the way towards the Washington Monument and the crowd grew thin.
If the rally turnout is any indication, the Left’s lack of urgency and disillusionment with Obama’s inability to deliver on his promises to them is apparent. They’ve now seen the rock star with a beer belly and five o’clock shadow…and he’s a bit clumsy on stage. And suddenly, he’s not so cool and they have other things to do.