According to Glenn Beck, today’s Pennsylvania Avenue rally of right-wing fringe birthers, deathers, tenthers and outright secessionists numbered 60,000 (far short of the predicted two million). I think the protesters have an interesting problem– they don’t want to admit they’re all frustrated Bushbots, mad as hell that we have a mixed-race Democratic President. They have to come up with something else to put on a sign, whether it makes sense or not.
More slogans from today’s protest:
“Oust The Marxist Usurper! – His Czars and Thugs!”
“NObama Care: Obama Lies, Grandma Dies”
“Obamacare makes me sick”
“Save Freedom – STOP Obama”
“The Greatest Communist President We Have Ever Had”
“Obama’s Nuts – That’s Why He’s Involved With ACORN”
“Bury Obamacare With Kennedy”
“Obamunism – Eat The Rich”
“We’ve Hit ‘Barack’ Bottom”
“Obama Is Trying To Kill My Mama”
“Impeach the Muslim Marxist”
“Glenn Beck Is My Hero”
“Obama – More Czars Than The USSR”
FreedomWorks and the other sponsoring astroturf groups billed this event as a “Taxpayer March on Washington” and Faux News labeled it an “Anti-Tax Tea Party,” but the Obama administration hasn’t raised taxes (except for the federal excise tax on cigarettes). It was just an “I hate Obama” protest without a clear message.
Lady Logician snapped some photos of Glenn Beck fans at the Utah State Capitol this morning. Most revealing slogan:
“I disagree with Barack Obama because he’s 100% SOCIALIST… NOT BECAUSE HE’S 50% BLACK!!!”
UPDATE: Media Matters observes that the anti-Obama protest march was the WaPo lead story on Page One. In 2002, the same paper downplayed 100,000 anti-war marchers by burying the story in the Metro section.
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#1 by Cliff Lyon on September 12, 2009 - 4:26 pm
I am officially a bigot. I hereby declare my bigotry toward ignorant redneck Americans.
#2 by Larry Bergan on September 13, 2009 - 12:27 am
Since we’re going to be hearing the word “czar” until we’re all ready to croak, let’s not forget the first one was the bloated, farting, belching, racist liar William Bennett, who was appointed by a Republican president to harass and imprison good, hard working, people who might vote for Democrats, (people who, sort of, turned themselves into negros by smoking pot.)
For some damn reason, the Democrats went right along with the scam.
#3 by Uncle Rico on September 13, 2009 - 5:42 am
Most revealing slogan (revised):
“I’m a Typical White Person Appalled by Obama’s Racism” (on the t-shirt of the chubby white guy standing behind the sign reading “I disagree with Obama because he’s 100% Socialist…not because he’s 50% Black”).
#4 by Ken on September 13, 2009 - 6:00 am
Cliff
You are not a bigot because the definition of a bigot is someone who wins an argument with a liberal.