So I just got back from spending the 14 of the last 24 hours of my life traveling to DC, and 4 of the remaining hours looking at proof that we will not go quietly into the night; with a good bit of effort we will win two days from now, and we will demolish the republican party 4 years from now.
The really was by no stretch of the my imagination one of the most important political events of the year. Today the liberals of this nation turned out ~300,000 people vs the at most wildly and crazily exaggerated number of 200,000 of the becky day parade. We managed to turn out 150% of the highest number that they could make up. (my own personal account I am a little taller than average and I could see nothing but an ocean of people)
If I was Jon or Steven I would likely call today the day when I won at life. They truly accomplished something today.
(Useless) Despite the fact the stage show was mediocre at best (Several times I had to be told by an nice elderly woman nearby who these "special guests" were who were appearing on the stage.. and well I did not travel to hear 40 minutes of opening music by a band I have never heard of before) (/Useless)
The words and images Jon and Steven used were very well chosen. They spoke passionately and articulately of goals that people across all political spectrum can agree on.
- The ending of the embarrassment that is our news media's hyper fixation, on silly unimportant events; and its habit to not only cover the news but create and push news itself.
- (Primary message) That the nation needs to sit down and work hard. And work hard together (across political spectrum) to get done what is really good for the people.
But Jon being Jon and Steven being Steven they did something else as well...Often people speak of republicans using code words to convey hidden messages. They do, but do not kid yourself we do it as well. However.... The event today demonstrated a skill level in this I have never seen before. They used ever damn dog whistle I could think of. I would recommend that you search around find a video of this to watch for yourself( however quick short of it )
Today there was a good bi-partisan presentation given. However as Jon and Steven clearly know, to understand the message you must understand who your audience it.
Of those ~300,000 voting age adults on capital hill today, roughly 300,000 of them were democrats/liberals..and they knew this
What John and Steven did today was show that we can turn out an army bigger than the republicans can imagine..... We can do it without millions of dollars in funding, and we can do it despite the fear mongering and narrative of the media against not just us but against the nation itself, and we need to do this...because many particularly those representing/hoping to represent the "right" are simply not acting sanely, not willing to work together and just using fear to keep alive.
We many take damage in a few days. But with this one (of many) armies of 300,000 aged 18-38 cellphone only voters out there. We will move this nation in the right direction. Every year there are more of us and fewer of them. 2012 is going to be a blow out and we may just hold our ground in 2010....
"Obama, Obama, Obama" and the chant goes on.