***OFFICIAL ONE NATION RALLY THREAD***

[jenmito]

Ed Schultz is speaking now. (Since there was no "official" rally thread, I figured I'D start it.) :)

ETA live stream thanks to liberal N proud: http://action.onenationworkingtogether.org/page/s/watchthemarch

[tridim]

1. There's already an official thread down stream..

But you have the asterisks, so..

[jenmito]

2. I thought an "official" thread HAD to have the asterisks.

:rofl: :D

[jenmito]

3. They were just playing, "One Nation Under A Groove" by Funkadelic!

[The Wielding Truth]

4. It is a beautiful rally. I wish I could have gone,although I have been help the cause.

[jenmito]

5. It is SO good to see people of all colors in the CROWD and not just on the STAGE. n/t

[The Wielding Truth]

8. Yep. It's what this country is supposed to be. I'm lovin' it.

[jenmito]

11. So am I.

[Imajika]

6. So far the crowd is not bigger than the one the crybaby on Fox got...

I have a hunch what a lot of people are actually interested in is whether this rally could match Beck's. So far it is definitely not as big from what I see on TV. It will need to fill in a lot to match that.

[jenmito]

7. I know. Ed Schultz was the only person promoting this on cable news...

and he kept bragging that this would be bigger than Beck's rally. So far, it's not. I REALLY hope it fills up.

[The Wielding Truth]

10. There's a rally in LA, too. I agree that there was very little promotion.

[jenmito]

12. Yeah. MSNBC showed a second of it.

[Imajika]

13. It's not a bad turnout...

...and I am enjoying watching it, but it is pretty clearly nowhere near as big as what Beck got.

My concern is that what most political observers really care about is turnout size rather than message. Most of the talking heads are only interested in whether this rally could rival Beck's rally. They should try to spread out more if possible, manage the rally attendants a little better to cover as much lawn/green as possible.

Schultz is doing a good job, but I'd like to have seen him speak much longer.

[The Wielding Truth]

71. It was announced at the rally that the crowd had surpassed Beck's.

Ed Schultz came on stage and said that an aerial photo had confirmed that the number of people were more than his.

[jenmito]

72. It was Joe Madison who said that, adding that "Someone should tell Glenn Beck that we have more

people than he had at HIS rally." (paraphrased)

[bigdarryl]

9. are you there

[Imajika]

17. No, watching on TV

Flipping to see who is covering it and listening to the speakers.

[doc03]

18. Did we have the Koch brothers and Fox paying for

the buses?

[Imajika]

22. They have all the advantages like that...

...but it still doesn't stop this from being a turnout pissing contest.

[doc03]

38. I think it was poorly organized, I was planning to go myself

but was unable to find a bus anywhere in the state of Ohio. I checked with the USW site thinking they would have a bus at least from the headquarters in Pittsburgh, but all I got was redirected back to the One Nation site. If I would have known it would be so poorly organized I would have just planed to drive there.

[doc03]

14. I hope Richard Trumka speaks, he can fire a crowd

up. It would be cool if Obama or Biden showed up and said a few words.

[bigdarryl]

15. My opinion is they should have waited and had this rally in the last weekend before the election

they only promoted this rally for a month. October the 30th should have been the date

[vaberella]

16. Jen how many people does it look like? n/t

[jenmito]

19. I can only compare it to Beck's rally...

and from the video, it looks like about 2/3rds of his crowd or less. Hopefully, it will fill in. It IS getting more crowded.

[vaberella]

20. Let's hope so. ~sigh~ But it's a great rally. n/t

[glowing]

27. some people; especially the young, may be waiting for the end of the month

the Stewart/ Colbert rally will be fun and close to the elections.

[jenmito]

32. I hope they get back home in time to vote!

:)

[bigdarryl]

21. Any OFFICIAL pictures yet?

[jenmito]

23. I'm watching it on C-Span. Just live video. n/t

[RepublicanElephant]

24. van jones up!

eat it, glenn beck!

[bigdarryl]

25. they just showed the crowd on C-SPAN that place is getting CROWDED

[jenmito]

31. Yup-it's really filling up!

[tilsammans]

26. Watching now online on CSpan!

Yay, us! :patriot:

[Windy]

29. that's ridiculous. There are easily as many people as Beck's rally.

What are you watching?

[tilsammans]

59. uh, I think you're replying to the wrong post . . .

? :shrug:

[liberal N proud]

28. Live Stream here...

Didn't see this posted, but if duplicate, sorry.

http://action.onenationworkingtogether.org/page/s/watchthemarch

[RepublicanElephant]

30. ed schultz boogie as he introduces al sharpton!

gettin' down!

[bigdarryl]

33. This is what was at Beck's rally

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20014993-503544.html

[vaberella]

34. How is this proof that this is as much as Beck's rally? We don't have an estimate. n/t

[jenmito]

37. It's not. We have to see a pic from above of THIS rally. It IS filling up, though. n/t

[jenmito]

35. I think I just heard a helicopter flying over their rally, probably taking

pics of the crowd. They should wait a while. It will get even more crowded.

[vaberella]

36. Yeah...I think there'll be more. It just started. n/t

[vaberella]

39. This is the kind of immigration reform speech Colbert would have given.

He just made it into a joke. Ugh.

[vaberella]

40. Okay I had to totally tune out the Comedian. Woah...that was awful. n/t

[jenmito]

41. He was very divisive. n/t

[vaberella]

52. I could imagine. His tone was ruining te entire vibe of the rally. n/t

[RepublicanElephant]

42. afl-cio president trumka up! nt

[RepublicanElephant]

43. joe madison just verified satellite photos prove this crowd bigger

than becks!

[vaberella]

53. Thank God. America is sane after all. n/t

[jenmito]

44. Joe Madison up. He just said he just got a satellite image and somebody better tell Glenn Beck

that there are more people there than at Beck's rally! :D

[Mefistofeles]

49. Where's that image?

I wanna see it.

[jenmito]

50. In his hand. n/t

[Imajika]

56. The satellite image?

Satellite?

[RepublicanElephant]

45. harry belafonte up! nt

[ProSense]

46. Here's a photo

http://twitpic.com/2u124l

From Twitter


This is so cool, and they got a beautiful day.

[jenmito]

47. Thanks, ProSense...

Joe Madison just said a satellite photo showed there are more people there than were at Beck's rally. I hope he's right.

[butterfly77]

48. Much,much better,..

than the freeper rally..

[RepublicanElephant]

51. naacp's ben jealous up. nt

[DonCoquixote]

54. Guess what Right wingers

We Democrats do shoot each other in the foot, because, unlike you, we value individual thought, however, the days when you were the only ones that could mobilize are over. Yes, we are still herding cats, only now, they are a bunch of pissed off Tigers and Lions, and you are just dripping hunks of Red Meat!

[ProSense]

55. Not only that, but

Democrats can spell:

[Phx_Dem]

57. Love the twin signs, and the twins!

Where are all the racist, anti-gay, and Hitler signs? Oh, yeah. This is Democratic rally. No haters allowed.

:patriot:

[RepublicanElephant]

58. rev. jesse jackson up! nt

[ProSense]

60. Just saw a sign:

Gonna Vote?

You Betcha!


:rofl:

[jenmito]

62. I saw that! :)

[ProSense]

61. Check out

Kadie's photo thread

Love these:

[bigdarryl]

63. regardless of crowd size this is a much more AMERICA looking rally than those at Becks

there was no diversity in that rally maybe a couple of blacks to make it look good but no Latinos,Asians and no threats of political figures like that crap you see from the tea party

[vaberella]

68. For sure!! n/t

[butterfly77]

65. On that first pic..

ain't that the truth...

[bigdarryl]

70. I think Ed should have been promoting the rally will be more diversed than Becks rally instead of

saying we will get more than 300,000 more people because you know the media is going to say it didn't compare to Becks rally. to be honest I don't think he got 300,000 some people bought into that number including some progressives like Cenk and Bill Press

[vaberella]

67. HIPPIES NEVER SAY DIE!! n/t

[RepublicanElephant]

64. george clinton!

time to get funky!

[ProSense]

66. I'm loving it. n/t

[vaberella]

69. That was fun! n/t