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Liberals Rally to Build Enthusiasm for Midterms
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WASHINGTON -- Thousands of demonstrators from around the country rallied on the National Mall Saturday in a passionate and determined display to build enthusiasm for liberal causes and candidates one month before the midterm elections. ...
As the Midterms Approach, Liberals Rally to Build Enthusiasm
By Peter W. Fulham - Politics DailyWASHINGTON -- Thousands of demonstrators from around the country rallied on the National Mall Saturday in a passionate and determined display to build enthusiasm for liberal causes and candidates one month before the midterm elections. The crowd stretched from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial to the edge of the Washington Monument, stoked by a series of speakers, musicians, and even comedians. Sponsors of the event, called "One Nation Working Together," made the case for liberal causes, such as universal health care and immigration reform, and urged voters to fight back against the Tea ...
DC Rally Shows Support for Struggling Democrats
By not in system - AOL NewsWASHINGTON (Oct. 2) -- Tapping into anger as the tea party movement has done, a coalition of progressive and civil rights groups marched Saturday on the Lincoln Memorial and pledged to support Democrats struggling to keep power on Capitol Hill. "We are together. This march is about the power to the people," said Ed Schultz, host of "The Ed Show" on MSNBC. "It is about the people standing up to the corporations. Are you ready to fight back?" In a fiery speech that opened the "One Nation Working Together" rally on the National Mall, Schultz blamed Republicans for shipping jobs overseas and ...
Will 'Rally to Restore Sanity' Draw More People Than 'Restoring Honor'?
By David Knowles - AOL News(Sept. 20) -- Call it a tale of two rallies. In response to Fox News host Glenn Beck's "Restoring Honor" rally, which took place on Aug. 28, Comedy Central host Jon Stewart announced plans for his own Washington, D.C., gathering. Called the "Rally to Restore Sanity," Stewart's event seeks to poke fun at what "The Daily Show" emcee considers Beck's bombastic grandstanding, while also attempting to return the American political discourse to a more reasoned, less vitriolic volume. Here's how Stewart describes what kind of people he hopes will attend his march on Oct. 30. We're looking for ...
Size Matters: Glenn Beck Rally Draws Widely Varying Crowd Estimates
By Tom Kavanagh - Politics DailyThe numbers game is in full swing after Glenn Beck's "Restoring Honor" rally at the Lincoln Memorial on Saturday. As is almost always the case after such events, the crowd estimates vary widely, CNN reports. AirPhotosLive.com -- commissioned by CBS News to take aerial pictures of the crowd -- put the number at 87,000, while Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) insisted, "We're not going to let anyone get away with saying there were less than a million here." No wonder the U.S. Park Police no longer makes estimates, which inevitably prove controversial among those with vested interests. ...
Sarah Palin at the Beck Rally: Speaking as a Soldier's Mom
By Luisita Lopez Torregrosa - Politics DailySarah Palin, the 2008 Republican vice presidential candidate, speaking to tens of thousands of people gathered at the Lincoln Memorial on Saturday, called on Americans to rise to meet the tough challenges the nation faces today just as men and women in uniform face terrible odds yet endure. The former Alaska governor said she was speaking not as a politician but as the mother of a soldier (her son Track served in Iraq), Palin kept mostly to the patriotic theme of the rally, "Restoring Honor." "Say what you want to say about me, but I raised a combat vet, and you can't take that away from me," ...
Glenn Beck and the Big Shoes of Martin Luther King Jr.
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Glenn Beck Rally in D.C. Saturday: Honoring MLK's Legacy -- or Hijacking It?
By Mary C. Curtis - Politics DailyForty-seven years ago today, hundreds of thousands of Americans joined the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom and witnessed the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. deliver his "I Have a Dream" speech, which summed up the hopes of generations. Today, crowds are repeating that trek – by bus, train, car and plane -- to the nation's capital, with their own hopes and dreams about what America should stand for. Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin -- two conservative stars known more for their divisive political views than for their King-like stands for social justice -- will lead Beck's ...
What's the Glenn Beck Rally All About? Opinions Vary
By David Knowles - AOL News(Aug. 26) -- Racist hate-mongering or the second coming of the civil rights movement? Restoring honor to American society or a shameless display of self-promotion? Depending on whom you ask, Glenn Beck's rally in Washington, D.C., on Saturday may well be any of those things. Taking place on the 47th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech, Beck himself has dubbed the day "Restoring Honor," and on a website promoting the event has described it as follows: Throughout history America has seen many great leaders and noteworthy citizens change her course. It is through ...
The Tea Party, Civil Rights, and Glenn Beck's Rally on MLK Anniversary
By Alex Wagner - Politics DailyAugust 28 will mark the 47th anniversary of Martin Luther King's seminal "I Have a Dream" speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. The occasion, however, will be marked by an orator of a decidedly different stripe standing at the foot of the memorial's marble steps: Glenn Beck, frontman of the populist conservative Tea Party movement. The event is a rally for Beck and his supporters, dubbed "Restoring Honor," where the talk show host will present his "100 Year Plan for America" and which will include an address by former Alaska governor and Mama Grizzly-in-Chief, Sarah Palin. Beck, ...
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