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| MoveOn members prefer to stay put rather than attend health care protest |
| 2009-09-03 |
| Jim Geraghty, "Campaign Spot" @ National Review I realize that organizers of all stripes tend to inflate their numbers, and counting heads in a crowd is an inexact science in the best of circumstances. But this is an interesting contrast: Albany Times-Union, Sept. 1: MoveOn says they have 1,081 people expected to attend Wednesday evening’s vigil in front of [20th district Congressman Scott Murphy]’s Hudson Office. Albany Times-Union, Sept. 3: The dilemma facing Murphy, a Glens Falls Democrat in a largely Republican district, was in full evidence Wednesday night as about 120 MoveOn.org members showed up for a candlelight vigil at his downtown office here, to let the congressman know in no uncertain terms that they expect him to back what they call a "strong public option" as part of the proposed Obama health care overhaul. Was something really good on television last night? Did somebody throw a last-minute party and send out 961 invites? |
| Posted by:Mike |
| #3 outside a cemetery Hold the rally outside a British or maybe a Canadian cemetery and the whole message gets reversed. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2009-09-03 19:56 |
| #2 They had a couple hundred show up a day or so ago in Madison, Wisconsin outside a cemetery (to accentuate the notion that people are dying for lack of affordable health care). Lot's of MoveOn and SEIU folks. No puppets or drums, though. |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2009-09-03 17:15 |
| #1 Just goes to show that the rank-and-file MoveOn folks are pretty much like the rest of us. ObamaCare doesn't move them very much. |
| Posted by: Richard of Oregon 2009-09-03 14:39 |