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Sometimes an event occurs which is transformative in a way that everyone who sees it or participates in it instantly is aware of. Yesterday's demonstration in Washington DC is one of those rare happenings in my opinion.

The Daily Mail said 2 million Americans participated. My friend Charlie Martin extrapolated from the pictures an attendance figure of 2.3 million. Here is a time lapse of the parade portion of the event so you can get a feel for yourself of the size of the crowd. Whatever the actual number it is sure to be seriously underestimated by the Obama-besotted members of the press corps who are also likely to misrepresent the participants and their views.

We are witnessing a very rare phenomenon, the genuine, broad based spontaneous political movement with no visible charismatic leaders.

As I read the many reports on the Internet, I think this one, from Mark Hemmingway at NRO, says it best:

"I asked one guy, who came up from South Carolina with 160 people on three buses, who put his trip together. He laughed and said, 'My neighbor.'"

Washington, DC appeared to be a most neighborly place on Saturday...

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America Spoke

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Here is a series of time lapse photos of the march from 8:00 am to 11:30am. The crowd was constantly anywhere from 25 to 50 abreast. I know. I walked in the middle of it.
[look carefully down the road]

America spoke September 12th in Washington, DC. Real America. Not black America, not white America, not Hispanic or Asian America, not even conservative or liberal America. Real America.

There were mothers, sons, fathers, daughters, newborn children and kids on the way up; there were many, many elderly and a lot of disabled folks, young and old, in wheelchairs.

Many of these people had never been to a protest before in their lives. People were pleasant, polite and considerate. There was not a drunken eye in the house. The most unlikely bunch of domestic terrorists one could ever imagine... [snip]

We are not liberals or conservatives. We are Americans. I am not a conservative, I distain that label. I am an American. I believe in American values; that is, the principles and guiding documents on which this country was founded.

Is it 'conservative' to understand, appreciate and defend the United States Constitution? All public officials make a solemn pledge to uphold it. Are they all conservatives?

[snip]

Meanwhile, Obama traveled to Minnesota for the weekend, while the White House laughingly denied having any prior knowledge of the march. As the Washington Examiner reported:

On Friday the White House claimed they had no idea the rally was even planned.

A ridiculous assertion that shows how dismissive the Obama administration and the Democrat-led Congress are of those who oppose their agenda. It is impossible to believe that President Obama knew nothing of the event. The denial is a perfect example of why the President is losing the trust of many Americans.

He stretches his credibility to its limits, and beyond.

Amen.

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White House Says Protesters Not in Mainstream

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A majority of Americans oppose the Democrats' health care reform plans, polls show.

Hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of demonstrators hit the streets of Washington Saturday to protest the federal government.

And summer town hall meetings were marked by the outbursts of noisy constituents confronting their lawmakers over health care reform.

In response, the Obama administration has called this discontent

"manufactured," "misguided" and out-of-touch with the mainstream...

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NY Times Buries Massive Conservative D.C. Rally, Hails Smaller Liberal Protests

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There was a huge protest against Obama's big-government plans at the U.S. Capitol on Saturday, but one was hard-pressed to find evidence of it on the New York Times home page Sunday morning: A small headline tucked under the Political subhead.

The print edition wasn't much more forthcoming. The Times made do with one medium-sized story buried on page A37 of the Sunday paper, "Thousands Attend Broad Protest of Government,".

A much smaller Obama rally got better placement, and so had a previous ACORN-led left-wing protest numbering...40 people...

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NYT Home Page Virtually Ignores Sept. 12 DC Rally, Gives Obama MN Speech Nearly Top Billing

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Not that any of this will surprise anyone, but it should go on the record nonetheless. The New York Times's home page as of its 10:15 a.m. update looked like this (click to enlarge in a separate window):

You'll note no mention of the D.C. rally yesterday -- that drew an estimated 1-2 million people...

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Washington Post Home Page Buries Massive 9-12 Rally in Teeny-Weeny Type

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Sunday morning the Washington Post covered the 9-12 DC rally - but one had to look amazingly hard to spot it:

The top headline was "U.S. to Give More Rights to Afghan Inmates."

Below that, an evergreen story on "Wall Street Goes to Washington."

Scroll down, and the next headline is "In Minn., Obama Pushes Reform."

If you look hard underneath that, in small type: "Lashing Out at the Capitol."

But if you didn’t know that was the 9-12 rally story, you’d think the Post skipped it entirely. There’s a camera icon and four photos are rotating in the upper left corner of the home page, but none of them are about national politics.

Go figure.

[Oh cut them some slack, their reporters would have traveled all the way from - Washington - to cover the story.]

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CNBC's Santelli Rips Media for Ignoring 9/12 DC March

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Not everyone at the NBC Universal umbrella of networks got the gag order memo about the Sept. 12 march on Washington, D.C.

Rick Santelli, who has been a target of the Obama White House and is credited with being the inspiration for the 2009 tea party movement, spoke out about how the media ignored the march...

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DC Marchers Take on More than Government Fiscal Policy -- The Media

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Maybe there's a reason why the media have either denigrated or completely ignored the Sept. 12 march in Washington, D.C. - they were highly critical of their job performance as well.

The march that preceded the rally in front of the U.S. Capitol took place on Pennsylvania Avenue, from Freedom Plaza to the West Lawn of the Capitol went directly in front of the Newseum, a building erected that supposedly honors those deemed the most important practitioners of the First Amendment - the news media.

Marchers chanted, "Shame on the press," as they passed the colossal 250,000-square-foot building dedicated to the press situated between the White House and the U.S. Capitol on Pennsylvania Avenue...

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Joe Wilson's War

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Discourse: The reaction to the congressman's outburst shows what happens when you judge this president by the content of his character.

In a post-racial presidency, charges of racism are the new last refuge of scoundrels...

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WaPo: 9-12 Marchers Are Racist

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On Monday a Post story on the front of the Metro section reported on how people attending the Black Family Reunion think that the million Americans who came to Washington did so because they hate black people.

"A day later, in the shadow of the Washington Monument, many participants at a much smaller gathering -- the 24th annual Black Family Reunion -- said the level of hostility toward the nation's first African American president had little to do with policy differences over health care or taxes and everything to do with race..."

The Post’s headline for this nasty smear was "Seeking Healing, Seeing Hostility."

The Post itself admits the Black Family Reunion was a much smaller event. So why did it draw much more prominent placement and promotion on the Post home page than the 9-12 rally?

The Post made no attempt to explain that this was an event thrown by a liberal lobbying group that opposes black people in government who are not liberals, like Clarence Thomas and Janice Rogers Brown...

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Newspaper Association Cancels Conference in South Carolina Over Rep. Wilson’s 'Racist'' Remark

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The National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA), also known as the Black Press of America, which is a non-partisan 501(c) 3 tax-exempt organization, has decided to show its disapproval of South Carolina Rep. Joe Wilson's "You Lie" remarks by canceling a convention in the state.

"Rep. Wilson's remarks were racist, disrespectful and a disingenuous violation - not only of President Obama - but to the institution of the presidency and only solidified our position and the importance in not spending Black dollars where Black people are not respected,"

NNPA Chairman Danny J. Bakewell Sr. said in a statement...

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Dems on playing the race card: 'You ain't seen nothin' yet'

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A sign of desperation? Can't see it any other way. The idea that Obama's political opponents are motivated by racism will apparently now be "mainstreamed" into the Democratic party's talking points against conservatives.

It's one thing for liberal bloggers and pundits to casually drop the "R" word in trying to smear administration opponents. But it appears, according to this Politico story by Jonathan Martin, that the race card will become an official meme of the Democrats when attacking their opponents: [snip]

point. It is apparent that many Democrats will embrace the race card - those that haven't already - and attempt to delegitimize opponent's arguments against the liberal policies of the president by smearing them as racists.

This not only shows that they are desperate but that they are unable to respond to criticisms. Rather than engage in debate, they simply wish to cut off discussion by branding their foes as haters.

The debate over the president's agenda is about to turn very ugly indeed.

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How Obama Incited Wilson's 'You Lie' Outburst

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While the state-run media jumped all over Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) for shouting "You lie" during the President's healthcare address Wednesday, few so-called journalists bothered to report what made the Congressman and others present so angry.

On Sunday's "Meet the Press," former House Speaker Newt Gingrich did.

After host David Gregory asked Gingrich whether Obama was acting like a president or a partisan Wednesday evening, the Speaker marvelously responded:

I can go through the president's speech and find a lot of things that I like. Then I go to the House Democratic bill and I don't find a single one of those things reflected in the legislation. Now, they literally had voted down efforts to make sure that health insurance only went to people who are legally in the United States.

So they would have to go back and have very significant changes, which I think would split the Democratic caucus. And I think part of the reason you saw some real anger about the speech is he kept describing things that had been explicitly not put in the bill on the House side, and the House bill has no resemblance to the president's speech.

For the record, this is what Obama said Wednesday evening before Wilson's outburst:

Some of people's concerns have grown out of bogus claims spread by those whose only agenda is to kill reform at any cost. The best example is the claim made not just by radio and cable talk show hosts, but by prominent politicians, that we plan to set up panels of bureaucrats with the power to kill off senior citizens. Now, such a charge would be laughable if it weren't so cynical and irresponsible.

It is a lie, plain and simple.

There are also those who claim that our reform efforts would insure illegal immigrants. This, too, is false. The reforms -- the reforms I'm proposing would not apply to those who are here illegally.

As such, what the Old media have been ignoring is that the anger on display Wednesday evening was a result of Republicans being called liars by a President who was himself misrepresenting the facts concerning what's in the current healthcare bill.

Thanks for clearing that up, Mr. Speaker.

That so-called journalists still don't understand it is indeed mind boggling.

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Public Trust in Media Accuracy & Fairness Plunges, Liberal v Conservative Bias Gap at 28 Points

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“The public’s assessment of the accuracy of news stories is now at its lowest level in more than two decades of Pew Research surveys,”

a new poll from the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press, embargoed for release at 11 PM EDT Sunday night, discovered.

The survey, of 1,506 adults conducted in late July, found

“nearly three-quarters (74%) say news organizations tend to favor one side in dealing with political and social issues,” up 21 points from 53 percent 24 years ago, “while just 18% say they deal fairly with all sides.”

The percent who perceive the media as liberal versus conservative remains very lopsided, and the difference has increased by 7 points -- to 50 percent vs. 22 percent now, a 28 point split.

In addition -- surprise -- “Democrats hold considerably more positive views than Republicans of CNN, MSNBC, the New York Times and the news operations of the broadcast networks”...

[Of course. If they don't diversify/supplement their news diet with new media content, how would they know what they're not being told? To wit...]

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Don't Blame Us, Blame the Newspaper We Copied It Out Of

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The USS Neverdock notices an emerging global trend: newspapers suckered by the Washington Post and the New York Times.

Indeed, given what Jonah calls the "Pravdaesque" coverage of the Acorn/Census Bureau split, it seems undeniable that many U.S. media outlets have decided there's a lucrative niche market in providing news to people who'd prefer to be kept in the dark...

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'Call Fox'

Why do Glenn Beck and Andrew Breitbart keep scooping the New York Times?

Last week we noted that Jill Abramson, managing editor of the New York Times, had acknowledged her paper was "a beat behind" on the story of Van Jones, the Obama administration's so-called green-jobs czar, who among other things once signed a 9/11 "truther" conspiracy petition.

Times readers did not learn of the roiling Jones controversy until after he had already resigned.

Abramson pointed out that long before the Times reported the story, "it had been discussed on talk radio, Fox News and other venues."

Our conclusion: "If you want to get the news ahead of the Times, watch Fox News Channel."

On Friday, Fox delivered on Abramson's promise by scooping the Times again...

[A: One's looking for news, the other's trying to hide it.]

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ACORN Story Grows But Mainstream Media Refuse to Cover It

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This story has everything you could ever want – corruption, sleazy actions at tax-funded organizations, firings, government ties, sex, hookers...

It is a network news director’s dream. Imagine the ratings.

But almost no one is covering it...

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Media Ignore ACORN Giving Business Advice to Pimp and [child] Prostitute[s]

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You would think videos exposing representatives of the controversial organization ACORN giving advice on how a couple can get a loan to set up a brothel would be BIG NEWS.


Such would seem especially the case if the proposed house of ill repute would be employing minors illegally smuggled across the border from Central America.

Yet, when Andrew Breitbart's new website Big Government published such videos Thursday morning, media normally fascinated with sex stories almost completely ignored it.

The MSM boycott continued even after several ACORNers were fired as a result (sting videos embedded below the fold):

• ABC, CBS, NBC, and MSNBC have not aired one television report concerning this matter
• The New York Times has not published one article concerning this matter
• USA Today has not published one article concerning this matter
• The Boston Globe has not published one article concerning this matter
• The Los Angeles Times has not published one article concerning this matter
• The Chicago Tribune has not published one article concerning this matter

Bucking the boycott trend were the Washington Post, the Associated Press, CNN, and Fox News. ABC's Jake Tapper also wrote about this at his Political Punch blog.

Not surprisingly, one of the people to report this on Thursday was Fox News's Glenn Beck who opened his program that day:

BECK: Tonight -- these are the things that you have to ask yourself. ... But you have to ask yourself these three questions -- one, how does the media sleep at night? When you see the story that broke this morning, and can you tell me how many hits has this story received on CNN, MSNBC or any other network? Zero. Zero.

I have the only ones that are on it, the "National Review Online," "The Wall Street Journal," WBAL Radio, and FOX. Whoa! It's not like there's a big -- it's not like your tax dollars are going to fund ACORN. No, why cover that?

I always thought the media was by biased one way or another. But this isn't biased. This is complicit. This is criminal. This is criminal what the media is doing right now. And all of you in the media, every single one of you, you should be ashamed of yourself -- ashamed.

How do you sleep at night, media?

How do they sleep, indeed.

After all, in the summer and fall of 2006, America's media on a daily basis harped on the word "macaca" as well as electronic messages sent to male pages by a little known Florida Congressman.

Now, three years later, a tax payer funded organization with close ties to the President of the United States had to fire several of its representatives for giving criminal 'advice' to a couple looking to import under-aged girls to be used as prostitutes --- and these same news outlets couldn't care less...

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Maryland May Prosecute ACORN Sting Video Makers

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In a shocking twist to Thursday's ACORN sting video story, the Baltimore city state's attorney is considering charging the two people that exposed the activity.

Hannah Giles and James O'Keefe (pictured) caught on video several ACORN representatives giving them advice as to how to get a loan to purchase a house to be used as a brothel whose employees would be under-aged illegal immigrants.

Despite the long list of laws possibly broken by these ACORN representatives, the Baltimore city state's attorneys office is looking into whether or not Giles and O'Keefe 'violated statutes' concerning taping people without their consent...

[That's funny, 60 Minutes does it all the time, and I don't recall their being criminally charged. But then, the MSM generally target companies, not 'community activists' groups...

And any 'statues' on child prostitution to be 'looked into'?]

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[Don't despair, speak up and fight - not everyone's nuts...]

Census Bureau cuts ties with ACORN

The Census Bureau on Friday severed its ties with ACORN, a community organization that has been hit with accusations of voter-registration fraud. "We do not come to this decision lightly," Census director Robert Groves wrote in a letter to ACORN, which was obtained by The Associated Press. In splitting with ACORN, Groves sought to tamp down concerns and negative publicity that the partnership will taint the 2010 head count.

"It is clear that ACORN's affiliation with the 2010 census promotion has caused sufficient concern in the general public, has indeed become a distraction from our mission, and may even become a discouragement to public cooperation, negatively impacting 2010 census efforts,"

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Senate votes to deny funds to ACORN

The Senate voted Monday to block the Housing and Urban Development Department from giving grants to ACORN, a community organization under fire in several voter-registration fraud cases.

The 83-7 vote would deny housing and community grant funding to ACORN, which stands for the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now.

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[my favorite 9-12 March photo - probably because I've been saying for a while now that all the 'testicular fortitude' in the Republican party seems to be possessed by the fairer sex...]

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