WP: On J-20, Assorted Protesters Will Be Rising Up -- Then Partying Down

[truthpusher]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10824-2005Jan14.html

Inaugural Bash

On J-20, Assorted Protesters Will Be Rising Up -- and Then Partying Down

By Joel Achenbach

Washington Post Staff Writer

Saturday, January 15, 2005; Page C01

They call it J-20, sort of like a military code name. They also call it a coronation. A charade. The Inaugural Charade.

They're very angry at the PIC (the Presidential Inaugural Committee), they're very angry at President Bush ("Kerry Won" says a bumper sticker handed out at a protest) and most of all, they're very exhilarated. It's not just a protest, it's the Counter-Inaugural! This is going to be huge! A paradox of protest is that it tends to put some folks in an excellent mood.

(snip)

Counter-Inaugurals are inherently decentralized and chaotic, and it's impossible at this point to know where the serious action will be, whether it will get ugly, whether the die-ins will go off without a hitch, whether the presidential limo will get egged the way it did four years ago (a scene captured in "Fahrenheit 9/11"). The one certainty at this point is that there are a lot of earnest and energized people, espousing many causes but united in their opposition to the 43rd president and all he represents. There's a movement out there, and on J-20 it's coming to town.

It is important to note that there will also be thousands of people cheering for George W. Bush and Dick Cheney on Inauguration Day. The Texans will be stomping all over town in their big boots and cowboy hats. Swift boat veterans who torpedoed John Kerry will be honored in a reception after the parade. The Presidential Inaugural Committee has oodles of bleachers along the parade route. The Counter-Inaugural will be literally marginal. Literally edgy.

(snip)

Then there's the Turn Your Back on Bush idea. Busloads of back-turners will come to Washington and attend the parade in "neutral" clothing (put those tie-dyed T-shirts away!), and then, suddenly, at a crucial moment, turn away from Bush. Give him the back.

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[leesa]

1. "put those tie-dyed T-shirts away" Republicans are just so UN-COOL,

aren't they? Unbelievable nerds. They still haven't moved out of the sixties. Joel, WAKE UP!

Trying to make it sound like all these people are just flaky "hippies" who are really there to party. Meanwhile, the morality party, to which Joel Achenbach obviously belongs, will be snorting and whoring the night away.

Pathetic!

[Just Me]

3. This power-freakin cabal doesn't represent a party.

They don't represent left or right, conservative or liberal, republican or democrat.

They are profiteering off an intentional campaign to DIVIDE AND CONQUER our people.

Anyone who "sticks" with these HOs are simply out for themselves, don't really value the lives of our troops or our people.

They are "TAKERS" who binge on "givers" and suck the life out of humanity to feed their great, big, black hole of self-importance.

[Just Me]

2. Our PEOPLE who oppose this regime,...are MODELS!!!

I'll never forget the 2/15/02 miles long opposition to this power-mongering regime.

I NEVER FELT SO SAFE,...as I did on that day we stood together against a death-machine for profit and power.

[no_to_war_economy]

4. every protester that shows up is my hero

I will feel that same kind of pride when I watched the GOP NYC convention protest on CSPAN

may allah bless you and keep you warm on Thursday!

[stepnw1f]

5. Age of Denial

This should be the epitaph for Bush's achievements.

Yes... you will be remembered. Thanks for bringing down the Republican Party once and for all.

We have a long four years and already they look weak as hell.