****OFFICIAL MARCH THREAD #1************

[ncrainbowgrrl]

I wish I could be there, but I'm home with a fever... so.. let's talk, y'all!

[helderheid]

1. CONYERS looks like he's up next!

[cynatnite]

2. I wish Feingold could have made it...

Love Conyers! :)

[Joanne98]

3. Go John Conyers!

[LonelyLRLiberal]

4. Thanks - you beat me to it. n/t

[helderheid]

5. WOOOOOT!

[Joanne98]

6. "He's can't fire us, but WE CAN FIRE HIM"

:)

[helderheid]

7. LONG overdue! YOU'RE FIRED, GEORGE AND DICK!

[CountAllVotes]

8. right on!

YOU * ARE F I R E D !!

:dem: :kick:

[Skidmore]

9. We can fire him!!!! Go, Brother John!!!

[BuyingThyme]

10. Kicking ass!!!

This is what leaders look like.

[malaise]

11. Oh Yes

Go JC!!

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

13. Congress Has The Power Of The Purse!!!!! We Have To Stop This Illegal

Immoral War In Iraq!!!!

I love Conyers!!!!!

[Irishonly]

14. Go John

He was wonderful!!:yourock:

[BuyingThyme]

15. Damn, couldn't the HOUSE threads be combined

to make room for the march threads?

[Irishonly]

Go John

He was wonderful!!:yourock:

[derby378]

12. "He can't fire you, he can't fire us - but we can fire him"

Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) on the podium at the DC peace rally today.

I wholeheartedly agree. Why are we still putting up with this fratboy fascist's bullshit?!?

[TahitiNut]

20. By far, support for IMPEACHMENT is (at least) louder than support for just getting out of Iraq.

Impeach. Remove. Indict. Convict. Imprison. (Rinse. Repeat.)

[ncrainbowgrrl]

27. Yeah, I've noticed that too!

It's quite awesome to see!

[ncrainbowgrrl]

16. Lynn Woolsey!

"Impeach Bush!"

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

17. I Love This Man.

How do you not respect someone like this? He makes me want to just run right down there and rally with them, and force congress to just cut the damn purse strings.

We've really got to put an end to this shit. Here's to hoping John leads the way!

:toast:

[mohinoaklawnillinois]

18. Lynn Woolsey up now.

This looks so great. God, I wish I was there...

[BuyingThyme]

19. Lynn Woolsey is the REAL DEAL.

[ncrainbowgrrl]

22. "You are the true authors of this legislation"

Beautiful!

[cynatnite]

21. Hard to believe I'm the first to vote this for the greatest page n/t

[mohinoaklawnillinois]

23. I just rec'd it too.. n/t

[ncrainbowgrrl]

24. "impeach bush!" go Maxine Waters!!

I :loveya: Maxine!

[cynatnite]

26. She is my hero!

She is a fantastic woman!

[ncrainbowgrrl]

32. "and I helped to fire rumsfeld!"

W00T!

[GenDem]

25. Go, Maxine

You tell him!!!!:yourock:

[pdxmom]

28. Any word on numbers? Hard to tell from the C-Span coverage. I

snuck a peek over at Freeperland...they have a counter-protest going on in D.C. ... and they say they have 40 people there!!! Bwahahaha!

[TahitiNut]

66. They've freely acknowledged "over 100,000 estimated" ... so, I'm sure

... it's over 150,000. Perhaps 200,000? :shrug:

[bdamomma]

29. Hey, what a pump up crowd

Maxine Waters you tell it girl!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause:

[kimpossible]

30. Watching on C-SPAN

The crowd keeps growing.

[bdamomma]

43. It's 12.30 pm. right now

and there are alot of people some maybe getting their places to march, that's what we did in Sept. 2005, Great Maxine Waters!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:woohoo: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause:

[dogday]

31. Maxine said "I am not afraid of George Bush"

You go girl :thumbsup:

[mohinoaklawnillinois]

33. Maxine Waters, ROCKS!!!!

Teill it girl, tell it.

I love her, she's great!!!

[ThatsMyBarack]

34. Pretty tasty stuff!

:9

[133724]

35. I am Maxine Watters & I am not a friend of GWB...

[dogday]

36. He is not the decider, he is a liar....

Boy that it is the truth....

[salin]

Go Maxine! "My name is Maxine Waters and...

I am not afraid of George Bush"

My name is Maxine Waters and I am not intimidated by Dick Cheney

My name is Maxine Waters and I helped to get rid of Rumsfeld..."

What a great start!

[BuyingThyme]

37. [Condoleezza Rice] is just another neocon, and she

doesn't represent me.

Maxine Waters

[BuyingThyme]

41. He is not the decider, he's a liar.

:rofl:

Maxine Waters

[Skidmore]

38. "He's not the Decider. He's the Liar!" Go, Maxine.

Said she "will not vote one dime for this war!"

[mohinoaklawnillinois]

39. "He's not the decider, he's the liar"!!!

Go Maxine, go!!!

[ncrainbowgrrl]

42. AWESOME speech!

[ncrainbowgrrl]

44. Rocky Anderson!!! YAY!!

:woohoo:

[GenDem]

40. He's not the "decider" --he's "The Liar"

[bdamomma]

55. Yes, he is the biggest liar

:applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause:

[pdxmom]

45. Maxine was amazing! This is just great!! n/t

[dogday]

46. Rocky Anderson is great

I have part of what he said in Salt Lake City last year in my signature line... He is a great speaker....

[cynatnite]

51. I'm surprised that he's there and from SLC...

Didn't realize a progressive could get elected there. Nice to see :)

[senseandsensibility]

73. Yes he was good

and I also wonder how he was elected in Salt Lake City. But he was really, really powerful. And obviously he's not afraid of his constituents seeing him in such a public forum, so he must have their support. Go, Rocky!

[helderheid]

88. See post 87

:hi:

[helderheid]

87. Salt Lake City is a VERY progressive city - it's BLUE n/t

[cynatnite]

91. We used to live north of there...Rexburg, ID...

It was 98% mormon and VERY red. That's why I was surprised. Nice to know that about SLC. :)

[helderheid]

94. I'm a native Utahn (born in Logan) and raised Quaker - Logan was about as Mormon as where you were

:hi:

[ralps]

47. Yay for Mayor Rocky Anderson!!

:toast: :bounce: :hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo: :woohoo: :applause: :applause: :patriot: :patriot:

[133724]

48. Seattle march starts at 1:00 PST Ehren Watada featured....

[rodeodance]

49. See this thead also:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=54735&mesg_id=54735

[rodeodance]

50. "Tens of thousands in the crowd" says cnn reporter

[ncrainbowgrrl]

53. Wow- a "dismal mainstream media!" Call 'em on it, Rocky!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

52. This is great!

It does my old hippie heart good to watch this -- wish I could be there.

[malaise]

56. Rocky Anderson is great

THis is awesome.

[mrcheerful]

54. Well isn't this just lain odd, I tried to put C-Span on here in Gerry Ford's home town

and guess what, C-Span is off the air. Every other station is up and running but the C-Span stations. Censorship? You think, its been off the air since 7 am and yet none of the other stations are experiencing any problems.

[ncrainbowgrrl]

58. that sucks!--(I was in a hotel in DC last week- no CSPAN- WTF?!)

:wtf:

[helderheid]

57. ROCKY!! A mayor a city away from me!

:loveya:

[ncrainbowgrrl]

59. He's AWESOME!

:loveya: Rocky

[Danascot]

62. Word!

[GenDem]

60. Rocky's kicking some ass!!!!

[Unperson]

61. I think Rocky Anderson has a future in national politics

[helderheid]

63. absolutely!

[ncrainbowgrrl]

65. I agree. (VP, perhaps?)

Now THAT would be an unconventional pick...

[helderheid]

69. He is big on the environment - he'd be great as the head of the EPA (or ANYTHING!) Gore/Anderson??

:D

[ncrainbowgrrl]

64. What a great choice of an Iraqi speaker.

[malaise]

67. Ra'ed Jarrar is delivering a great speech

Get out of Iraq.

[GenDem]

68. "Troops home now" - Great speaker

[ncrainbowgrrl]

70. Military families coming up next...

[ncrainbowgrrl]

71. "We didn't vote for war."

[ncrainbowgrrl]

72. MFSO parent speaking now!

[d_b]

74. These are great speakers

Anyone know the approximate number of protestors?

[mconvente]

75. Some great mini speeches now!

Putting a human face on war - very powerful...

[ncrainbowgrrl]

76. He's right- there was no mention of vets in the SOTU.

That speaks volumes.

[ncrainbowgrrl]

80. Bob Watada (Lt. Ehren Watada's father)

Using the "H" word!

[ncrainbowgrrl]

83. Wow- what an amazing speech- and a great speaker!!

He rocks!

[divineorder]

85. I'm Impressed by Bob Watada

Dignified, intelligent and wellspoken. I can see how his son takes after him. That Watada had to risk his military career shows how the brat wastes lives that are far greater than him. He's not the Decider-he's the Destroyer.

[GenDem]

77. Wow - Iraq Veterans against the War kick !!!!

[bdamomma]

78. What a great crowd!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

They are probably getting ready to March, will they show that, nope I bet they don't, and please send e-mails to CNN and MSNBC and tell them there were hundreds of thousands of people there, and not was reported on CNN "Dozen" of people.

[ThatsMyBarack]

79. If you even blink...

...you miss a whole lot of great stuff! :patriot: :hippie:

[GenDem]

82. You are so right. So much to hear and see.

[JohnnyLib2]

81. Lt. Wataba's dad -- fierce!

How proud father and son must be of each other.

Love the line "this is OUR country."

[ncrainbowgrrl]

84. You're right- what agreat father/son combo...

brave men, both.

[GenDem]

86. Bob Watada

:yourock:

[ncrainbowgrrl]

89. his stepmother made me tear up...

so raw,... so emotional.

[johnnie]

90. Her "thank you"s were so passionate

Gave me chills.

[JohnnyLib2]

92. Active duty protestors -- they're putting it all on the line.

I wish Kerry would show up, right now.

[ncrainbowgrrl]

95. I was suprised by the active duty protestors... and grateful for them

I aalso wish that John Kerry was there...

[Skidmore]

93. Liam is right. Change did not come by the vote but in spite of it.

[mconvente]

97. Excellent point there

You can only affect so much by votes and such - you need action.

[bdamomma]

96. We MUST FIGHT BACK

YES, WE ARE READY TO MARCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :applause: :applause:

[bdamomma]

98. Jesse Jackson

No Demonstration without him!!

[ThatsMyBarack]

104. Slightly off topic: Did you know?

On the Sesame Street Old School: 1969-74 DVD box set, there is Jesse Jackson's famous "I AM SOMEBODY!" speech from 1971!

[GenDem]

99. "Demonstrators reinforce legislators"

Reverand Jesse Jackson!!!!

[LSK]

100. just turned it on, Kucinich speak yet?

[MelissaB]

101. yes

sorry you missed it.

[GenDem]

102. Yeah, about an hour or so ago --he was GREAT

[ncrainbowgrrl]

103. for a second, it felt like we had a broken record there...

[JohnnyLib2]

105. yeah,

damned Limbaugh will emphasize that instead of the main theme today.

[Darkhawk32]

106. How many are there in D.C. today? n/t

[ncrainbowgrrl]

107. Time for thread 2!

Over here:


http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=56880&mesg_id=56880