Should he do it? Would you go?

[one_voice]

I know there's a march in the works for Oct. Maybe Ed should join the effort. Maybe we could get Colbert, Stewart, and Maddow to come. What do you think?

Ed Schultz: I bet I could match Glenn Beck


MSNBC host Ed Schultz says he wasn’t impressed by the crowd Fox's Glenn Beck was able to draw to Washington over the weekend, saying he could “easily” match Beck.

“I could get every union head in this country, I could organize every progressive group in this country, the main bloggers,” Schultz said on his radio show Tuesday. “This could be The Ed March.”

Schultz used NBC News’ projection of 300,000 attendees to Beck’s rally as the baseline he could reach — though CBS and others have placed the number of Beck supporters at less than 100,000.

“Folks, 300,000 people on the heels of six months promotion — that ain't no big shakes,” Schultz said, alluding to Beck’s frequent plugs for the event on his own television and radio shows as well as his website.

“I bet I could do that,” Schultz said of the 300,000 number. “I bet I could do that with this radio show and my TV show and six months production, six months promotion, if I had the budget I could equal that march. I know I could.”

“I guarantee you, I could do more than 300,000,” he added. “It ain't a big deal.”

http://dyn.politico.com/members/forums/thread.cfm?catid=1&subcatid=70&threadid=4454336

Given the a lot of the comments on the story, I don't think the wingers like Beck being challenged. I think I smell fear.

[Wickerman]

1. Put it up Ed

Love to see it happen. Call it something besides the Ed March, though. There is more than enough ego the Right we don;t need to match them.

[one_voice]

4. Maybe we should call into his...

show and send emails to let him know it's something we'd like to do. I'd love to see it happen before the mid-term elections. I don't if that's possible. :shrug:

[JustAnotherGen]

Yep I would Go

But not call it the Ed March - call it what it is:

A Professional Left Rally On Washington .. . I'd proudly wear a t-shirt that identified me as such.

Or - what about a Reasonable Americans Rally?

[one_voice]

6. I'd wear a DU shirt. :-)

Agree, don't call it the Ed March. There could be a contest to "name" the march. That would be fun too.

[Parker CA]

2. If Ed, Stewart, and Colbert were there it would be a HUGE crowd. Don't call it Ed March though,

call it The REAL March for Freedom.

[JustAnotherGen]

12. I said on the other thread

I think Bill Maher would be awesome to paraody Glenn Beck - especially because he is an atheist! :rofl: It would be freaking classic.

I could see him doing a whole 'lesson' on a Return To Pot and why he is against ANYONE getting married and how he doesn't WEAR underwear so there's no Magic Underwear Here! :rofl:

[blm]

3. Drop the Ed March BS, it would be a real WE THE PEOPLE'S MARCH in order to form a more perfect union

.

[jwirr]

5. I would love to be able to go. It should be done before November though

and the does not give us that much time.

[COLGATE4]

7. Another really great thread up on DU right now

questions if we could put together a 'shame Beck' rally that pokes fun at Beck and all the assorted Morons who showed up for his fiasco - having someone like Big Ed actually put some push into organizing something like that could actually make it happen (rather than be a fun thread to think about doing).

[one_voice]

10. Oh, I didn't see it...

or I would have posted this in it. I'll look for it, maybe the mods can combine the threads. We'd get more done.

Thanks.

[Smarmie Doofus]

8. Some teachers' unions are planning a march on Oct 2.

http://www.peoplesworld.org/teachers-union-endorses-oct-2-one-nation-jobs-march/

It would be wise to join forces and march as a coalition of people who are being underserved or screwed over by the beltway in the year 2010.

Specifically, working people, SS advocates, peace advocates, glbts, labor , and all of the rest of he constituency groups that together make up 90% of the population.

Yes, I'd go.

[one_voice]

11. I'm going to email..

the link to Ed. Thanks.

[uncommon]

9. I would go.

[Dappleganger]

13. He needs to do a Workers March

I would sell some things to go, if necessary!

[one_voice]

14. I just emailed...

him the link (upthread) for the workers march planned for Oct. 2. Maybe more people should email/call, get his attention.

[one_voice]

15. Kick..hoping people will email/call Ed to do this. n/t

[one_voice]

16. ditto...