When congress returns, it is time to march on DC again.

[adamuu]

Can someone please organize this? Just tell me when, and I'll be there. with friends.

On Sunday, September 25, 2005, a large number of protesters marched on Washington to protest the Iraq war. Media coverage was patchy, but some estimates ran around 250,000 marchers. We did not have the support of Congress. Only a few congresspeople in the Progressive Caucus even acknowledged that we were there. GWB decided to be out of town that weekend. Still, we made as much impact as we could in an unwelcoming climate. To this day, it is difficult to find MSM articles about the event. I was there. The crowd was a dense as it appears in this photo.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2005/09/25/WASHINGTON.TMP

Recent news stories have claimed that the town hall shouters had an influence on our elected leaders. Are we just going to let that go? These losers are going to end up influencing policy just by being loud? Screw that! There are more of us than there are of them!

If we were to have a similar march, this time for single-payer healthcare, even if it is not quite as large, would the media ignore us the same way as in 2005? Would Congress? Would the White House?

I believe the Democrats are asking for a backlash from us. FDR famously said, "I agree with you, I want to do it, now make me do it."