Question For Those That Actually ATTENDED The Washington March.

[DistressedAmerican]

How did you feel about the event?

I hear a shitload of largely armchair quarterbacks trying to tell me that this event was ruined by ANSWER and their diverse goals.

I certainly did not get any such vibe on the ground. The issue never even crossed my mind until I got home and found all of these posts bitching and whining about how awful the event was. I just do not get it. Why the hell is everyone so obsessed that a few folks make remarks that were at best tangential to the main theme. People here act like the whole rally was taken over by other interests. That is definitely not the experience I had.

Regardless of people's opinions on Mumia or Palestine, from what I saw, 99 percent of folks there were on the same message, the war. All of the news reports I saw indicated a large rally of anti-war protesters. Nothing said about the other groups.

So, if you were actually at the rally, what did you think? Was the event a big failure as some would like to paint it? Was the focus completely lost?

I for one sure as hell did not think so. I thought it was well attended and for the most part right on message. I suspect that the crowd would have been a lot smaller had they not participated.

I think the TV crowd may have gotten a far different impression of the event than those of us on the ground and participating. I saw no problem with either turnout or the message. But, maybe that is just me.