BREAKING: Bernie Sanders Grassroots Planning Huge March on Washington

[mak3cats]

Last edited Tue Aug 25, 2015, 08:16 PM - Edit history (1)

From the New York Observer. Opinion piece, but a thorough one...

http://observer.com/2015/08/breaking-bernie-sanders-grassroots-planning-huge-march-on-washington/

I still wish this was being planned for sometime in September (before the first debate, and before the cutoff for registering as a Democrat in NY).

Link to the Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/1636611586577118/

(Wow! RSVPs as of right now are 91K- the last time I looked late this afternoon it was 87K.)

Update: Cut and pasted from the Facebook page

WHO WANTS TO GO TO WASHINGTON?

UPDATE--UPDATE--UPDATE

YOU WILL ALL BE HAPPY TO KNOW THAT WE HAVE A TELECONFERENCE WITH MEMBER(S) OF THE CAMPAIGN TOMORROW NIGHT AT 6PM CENTRAL TIME!

WE ARE HOPEFUL FOR A POSITIVE RESPONSE AND WILL UPDATE EVERYONE ASAP.

PLEASE HELP US BY SPREADING THE WORD. PLEASE REMEMBER THE EVENT NEEDS TO BE APPROVED BY THE CAMPAIGN AND PLEASE REMEMBER AN ACTUAL DATE HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED!

PLEASE HELP US REMIND EVERYONE OF THESE FACTS. WE DO NOT WANT TO SEE ANYONE BOOK ANYTHING UNTIL WE HAVE A FINAL PLAN.

[passiveporcupine]

1. Sure wish I could travel

But I'd probably freak out in a crowd that big anyway.

[glinda]

4. +1

[Scuba]

2. If I only had beer and travel money, I'd be there.

[Chellee]

12. You would gain many experiences.

[Scuba]

14. Yes. Yes I would.

[Chellee]

18. Personally, I think you're due that.

nt

[glinda]

3. Wish I could go....

[cprise]

5. We often forget -- He is calling for a democratic revolution!

So its fitting that a mass demonstration would be associated with his campaign. I'm not a facebook user but I wish them luck!

[mak3cats]

9. I'm not on Facebook either...

...so it's quite possible that many, many more than the 92K who RSVP'd will show up. We're planning on going, depending on the exact date.

[SamKnause]

6. I wish I could go but my disability

and finances prevent it.

I wish millions of people would show up.

[ancianita]

7. I can't wait to see this.

[deutsey]

8. I'll be there n/t

[mak3cats]

11. Love your avatar!

You better be careful, or I shall taunt you a second time!

[fasttense]

10. I'm going to do my best to be there. N/T

[mnhtnbb]

13. I would LOVE to go to this

but I have a conflict that involves already having pre-paid for some time at the beach.

[merrily]

15. I don't understand how people can RSVP without a date. Is everyone independently wealthy?

It is no coincidence that the movement for a march on Washington for the Sanders campaign is driven by the theme that “enough is enough.”

Our democracy is becoming an oligarchy dominated by those with the most money. Our government is becoming a private auction where legislation is sold to the highest bidder of lobbyists dispensing or exploiting the donations of big money donors. The the mainstream media acts like a megaphone for competing factions of insiders in league with competing factions of big money donors, while treating most citizens as political nonpersons who must be forced to choose between options they widely disapprove of.

The explosion of social media politics in 2016 is a reaction to the widespread view that if the political game is fixed, the deck is stacked, and the old media has become the home page for those who fix the game, stack the deck and rig the bid. The Bernie Sanders crowds are not driven by condescending political insiders who wrongly believe they are a temporary phenomenon that is not important, or by old media elites that barely acknowledge that the crowds even exist for the Sanders campaign. No, their motivation was stirred by the moment when the revolution of social media met the “enough is enough” view of millions.

Those in the old guard of politics and old media who said that many losing campaigns have drawn large crowds were then surprised by the magnitude of small donor support for Mr. Sanders—as they will be surprised again when citizens in Iowa and other states caucus.

Read more at http://observer.com/2015/08/breaking-bernie-sanders-grassroots-planning-huge-march-on-washington/#ixzz3jpMnkcl5 Follow us: @observer on Twitter | Observer on Facebook Read more at: http://tr.im/8n7Mu

(I broke down into shorter paragraphs.)

[daleanime]

16. RSVPs are now at 95 K.....

[L0oniX]

17. Let's hope Kim Kardashian isn't doing anything when it happens...

or the media won't cover the event.

[mak3cats]

19. RSVP's at 100K as we speak, with another 10K "maybe"...

Will continue to watch with interest!

[Motown_Johnny]

20. Damn, bad timing for me...

but maybe I can swing it. Maybe.

It would be easier if they did it on the 18th, a Saturday. I would really only need to take off of work on Friday to travel, then attend the rally and travel again on Sunday.

I might be able to swing that.

[Aerows]

21. Bernie is rocking with enthusiasm

He's the genuine article, and that is the foundation of a winning campaign.

Bernie Sanders *CAN* win the Primary and the General. He has millions behind him - not millions of dollars, but millions of people

[Rosa Luxemburg]

22. 101,000 going now!