Reply #2: Whitehouse [View All]

[arcadian]

With the Whitehouse it's obvious that your dipleasure is with U.S. policy. Everybody in D.C. get's their picture taken in front of the Whitehouse, so it's more visible. It's also easier to get tourists to join in as they see it as some kind of touristy shtick they can take pictures of and show to their relatives back in Iowa, "Look! I protested the Whitehouse!"

With Congress, the building is simply too big and protesters are seen as just another lobbying group. Plus if you focus on one Congressperson then your efforts see little sunlight as most tourists only go to the Capitol rotunda and don't bother with their Reps. offices. It's also easier for a Congressman to dismiss a protest as, "I don't know what those loud obnoxious people want, they are just being loud, it's just D.C."