Why didn't Americans listen to Robert Byrd when

[malaise]

he begged them to take to the streets and speak out against the war?

Sp.

[2rth2pwr]

1. fixed

[MichiganVote]

2. angry and deluded

[swag]

3. American Idol was on.

[rpannier]

4. That and/or

Fear factor and Temptation Island.

[Pastiche423]

10. American Idol is on in the morning?

[swag]

12. America TIVOd American Idol.

[malaise]

13. Well since it was promoted by Fox

I'm betting it was planned distraction. Damn people are gullible.

[BlooInBloo]

15. DARK SIDERS!!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TJLOGI2Odc

[Adsos Letter]

5. They were too busy ridiculing him for his old-fashioned manner of speechifying...

and pointing to issues from his past, and his penchant for pork...all things which detracted from his message (although I, personally, enjoy his rhetorical approach to speaking on the floor). And the often unexpressed attitude of derision for the elderly in this country... :(

Plus, as swag said in the post above, manufactured "reality" shows were a distraction from the real reality...

[malaise]

9. I recall some of that

What could have been if only...

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

6. I did

and the MSM didn't think it was worth covering.

[Adsos Letter]

7. yup...the ol' "If a tree falls in the forest" syndrome...

:(

[malaise]

8. I did notice this week that they played down and ridiculed the numbers

at demonstrations. I thought it odd since they ignored all the huge demonstrations these past five years.
We should call them the private airwaves - nothing public about M$M.

[Nay]

11. Yeah, I did too. There were a half milliion of us in DC, and you'd

never know it from the news. All the side streets were full. The Mall was full. Even though they'd shut down one of the metro lines into DC for "maintenance" that day.

[KG]

14. many did

the rest were gullible sniveling cowards ready to believe anything the gov't and MSM media told them.

[tool_of_the_people]

16. "Mr. John Q. Public . . . Aye" n/t