WOW!!! LOOK AT ALL THOSE PEOPLE!!!

[WeDidIt]

[thewiseguy]

1. This is all staged by the CIA!!!

:eyes:

Amazing picture.

[Kaleko]

36. 11:18 AM ET twitter: "No fear, no fear, we are with each other."

"Tens of thousands of protestors are chanting 'No fear, No fear, we are with each other.'"

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/13/iran-demonstrations-viole_n_215189.html

[mopinko]

47. hey, stranger things have happened.

i think this is legit, but you never know.

[Sanity Claws]

2. Pretty hard to claim 2/3 of total votes

when the entire city has turned out against you.
The entire country must be at a standstill because of the election fraud.

[WeDidIt]

4. They outnumber the cops hundreds to one!

Khamene'i has lost all control.

The Islamic Republic of Iran will never be the same again.

[underpants]

3. Is the MSM saying "Thousands" like they did for the anti-war marches?

or are they just ignoring....like the anti-war marches?

[derby378]

6. Actually, it was "tens of thousands"

That was the standard line at any antiwar protest in America or abroad. Had to make Bush's policies look good.

[tavalon]

18. Except in DC

After I was part of an almost million person march in 2004, I went back to my hotel and heard how "thousands" had marched. I couldn't believe they had the gall. But they did.

[underpants]

28. I was there too

October 26, 2002

a week before I got married

the coverage was miserable even in DC

[tavalon]

31. Especially in DC

I've come to realize, though, that the protests aren't to show others or even to influence anyone. They are there to help us keep our strength so that we continue with the fight. And that is something that no media outlet can blackout, no matter how much they might want to.

[Laelth]

48. Very insightful. n/t

:dem:

-Laelth

[gratuitous]

11. I believe that's a photo of a focus group

Hardly to be considered when a Great Man who is Keeping the Country Safe has been given a Mandate for Staying the Course.

Damn, only three Republican talking points in that sentence. I'm out of practice.

[chill_wind]

24. :-)

[underpants]

29. They must be with us or against us

:hi:

[gratuitous]

30. Ooh, yeah

I probably could have worked Popular Wartime President in there, too. Rats.

[grace0418]

33. Yeah, or taking photos of the very edges of the protest to make it look sparse

and poorly attended. Or taking as many photographs of the handful of counter-protesters to make it look "balanced".

Few things opened my eyes more about the media than attending the massive pre-war protest march up Lake Shore Drive in Chicago and then comparing what I saw with my own eyes to the images being shown on the news.

[underpants]

35. or misidentifying Mousavi

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x324782

[AnnInLa]

5. another pic link

http://twitpic.com/7gtvo

[VenusRising]

7. Good for them!!

I was telling my husband last night how proud and jealous I am that the Iranian people would turn out in numbers like that over a stolen election. I wish I had seen that in my country in 2000 and 2004.

I salute the Iranians. :patriot:

[WeDidIt]

9. Khamene'i and Ahmadi-nejad over reached

Had they had Ahmadi-nejad barely eek out 50.01%, and had him lose in Tirbiz and barely win with less than 50% in Tehran, it would ahve been harder for Mousavi to contest.

[Old and In the Way]

12. Obviously, they should have hired Karl Rove and his merry band of operatives.

They know how to steal elections without going overboard, Got to keep the illusion of closeness if you want to steal an election properly.

[YOY]

10. It's a pithy defense for us but the stolen elections in 2000/2004 were closer.

MUCH closer...still stolen but much closer. This sucker was blatantly stolen from an overwhelming loss.

[robinlynne]

26. How do you know it was close? the votes were never counted!

[YOY]

34. Know? I don't. Neither does much of anyone. Part of me believes it had to be.

Because I knew there were plenty of folks who are dumb enough in this coutry to vote R.

[intheflow]

42. This shot is was taken in Tehran,

the capitol of Iran. Had you attended either of Bush's inaugural protests in DC, you would have seen similar numbers of people in the streets. That you didn't perfectly illustrates how poorly the CM covered those protests.

[tavalon]

49. You should have been there

They were outstanding. The energy of the million or so people covering DC was so electric. I won't ever forget it and the fact that the msm blacked it out hurt at first but if you see my post above, I have come to understand the point of those protests differently.

[YOY]

8. Woah...

Power to the people...

[chill_wind]

13. Sky News Video coming in now

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x5852528

[konnichi wa]

14. Must be the ticket line for a Jonas Brothers show

:silly:

[Hippo_Tron]

15. New York Times says half a million showed up for Moussavi's rally

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/16/world/middleeast/16iran.html?hp

[liberalmuse]

16. "Dozens of Green protestors take to the streets in Iran" - Faux Nyoos n/t

[Fly by night]

17. One difference between Iranian (and Ukrainian) democracy and ours.

The Iranian and Ukrainian people care about the "consent of the governed".

Too many American people care about what's next on the television (and not much else.)

Good for the Iranian people.

Shame on us.

[DemReadingDU]

27. Shame on us

Exactly right.

Perhaps when millions of us are jobless, homeless, pennyless and hungry, we will find the will to protest when there is nothing else to lose.

[Amaya]

46. exactly

nt

[bdamomma]

52. shame on us is quite right.

[WeDidIt]

19. Grand Ayatollah Saanei at Anti-Ahmadi-nejad Rally!!!!

Per Sully.

That simply begs the question, where's Rafsanjani? I'm wiondering if he's getting ready to pull the Aseembly of Experts together to oust Khamene'i.

[Joanne98]

20. WOW

[BobRossi]

21. So that's what democricy looks like!

I remember when America had it.

[lxlxlxl]

22. agreed

peace to those people.

[chill_wind]

23. Looks a lot like these people

BEFORE the election.





Pics from 6-11-09- Isfahan Province.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=5852399&mesg_id=5852399

[Catherine Vincent]

25. That's nice to see all those people protesting

And it looks peaceful.

[AnnInLa]

32. looks similar to Obama campaign rally

people power

[Turborama]

37. Several vids just posted in videos forum

Link: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x324781

:kick: & R

[myrna minx]

38. This is people power. Wow! K&R n/t

[Subdivisions]

40. You will never see that in the U.S. n/t

[thewiseguy]

39. Breaking: Reports of gunshots and protesters running

I will try to confirm that.

[dave29]

44. seeing this reported at TPM and a few other sites.. not good

.

[nadinbrzezinski]

41. You know what bothers me about this?

Flashback to 2004... it was me and MEBBEE 100 other people demonstrating against the reselection of GW Bush

If we DID THAT... back then....

Oh never mind

By the way, nice focus group, to quote Mr. Defender.

[rollin74]

43. at a banned rally

after threats, intimidation and a disinformation campaign by the government.

Still a huge turnout! Beautiful!!

[Amaya]

45. you'd never see something like this in america

we are the quite sheep ....
my thoughts are with the Iranian people- they show the world how it's done!

[cali]

50. As someone here cogently pointed out yesterday

a large part of the reason can be attributed to demographics. In Iran, 70% of the population is under 30. Just about the reverse of that trend is true in the U.S.

[B Calm]

51. Imagine the reaction if the Supreme Court would have stolen

an election in the USA