in response to Justice Sunday III
Philadelphia 8 Jan 06
In response to Senator Rick Santorum and
former Christian Coalition head Jerry Falwell appearing
in Philadelphia
to get their followers motivated to push for the Supreme Court
nominee Samue Alito, a group of perhaps 100-150 people
gathered outside the Greater
Exodus Baptist Church where they appeared.
Our large and enthusiastic crowd with
giant puppet of a smling Jerry Falwell hovering over them. Lots
and lots of noise! Act-Up
was the major organizer for the event. LiberalOasis
is usually very sour on Democrats and normally recounts depressing
tales of how the Democrats blow opportunity after opportunity and draw
the issues too narrowly and fail to ignite the grassroots. Not
this time! This time, LiberalOasis feels the Democrats "get it"
and are acting in unison. If the game is played properly,
Democrats can win even if Alito makes it to the bench. If
Democrats use the hearings to define themelves as a party, they
can win even if the Republicans prevail on the issue of the day.
One of our activists, Phyllis, getting
signatures. She came on her bicycle. Washington
Post has full transcript of first day of the Alito hearings.
RedHedd of firedoglake
has snarky summaries of what every participant said.
Michael of Americablog notices that Alito acts
as though he's ashamed of his own views.
I had a smiling picture of Lynn, but I
thought her expression matched her costume well here. MoveOn and TrueMajority
both have petitions out to stop Alito from making it to the
court.
And the crowd goes wild! During
the last PRAWN meeting, we
discussed getting together a protest for the State of the Union address
on January 31st. I learned at this protest that the group World Can't Wait wants to do
one in Philly! Their demand is for Bush to step down and take his
agenda with him.
Four young women do the radical cheerleaders thing
while a reporter in back of them takes notes. Great fun was had
by all!
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