Well, at least for as long as the people in the room could stand it. It was almost surreal, watching the faces of the admirers, knowing they couldn't hear much of what was going on on stage, because it was apparent that most of them had no clue what was going on.
But let the groups have their parties, I say. There's no reason to disrupt, interfere or protest groups that want to celebrate their own philosophies of life (or themselves) as long as I don't have to pay for it.
So it seemed to me that people were having fun, for the most part, if you ignore the hateful stuff.
What hateful stuff, you ask?
Mmmm, like maybe asking the former Cat Stevens to sing, disregarding the cognitive disconnect between the "Peace Train" and Cat's Islam's actual actions. From Wikipedia:
On February 21, 1989, Yusuf Islam addressed students at Kingston University in London about his conversion to Islam and was asked about the controversy in the Muslim world and the fatwa calling for Salman Rushdie's execution. He replied, "He must be killed. The Qur'an makes it clear - if someone defames the prophet, then he must die." [5]But that seems to be the way it always is with leftists. They say one thing and do another, not unlike the eco-hypocrites who fly to France for their arugula and yell at you to ride your bike to the local store.
That disconnect appears again when you plan a trip to Mumbai and you book the entire Taj Mahal, and numerous rooms in other hotels in the middle of what you yourself are trying to call the worst recession ever.
India's Economic Times also mentions the inconvenience the Obamas' jaunts around town will cause to the "small people"' ; they also mention that, since the Obamas have chosen a room that faces the ocean, there will be an extensive US and Indian Navy presence guarding their room from the sea. After all, if you're near the ocean, you really should have a view, n'est ce pas? Whyfor the trip otherwise? Oui, oui.
To ensure fool-proof security, the President’s team has booked the entire the Taj Mahal Hotel, including 570 rooms, all banquets and restaurants. Since his security contingent and staff will comprise a huge number, 125 rooms at Taj President have also been booked, apart from 80 to 90 rooms each in Grand Hyatt and The Oberoi hotels.Oh, and don't forget the 40 aircraft and 6 armored cars The Ones will be bringing. [Two, maybe three, armored cars, but SIX? It'll take 6 aircraft to transport just the vehicles.] There will also be 3 Marine helecopters and 30 sniffer dogs, the largest security detail ever assembled for an American president, who surely has done so much globally to change the attitudes of people wanting to kill Americans, particularly one so elevated from the "small people."
We begin to figure out that The One's admonition for "shared sacrifice" meant he'd keep reminding us to sacrifice, and that would be his contribution. How exhausting.
The "I can scream at you from my limo but will mock you if you criticize me for the same thing" mentality is something the Hollywood movie *stars* learn quickly.
One of these *stars* even tried to in the past to pass himself off as politically incorrect in an insidious Newspeak attempt to nullify the difference between being politically incorrect and politically correct. Let the most politically correct among us run a show like that. Yeah. That makes sense.
So why is Bill Maher afraid that Mohammed is now the most popular boy's name in London these days? What's to fear? What's to apologize? Shariah law would off with his head the minute it was put in place. As he says fearfully, "Then I'm right. I should be alarmed and I don't apologize for it."
Yeah, that's the ticket. There's more over here at Mediaite.
Some might call this a double standard, given what the professional left screamed about Juan Williams but, meh, so what.
Another meh, so what, moment occurs with what Barbara "I worked so hard for that title" Boxer's been up to, besides trying to humiliate military men into acknowledging her supremacy.
That would be her tricky dicky little creation of an Indian tribe that somehow ends up benefiting her son by at least $8 million. [Somebody's father's grandmother or something now makes a tribe.]
The original article published by The Hill, as Red State points out, has mysteriously disappeared from their website but you can see the cached copy at Red State. Funny how those things happen with the media conspiring to hang on to their favorite politicians.
But back to yesterday's rally.
Was the audio bad? Yeah, sure, but most of those people were there to have fun. So be it. It was a beautiful day.
Was it funny?
Yikes.
Double yikes.
Not so much.
The hosts seemed to be straining, straining, straining to be funny, using bits that work in the confinement of a television studio but hardly worked on stage. The mockery of Beck's rally was pretty mean-spirited, like presenting medals to people for various silly things. What was the joke in that? The medals Beck presented were for magnificent contributions to society, whether you agreed with the politics or not.
In fact, the Beck rally was more organized, less political and more entertaining than what was on teevee yesterday.
Decide for yourself:
Isn't funny, ooo so funny that we can make buffoons of people who wear patriotic clothing? Hahaha! We are so funny because WE would never do a thing like that except to mock people in flyover country. Those people whose tax dollars we steal to fund our socialist blue states. YOU KNOW WHO I'M TALKIN" BOUT!
It was at this point when someone in the room grabbed the remote and turned on a football game, muttering that that was enough. Couldn't take anymore.
So that was that. No live blogging.
Even liberals are wondering what the rally "accomplished," though the two hosts didn't seem to care.
A good time, but not much else.
Oh, and if you don't count the fact that the dems were actively recruiting for their party, wearing official rally t-shirts. Oh, and the nasty signs like "I masturbate to Christine O'Donnell" and "Death to right wing extremists" and the obligatory Nazi depictions of all things Republican and/or conservative. Those rally organizers can't be held responsible for the Communists who attended their party.
But let 'em have their day. Have fun. Enjoy.
We got Tuesday.
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