NYC Media Protest Eye Witness Report and Commentary

On the far sidelines of Friday’s Today Show an estimated 100-150 Hillary Clinton supporters expressed their voices, “carrying signs” to protest the media’s misogynist treatment of her. What a dedicated, resourceful crowd, brought together by pro-Hillary bloggers from NYC and North Carolina, spearheaded by Murray and KittyNC respectively.

The event’s press release contained quotes of some of the unconscious commentator clips from the YouTube video in my April 10, 2008 post. I have the press release and was going share some of those slurs here, but as I began typing them in, I lost the desire to repeat them, and send them out into the Universe one more time. Maybe another day. You can watch the video and catch them all.

I’m coming around to this: If there’s nothing glaring, I’m going to switch my focus, at least I’m going to try. Yes, I’m a stickler for fairness. But I think it’s more important, and healthier too, as so many great bloggers do, to promote Hillary’s accomplishments, platforms, and programs than it is to be a media victim. I did say “nothing glaring,” AND I will try to accentuate the positive.

On the other hand, I’m a child of the sixties and practice both seemingly contradictory yogas: I will never stop protesting. I will always want to make love not war.

DNC “Partybuilder” an Oxymoron

Thanks to a sharp commenter on TaylorMarsh.com, we’re aware of how unaware the DNC.

On their website “partybuilder” (is that a new oxymoron, kids?), there’s an event announcement and sign up for: NATIONAL RALLY FOR BARACK OBAMA!! Here’s the rest of the announcement from democrats.org:

(Organizing)

April 12, 2008 – 12 noon

Please help get the word out. Tell all your friends. Send text messages, emails, and make phone calls.

This is a nationwide rally to be held simultaneously across Amercia…all over the country, in all cities and states to send a unified voice in support of Barack Obama. The event will be coordinated to occur everywhere at the same time !

We need your help ! Time is of the essence !

Refer everyone to http://www.newswatchdogservice.com to register to attend/volunteer for this event or contact 1voice4obama@newswatchdogservice.com

Time:	Saturday, April 12 at 12:00 PM
Duration:	3 hours
Host:	rita collins
Location:	NATIONAL (Baltimore, MD)
Associated Groups:	Baltimore City Democrats

Signup for ‘NATIONAL RALLY FOR BARACK OBAMA!!’

Will you attend:
How many attendees total: 0 (incl. yourself)

Would you like to volunteer?

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(I didn’t want to give them so much large, bold type, but I couldn’t seem to get rid of it.) Probably shouldn’t even give it this much juice; not even sure if I should tag it.

I hate to send anyone there needlessly, except to complain, but here it is: http://www.democrats.org/page/event/detail/organizing/4vmxk

See for yourself. (shaking my head) Just doesn’t seem right, doesn’t seem right.

I was so shocked (what’s wrong with me?) to see the call to action right there on their website that I didn’t think to write a comment to the poster. I did, however, write to the DNC:

What is the DNC thinking?

I’m a lifelong, dedicated Democrat. As far as I can find, the DNC is not hosting any voter numbers nor tallies of the popular or delegate votes here on its website. You ARE, however, hosting a partybuilder event that’s sponsoring a nationwide Obama day! What a sham! I can’t believe this obvious bias and why this announcement wouldn’t be moderated! The DNC won’t get a cent of money or support from me until they clean up their act.

I’ll admit that last part sounds pretty hateful. Over the years, my support has primarily been at the volunteer rather than monetary level, so no loss to them. Do I sound defensive? It’s more bark than bite. Call me naive; I can’t believe each new low to which the DNC seems to go. Have they/we chosen a candidate yet?

Is it just that I finally feel old enough to bitch about this stuff? Yes. A result of technology? Yes. Or is it that everything’s so crucial right now? I won’t take this #@*! standing down, baby.