I was just on Market street and it was wall to wall protestors for as far as the eye could see. It made the anti-war marches look like a picnic. These people are pissed, and they are mobilized. And that's bad news for Republicans. Clearly this has been a canned issue for the 2006 campaign for some time. And I think they were just expecting these folks to shut up and take it but that isn't happening. And so it should be. These are decent hardworking folks and all I hear from the right is:
And that's just the beginning. I was in line for coffee behind a guy who asked why all the shops were closed. He got his news from Fox news. What a surprise. I'm guessing the Fox news will show three protestors with a banner under it that reads; "Immigration protestors; should they be hung or shot?"
The rhetoric from the right on this has been disgraceful. It's bigoted. It's mean. It's over the top. It's un-Christian. it's really disgusting. By and large these are decent, good folks who keep their heads down and do tough jobs for poverty level wages. They deserve better and they certainly don't deserve to be besmirched by the likes of Limbaugh or Hannity. Hannity, by the way, who had nothing but nice things to say about the undocumented workers at his construction company.
I'm not marching today, not because I don't appreciate these folks or what they do, but more because it's not my fight. My fight has been with this administration about the Iraq war, and remains focused on that. But, wow, the anti-war movement has a lot to learn from these folks and how motivated and organized they are.
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