mass protest at capital hill

mattheman · 12 Sep 2009 at 23:22

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/13/us/politics/13protestweb.html?hpw

seems like the american people dislike obama now, once the god of the western world now the devil.

Gaygle · 12 Sep 2009 at 23:25

mattheman said:
seems like the american people dislike obama now, once the god of the western world now the devil.

Bit of a bold statement to draw from a few people protesting isn't it??

*looks at username* ohhhhhhhhhhhh.............

Ross1234 · 12 Sep 2009 at 23:25

"thousands of people" is hardly much considering the size of america.

Tefal · 12 Sep 2009 at 23:27

Gaygle said:
Bit of a bold statement to draw from a few people protesting isn't it??

*looks at username* ohhhhhhhhhhhh.............

Don't you know a protest consisting of a fraction of a percent of the general population means it's the general consensus.

Von Smallhausen · 12 Sep 2009 at 23:28

Bush had his haters, as did Clinton. as did Bush, as did Reagan, as did Carter etc etc.

Should Obama be any different ?

Have you considered working for the Mail matt ? You have a similar reporting style.

Burnsy2023 · 12 Sep 2009 at 23:29

It's a hell of a lot less people than who were at his inauguration ceremony.

mattheman · 12 Sep 2009 at 23:32

Tefal said:
Don't you know a protest consisting of a fraction of a percent of the general population means it's the general consensus.

almost 2 million
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VMX...n-washington-dc/&feature=player_embedded#t=26

Burnsy2023 · 12 Sep 2009 at 23:36

Source for number please.

Tefal · 12 Sep 2009 at 23:38

mattheman said:
almost 2 million
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VMX...n-washington-dc/&feature=player_embedded#t=26

source?

your own first source says tens of thousands.

Greenlizard0 · 12 Sep 2009 at 23:38

That was a hard read. I thought the Times was the "good" paper.

Stolly · 12 Sep 2009 at 23:40

Given that he got barely 50% of the popular vote, which is entirely normal since there are only two choices to vote for its not entirely suprising that there are a lot of people in America who do not like the current President. Its always this way, Republican or Democrat.

edit **

Apart from fringe parties like Libertarian etc which i think pull in a few percent.

Chimerical · 12 Sep 2009 at 23:40

Yeah what did Bush do to make Government smaller?

Such nonsense.

mattheman · 12 Sep 2009 at 23:41

http://www.fourwinds10.com/siterun_data/peace_freedom/patriots_and_protesters/news.php?q=1252780246

Stolly · 12 Sep 2009 at 23:44

mattheman said:
http://www.fourwinds10.com/siterun_data/peace_freedom/patriots_and_protesters/news.php?q=1252780246

Here's a pro tip.

When you have to post articles that debunk your own originally posted article in order to backup a wild claim you made you've already lost.

mattheman · 12 Sep 2009 at 23:54

Stolly said:
Here's a pro tip.

When you have to post articles that debunk your own originally posted article in order to backup a wild claim you made you've already lost.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/wor...-Obamas-spending-tea-party-demonstration.html

Ross1234 · 12 Sep 2009 at 23:55

Referencing the daily mail is not a good way to win an argument

mattheman · 12 Sep 2009 at 23:56

Ross1234 said:
Referencing the daily mail is not a good way to win an argument

thats why i didnt want to put it down the fascist members who hate the dailymail

Ross1234 · 12 Sep 2009 at 23:58

mattheman said:
thats why i didnt want to put it down the facist members who hate the dailymail

Everyone with any intelligence hates the daily mail.

Tefal · 12 Sep 2009 at 23:59

just me or do none of these actually state where the number has come from? in teh first one it said the police refused to estimate, so if this is from the protestors they are notoriously unreliable in stating numbers.

Fenris · 12 Sep 2009 at 23:59

mattheman said:
thats why i didnt want to put it down the facist members who hate the dailymail

Did he just call us facists?

I think he just called us facists.