New York Times: Liberal Groups Rally in Washington, Offering Challenge to Tea Party

[ClarkUSA]

WASHINGTON — Tens of thousands of union members, environmentalists and peace activists rallied at the Lincoln Memorial on Saturday, seeking to carry on the message of jobs and justice...More than 300 groups organized Saturday’s march on Washington to build momentum for progressive causes... The rally’s sponsors, including the N.A.A.C.P., the A.F.L.-C.I.O., the Sierra Club and the National Council of La Raza, said they also hoped to demonstrate that they, not the Tea Party, represented the nation’s majority.

The rally’s organizers called the Saturday march “One Nation Working Together,” saying they hoped it would be an answer and antidote to what they called the divisiveness of the Tea Party... the spirited crowd spread out along both sides of the reflecting pool, demonstrators shouted “Yes, we can” and carried signs saying, “We March for Hope not Hate,” and... Demonstrators flew in from Los Angeles and Denver, took buses from Oklahoma and Tennessee, and carpooled from New York and Massachusetts.

The rally was held on a clear, cloudless day, with American flags atop the Lincoln Memorial’s stairs and a sea of yellow, red, blue and purple T-shirts stretching out below, worn by members of various civil rights, peace and union groups... Sponsors said the rally was not vying with the “Rally to Restore Sanity” that Jon Stewart, the host of “The Daily Show” has scheduled for Oct. 30 in Washington.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/03/us/03rally.html

Nice to see the word "Liberal" start a news story. Because that's what I am. :)

[movonne]

1. Well that's a nice article...tens of thousands sounded good...and I

am a liberal also...