The mood of the rally was more a collage of what we must have versus the persistent reality that denies this. What we should do, besides energize each other, is never to lose the dream nor let others take it away. We must never stop fighting. We must demand and never cease to demand, that our tax money be spent on our needs at home on Main Street--we the vast majority, despite the statistics of attendees this month versus the Glenn Beck parody, which assign higher numbers to the prior event.
The diversity among our numbers certainly trumps actual numbers--they had more to prove and, as the Washington Post observed, more star power than Ed Schultz, Al Sharpton, and Jesse Jackson: Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin?
Probably the Comedy Central dual scheduled for the end of this month at the mall will draw more people from more places and walks of life than both recent rallies put together. Both Jon Stewart and Steven Colbert are highly politicized; Stewart, at least, a popular source of news for the younger set. But that demographic, grim as it is, may be whimsical or, better yet, real proof that in certain ways e pluribus unum does apply to this country as a whole. We all love to laugh, need the escape into comedy and, most important, must always keep a sense of humor about ourselves and others. Our tears demand their inverse.
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