Corporate-sponsored rallies? HMMMM

The Tea Parties are being criticized, in an obviously desperate attempt by the Left to dismiss them, because they were “sponsored” by Fox, and Rich, corporate interests, blah, blah…

Funny, as this piece points out, the media and the Left never cared about who was behind certain other rallies/protests did they?

Enormous rallies, thousands upon thousands of people. Signs, both purchased and homemade. Marches. Speakers. Costumes, jokes, parodies. But mostly people. Lots and lots of people, exercising their rights of speech, of assembly, of petitioning their government.

And so what if they were sponsored by vast, billionaire-funded partisan organizations? So what if major media outlets promoted them under the guise of “reporting?” Those thousands upon thousands who came out, dressed up, brought the kids, painted signs, took time off and paid their own way did so because they believed.

Sure, critics called them all sorts of names, but the protests made a difference: Across the country, people saw others who shared their beliefs; who were willing to publicly state those beliefs; who demanded that their government pay attention.

Say what you will. We’ve seen a lot of successful anti-war protests over the past several years.

Oh, you thought I was talking about last week’s Tax Day Tea Parties? No: I was talking about post-9/11 anti-war rallies. But, since you brought it up:

The Tax Day Tea Parties. On April 15, over half a million people nationwide came, dressed up, brought the kids, painted signs, took time off and paid their own way…because they believe

H/T Troglopundit