Through the looking glass

Jessica Clark

The folks at RightMarch.com seem to think that the current Republican stranglehold on the White House and Congress just doesn't send a strong enough message to those unpatriotic Americans who dare to question the president's policies. They're calling out members of the "silent majority" to participate in pro-Bush demonstrations at Thursday's inauguration: Remember when the radical leftists marched in New York City during the GOP convention, to protest against President Bush and conservative values? RightMarch.com got together with other conservative organizations, secured stations along their march route and outside of their rallies, and showed up in the streets to "protest the protesters" -- and we STOLE their thunder, snagging 25% of the media coverage so the "silent majority" could see they weren't alone! Well, guess what? THEY'RE BAAAAAAACK… and we're going to be right there at the Presidential Inauguration to confront their LIES with the TRUTH! Our goal is to give pro-Bush-Cheney people the opportunity to enjoy the parade and share fellowship with like-minded conservatives while holding demonstrations in support of the President and his conservative policies including pro-life, pro-second-amendment, pro-military and pro-war- on-terrorists. Along with groups like ProtestWarrior.com and FreeRepublic.com, we intend to protect the President from the character assassins on the far left that will be in the streets that day. Quick--arrest them! They're assassinating the president's character! Sigh.

Jessica Clark is a writer, editor and researcher, with more than 15 years of experience spanning commercial, educational, independent and public media production. Currently she is the Research Director for American University’s Center for Social Media. She also writes a monthly column for PBS’ MediaShift on new directions in public media. She is the author, with Tracy Van Slyke, of Beyond the Echo Chamber: Reshaping Politics Through Networked Progressive Media (2010, New Press).
The text is from the poem “QUADRENNIAL” by Golden, reprinted with permission. It was first published in the Poetry Project. Inside front cover photo by Golden.
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