The “One Nation” rally of liberals vs. the “Restoring Honor” rally of conservatives.\u00a0 What a study in contrasts.<\/p>\n
Let’s start with the numbers.\u00a0 Now, you may say that the numbers really aren’t that meaningful; what matters is the message.\u00a0 Fair enough, except the number really<\/em> mattered to the Left.\u00a0 As pseudonymous writer “LaborUnionReport”<\/a> notes from RedState:<\/p>\n You see, the size of the Saturday\u2019s OneNation rally would not really matter if<\/strong><\/em>\u2026<\/p>\n Identical aerial views<\/a> of the two rallies clearly show what one would call a gaping enthusiasm gap.\u00a0 Keep those shots in mind when you read media articles that try to equivalence the two.\u00a0 And consider, too, how many bought-and-paid-for attendees were there for “One Nation” (including students getting school credit<\/a> for attending) and they still couldn’t hold a candle to the crowd from “Restoring Honor”, the vast majority that came on their own dime.\u00a0 Nancy Pelosi once called the Tea Party “astroturf”, but clearly the plastic grass is on their side of the fence.<\/p>\n Oh, and another contrast is how you treat something you pay for vs something that’s provided for you.\u00a0 You care more for something you paid for yourself, and thus there was quite a difference between how the “One Nation” attendees left the Washington Mall<\/a> vs how the “Restoring Honor” attendees did<\/a>.\u00a0 When you pay for something yourself, you tend to take better care of it, which is a truism that can apply to government policies in general; a lesson the Left\u00a0 never seems to learn.<\/p>\n\n