Trot Out The Big Puppets
by digby
There is a big health care rally happening today in DC. All the cameras are there, but nobody's broadcasting it live. But they did get a mention on MSNBC.
Get a load of this report, complete with footage from the previous tea party rally. Tamron Hall:
Tea party activists plan to converge on the nation's capital to protest president obama's health care plan. And part of their plan is to target some 50 undecided House Democrats, in a three week blitz to stop legislation from being passed. They say the reforms amount to a government takeover.
But they're not the only ones weighing in. This morning health care activists called for reform and marched to protest what they call the greedy and abusive health insurance .
Democratic House majority whip Jim Clyburn is here...
That's it. They cut for about 20 seconds to today's rally with a close-up of one sign with children on it that said "they deserve better" which as far as I know, could have been at the tea party rally. Hall went on to ask Clyburn about the whip count.
MSNBC covered the teabaggers live. Of course, they had a bunch of "Obama is Hitler" and pictures of Auschwitz on their signs so it made for better TV. But still --- this is supposed to be the more liberal cable network and they can't even be bothered to cover the rally even though they have people there. I guess it just isn't interesting to them. After all, they have good health care.
This is, btw, why people make those stupid puppets for the big marches. If you aren't willing to bring on the Nazi imagery, it's the only way you can get the damned media to show any pictures of the crowd. It's sad but true.
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