tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8345424759983684844.post2057915941449485973..comments2024-01-23T08:29:37.538-05:00Comments on DC Dispatches: Harold Ford, Capitolism, and the death of American Protest movementsPhilip H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12049875206738422083noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8345424759983684844.post-37087380941520529852010-01-19T10:28:07.235-05:002010-01-19T10:28:07.235-05:00Secularist - yes, there are occassional Flourishes...Secularist - yes, there are occassional Flourishes of protest on both sides, but where's the PROTEST? where's the March oN washington, with people stretching from the capitol steps to the Tidal basin? Where are the coordinated traffic stoppages in dozens of cities durin gthe height of the business day? where are the email/letter writing campaigns that force politicians and pundits off Philip H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12049875206738422083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8345424759983684844.post-26726416816618558352010-01-15T01:15:55.150-05:002010-01-15T01:15:55.150-05:00I find reports of the "death of American prot...I find reports of the "death of American protest movements" greatly exaggerated, Philip.<br /><br />What about the tea partiers? Like them or not, you must recognize that they have become a massive social and political movement.<br /><br />If you are referring to left-wing movements, of course you have a point--and that is a function of the dominance the Democrats have on the governmentsecularist10http://www.100treatises.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8345424759983684844.post-28778730008153594732010-01-13T14:31:17.164-05:002010-01-13T14:31:17.164-05:00The Harold Ford Reference comes from Glenn's o...The Harold Ford Reference comes from Glenn's original post, and his point as I read it is that Mr. Ford is, like many politicians of today have abandoned their moral leaderhsip in order to pander to their funding sources, and by so doing, they have enabled the hands off, no responsibility culture.<br /><br />I think.Philip H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12049875206738422083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8345424759983684844.post-67959401884600759522010-01-13T12:42:25.376-05:002010-01-13T12:42:25.376-05:00I don't follow how Harold Ford fits into this ...I don't follow how Harold Ford fits into this post.Mike Dwyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00741136015944133141noreply@blogger.com