Jim Yardley
A “Few” Thousand in Washington - 2009:
... "Think back to September 9, 2009. Washington, D.C. The Tea Parties march, where the official governmentally authorized count of the marchers in the demonstration against our own government numbered a mere several thousand.
On the other hand, in a show of solidarity with the ideals that reflect freedom of speech and the press, French citizens as well as leaders from some 40 nations marched with a bit more than one million of their compatriots.
Sounds like a huge difference. In the first case, Obama acted as if he’d never heard of the Tea Party. In the second, he at least admitted that he’d heard of the Charlie Hebdo massacre, although he never deigned to join the march that protested the Islamic jihadist slaughter.
You can see at first glance why the president ignored the Tea Party march. After all, a couple of thousand people doesn’t make much of a dent in a nation of over 300 million. But, as is often said, seeing is believing.
Over One Million in Paris - 2014:
A “Few” Thousand in Washington - 2009:
On the other hand, in a show of solidarity with the ideals that reflect freedom of speech and the press, French citizens as well as leaders from some 40 nations marched with a bit more than one million of their compatriots.
Sounds like a huge difference. In the first case, Obama acted as if he’d never heard of the Tea Party. In the second, he at least admitted that he’d heard of the Charlie Hebdo massacre, although he never deigned to join the march that protested the Islamic jihadist slaughter.
You can see at first glance why the president ignored the Tea Party march. After all, a couple of thousand people doesn’t make much of a dent in a nation of over 300 million. But, as is often said, seeing is believing.
Over One Million in Paris - 2014:
Separated by over four years in time and on two different continents, history has repeated itself. That alone is fairly newsworthy, but our glorious leader seems to be able to insulate himself to almost anything.
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