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Dem pundits ask, “Why aren’t we marching
in the streets?” Here’s why:

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Posted By: Big Bopper, 2/28/2025 12:27:51 PM

It’s amusing to see them pose the question to themselves. It’s not really a question; rather, it’s rhetorical. Posing the question, “Why aren’t we marching in the streets?” is their way of saying that they really should be. But even after considerable angst, self-incrimination, and rhetorical excesses about not marching, they’re still not marching. As for why, there’s a simple answer and a complicated one. The simple answer is, because it’s cold outside. Remember the “protest era” of the 60s and early 70s? College kids would organize protests and sometimes riots with two goals in mind: Ending the Vietnam War (or, really, just ending the draft); and Ending Spring finals.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: udanja99 2/28/2025 12:51:55 PM (No. 1905674)
Thank you, Glen, for clarifying that the Vietnam protests were about the draft and not the war. I was in high school at the time and figured out early on that it was all about cowardice. The baby boomers didn’t really give a fig about the Vietnamese people, but they did about getting their own precious butts killed or wounded.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: chumley 2/28/2025 1:00:24 PM (No. 1905677)
They're not marching in the streets because the people paying them to got shut down. USAID is toothless.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: Bur Oak 2/28/2025 1:02:59 PM (No. 1905678)
To paraphrase Pogo, "The Democrats have seen the enemy and it is themselves."
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Reply 4 - Posted by: LadyHen 2/28/2025 1:29:12 PM (No. 1905684)
1. There really aren't that many child mutilating fanatics and illegal rapist/murderer loving freaks that will march without pay. 2. Without USAID your "gun money" has dried up. Glad I could help you with that.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: Lucky5 2/28/2025 2:05:42 PM (No. 1905716)
Obvious to the rest of us. Their astro turfing budget spigot has been shut down. USAID. I guess George Soros is not that into spending his own money.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: geekrunner 2/28/2025 3:34:52 PM (No. 1905782)
Meet the new boss. Same as the old boss.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: mifla 3/1/2025 6:07:12 AM (No. 1906099)
Because BLM and Antifa are tired of doing your dirty work for you, especially since the money spigot has been turned off.
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