I can't call these things demonstrations, I've seen real demonstrations back in the 60's ant this isn't it. The Obamanauts held a pep-rally for nationalized health care, and various citizen groups showed up to provide a counter-weight.
The organizational effort by the left is impressive. They schedule a rally to be held on a college campus downtown, most notable to me for its lack of parking within a mile or so of the site. Word of this quickly got out to a number of groups including the Tea Party, and a number of bloggers, and sentiment for a counter-rally quickly built.
At the last minute, around noon on Friday, a venue change was announced, moving the event from downtown to a local high school, but not out front, facing the main street, but around back, in the parking lot, which was closed off to all but VIPs. The venue was filled with a couple hundred folks with pre-printed signs and t-shirts in a peanut gallery who applauded on command. A sound system with music, and a TV truck were also conveniently located.
The rest of us were not allowed within half a block of the speaker, but occupied the sidewalk where some people were trying to enter the small, but filled lot. The traffic on the street generally approved of us, and pictures were taken, but none by me. We had about 75 on hand, but were handicapped by a lack of available charter buses.
The OFA charter buss arrived quite late, which I attribute to no one telling the driver about the venue change either. All in all, pretty low-key.
Update 1: Pics here.
Update 2: More and better pics, with a detailed writeup here. My readers will be able to identify my sign.
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