There was a large political protest in San Francisco a couple days ago. In fact, it was one of the largest ones this year and far out-drew any OccupySF protests since the earliest days of that movement.
And yet, the protest was almost completely ignored by the mainstream media.
Why?
Photo courtesy of Larry in SF
Because it was organized by Catholic groups strongly opposing President Obama and his contraception mandate for religious organizations. Any event that opposes Obama is deemed by the media to be irrelevant and trivial, and can safely be swept under the rug.
But thankfully the mainstream media no longer has a monopoly on the narrative, and in this case Larry in SF from the Fund47 blog was once again on the scene to bring us exclusive coverage of the protest, along with photographic proof that it numbered over a thousand people — far in excess of the few dozens that comprise the typical media-saturated Occupy protests these days.
Click to see the full photo-essay:
San Francisco Catholics Defend American Exceptionalism
Here’s what Larry had to say about the numbers:
The crowd of 1000 was about half men, half women, with significant numbers of Hispanic, Asian and African Americans.
Attendance in San Francisco was double that reported by Catholic San Francisco Online, the National Catholic Register or the San Jose Mercury News. High resolution photographs captured by Fund47 reveal at least a 30×30 grid of protesters, with an additional hundred around the periphery. Also, the crowd turned over at a decent clip during the 90–120 minute event, scheduled on a workday, meaning even higher numbers.
…The silence by San Francisco mainstream media on the Catholic protest is deafening. I could not find a report in the San Francisco Chronicle online, which recently gave full page coverage to a “bum rush” by 25 protestors (and 30 photographers) on the residence of Wells Fargo’s CEO by an OccupySF splinter group, revealed as utter farce by Fund47. Two weeks ago, a war protest with 15 professional protestors received frothy local TV news coverage.
The event was not unique to San Francisco; it was part of a nationwide protest by groups opposed to Obama’s anti-religious mandates in recent months.
Photo courtesy of Larry in SF
Joining those who oppose Obama on religious principles were several Tea Partiers who oppose Obama’s fiscal policies. Many analysts now see this as a “two-front war” against Obama’s program, putting him on the defensive wherever he turns.
Check out Fund47 for the full story.
MSM is still following the Joseph Pulitzer maxim; “If it ain’t in the papes it didn’t happen.”
The way the MSM covers for him, my first thought was that BHO could stick up a liquor store in broad daylight and it wouldn’t be reported.
My second thought was that maybe he already has.
Why not? He’s already stealin’ us blind in other areas?…
Ah, the MSM, a.k.a. the presstitutes, a.k.a. the mediamites, a.k.a. the OTMSM (0bama-tromboning mainstream media).
It’s time for people to listen to and support their own media.
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Yeah, but they have no stamina.
The occupy movement can hold a rally for Days and Weeks, these folks couldn’t go past the weekend. (HINT: It’s becaus they have Jobs and Responsabilities.)
Maybe if the teaparty destroyed things they would have made more coverage? Or maybe if they expected free electricity, food and everything else the leaches of OWS did they would stay? No, I don’t think it’s that. I know it’s responsible people out to make a point and not do what they are opposing … again unlike OWS.
Excellent comment
– the Comical to go against The Narrative?
Wish I could have been there with them.
My kind of crowd.
A bunch of white baby-boomers reciting the National Anthem is not going to get much press coverage. That’s okay though, because these people also pay taxes, pay attention, and vote. Their voices, and mine will be heard loud and clear come November.
P.S. I bet the area was as clean, if not cleaner than when they arrived–unlike the OWS vermin.
Perhaps if they dumped human feces on the Embarcadero or hung and burned effigies of Obama from the Bay Bridge or occupied Nazi Pelosi yard the lap dog media wold take notice.
They would take notice then, but in a totally negative way. We would get constant stories about how unruly the Tea Party is, and what a threat they are to democracy. We got plenty of stories like that even when the Tea Party did nothing to deserve them, they would be incessant if they did do something to deserve them. Right now, the public has seen the difference between Tea Party behavior, and OWS behavior, and know the MSM narrative is false. It would be a mistake on our part to make it even partially true. Face it, it will always be easier for the left to get away with bad behavior than the right, because the right polices their own, while the left does not. Even though it makes things harder for us, I consider it a strength, rather than a weakness.
San Francisco, of all places. I believe this gathering is indicative of the general disgust with which Obama is held throughout the USA. The public rejection of him at election time will be massive. Mr. Mark Levin has opined that an orange can can beat Obama. Remember the old expression about, “He can do no wrong?” Seems to me that, “He can do no right.”
My concern is the obvious voter fraud that will be far more rampant and far more aggressive than in ’08.
Voter fraud is a real concern. That is one reason why the Obama/Holder justice dept is doing everything they can do to stop voter ID laws. They know it will help stop their number one backstop, voter fraud.
To you and all of us who are concerned about voter fraud……why not check out the “True the Vote” website? Volunteers are needed and welcomed in every state. They give excellent training. You can become a poll watcher or worker, or do research. It’s a great way to feel less helpless.
These protests happened all across the country, not just in San Francisco. Kathryn Jean Lopez posted a whole bunch of pictures at The Corner.
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/294300/protesting-hhs-mandate-standing-religious-freedom-kathryn-jean-lopez
Count me among the protesters, not in body, but DEFINITELY in spirit.
May G-od bless America and Israel!!
Yes Adina. God bless both our countries !!! So nice to hear from you. I was there in spirit also.
As they say, there may be snow on the roof, but there’s fire in the furnace. Here’s another cliche: Obama is toast.
241 articles found mentioning these protests across the United States. That doesn’t seem like they are ignoring it.
241 articles? Who do I believe? Studies show we believe the person who says something we agree with regardless of its truthfulness. I tend to believe you. I’ve certainly seen a lot of press about protests to Obama’s healthcare initiatives. What bothers me is the hate talk like #16 Fergie.
I’m both amazed and so proud to see that the good people, true red, white and blue Americans turned out to this extent. If I could get a message to them, they need to turn out like this all of the time and shoot down the perception that the left rules in San Fran.
Back last fall Nate Silver of the NY Times, hardly a conservative himself, estimated the total participants in Occupy Whatever as about 70,000. This represented the crowd at many regular season NFL games and was less than a quarter of the number at the main DC Tea Party rally, to say nothing of many thousands more across the country at local Tea Parties.
“Ninety-nine percent?” My sainted aunt.
The November 2nd strike and port shut-down in Oakland drew TENS of thousands alone.
When the cops broke up the New York occupation, all day actions the next day (November 19, I believe) drew tens of thousands. Late in the day, the NYPD–which, like most police forces, is notorious for underestimating and minimizing leftist demonstrations–estimated there were 32,000 on the Brooklyn Bridge. And that count was based on the numbers at one moment in one place during a day that included multiple actions over the course of many, many hours.
And there have been many, many Occupy actions–some small, some large–in many other cities across the US. And these will continue and spike in numbers once the weather improves.
Mark May Day on your calendars, Tea Party fanatics.
I shall.
Normal people in SanFancisco….Wow….Please let me know when the next rally is….
god bless these people. notice these are all older people who have lived life an know life is better when you earn an are given. America can not continue on this already proven to fail European model.
Burn in hell Obama!
yes, all the various ethnic groups were represented…but don’t neglect the fact that a percentage of all those folks (we are talking san fran here, after all) also happenned to be gay. it’s about time that we also begin to explode the myth that all gay people are wild-eyed leftists. age and experience bring wisdom regardless of sexual orientation.
dethrone coup coup obama. yank holder now. hooray to all patriotic citizens no longer wallflowers. there is power in being off the wall yet law abiding. bring back san francisco. bring back freedom. bring back the usa. bring back the constitution.
Its a shame it was done by Catholics and not just concerned CONSTITUTION LOVING AMERICANS.
“it was one of the largest ones this year and far out-drew any OccupySF protests since the earliest days of that movement…”
Lie. There were a number of Occupy protests in late ’11 in SF that drew thousands of participants. OccupySF didn’t simply mobilize once–it mobilized multiple times and continues to do so.
And it needs to be said that OccupySF has not been the epicenter of the Occupy Movement in the Bay Area. Oakland has been. On November 2, TENS OF THOUSANDS participated in the one day strike and shut-down of the Port of Oakland. Go to Youtube and type in “November 2″/”Oakland”/”Strike”/”Port” if you don’t believe what I say here is true.
“The crowd of 1000 was about half men, half women, with significant numbers of Hispanic, Asian and African Americans.”
Hmmm, quite a statement–one that is completely contradicted by the photos you present here, which show a bunch of older WHITE people and NOT ONE “Hispanic, Asian, or African American.”
I surmise that this web-site has no allegiance to presenting truthful or accurate information.
Neither does the MSM which I think is the point of the article. Ah irony…
This is exactly what conservatives need: a clear and concise message that knows no political bounds. This is why none of the candidates are taken seriously, because none of them have that.
You Catholics voted for obama. This is what you want. It’s your own fault.
Mitt Romney had a fundraising dinner at the Sofitel Hotel in Redwood City, California on Monday night. I happened to be arriving at the hotel for an overnight stay on unrelated business.
The media reports claim the entrance was “shut down”.
http://photos.mercurynews.com/2012/03/romney-greeted-by-protesters-in-redwood-city/7486/
What a joke. People entering by car, including me, had to wait 15 seconds for the protesters to get out of the cross-walk. Looking out my window, across the street, I could see the antenna masts of 5 news vans. If each news van arrived with three people, the news crews probably outnumbered the protesters.
The police, hotel security and the secret service did a good job keeping the event from being disrupted inside the hotel.
To the person who said there weren’t any Latinos jus white ppl. Many Hispanics look white. Many are from other Latin countries not just Mexico and even in Mexico some ppl there are white complexioned. It’s so nice to see the decent folk instead of the usual occupier perverts.
To the person that made the statement “You Catholics voted for him”. I’m Ctholic and I didn’t vote for him and neither did alot more. Many white ppl voted for him and so did alot of Liberal Jews, Hispanics, Asians, blacks but you can’t generalize about ppl like that. THINK, before you make a statement like that, don’t just shoot words out of your mouth without THINKING!
Not ALL Catholics voted for him, as not all whites voted against him, as many Liberal Jews, Hispanics, blacks, Asians, Native Americans voted for him but you can’t generalize and say that 100% of any one group voted for him. THINK before you make a GENERALIZED statement.
Latina Lady…. you CAN say with absolute certainty that of those black voters (living or dead, 95% voted for The Liar BECAUSE he was BLACK. FYI, that would be called racism if white people did it for a white candidate. Frankly, after watching this criminal POS do his best to destroy this country and hating him more everyday… if that makes me a racist then Im PROUD TO BE ONE.
I don’t see one Asian, Hispanic or African American in this picture. I see a lot of old white people.
I am not Catholic but I am a Baptist Christian and I went to demonstrate against Obama’s interference in our religious beliefs. There were people from many religious beliefs, in every age group with signs and banners. Teens from the local John Paul II Catholic school led us in the Pledge of Allegiance to our flag and in singing Amazing Grace, and God Bless America and then in prayer to end up the rally! It was so liberating! It wasn’t covered by any mainstream media either. We did get a lot of attention, though. Of course this was in New Braunfels, TX which is about twenty miles south of where I live.