So Brad had a Conference in Baltimore on Halloween, and then there was this rally announced in DC for the day before, so we stayed with a friend in DC and went to both. AND Brad's mom came to Ann Arbor and stayed with the kids (except Harper, we took her), so it was just the 3 of us!!!
Us on the Orange Metro line. It was incredibly packed. People were in each other's 'personal space.' Every stop, when the doors would open to let more folks in, we would hold up Harper and shout, "There's a child. Don't push us! Next train!" She became the mascot of our Metro car for that 45 minute ride.
So before you look at the pics of the rally, this is them setting up for the rally the day before. Nice, wide open field...
THIS was as close as I could physically get to that same spot.
It was very well attended (duh, obviously)! And it wasn't at all contentious. At all! It was a nice respectful showing of all different viewpoints coming together showing that it is possible to be in the same space and get along. I mean, there were even Mormons there, I hear. There were tons of signs, some political, some hilarious, but I did not see one that was hateful or that cursed. It was refreshing. You never know in a crowd... I would've taken my other children there except that the crowd was just enormous. I was proud of our country that day. There was sanity and kindness in the air. It wasn't Democrat, Republican, Libertarian, Green, etc. It was just people, not even sure all were American, and I don't really care. It was literally *awe*some. Enough of that. Some of my favorite signs... I apologize for the quality and angle of some of these shots, but it was kinda crowded and I was just holdin' the camera up and hittin' the button!
This one says "Anyone for Scrabble later?"
If you are a House fan (as we are):
If you are an Arrested Development fan (as we are also):
If you are a fan of Stephen Colbert (as, of course, we are), he's Eagle guy:
And this, *might* be considered a bit sac-religious, but a guy dressed as Jesus was there. (I can't say 'Jesus was there', 'cause that just feels weird, but I guess He
was since we are supposed to treat everyone as if they are Jesus...)
Btw, the sign says "Jesus 'hearts' Obama! Of course he does, Jesus loves everyone!
We all cheered this girl on as she climbed up the light!
I found him!! What do I get!?!?
So when all was said and done, this was as close as we got. And the sign there says, "I may not agree with what you say, but I'm not going to stomp on your head for saying it."
Oh, and the Conference went fine too. ;)
