#dontGo Movement founder Eric Odom today called upon Americans nationwide to leave their homes for Washington, D.C. to protest high gasoline prices.
"Since Congress is at home for recess, we figure that there should be some angry Americans waiting for them when they finally come back to Congress," said Odom.
"We'll be waiting for them," he added
Here's a quick lesson in organizing. Real protest organizers tend to distinguish between themselves and 'Americans nationwide'. Paid staffers from conservative interest groups don't.
On the other hand, they are twittering at all hours of the day and night. US News and World Reports, cover this mass movement now!
A few days ago, I mentioned in a sort of offhand post that the conservative Drill Drill Drill campaign is not actually part of some new grassroots movement. My evidence was that it was launched by Newt Gingrich, the House GOP, oil companies, and billionaires, its events are populated by paid staffers, and it is organized to benefit an extraordinarily powerful lobby that has a string of victories under its belt this Congressional session. I didn't think this was a particularly controversial claim, and it's not, but the 'rightosphere' has apparently taken offense, mostly because they are stupid.
Here's one conservative 'grassroots activist', Eric Odom, responding to my claim.
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