Obama ignores 87,000 people

You cannot expect to be involved with every decision that an elected official makes. However, when an elected official sees that the decisions that he is making are angering a large portion of his electorate, he should at least try to find out why instead of saying things like they are potential terrorists or worse. I am tired of constantly wondering what rights I have lost today or what bizarre thing the pres. has done today. I am not too thrilled with Glenn Beck anymore either. Shalom~Adoniah

We elect a president in this country so that he can make decisions. We elect members of the house and senate so that they can make decisions. Since when is this country supposed to be set up like a giant opinion poll? I don't believe that anyone is "ignoring" anyone's wishes, laglen, but the country does not run based on who screams the loudest. Glenn Beck does not speak for everyone in the nation and neither does the tea party. There's nothing wrong with voicing your opinions...I've been doing that for years to all of my elected representatives...but don't expect mob rule to be the American way, even if the mob is a civil one.

I think that Obama is listening to a lot of Americans, just not the ones who listen Glenn Beck.

laglen, i agree with what obama said. whats good for the people that run the nightly news is controversy and bad things because that's what the viewers get hooked on. that's what stirs their emotions. that's what brings in the ratings or else they wouldn't put as much of those things on the news. i'm glad obama is focused on making things good for the next generation and not paying attention to such distractions. some people do want to get past the nonsense and make progress.

I don't remember which network reporter Obama spoke with after the rally, it may have been an NBC reporter, but he pretty much told the reporter that he didn't care about the opinions of anyone who listens to and is influenced by Glenn Beck. Nor does he care what the entire country thinks, including opinion polls. He's going to do what he feels is right for the country. If I remember correctly, I believe Bush did some of that ignoring of the polls and did what he felt was best for the country when he was in office, but it seems different when Obama does it. I never got the feeling that Bush was trying to ruin the country.

Obama didn't see 87,000 people because he's was busy walking around "with a birth certificate plastered on his face".

I don't agree with Obama's politics, but this statement was pretty much spot on. Beck has millions of fans so rounding up 87,000 really isn't a big surprise. Also, as you know, we are not a democracy. These people should be acknowledged and respected, but you can't shape policy around 87,000 people in a country of 300 million. There are plenty of groups of nutcases that exceed 87,000 members like the ACLU, KKK, and Code Pink. I don't want the president shaping policy around those people.

Actually, CBS estimate of 87,000 was on the very low end of the estimates. Others have reported upwards of 500,000 but there are no official numbers since no is counting the crowds anymore. I read this was due to a complaint by the million man march organizers who thought the count for that was too low. Regardless, it isn't the numbers that count but the message. Supposedly, there were a couple of other rallies going on at the same time, yet oddly enough only Glenn Beck's crowd is getting a number count.

Hmmm, where to start? How about with the ridiculous estimate of 87,000. No other network has low-balled that low. The lowest estimate of even other MSM networks is about 300,000. If they admit to that, then the real number is impressively higher. But here's the pics anyway: http://www.therightscoop.com/photos-glenn-becks-restoring-honor-rally If I remember correctly, Obama didn't even notice the DC Tea Party rally and we all know that they just went away and nothing ever came of the Tea Party... What he said about making decisions to affect the next generation - that's refreshingly honest. He certainly has done that with unprecedented deficits and he does want to change America so the one our children grow up in will bear no resemblance to the one we grew up in. What Obama fails to realize though, is that for the hundreds of thousands of people gathered in DC on Friday and for the many millions more watching on CSPAN, his attention or approval are not required or sought. He's become irrelevant in that we know it is impossible to persuade him to listen to the people he was elected to serve. Since we know he pursues his own agenda and is deaf to the voice of the people, we no longer worry about what he thinks about the outcry of average citizens. We know he ignores it. The November elections will make it more difficult for him to push his agenda through but so much damage is done that one election won't undo it. I have to agree with the focus of the rally - we need to have faith, hope, charity and honor, and pray that somehow we survive this mess.

Laglen, do you really want the president of the United States to shape policy around 87,000 people in a country of 330 Million? You do the math, it just doesn't add up. How many Skin Heads are in the United States? How many Black Panthers are in the United States? How many gang members are in the United States? I am sure there are hundreds of times more gang members in this country than showed up at this event. Are you saying that the President should listen to GANG MEMBERS?????? My opinions, and hundreds of thousands of Americans opinions (many more than 87,000) were ignored under George W. Bush, why didn't you stand up for US?

I thought the rally numbered in the hundred thousands. I read NBC and CBS were more conservative about the estimate and gave six digits, and the conservatives are more liberal about theirs and insist that the attendance reached seven digits... I'm not American (although many of my family are), but as a Fox News junkie, this interested me... I can't comment beyond the trivial (such as the debate on the attendance), but it's fascinating to see how the others replied. :)

By DC standards, a rally that doesn't break 6 digits is rather an embarrassment. In dismissing Beck, President Obama takes him as seriously as a representative of "the American People" as Beck deserves. I'm sure you were all up in Bush's business for dismissing anti-Iraq war protesters sa a "focus group," right? (No, this isn't any sort of "blame Bush" thing, it's test of your internal consistency.)