Enough is Enough Rally Cancelled by Organizers, plus Cornell West

[bravenak]

Enough is Enough Rally Canceled by Organizers

Here's the message the group posted on the website (link below)

By: Group
Event Description



IMPORTANT NOTICE PLEASE READ IN ITS ENTIRETY

Please be advised that the orgnaizers of this event have been forced beyond any control to cancel the event due to two issues alone.

1. BERNIE SANDERS interfered with the event by 1. Telling Dr. West not to appear, after he had already entered into a written contract with us to do so and had given permission for us to publicize his appearance with us everywhere. 2. Bernie Sanders had a campaign staffer write us to tell us the Senator is "opposing" our rally on November 2, 2015.

No rhyme or reason given whatsoever. We abided by the requirement to make it clear this was never an official campaign rally nor would the Senator appear. Furthermore permit, police support and santitation were all in place.

2. Dr. Cornel West breached his contract with us to appear due to the interference of Senator Sanders.

PLEASE NOTE: THIS RALLY HAD IN PLACE A PERMIT FROM THE NPS, POLICE FROM NPSPD AND SANITATION FOR RALLY GOERS. ANY AND ALL CLAIMS THAT THIS RALLY WAS IN ANY WAY ILLEGAL ARE FALSE. ANY AND ALL CLAIMS AND SLANDER AGAINST THE RALLY ORGANIZERS FOR THEIR CHARACTER OR LACK OF ORGANIZATION OF THIS EVENT ARE FALSE.

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN IMPEDED BY SENATOR SANDERS. IT IS ILLEGAL FOR ANY ELECTED OFFICIAL TO IMPEDE OR TAMPER WITH THE FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS OF AMERICANS.

Please see this weblink for more information and visual proof of West's agreement with us and his permission to publicize his appearance with us.

http://enoughisenoughdc.wix.com/breach

Please read the entire notice and the entire weblink carefully.

Please note, the organizers have bought non-refundable plane tickets as have thousands of rally-goers and are now financially damaged by the actions of the Senator and Dr. West. We are taking legal action against Dr. West for these damages. Please email us at enoughisenoughdc at gmail.com with the subject line DAMAGES and send us the amount of your damages, copy of your receipt for non-refundable plane tickets and your full legal name, address and phone number. All recovery from the lawsuit will go to indivudals for their plane expense, legal fees and if anything is left over will be donated to American veterans.
We do urge you to contact us to get recovery if you have bought non-refundable plane tickets.
We are also heartbroken and shattered that this great rally has been destroyed by the Senator for no stated reason. You can call his office to complain. Ask for JAKE or KAREN COMPTON 202-224-5141


https://www.eventbrite.com/e/100000-enough-is-enough-rally-bernie-sanders-for-president-tickets-19130771653?aff=ehomesaved
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[wendylaroux]

1. more here

https://www.reddit.com/r/SandersForPresident/comments/3nag9v/disappointed_by_the_cancellation_of_the_100000k/

[Spazito]

2. Wow and oh oh...

The reaction to this could prove interesting re the Sanders campaign's part in this if true.

[bravenak]

3. Looks like they blame him and Cornel.

Very interesting.

[Spazito]

13. I've been reading some of the threads posted previously about this and...

unfortunately some people have been sucked into this group and might even have lost money on flights, etc,. The group say they are supporters of Senator Sanders yet they are blaming him and West for this, interesting indeed.

[bravenak]

15. That sucks!!

It's not his fault they tried to use Bernie to pump up their rally and he didn't like it. They way they went to blame is suspect, imo. I bet we find out some interesting things about the organizers.

[Spazito]

19. Yep, there already seems to be two different groups claiming to be the real one...

this could be quite fascinating. I hope no one buys into anything until there is credible validation of whether any of this is genuine and not some kind of weird game.

[bravenak]

20. 2 groups now? Uh oh.

Ooh! I wonder if the entire thing was a con and Bernie got wise. Hmmm. This is my thing today. Very interesting.

[Spazito]

22. Reading LiberalArkie's post, it seems so, two different sets of organizers claiming each...

is the real one, yikes.

[bravenak]

23. Awwwww, damn!!

Smart move to distance himself and his campign from them.

[Spazito]

24. Yep, the last thing he needs is to have his supporters mad...

he needs every last one!

[bravenak]

33. I just stole that thingy from yr sigline.

[Spazito]

34. LOL, that's fair seeing as I stole it as well!

I just can't resist such great creativity, it keeps me smiling!

[bravenak]

35. Best thing since Ben Carson's rap!

[Spazito]

38. LOL! n/t

[Cha]

44. I read you all are going to be reported to Skinner for your insensitive sig lines.

[bravenak]

46. Very interesting.

They take siglines too seriously.

[Number23]

47. Wait... is your sig line in reference to the looooong FUCKING overdue tombstoning of a great DUer??!

I found out about that about 5 minutes ago and been smiling ever since.

[randys1]

48. All joking aside about that poster, her sig is clever.

When I was a moderator at Randi Rhodes board, we would be so involved in what we were saying and doing that we sometimes convinced ourselves that our little community was bigger than it was, more important than it was.

My first impression of DU was it was huge (the layout is a pain in the ass) but it was representative of what is going on out there.

Maybe it isnt as big as I think it is.

Maybe it is.

Having said all that, smashin that little bug is HILARIOUS

[Number23]

49. DU is fairly small and has shrunk in significance and quality of discourse every year for some time

And I'm sure it's a coincidence that all of this happened when these left libertarians took over. Coincidence. Yeah.

[randys1]

51. On my drive this morning I was thinking about the person who admitted to

attacking Bravenak, calling her a SJW in a very negative, demeaning way, then laughing about it, and NOT getting a hide

Still posts all day long here.

Would not be tolerated for one second on a liberal board.

[bravenak]

50. Yep!!!!!

They mad. Soo mad.

[Cha]

43. LOL "HE HAS EVOLVED INTO A DEMOCRAT!!!!!".. Sorry OT.. it just struck me funny 'cause

it's true! I guess we're not as bad as he's been saying all these years if he wants to evolve into our

So we are different than republicons?

[randys1]

29. Uh huh

Social Justice Warrior Bravenak, you up to no good?

[bravenak]

30. Always!

[randys1]

4. Why did Bernie pull out or oppose this? By the way, I wonder what would be

happening if every single Bernie supporter handled the opposition within the party the way Bernie does.

And, though it is a much much much smaller problem or occurrence, if Hillary supporters would show more support for Bernie with less suspicion of his motives.



Dems would be so strong, so united, the right would have no chance, none.

[bravenak]

9. I do not think this is Bernie's fault.

It seems like he wanted it to have nothing to do with him from the get go. He must have told Dr. West to please not go, since Cornel is a surrogate. I suppose he wants to keep a boundary between his campaign and events not controlled by him. Really, the organizers should have gotten their ducks in a row.

[JustAnotherGen]

5. Was this the

Thanksgiving Rally?

[bravenak]

6. Yep!!

I think it was. I hope too many did not buy plane tickets or reserve hotels that have deposits. Sheesh! This was bad planning and bad communication.

[riversedge]

7. it is the date on the website with cancellation notice *T/g is 26th.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/100000-enough-is-enough-rally-bernie-sanders-for-president-tickets-19130771653?aff=ehomesaved

[LiberalArkie]

8. Strange

Here's a statement from Facebook:

Time Out, fellow Sanders supporters! We apologize if we have not explained our recent transition well enough. I, Dory and George are still involved on the event planning committee now led by Lawrence Nathaniel and Michele Horne. Our difficulties in putting together the 'Enough is Enough' rally, which included lack of a large rally space in DC available BEFORE the first primaries, and an inability to secure the participation of the Sanders campaign, were solved by the incredible luck of attracting the interest of a new non-profit youth organization (Youth Matters) which had already started planning for a 'progressive agenda' event that had been pre-approved by the Sanders campaign, and was tentatively scheduled for early next year. Quick thinking on both our parts produced a partnership coalition of the two groups that agreed would offer the best opportunity for success in promoting the political solutions and candidates benefiting the public good. We are working on a much larger event now, one with a youth night to engage the very important young voters, followed by another celebration event the next evening with what we believe will be a 'who's who' of progressive leaders and personalities. Bernie Sanders has been invited to speak as keynote speaker and we are awaiting his acceptance, which we hope to receive shortly. We hope you will give us the benefit of the doubt that must be part of the entire progressive election effort - the resurgence of the people and populist politics against a moneyed class of super wealthy corporatist, and support our honest attempt to prove that the will of the people cannot be deterred by the corrupting power of money. We will make every effort to keep you informed of our progress, and the direction we're moving in as we sail through uncharted waters toward the biggest progressive event in Washington this fall. Thanks for your patience, your commitment and your good will.

Charlie Ryan
Founder of the event page formerly known as 'Enough is Enough'



[–]gamblejoker 1 point 23 days ago

This page is trying to start it again. They claim that Lawrence Nathaniel and others are attempting to sabotage the effort, as they did the original rally. A lot of confusion there. Claims by the organizer that people are trying to hack her account. People claiming the organizer is a fraud. Anyone here have any insight?

https://www.facebook.com/events/898696760205327/902724793135857/

[bravenak]

10. I don't get it. Please, like I'm stupid, explain it to me what this means.

I read it over there but maybe I can't understand plain english today.

[LiberalArkie]

14. I don't either. It seems a group set up an event announcing that Sanders and West

would be appearing without checking with them first.

[bravenak]

16. That's what it looks like to me too.

[LiberalArkie]

17. I will bet some grifter thought of some way to charge for tickets or something.

[bravenak]

18. I bet. There are always those types lurking around for easy money. I hope nobody bought plane tics.

[LiberalArkie]

21. And the season is so early. We have about 6 before the convention and a year before the finals.

[msongs]

11. the passage of time will reveal the actual truth of this situation. nt

[bravenak]

12. I agree. It is a bit confusing to me. I lean towards the organizers being at fault.

[Chitown Kev]

25. Activist drama

Nothing like it!

[bravenak]

28. I'm enjoying it. Oooh!! The Drama!

Talking bout suing Cornel? I cannot wait. He will get all superior on them. Uppity even.

[Cha]

45. lollollol

[RandySF]

26. They can't organize their way out of a wet paper bag.

[bravenak]

27. I know.

[lovemydog]

31. Looks like the organizers are incompetent blowhards.

Threatening legal action. That won't go far. Seems smart that Sanders distanced himself.

Drama on the left. Turning on others when something goes wrong. They should review how they messed up. Apologize to people who believed their claims. I suspect the claims were exaggerated.

Just my initial take. But we don't have all the facts.

[bravenak]

32. I feel the same way. Good thing he to them to eff off!!

[lovemydog]

37. ikr

I wonder also if it's something like two different groups claiming to 'speak for the people.'

That kind of stuff happened a lot with occupy. Different groups taking over each other's Facebook pages. ROFLMAO. This has been going on forever. People claiming credit and then groups splintering off, winding up all pissed off at each other.

[bravenak]

39. It did remind me of occupy.

I just feel bad for people who bought plane tickets. Sucks.

[lovemydog]

41. Me too. Should have bought refundable tix.

I wonder if they can donate the tix to charity or something.

[bravenak]

42. I would go anyways. Fuckit!

[randys1]

36. WE have to stop referring to them as "the left" Nobody i know on the left holds some of the

views some of these people do.

Not all, but many.

It is kinda like the moderate version of the teaparty.

Too bad because BERNIE SANDERS the individual, is far different from the attitudes I deal with all day long.

[lovemydog]

40. Good point randys1

What should I call them. Besides doofuses?