Well, OK, he had some unlikely help from Greenpeace:
Earlier today, activists from Greenpeace descended upon Mt. Rushmore and posted a banner reading "America honors leaders not politicians: Stop Global Warming." The massive banner measured 2,300 square feet and featured a picture of President Obama. The stint was to bring attention to global warming -- Greenpeace feels that Obama has not done enough to fight climate change.
A dozen Greenpeace activists were arrested -- they scaled the mountain using rock anchors put in place by the National Park Service. Anyone who climbs Mt. Rushmore can be subject to a trespassing charge, and those arrested are scheduled to make a federal court appearance later today.
I don't have a problem with civil disobedience, as long as participants accept the consequences -- getting arrested -- and don't damage property. I think you'll be seeing a lot more of this kind of thing in the months ahead -- from people on the left. There may be a realization that protest was a tad futile in the Bush era, with a president so diametrically opposed to progressive viewpoints, but that it may serve a purpose in keeping pressure on a more sympathetic Obama, who talked a good game (from a liberal standpoint) on issues like climate change and Gitmo but finds it too easy to compromise as he gets trapped inside the Beltway bubble.
That's why I think there's more than just the conventional wisdom to explain Obama's recent drop in popularity. Some of that is the 24/7 barrage from talk radio and Fox, and some it is legitimate frustration and anger over the economy that goes beyond simple ideology. But some of the drop, I would guess, is also from disappointed liberals who didn't think they'd be out there protesting Barack Obama, at least not so soon.
Will Bunch, a senior writer at the Philadelphia Daily News, blogs about his obsessions, including national and local politics and world affairs, the media, pop music, the Philadelphia Phillies, soccer and other sports, not necessarily in that order.
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