Motley Moose – Archive

I went to the rally at the Texas Capitol today. Wow. It was just amazing. People came from all over the state. We filled the whole south lawn — all the way down to the street, and it’s a big lawn. And it was noon on a Monday in Texas. I’ve got lots of pictures

We were apparently so scary that mounted officers had to be imported from Houston:

now, granted, there were a whole lot of us:

Natalie Maines sang the national anthem & of course, that song about not making nice — the whole crowd sang along:

this airplane circled us the whole time:

did I mention that there were a whole freaking lot of us

there were speakers — 2 amazing rabbis, whose names I don’t remember, sorry – but they were both great –  and my friend the fantastic Jim Rigby

and the fantastic Senator Van de Putte, she of the “how loud does a woman have to speak?” question

and my state senator, Kirk Watson – who I am so proud to call my friend – he was the one playing the Senate rule book like Clapton on guitar

then there were 2 actresses – Lisa Edelstein and Stephanie March (& if anyone recorded Ms March’s speech & loaded it on youtube, I would be so grateful — she was freaking amazing)

then there was Cecile Richards, who is so very much her mother’s daughter:

and of course, the star of the show, Wendy Davis, here she is with all the other elected officials who spoke:

and here she is speaking:

I think this is the best one — you can see my state Rep, Elliott Naishtat, behind her & to the left (he is the best, kindest person you could ever hope to meet)

an exhausting, amazing day — as I go through my pictures, I’ll edit this diary & add to it