We have been hearing several Ethiopian websites claiming only twenty people showed up to DPM Addissu Leggesse’s meeting in San Jose. Since we do not have any confirmation we can not comment on the actual numbers. However it is interesting to hear from these sources that the low turn out is a referendum on the EPRDF. Well by that same logic, the 40 people who marched against the EPRDF in the LA soccer tournament, the 15 people who show up to CUD meetings and all the other opposition rallies is a referendum on the popularity or lack of it in the Diaspora. Please recognize we do not subscribe to the above stated theory or logic. We purely wanted to show those websites how irrational they sound when they come up with such conclusions. There are many factors for low turn out in both camps. However it is not as simple as those in some opposition websites wished it could be. At the very least if they think they can gain political capital from such low turn outs in EPRDF meetings, we will remind them about the major low turn outs for events they sponsored in which major planning and promotion took place. The LA soccer tournament is a classic example. In a place where up to at least 10,000 people gathered from all over the USA and a place that has over 20,000 residents despite all the planning and promotion, the CUD was only able to have 40 people show up for their much touted demonstration. As the saying goes, “THOSE WHO LIVE IN GLASS HOUSES SHOULD NOT THROW STONES”!