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2005-09-25 Fifth Column

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Posted by Fred 2005-09-25 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Saturday even more demonstrations of solidarity were held at campuses across the nation as huge crowds numbering over 50k at many location gathered to recognize community identity and common spirit. Millions, unable to personally attend, viewed these assemblages broadcasted into their homes. Results can be viewed in the sports section of your favorite paper or blog. These demonstrations were a follow on to many smaller ones found at high school stadiums across the nation, with attendence often greater in size than an irrelevent political gathering by a group of malcontents parading in Washington. Today will see even greater gatherings in communities across the nation, filling stadiums with people in numbers multiple times greater than the sideshow which MSM wasted resources yesterday to promote. Tsk-tsk.

Posted by Hupairong Omoling4672 2005-09-25 09:11|| 2005-09-25 09:11|| Front Page Top

#2 "We believe we are at a tipping point whereby the anti-war sentiment has now become the majority sentiment," said Brian Becker, national coordinator for Answer, one of the main anti-war organisers.

They have been planing this for months, bussing and flying people in from across the country, and all they can muster is measly 2,000?

Sorry but that isn't a majority... It isn't even a minority... its... er.... nothing....

Posted by CrazyFool 2005-09-25 09:55|| 2005-09-25 09:55|| Front Page Top

#3 Before this rally I opined that even if they got the lofty number of two million (that's what Cindy wanted) that still didn't speak for the majority of 270 million in this country. I saw part of this on CSPAN and if there were more than 10K there I would be surprised. There might have been a large crowd at the elipse but for some reason the cameras never panned that way or at least while I was watching. Whatever spin they (LLL) want to put n this it was even near the success they were hoping for and desperately needed. This was a failure by any measure and maybe it will send a message to the MSM that they do not represent America but fringe.

Posted by Cyber Sarge">Cyber Sarge 2005-09-25 10:53|| 2005-09-25 10:53|| Front Page Top

#4 Mr Hupairong

Next time have the math and statistic student do the counting instead of the litterary types.

Posted by JFM">JFM 2005-09-25 12:41|| 2005-09-25 12:41|| Front Page Top

#5 Mr Hupairong, "huge crowds numbering over 50k" does not even rank up there with college football on many campuses -- not that I believe your numbers.

Posted by Darrell 2005-09-25 13:11|| 2005-09-25 13:11|| Front Page Top

#6 I think he was talking about football. You probably couldn't understand him very well because his tongue was in his cheek.

Posted by Fred 2005-09-25 13:57|| 2005-09-25 13:57|| Front Page Top

#7 So was there close to 100,00 as the DC police chief was quaoted, or way less? Where are facts, when you need 'em?

Posted by Bobby 2005-09-25 14:29|| 2005-09-25 14:29|| Front Page Top

#8 Keep in mind the police and the entire DC government are deep Dems .... living off the federal teat for generations.

Posted by Omerens Omaigum2983 2005-09-25 14:49|| 2005-09-25 14:49|| Front Page Top

#9 The Smithsonian also had a book fair at the Mall as well. Attendance was pretty good. Who knows who was wandering back and forth...

Posted by Pappy 2005-09-25 14:55|| 2005-09-25 14:55|| Front Page Top

#10 Drop the 'as well'. Teach me to type on 3 hours of sleep.

Posted by Pappy 2005-09-25 14:56|| 2005-09-25 14:56|| Front Page Top

#11 Checked FOX 3 or 4 times they got nothing on this"massive"rally.

Posted by raptor 2005-09-25 14:59|| 2005-09-25 14:59|| Front Page Top

#12 As an actual police veteran of the 1969-1972 antiwar demonstrations in Washington D.C., I must say this is a really pathetic showing for the amount of coverage the MMM is giving it. Aside from professional political and shakedown types, and a few intellectually challenged hollywood twits, where are the real Americans in any significant number?
This kind of headline hectoring is aid and comfort to an enemy whose lifesblood is media to give it a platform and recruits. Americans who participate need to accept responsibility for the encouragement they give radical islamists worldwide and in our midst!

Posted by Just About Enough!">Just About Enough! 2005-09-25 16:30|| 2005-09-25 16:30|| Front Page Top

#13 Geez, and Donahue hisownself (nope, not dead, yet) said this would be a huge deal, rivaling the bazillions who protested war stuff and did the free love thingy back upon a time. I blame HIV for the low turnout. Oh, and no medal-throwing events.

Posted by .com 2005-09-25 16:35|| 2005-09-25 16:35|| Front Page Top

#14 I watched some of it on CSPAN and there is no way that crowd ever grew to 100k, maybe 50k tops. I loved the cutsie stories on the web news pages, nothing but ordinary folks attending thee rallies. Yes normal people burn the American flag, the President in effigy, and praise terrorists. I will make a blanket statement that EVERYONE attending these rallies is a card-carrying koolaid drinking lefty loon that has attended at east one other anti war or moveon gala before this big one. To attempt to portray them as something else is just blatantly dishonest.

Posted by Cyber Sarge">Cyber Sarge 2005-09-25 19:28|| 2005-09-25 19:28|| Front Page Top

#15 Surely you folks had something better to do with your time. Maybe cleaning the cat box or.....

Posted by Dorf 2005-09-25 20:29|| 2005-09-25 20:29|| Front Page Top

#16 I know some of you aren't keen on him, but the Blogfather has links to some pro- and anti-war protest photoblogging in D.C. For some reason lots of pictures of pretty pro-war women... I can't imagine why. ;-)

Posted by trailing wife 2005-09-25 21:55|| 2005-09-25 21:55|| Front Page Top

#17 Little Green Footballs has more links to photobloggers (scroll down). It looks like the media are overcounting again.

Posted by trailing wife 2005-09-25 22:31|| 2005-09-25 22:31|| Front Page Top

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