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2009-03-21 Home Front: Politix

Internat'l ANSWER sponsors DC war protest, hundreds show up

Hundreds of war protesters from across the country gathered in Washington on Saturday to mark the sixth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq.
How many hundreds, pray tell? Or were there too few people for the crowd estimators to do their thing?
Organizers from the ANSWER Coalition said more than 1,000 groups sponsored the protest
Interesting ratio: 1,000+ sponsoring organizations cannot muster more than a few hundred protesters. One would think they'd at least send out one apiece. Clearly one would be wrong. And on such a nice day, too -- mild temperatures, sun shining -- a perfect day for a little outdoor exercise.
to call for an end to the Iraq war. Holding signs that read "We need jobs and schools, not war" and "Stop the war!" they rallied around noon across the street from the Lincoln Memorial and by 1:30 p.m., were beginning to march across the Memorial Bridge to the Pentagon.

Anti-war activists said even though former President George W. Bush is out of power, they are disappointed with what they see as stalled action from Obama. Several of them said they supported Obama during his campaign, but that his administration has let them down by not ending the war sooner. Among other concerns protesters raised, they criticized continued troop presence in Afghanistan and called for an end to U.S. support of Israel's military.

This year, the protest was held on a weekend -- a few days after the March 19 anniversary of the war, which began in 2003. Last year's weekday protest was marked by lower turnout than in previous years. Protests also were held in Los Angeles and San Francisco.
Not even vague numbers given, so I assume participation there was also embarrassingly low.

Posted by trailing wife 2009-03-21 15:08|| || Front Page|| [21 views ] Top

#1 the protest to call for an end to the Iraq war.

Maybe someone should tell them it's over. And we won.

Personally, I can't wait to see how many show up for the big War of 1812 protest scheduled for next month. Should be a doozy!

Posted by SteveS 2009-03-21 16:57|| 2009-03-21 16:57|| Front Page Top

#2 each sent 1/10 of a person

Posted by Frank G 2009-03-21 16:57|| 2009-03-21 16:57|| Front Page Top

#3 "Hundreds" is journalese for about 200 (rounding up if necessary). And any individual will belong to literally dozens of groups> Anti-war protesters I've seen are following the Bush doctrine of preemption and whining about stopping the next war...

Posted by regular joe 2009-03-21 17:05|| 2009-03-21 17:05|| Front Page Top

#4 3/5

Posted by Bugs Flock3991 2009-03-21 17:33|| 2009-03-21 17:33|| Front Page Top

#5 Oooooooooooooh! I like it

LOL

Posted by Frank G 2009-03-21 17:37|| 2009-03-21 17:37|| Front Page Top

#6 The groups sponsoring the "rally" would've each sent a rep but they kept saying they had to "wash their hair" or "visit their mother." All perfectly natural reasons not to go.

I beleive them.
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Posted by AlmostAnonymous5839">AlmostAnonymous5839 2009-03-21 20:28|| 2009-03-21 20:28|| Front Page Top

#7 believe not beleive. [SIGH] i before e except after c. yu'd think by now I could remember. where's my spellchecker? oh, that's right, she's washing her hair.

Posted by AlmostAnonymous5839">AlmostAnonymous5839 2009-03-21 20:30|| 2009-03-21 20:30|| Front Page Top

#8 All they had to do was go upstairs to vist their mother !

Posted by Chief 2009-03-21 21:07|| 2009-03-21 21:07|| Front Page Top

#9 Bet they get more media coverage than the Tea Parties.

Posted by DMFD 2009-03-21 21:08|| 2009-03-21 21:08|| Front Page Top

#10 The posters have been glued (!) to DC streetcorners/bus stops/newspaper boxes for months now. To the general populace's credit, many of them have been defaced or at least partially torn off.

If I had to hazard a guess, there were probably more pro-Paleo people at this march than anti-war.

Posted by Seafarious 2009-03-21 22:24|| 2009-03-21 22:24|| Front Page Top

#11 The better half saw more people at the Mac Store at Pentagon City today.

Posted by Bangkok Billy 2009-03-21 22:28|| 2009-03-21 22:28|| Front Page Top

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