Posted on 09/23/2005 3:04:14 PM PDT by Libloather
Top Dems leave as protest nears
Party split between anti-war activists and prominent critics
STEVEN THOMMA
Knight Ridder
Posted on Fri, Sep. 23, 2005
WASHINGTON - As the anti-war movement arrives in Washington this weekend, many Democrats are leaving.
Nationally known Democratic war critics, including Howard Dean, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, and Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York, Russell Feingold of Wisconsin and John Kerry of Massachusetts, won't attend what sponsors say will be a big anti-war rally Saturday in Washington.
**SNIP**
En route to Washington for the rally, anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan protested outside Clinton's New York office. "She knows that the war is a lie, but she is waiting for the right time to say it," Sheehan said. "You say it or you are losing your job."
Spokesmen for the Democrats who are skipping the anti-war event all said they had schedule conflicts. But some leading anti-war activists aren't buying it.
"There are a lot of people here who are wondering, where are the Democrats?" said Tom Andrews, a former Democratic House member from Maine who's now the national director of Win Without War.
"The Democratic Party has an identity crisis on this issue. We need voices. We need leadership," Andrews said. "But fear is driving them."
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cockroaches.
We know they may be out of town, but their hearts are with those who hate America.
Correction, it's the SOMEBODY ELSE'S MEDAL TOSS competition!
He's also arriving in somebody else's SUV (as will AlGore and Arianna H.) ;^)
LoL, They are all leaving and this is their political base. What are thy embarrassed by a few communists and radicals LoL.
It's going to be the usual "Free Mumia" crowd at this thing.
Since most of the protesters seem to be close to retirement age, will they be burning their Social Security cards?
Guess the anti war groups don't have enough money to get the democrats to join them.
Could be worth popping some popcorn...
I get the image of a drunk lunatic and a sober but feeble counterpart scrapping for control over the steering wheel of the Democrat jalopy as it careens toward the cliff. It's not clear who is sitting in the driver's seat.
The 'rats are deserting the sinking ship...
Ha ha ha, the 'Rats are scurrying away as though their ship is sinking.... guess they see no 'upside' to being openly associated with the "SURRENDER NOW!" movement.....
So much for principle....
Uh..., I'm speechless...
many Democrats are leaving.
How appropriate, rats leaving a sinking ship.
They know the country isn't buying into
the leftist anti-war garbage and so they don't
want to be within 40 miles of this.
This at least tells us that we can beat these Anarcho/socialist skum, and the democrats too.
McKinney and Conyers are supposed to show--wonder how well they get along with Cindy's other pal David Duke? RATS sure make strange bedfellows. Of course the way McKinney, Conyers, and others in Clinton's RAT cult have held people of color down all these years with the subtle bigotry of low expectations, they might as well be wearing a sheet ala Duke.
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