Posted on 04/23/2006 6:05:06 PM PDT by Aussie Dasher
WASHINGTON — With recent well-attended immigration rallies showing the power of the people, a debate has been sparked over why more Americans aren't taking their wariness of the Iraq war to the streets.
Numerous events across the globe marked the third anniversary of the Iraq war on March 20. But nowhere in the United States did the numbers of protesters surpass 10,000, according to news reports. That's a far cry from the immigration rallies earlier this month that were said to have attracted 350,000 protesters in Washington, 500,000 in Dallas and 100,000 in Phoenix, plus tens of thousands in many other cities.
Even those who oppose the war say that without more of a sustained demonstration against action in Iraq, the anti-war movement will remain in the shadows.
“It’s all about numbers and consistent showing,” said Rev. Byron Williams, syndicated columnist and pastor at the Resurrection Community Church in Oakland, Calif., who opposes the war in Iraq.
“Politicians respond to two things — they either respond to campaign contributions from special interests or they respond to large numbers of people, because people translate into potential voters,” he said. “It’s one thing to have a rally in San Francisco, but it’s another if you see them across the country, in red states and blue states, that could, in effect, change lawmakers' minds.”
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Or perhaps, the media can make things look worse than they are by polling select groups of people, but they can't get people out on the streets?!??
Sounds like the perfect opportunity to merge these two groups so that the illegals can DEMAND more money if the US gives up the war.
That's kinda funny.
Maybe they could hire some of the illegals to stage the protests Americans won't.
Maybe %97 of the illegals are smarter than %100 percent of the white liberals...uh....15x61....take away the 3...uh...divide by .005....uh....yeah.
LOL! That's a good one!
Perhaps protesting is one of those jobs Americans don't want.
Now that's a hoot. A.N.S.W.E.R. is the anit-war movement in the United States. It also happens to be the org that drove the immigration protests. I guess it's now envious of itself.
well boohoo. Piss on those anti-American liberal freaks. There's a reason they can't get a crowd together and it is that their arguments nevery make any sense. End of story.
if they can compromise, so can we.
we bring the troops home long enough to round up the illegals and anti-war hippie types and ship them into mexico
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