Cindy Sheehan of Vacaville, Calif., center, whose son died in Iraq, listens to Capt. Ken Vanek of the McLennan County (Texas) Sheriff's Office, left, as he discusses the procedures for a peace protest by Sheehan and others to confront President Bush at his ranch, in Crawford, Texas, Saturday, Aug. 6, 2005. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
They got the full and uninterrupted attention of the media who were only too willing to report anything negative about the president, according to one blogger, who had a "reporter" on scene.
12:40 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 6
When Cindy Sheehan got off her bus in Crawford around 11:40 a.m. coming from the Veterans for Peace convention in Irving (near Dallas), she was greeted with applause and swarmed by reporters. Some of the meda covering the event, along with The Iconoclast, were ABC, CNN, CBS, NBC and AFP (Agency France Press).
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Among those present, rumors of pro-war, anti-protest protestors perhaps arriving later were voiced.
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The crowd starts chanting, "W. killed her son. W. killed her son."
Bush has not come out, none of those anti-protest protesters either.
Hadi Jawad, a board member of the Crawford Peace House, shouts to the media: "Do your job. Ask about the Downing Street Memo."
After sitting in the heat waiting to interview Cindy, most members of the press start to leave.
Media reports on the protest, so far:
Red Nova - Dallas, TX (Reuters)
... With more news outlets to follow, to be sure.