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War Protesters Seek to Put Heat on Bush (FreeRepublic mentioned!)
AP (transcript source for the Democratic Party!) ^ | 22 Sep 05 | JENNIFER C. KERR

Posted on 09/22/2005 1:39:12 PM PDT by KStorm

WASHINGTON (AP) - Anti-war groups are using a $1 million ad campaign and a demonstration they say will attract 100,000 people to try to re-energize their movement and pressure the Bush administration to bring troops home from Iraq.

Organizers of Saturday's protest, which will take marchers past the White House, say it will be the largest since the war began more than two years ago.

Cindy Sheehan, the woman who drew thousands of protesters to her 26-day vigil outside President Bush's Texas ranch last month, is among those planning to participate.

"We want to show Congress, the president and the administration that this peace movement is thriving," said Sheehan, whose 24-year-old son, Army Spc. Casey Sheehan, was killed last year in Iraq. "We mean business and we're not going to go away until our troops come home."

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cindysheehan; supporttroopsweekend
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1 posted on 09/22/2005 1:39:14 PM PDT by KStorm
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To: GeneralStorm
The Prez will be in Texas, LOL.

I hope these idiots have nice big signs so everyone can see just how loony they really are without their MSM filters.

2 posted on 09/22/2005 1:41:13 PM PDT by Mister Baredog ((Minuteman at heart, couch potato in reality))
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To: GeneralStorm; All
Bush did not plan to be in Washington on Saturday, but he will have support on the streets. The groups FreeRepublic.com and Protest Warrior plan their own demonstration on Saturday, with hundreds expected to join in.

"We made a vow after Sept. 11 that we would not allow the anti-American left to do to us this time what they did during Vietnam, which was wear down the morale of the American," FreeRepublic spokesman Kristinn Taylor said.

Taylor said a larger rally Sunday on the National Mall would honor military families.

3 posted on 09/22/2005 1:41:20 PM PDT by areafiftyone (Politicians Are Like Diapers, Both Need To Be Changed Often And For The Same Reason!)
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To: kristinn

((((PING))))


4 posted on 09/22/2005 1:41:46 PM PDT by areafiftyone (Politicians Are Like Diapers, Both Need To Be Changed Often And For The Same Reason!)
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To: GeneralStorm

Let's quit calling these scumbags anti-war activists. Let's label them what they really are, anti-American.


5 posted on 09/22/2005 1:43:42 PM PDT by caisson71
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To: GeneralStorm
...the woman who drew thousands of protesters...

kinda like the million mom march?
6 posted on 09/22/2005 1:47:15 PM PDT by frankenMonkey (Name one civil liberty that was not paid for in blood)
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To: GeneralStorm

Hey, at least they got it FreeRepublic.com instead of FreeRepublic.org like they usually do!


7 posted on 09/22/2005 1:48:59 PM PDT by NonLinear (He's dead, Jim)
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To: GeneralStorm

"...said Sheehan, whose 24-year-old son, Army Spc. Casey Sheehan, was killed last year in Iraq."


This is getting as old as sKerry telling us he served in Viet Nam and got 3 Purple Hearts.


8 posted on 09/22/2005 1:50:03 PM PDT by hophead (" Enjoy Every Sandwich" WZ)
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To: GeneralStorm

The Hurricane Rita coverage should take the anti war protesters off the news. If the rally is covered, the American people will say that this is no time to be causing a big stink. We have two major natural disasters to take care of. It's time to be pulling together.


9 posted on 09/22/2005 1:50:26 PM PDT by jonrick46
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To: GeneralStorm

This will warm the hearts of terrorists everywhere.


10 posted on 09/22/2005 1:50:47 PM PDT by TheDon (The Democratic Party is the party of TREASON!)
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To: jonrick46
The Hurricane Rita coverage should take the anti war protesters off the news. If the rally is covered, the American people will say that this is no time to be causing a big stink. We have two major natural disasters to take care of. It's time to be pulling together.

That won't deter the Anti-American peace protest cowards, who are convinced they're more important than everyone else.

11 posted on 09/22/2005 1:52:26 PM PDT by KStorm
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To: GeneralStorm
This protest will be completely overshadowed by Hurricane Rita coming ashore.

Bush won't pay any attention to it, nor will anyone else with any sense.

12 posted on 09/22/2005 1:54:31 PM PDT by sinkspur (Just west of DFW Airport. We can take in four or five and two dogs.)
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To: GeneralStorm
If a 40% approval rating won't sway W 100,000 unwashed hippie Bolsheviks will fail.
13 posted on 09/22/2005 1:55:23 PM PDT by Mike Darancette (Mesocons for Rice '08)
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To: Mike Darancette

I'm guessing that the actual numbers of protesters will be between 25,000 and 50,000 and I'm being generous.


14 posted on 09/22/2005 1:57:53 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Never a minigun handy when you need one.)
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To: GeneralStorm

RITA is going to blow their protest off the TV.


15 posted on 09/22/2005 2:00:02 PM PDT by Deetes (God Bless the Troops and their Families)
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To: GeneralStorm
And several hundred thousand for those obnoxious blue stickers that are everywhere they shouldn't be, on public and private property. I invested $3.78 in a scraper to save the few fingernails I have left.
16 posted on 09/22/2005 2:01:00 PM PDT by firebrand
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To: GeneralStorm

If you haven't yet read the piece today by Byron York called "The Cindy Sheehan Peace Train," I highly recommend it: http://www.nationalreview.com/york/york200509220828.asp

It does a great job of describing the kinds of pinko-commie-anarchists you'll see in DC on Saturday. Unfortunately for them, their timing sucks since the MSM will doubtless be devoted to coverage of Rita. Ooops, there goes another $1,000,000 of Soros' filthy loot.


17 posted on 09/22/2005 2:01:20 PM PDT by Cautor
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To: GeneralStorm

gee, odd how they don't mention that impeachbush.org has this saturday as their DC rally.

What they expect some kind of spontaneous demand for impeachement? "on that day it was a revalation..."

delusional looneys.

no wonder McCain met with Shehan.


18 posted on 09/22/2005 2:02:21 PM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE!)
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To: Mister Baredog
The Prez will be in Texas, LOL.

Spread the word. Cindy and all....the hurricane is JUST to throw you off. There IS no hurricane.

Get thee hence to Crawford.

19 posted on 09/22/2005 2:02:52 PM PDT by Brad’s Gramma (Lord, we need a Logan miracle for Simcha7 and Cowboy. Please.)
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To: GeneralStorm

"Organizers of Saturday's protest, which will take marchers past the White House, say it will be the largest since the war began more than two years ago."

People who have never been to a protest won't know that 99% of those there are from 100 other left wing groups. There all nuts of one kind or another on a band wagon, but not all really ani-war.
Plus many of them with be us counter-protesting them. :o)


20 posted on 09/22/2005 2:03:22 PM PDT by GottaLuvAkitas1 (Ronald Reagan is the TRUE "Father Of Our Country".)
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