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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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To: cripplecreek
I was thinking they were multiplying by ten -- somewhere around 10,000 will be a huge crowd. They're going to be really disappointed not to see their faces on TV.
61 posted on 09/23/2005 8:56:11 PM PDT by Arizona Carolyn
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To: caisson71

Amen!!


62 posted on 09/23/2005 8:57:42 PM PDT by bethtopaz (We will not allow another generation of our heroes to be forsaken!!)
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To: Deetes

Who IS this Rita? And why is she stealing all my headlines? And blowing out my little spark that started this glorious fire?


63 posted on 09/23/2005 8:58:50 PM PDT by bethtopaz (We will not allow another generation of our heroes to be forsaken!!)
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To: longtermmemmory

When and why did McCain meet with Shehan? Maybe he is looking for votes. He always plays both sides and it makes me mad!


64 posted on 09/24/2005 1:34:25 PM PDT by jaycee
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To: GeneralStorm

When the plans fizzle out, best not to update the earlier, more optimistic stories.


65 posted on 09/24/2005 1:35:34 PM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: GeneralStorm

I just realized the story was from 2 days ago. LOL!

But looking at Google News, they STILL haven't updated the 100,000 forecast stories!


66 posted on 09/24/2005 1:36:38 PM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: GeneralStorm
A few hundred scraggly protesters is all they had to show for today... and it was off message. Hey Jihad Cindy, your anti-America movement going exactly nowhere!

(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)
67 posted on 09/24/2005 1:38:42 PM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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To: goldstategop; kristinn

You're right...their anti-American sedition tour bombed badly today.

Go Kristinn!

Go Free Republic!


68 posted on 09/24/2005 1:43:22 PM PDT by Liberty Valance (Never misunderestimate the strategery of forty-three)
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