Times Square fixture since the late 90's.
Posted on 03/21/2006 10:32:51 AM PST by presidio9
For all the supposed mounting public outrage over the continuing U.S. involvement in Iraq, the nationwide protests on the third anniversary of Operation Iraqi Freedom turned out to be more sputter than substance. In New York, barely 1,000 people turned out Saturday to protest the war; another couple of hundred showed up on Sunday.
Frankly, there are longer lines waiting to buy tickets at the half-price booth. Even the Naked Cowboy in Times Square probably draws bigger crowds.
Around the nation, turnout wasn't much better. A few dozen showed in Baltimore, a couple of hundred in the antiwar hotbed city of San Francisco, maybe 1,000 or so in the nation's capital.
Only Chicago and Portland drew sizable crowds - and even there, the turnout was significantly smaller than in past years.
Celebrity "peace mom" Cindy Sheehan boasted to one rally that "support for this war has dwindled dramatically." But it looks more like support for America-bashers like Sheehan & Co. is what's dropping off.
Yes, Americans have concerns over the situation on Iraq. But they know better than to listen to the crowd that would condemn any and all uses of power to defend this country from terrorist attacks.
Or perhaps, as President Bush noted yesterday, Americans are coming to understand that there is much more to what is happening in Iraq than the nightly news' reports of gloom and doom.
Bush yesterday cited the Iraqi city of Tal Afar, whose mayor recently wrote to the commander of U.S. forces in Iraq to offer thanks to the 3rd Cavalry Regiment for liberating his people from the terrorist insurgents. (the national news media have notably overlooked Mayor Najim Abdullah Abid Al-Jibouri's letter.)
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Little wonder that even the usual crowd of America-haters and Bush-bashers don't even bother turning out anymore.
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naked cowboy?
Times Square fixture since the late 90's.
Very nice read. Thank you. Too bad more columns aren't as objective.
Interesting.
Celebrity "peace mom" Cindy Sheehan boasted to one rally that "support for this war has dwindled dramatically."
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No, you greasy-haired piranha, people are paying less & less attention to you. |
I really hope this doesn't give Cindy any wardrobe brainstorms.
My kids still talk about seeing the naked cowboy...it is now a ritual to go and see him.
Fact is: Vermin,Traitor/Treason Democrat Party and their boot lickers in the MSM are living in a bubble created by themselves and their their bogus polls. Democrat scum are going to be surprised that they got an bad butt whipping on election day 2006, with an even bigger one coming in November, 2008!!!
Looks like Kid Rock has fallen on desparate times.
I could have gone all day without seeing a picture of the naked cowboy.
Heck, I'd even prefer the Alfred E. Newman picture.
I really wished Michelle had asked Sheehan the question, " IF you truly feel our government and Bush murdered your son are are terrorist, then why did you accept the 400,000.00 the government paid you upon your son's death?"
You sure about this report?
Katie Couric said tens of millions 'across the globe'
were protesting.
Possibly she looking thru a prism.
I think Cindy's much too in love with herself to have eyes for anyone else.
...if that's the case with your kids, I think they are in great need of prayer.
Like Narcissus; but with much worse taste!
How old is the Naked Cowboy now?
He's been a fixture for years.
I was so disappointed......
In fairness to the Cowboy, that's his uniform in all four seasons. Here's more on a man some have called "the most celebrated entertainer of all time."
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