Protesters Gather In D.C. For Anti-War Rally

WFRV.COM ^ | 27 JANUARY 2007 | AP

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

(AP) WASHINGTON -- Opponents of the war in Iraq want their protest on the National Mall to launch a nationwide movement to bring the troops home.

Demonstrators chartered buses, bought plane tickets and filled their gas tanks to join Saturday's rally, and hundreds of them planned to flood congressional offices Monday to lobby for a troop withdrawal.

Plans call for rallies across the country and visits to members of Congress when they return home to their districts.

United for Peace and Justice, a coalition group sponsoring the protest, said there has been intense interest in the rally since President Bush announced he was sending 21,500 additional troops to Iraq.

The group said its Internet site received more than 5 million hits this month, including 650,000 on Wednesday — the day leaders held a media briefing about the protest.

A small group of active-duty military troops will attend the protest, said Navy petty officer Jonathan Hutto. The sailor, stationed about the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt, said he planned to speak.

Cynthia O. Smith, a Defense Department spokeswoman, said members of the Armed Forces can speak out, subject to several restrictions. They must not do so in uniform, and they must make clear that they do not speak on behalf of their military unit, their service or the Defense Department, unless authorized to do so, she said.

The rally was scheduled as congressional opposition to the war is building. The Senate is considering nonbinding resolutions that would state opposition to Bush sending the extra forces to Iraq.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi led a delegation to Iraq on Friday, while Bush met with military leaders in the Oval Office.

[MNJohnnie]

If the butt clown from the Roosevelt finds his duty so onerous, he can bail. The Navy would be better off without that sort of stupid trash.

[MNJohnnie]

Can you just hear the desperation in this "Journalists" voice. These pathetic losers really think getting a few thousand long haired losers together will have any impact on anyone at all. Boy I wonder if ONE time they will not self censor and actually show the lunatics, freaks with their utter gutter slime signs and chanting that make up 99.9% of these freak shows

But of course not. As usual the Junk media will cover up just what sort of wack job nuts go to these things. They will ignore the 10,000 screaming freaks to find some old grandmother type to take a picture of. These slime could give commies lessons in effective propaganda.

[IronJack]

Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters will reportedly be there, as well as Janis Joplin, Crosby-Stills-and-Nash, and Country Joe MacDonald. A kiosk selling Nehru jackets is set up by the Kent State Memorial booth, and roving vendors will be selling everything from Jimi Hendrix's latest album to love beads by the yard.

Come help us celebrate the dawning of the Age of Aquarius!

[3AngelaD]

Really. He wants to be in the military, but he doesn't want to do what the military does. He doesn't believe in what the military stands for. This guy is like a vegan working in a butcher's shop. I agree he should be invited to leave the Navy.

[Howlin]

What time does the C-SPAN coverage start?

[Dilbert56]

The Senate is considering nonbinding resolutions that would state opposition to Bush sending the extra forces to Iraq.

Wow, a resolution. The Senate has become the U.N.

They are so vehement in their opposition they'll attempt to pass empty words. They are too politically afraid to actually legislate anything, so they settle for treason, encouraging our enemies.

[headstamp]

"The Senate is considering nonbinding resolutions that would state opposition to Bush sending the extra forces to Iraq."


In other words, the Senate is considering a "political cover" resolution to inoculate themselves no matter how Iraq turns out in the end.

Gutless pimps the whole lot of them.

[ASA Vet]

These slime could give commies lessons in effective propaganda.

Give lessons to themselves?

[IronJack]

What time does the C-SPAN coverage start?

Hey, man. I don't know. Those suit types are always harshin' my buzz anyway. Why can't everybody just be groovy? Power to the people, right on!

[Howlin]

Please, I can't go *there* today. I have responsibilities now! :-)

[BenLurkin]

"Anti-war"

Why doesn't the media label it for what it really is: PRO-TERROR

[Newfy]

Did any of you see Tom Andrews on C-Span this morning? He's supposedly the organizer of the BIG EVENT. His organization (and the title of a book he wrote) is "Win Without War." Win what I have no idea. Anyway he was so full of himself but I suspect he's just one of those 60's campus protesters of the Viet Nam war trying to relive his glory days. What a sicko!

[rjp2005]

There was next to no coverage or mention of the March for Life, which had hundreds of thousands, as usual.

[BenLurkin]

Yup -- the largest non-reported demonstrations in the news media.

They hate the cause for life and so they don't cover it.

They are evil worms.

[No Spin]

It starts at 11:30AM I saw one of the organizers on C Span this morning, and when someone asked him if he was aware of any communist influence he became very irritated and said he didn't care what groups would be participating today. Finally admitting that there were some very controversial ones as sponsors. What I thought was interesting was when he said over 100,000 people would be there. Can't wait to see who does show up and how many.

[rollo tomasi]

"Cynthia O. Smith, a Defense Department spokeswoman, said members of the Armed Forces can speak out, subject to several restrictions."

This is BS.

There was an anti-war protest outside of MacDill a couple of months ago. Guess what, anyone (Spouse included and if you were out of uniform) who joined a counter-protest would face discipline.

Afraid of riots? Yet they allow active duty members to join moon-bats. Appeasement will be the death of all of us.

[justiceseeker93]

United for Peace and Justice, a coalition group sponsoring the protest...

It's obvious that if they had their way, there would be neither peace nor justice.

[rjp2005]

Some years it gets coverage, but there was a major reason it didn't this time - Hilary Clinton made her announcement 2 days before and soaked up all the media coverage.

[girlangler]

It'll be the same old band of loonies. You'll see them go off topic and ask for reparartions for blacks, scream about killing Mumia, pro Palestinian, pro terrorists, communists, anti America, crowd.

It should be entertaining, I love watching these, and hope most Americans are, although I doubt it.