[Nita Nupress]

Sorry to pee in the cornflakes, but do we have actual confirmation that 3,000+ people are there?

 

From a liberal-friendly, Sheehan-supporting, on-site news report: 

2:20 p.m.
People are still coming in by droves. There are probably 3,000-4,000 people here now and still coming.

[Krodg]

I can't find the article with the link provided. Can anyone help?


http://rds.yahoo.com/S=53720273/K=bush/v=2/SID=w/l=NSER... /*-http%3A//news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20050827/pl_nm/iraq_usa_protest_dc_7

Cindy Sheehan, whose son Casey was killed in Iraq last year and has camped outside Bush's ranch seeking a second meeting with him to press for the withdrawal of troops, said her efforts would ultimately lead to the end of the war in Iraq.

"I know that the Camp Casey movement is going to end the war in Iraq," she said after folk singer Joan Baez led supporters in singing "Amazing Grace." Rally organizers estimated the crowd in the sweltering heat was more than 2,000, although it appeared smaller.

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Across town in Crawford, other parents of soldiers who are serving or have died in Iraq countered Sheehan with their own raucous rally that started with a prayer.

Organizer Howard Kaloogian accused Sheehan of "giving hope and encouragement to our enemies."

The crowd, which organizers said topped 3,000 but appeared closer to 1,500, chanted "Cindy, Go Home" and compared her to Jane Fonda, whose visit to a North Vietnamese gun site in 1972 earned her the nickname "Hanoi Jane."

"Cindy=Hanoi Jane," read one of the signs at the rally.

In one heated moment, members of the pro-Bush crowd turned on what they mistakenly thought were a group of anti-war protesters, cursing them, threatening them and tearing down their signs. A police officer rushed the group to safety.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=4475444&mesg_id=4475444

[Politicalities]

I'd really prefer something a little more mainstream than the Lone Star Iconoclast. Pictures would be nice, too. Why the Sam Hill doesn't anybody there have a laptop with cellular Internet? There should be hourly updates with pictures posted in realtime. Did nobody tell these guys how to attract publicity in the Internet Age?

Speaking of attracting publicity (in more ways than one), here's a relevant blog post. Yes, I'm a whore.

[humblegunner]

but do we have actual confirmation that 3,000+ people are there?

We left early, about 2:45 and I would put the crowd at that time around 1900-2100.

Eyewitness.