Free Republic

Politics and diplomacy were not a good mix at Monday's protest rally against Iran at the United Nations. Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin didn't participate in the "Stop Iran Now" rally and there were a lot of hard feelings about it. It was a simple sign that read "We Want Sarah. Shame On The Rally Organizer." Howard Webber from Brooklyn held it. "As important an event as this is, you needed a unity of Democrats and Republicans to show Ahmadinejad that we're not going to accept a nuclear Iran." Buddy Macy of Little Fells, N.J., felt much the same way....

Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin and New York Senator Hillary Clinton will be among the speakers at a massive New York rally to protest Iran's presence at the opening of the United Nations General Assembly next Monday, an event organizer said Tuesday night. Knesset Speaker Dalia Itzik and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Elie Wiesel, will also feature in the protest against Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's threats against Israel and his planned speech on the floor of the UN later in the week. Last year's rally against Iran at the plaza across from UN drew thousands of local and international...