AP: Anti-War Protestors March in Washington ( Fair Article! Good Read!}

[KoKo]

ANTI-WAR PROTESTORS MARCH IN WASHINGTON


By JENNIFER C. KERR, Associated Press Writer 3 minutes ago

Opponents of the war in Iraq marched Saturday in a clamorous day of protest, song and remembrance of the dead, some showing surprisingly diverse political views even as they spoke with one loud voice in wanting U.S. troops home.

The surging crowd, shouting "Bush out now" and "Peace now," marched in front of the White House and then to the Washington Monument in an 11-hour marathon of dissent.

They were young people with green hair, nuns whose anti-war activism dates to Vietnam, parents mourning their children in uniform lost in Iraq, and uncountable families motivated for the first time to protest.

President Bush himself was out of town, monitoring hurricane recovery efforts from Colorado and Texas. The protesters shouted for his impeachment.

"We have to get involved," said Erika McCroskey, 27, who came from Des Moines, Iowa, with her younger sister and mother for her first demonstration, traveling in just one of the buses that poured into the capital from far-flung places.

"Bush Lied, Thousands Died," said one sign. "End the Occupation," said another.

Police Chief Charles H. Ramsey, noting that organizers had hoped to draw 100,000 people, said, "I think they probably hit that."

A few hundred people in a counterdemonstration in support of Bush's Iraq policy lined the protest route near the FBI building. The two groups shouted at each other, a police line keeping them apart.

MUCH MORE AT:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050924/ap_on_re_us/war_protest;_ylt=ApJg0ZcC.P6M6HhZCrqA7wus0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3b2NibDltBHNlYwM3MTY-

[valerief]

1. Why don't they give a headcount?

Forget about what "they" hoped to draw. Is this massive march being compared to the Pentagon's Happy War Rally, where they didn't give a count either, just what the organizers "hoped" to draw?

[KoKo]

2. It's a really good article. It covers all aspects of the march...

and I don't fault them for headcount.(headcounts are hard to judge) but we are NOT getting any TV media coverage and AP always does just small blurbs on anything about Peace Protestors.

This whole article seemed to me to be very fair...even in how subtly they covered the A.N.S.W.E.R. and United for Peace groups.

It's worth going to the link and reading the whole thing.

[cornermouse]

3. Congress is still in town no doubt watching.

Do you think they might be starting to feel the heat? Even though Bush ran away, our sentors and representatives are no doubt watching and seeing that this is bigger than they thought. This could put a stop to some of Bush's policies.