Coleen Rowley: Common Ground in Anti-War Appeal

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from Consortium News:



Common Ground in Anti-War Appeal
August 16, 2011

The major U.S. news media is again focusing Campaign 2012 on personalities, gaffes and poll-measured momentum, a superficiality that has contributed to America’s dysfunctional politics for several decades. But ex- FBI agent Coleen Rowley describes her work with an anti-war group seeking to change that dynamic.

By Coleen Rowley


The Des Moines news reporter who noted our anti-war message at the entrance of Saturday’s Republican Straw Poll in Ames, Iowa, did not stay around long enough to see the real story.

Our banners actually got an amazingly good reception!

Positioned as we were at the entrance to the event, we were surprised at how many of the thousands of straw poll attendees (even those clad in Pawlenty and Santorum t-shirts) responded positively to the “Come Home America” message.

Banners warning that “Endless War = Endless Debt” and “War IS Taxing” resonated with people of all political (conservative, libertarian, and socially progressive) backgrounds who stopped to talk, with some even giving up an hour or two of their time to help us hold the banners. ..............(more)

The complete piece is at: http://consortiumnews.com/2011/08/16/common-ground-in-anti-war-appeal/

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1. This is one of the few areas that both parties can find common ground...

yet it is always ignored. It is time for the anti-war movement to be heard!