Reuters reports it's about 1500 Bushistas >

[Stephanie]

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.

***

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://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20050827/pl_nm/iraq_usa_protest_dc_7

[YOY]

1. Cindy=Hanoi Jane???

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

Keep digging! It's a source of great amusement.

[ewagner]

2. The feeding frenzy was successful

"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."

[me b zola]

4. They will be seen for the violent animals that they are

Pigs.

[tulsakatz]

14. here's a hopeful thought........

" members of the pro-Bush crowd turned on what they mistakenly thought were a group of anti-war protesters"

Hey! Maybe they'll turn on each other!! That would solve many of our problems. If they're busy fighting with each other, who has time to complain about Cindy?

[seabeyond]

22. cindy, liberals democrats have been there three weeks?

and no violence. the only violence has been the right. and here they are to demonstrate, and they attack......

yes again, it says a lot. and this has been shown with the repug family consistantly over the years. freeper, violent, hatefilled

[ChowChowChow]

3. Those freepers are SOOOO creative LMAO

What a bunch of yahoo's!

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

5. I wonder how many are from nearby areas of Texas, and how many

really took the effort to travel there from all parts of the country?

[SammyWinstonJack]

10. Probably mostly from the surrounding areas. Except the lost bus

from Calif.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

24. That's my guess. Seems to take the air out of it when you look at it

that way. Big smile here!

[napi21]

6. They failed to state that disruptive protester was arrested!

I don't know if I believe Reuters or not, but I'd like to hear a comparison of the # of Shrub supporters to the # of Cindy supporters too!

I haven't seen much coverage of this in today's CNN/MSNBC stories, but it's the weekend and they have all that other junk, like people in the news and movie reviews.

[tulsakatz]

23. comparison numbers

I'd like to see that too........the number of Bush people compared to Cindy's people.

And even on a weekend, if there were 1500 Bush supporters, I would think the media would at least make a small report on it. I mean, the major news channels like to talk about stuff that makes Bush look good (at least that's the way it seems to me) so if there are that many, I can't imagine why they would pass up the opportunity to add a little more propoganda to the pile.

[Brightmore]

7. Off-topic, but your link isn't working

[Lerkfish]

17. try this one...

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20050827/pl_nm/iraq_usa_protest_dc_7

[Brightmore]

19. Thanks

[Stephanie]

26. why is mine breaking up?

is it because I put it inside the box?

[Lerkfish]

28. not sure...I just drug across both lines of yours, pasted in browser,

and copied link location and repasted in my post.

:shrug:

[Stephanie]

30. it's the box

I just moved it outside and it works fine

[Stephanie]

18. I'm having a problem wtih Yahoo news links

If anyone can help me I'd appreciate it. Lately they break off like that. Something about the DU system.

[Brightmore]

21. You can try using...

http://tinyurl.com/

Sometimes the Yahoo links are really long so they break off. Tiny Url will make them short.

[LibinMo]

8. Bushites soud like a real classy crowd

Wonder who was in the group they "mistakenly" turned on?
Idiots.

[tulsakatz]

9. Jane Fonda

yeah, they like to compare people to Jane when they want to insult them!!

Once, I even had a conservative ask if Bill Maher is the new Jane Fonda! Since I'm a Bill Maher fan, I corrected that right away! And when I looked at the article he was referring to, the author had not even watched any of Maher's shows!! But somehow he appointed himself as an authority on Maher.........what a bunch of losers!

I don't know if I believe there are that many pro-Bush people there though (in Crawford). I'll believe it when I see some pictures.

[Cleita]

13. They can compare me to Jane Fonda any day.

She's my age and looks fantastic.

[tulsakatz]

25. that's a good point!!

she's about 12 yrs older than me but I agree about the body. I wish I had her body!!

[Webster Green]

27. She's great!....I love listening to her speak.

She admits she made a mistake by visiting the gun site.

Our *"president" needs to admit he made a mistake when he made stuff up about Iraq, and took us to war over it.

[SalmonChantedEvening]

11. Organizer Howard Kaloogian

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Kaloogian

Turns out Howie's running to replace The Duke of Corruption, Randy Cunningham.

Glad to see the GOP isn't trying to make any political hay off this.

[xultar]

12. They turned on their own!!!

:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:
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.
:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

[Stephanie]

20. I wonder if it was Protest Warriors?!

Ooooh, I really hope it was.

[ovidsen]

15. Do they eat their young, too?

I love this!

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.

Chimps! Aren't they a hoot?

[kevinmc]

16. Prayed Before they attacked.............

some guy's the mistook for Pro-Cindy backers. What a bunch of losers.

[Generic Other]

29. Just as I suspected!

I reported between 1000 and 3000. :)