1500 pro-war, 2500 pro-peace (MSM lied as usual)

[Triana]

These numbers according to Cindy's blog entry at Truthout - and I'd believe her before I'd believe any of the twisted reporting from MSM about the numbers.

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"A photographer friend of mine went down to Crawford to the Pro-War, Anti-Peace rally today. There were about 1500 people there he said. He also said that it was the most "third reich" spectacle that he had ever seen in America.

My friend said that the speakers were whipping up the crowd into a frenzy of hatred for me (like they already didn't hate me?) and for the peace movement. My friend said that the entire theme of the rally was: "Cindy is killing American troops by her anti-American protest." Oh really, isn't George Bush killing innocent Americans and Iraqis by sending them to fight in an illegal and immoral war for power and greed? I think the real culprit is my neighbor: George.

I am really sad that there are still people in America who think that someone exercising her freedom of speech is anti-American. People who say we DON'T have the right to dissent are un-patriotic and un-American. My friend said that the rally was really the scariest thing he had ever seen. Except for one funny part when some people were walking through the crowd with a "Say No to War---except when a Democrat is President" (whatever that means???) sign. I guess the people at the rally only read the "Say No to War" part and they were ripping up the signs and chasing the gentlemen out. The unfortunate sign holders were trying to tell the counter-protesters that they were on Bush's killing side, but the crowd wouldn't hear them.

Our rally had about 2500 people jammed into the Camp Casey II tent. The speakers and music were awesome. Joan sang a few more songs. I told the crowd that I totally understand George Bush's noble cause for continuing the war: I have to kill more Americans because I have already killed so many. Then I posed the question to them that we will pose to Congress and the small minority of Americans (38-40%) who still believe in George's oil war. How many more lives are you willing to sacrifice before you bring the troops home? I led the crowd in a deafening chant of "Not One More," aimed at George's vacation home."

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http://www.truthout.org/cindy.shtml

[Christa]

1. I don't want to watch MSNBC anymore

It makes me sick :hurts:

[WePurrsevere]

2. What is truly impressive to me is that

for WEEKS (not just this amazing weekend) there has been a fairly constant and even growing flow of pro-peace Patriots coming from all over the country to speak out and support Cindy and the troups we care about in Iraq. Some even begged for rides, pinched pennies and/or juggled meager finances to get there.

OTOH... didn't I read that many of the anti-peace were "professionals"?

[Triana]

4. Yea the anti-peace counterprotesters were 'hired guns'...

...or at least some of them were. I read somewhere here that many were also locals they picked up after they got there.

SOMEbody's lying about the numbers too, and it's not Cindy!

[damntexdem]

3. There were many more than 2500 at Camp Casey II.

People came and went all day, with continuous shuttles -- the rightwing tended to come together in a caravan. There were many people not under the big tent, there being various other tents, and many standing at the road holding a banner (replaced in relays). And there were others at Camp Casey I.

But what is amazing is that the MSM at least got the orders of magnitude straight.

[Generic Other]

5. Thanks for posting this

Real numbers.

[Triana]

6. Welcome - sad that we have to do this..

...because the MSM can't report the truth about anything.

Just sad.