"Raging Grannies" protest alongside Republicans today in Washington.

[mzmolly]

The "Raging Grannies" march against the Iraq war on Saturday in Washington. Antiwar activists by the thousands demonstrated amid growing public concern about the course of the war.

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.

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While united against the war, political beliefs varied. Paul Rutherford, 60, of Vandalia, Mich., said he is a Republican who supported Bush in the last election and still does — except for the war.

“President Bush needs to admit he made a mistake in the war and bring the troops home, and let’s move on,” Rutherford said. His wife, Judy, 58, called the removal of Saddam Hussein “a noble mission” but said U.S. troops should have left when claims that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction proved unfounded.

“We found that there were none and yet we still stay there and innocent people are dying daily,” she said.

:patriot:

[GreenPartyVoter]

1. The grannies rule. They sang an awesome song this

morning at the rally.

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[gristy]

2. Singing on C-CPAN now

:patriot:

[mzmolly]

3. I shall tune in.

:hi:

[alittlelark]

4. I've seen the Raging Grannies twice... they ROCK!!!

If I were about 20 years older...

[liveoaktx]

5. Video

Raging Grannies

[mzmolly]

6. Thanks.

:hi:

[SeattleGirl]

7. We had some Raging Grannies in Seattle today

They were on the sidewalk as the march started, and roared and cheered us as we went by. They are so cool!