Just back from the DC rally - "tens of thousands" no; hundreds of thousands closer to truth

[Faygo Kid]

Of course, the war-cheerleading Washington Post is going to report it vaguely, and give the FReepers (all 12 of them) nearly equal time, but I assure you it was a much bigger crowd than "tens of thousands." We have to stop this war ourselves; accurate reporting from the media is foolish to expect. Why doesn't the media just say "more than 50 protestors" - after all, that's true too, isn't it? It was a great event, and ignore the stomach-churning fudging of the numbers and single-minded focus on Jane Fonda, who was the epitome of class and pointed out in her remarks that it was the first rally she attended in 34 years, precisely because she knew the media would focus on her (which they are doing). The marchers were the image of middle America, all ages, races, etc. Anybody who tells you different is a liar. My congrats to the younger marchers. Great to see them, and I hope next time they outnumber us Boomers 10 to 1. Anyway, beautiful day, and don't let anybody get away with that "tens of thousands" scam line.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

1. Cheney must have busy on the phone

Cheney to Post and AP "tell them its only tens not hundreds of..."

[Olney Blue]

19. Cheney did not do well in the protest signs today!

[LynneSin]

2. It's just ridiculous

God forbid the media tells the truth - we had protestors covering the entire mall

[Robbien]

3. Aw, we know they were lying

We saw you guys on CSpan. You guys rocked.

Thanks for representing.

[Glimmer of Hope]

4. I was a volunteer alongside some experienced protesters.

It was at least 500,000 according to them.

[Irishonly]

5. I watched it on C-Span

There were people as far as I could seem I couldn't believe the tens of thousands reporting going on. I would have loved to have been there. The speakers were wonderful and I cried and cried. I am glad I haven't heard about the focus on Jane Fonda and I am glad she was there. Way to go!

[bluerum]

6. Great work! The gods smiled upon your day! eom

[Faygo Kid]

7. My apologies to FReepers - they acknowledge 40 of their "team" there, not 12

Another impressive turnout by those whose thoughts all come from the mind of Rush Limbaugh. From their website today, about the rally:

To: Jim Robinson

UPdate per phone. Our side has around 40 people.

124 posted on 01/27/2007 9:22:27 AM PST by armymarinemom (My sons freed Iraqi and Afghan Honor Roll students.)
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[bluerum]

10. Our side? What tiny little minds those people have. eom

[Cha]

8. Rec! Thank you so much

for being there. I was talking about you all at work today. When asked how I was, I said, "fine, but DC is the place to be.

Someday, I'd like to protest various corporatemediawhore outlets and let them under report that.

[Alamom]

9. We watched every second. You guys are awesome. TU all. n/t

[WI_DEM]

11. both the police/media estimates and protester estimates are often off

police/media tend to downsize the crowd, while the protesters tend to exaggerate the turnout a bit. It will probably be somewhere in the middle.

[bdamomma]

12. thanks for going I wish I was there, it looked wonderful

I will be at the next planned one on March 17th everyone should reserve that date to go, 4th Anniversary of the Iraqi War, to the Pentagon. I will be there, this regime must be stopped. I was energized just watching it on TV, and I was proud that so many who do not buy the Bush BS were there.

Thanks again.:hi:

[Faygo Kid]

13. I'll see you St. Patrick's Day at the Pentagon, then.

I'll be back at that march. This march was, like Jane Fonda's, my first in 34 years, and I intend to go to every one here until we have peace and Bush is out of office, through impeachment, resignation or the end of his term.

[Raffi Ella]

14. I was watching y'all

wishing I could be with you.

Y'all made us PROUD!!!!The signs and speakers were just FANATSTIC!You guys are the epitome of DEMOCRACY!

THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!

:applause: :applause: :applause:

[Kurovski]

15. K&R.(nt)

[SanCristobal]

16. Any good pictures of the full crowd?

I want concrete proof to wipe the smirks off of a few faces.

[StrictlyRockers]

17. God forbid that the media actually do it's job and tell us the truth!

We saw you rocking the mall in DC.

YOU FREAKING ROCK!!

:yourock:

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

18. Kick

:kick:

[Nutmegger]

20. "Tens of thousands"

I heard that on NPR tonight. What a joke. I know that's wrong!

[WiseButAngrySara]

21. Waiting for the aerial photos... they don't lie/prevaricate/

exaggerate/equivocate. Can't wait to see them.

Awesome day, and thanks for being there.

:kick: & R!

[EVDebs]

22. Country Joe's line about Wall Street in the song needs repeating

Feel like I'm fixin' to die rag
http://www.well.com/~cjfish/game.htm#cheer

brings back fond memories of another military adventure gone haywire but Wall Street loved it soooo.

[nam78_two]

23. K&R.nt

[FogerRox]

24. I think 450k to 700k

See my video here, see for yourself.

http://rdanafox.blogspot.com/