200,000 rally on the National Mall

[edhopper]

No not today, FoxBeck could only draw a few tens of thousands.
I'm talking about the 2003 march against the Iraq War that Shrub was about to start.
Funny how hundreds of thousands came and almost no news coverage. Same with the earlier march in New York that was half a million strong.
But today, this idiot is headlines.

[BrklynLiberal]

1. How about a million?..April 25, 2004...

packed solidly shoulder to shoulder





http://march.now.org/
2004 March for Women's Lives

The April 25, 2004, March for Women's Lives drew a record 1.15 million people to Washington, D.C., to protect and advance access to a full range of reproductive health care options, including abortion, birth control and emergency contraception. The such march that was not organized solely by NOW, this massive event was coordinated by an unprecedented coalition of women's rights and social justice groups — led initially by six core groups: NOW, Black Women's Health Imperative, Feminist Majority, NARAL, National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health, and Planned Parenthood, with the ACLU joining the leadership in the final months. Activists came from all parts of the country, angered by the anti-woman policies imposed by President Bush, making the 2004 March for Women's Lives was the largest protest in U.S. history.


750,000 in 1992
http://www.now.org/history/92march.html

1995
http://www.now.org/issues/violence/rally95/overview.html

[Warren DeMontague]

3. Damn, you beat me to it.

I was there, too. :hi: And I was appalled how the media totally blew it off- CNN spending the day chasing Bush-leaning "NASCAR voters" and talking about Estee Lauder.

[BrklynLiberal]

7. I had a couple of freinds who were not there and they looked all over the TV for some coverage.

NADA, ZILCH, nothing!!!

We kept looking for the news copters...nuthin...absolutely nuthin!!

I wonder who took the picture we posted...

[Warren DeMontague]

2. How about 1.2 M in April of 2004, for reproductive choice? And the media totally ignored it.

[Faygo Kid]

4. I was there in 2003; we got virtually no coverage, and it was much bigger than today's Beckfest.

Of course, the Washington Post was the biggest cheerleader of all for that wonderful war.

Props to those posting here about reproductive freedom marches, too. Apparently only Fox News anointed ones get that kind of coverage.

[BrklynLiberal]

8. There was also one in 2005...also ignored by the media...

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Washington%2C_DC%2C_Mass_March_and_Anti-War_Rally_September_24%2C_2005

The Washington, DC, Mass March and Anti-War Rally September 24-26, 2005 was initiated and organized by two antiwar coalitions, A.N.S.W.E.R. (Act Now to Stop War & End Racism), on behalf of the September 24 National Coalition, and United for Peace and Justice.

"Starting on Saturday, September 24, three days of protest, grassroots lobbying, and civil disobedience are planned for Washington DC to protest the Iraq war and the militarization of US society. Given the way public sentiment has turned against the war, this could easily turn out to be the largest pro-peace event in US history." <1>

[spartan61]

9. I sure do love your Sparty picture!

[Faygo Kid]

10. Big year ahead in Sparty sports. Go Green!

I know, bread and circuses. But I still enjoy it!

[lpbk2713]

5. You mean the one where AWOL Monkey Boy hid under his bed?

Until Pickles told him it was safe to come out?


:rofl:

[unblock]

6. marching is great, but owning the airwaves is greater