[lbo-talk] D.C. Rally: Poor Turnout?

[Max B. Sawicky]

The local news coverage, which usually sucks rhino
turd, was very positive.  The spin was that this
was a 'mainstream' thing that military families
were getting into.  Soldiers' moms saying their
boy didn't sign up to fight for Halliburton or
oil companies.

The problem at this point IMO is how to turn huge
nascent disapproval of the Iraq enterprise into
blazing hatred for anyone who supports it now.
Beyond demos is the way to think.

mbs

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Michael Pugliese wrote:


>   My guess on the #'ers here in S.F. are about 20,000, a third to a half
> the size of the last big march. Largest contingent ISO, a good 500 at
> least.
>  Washington, D.C. http://www.nynewsday.com/news/nyc-
> prot1025,0,1236639.story?coll=nyc-topnews-short-navigation
>
>> ...The Associated Press
>
>
> October 25, 2003, 4:45 PM EDT >...Organizers estimated that 100,000
> people turned out for the demonstration, but police at the scene put the
> number much lower, from 10,000 to 20,000. Police no longer issue
> official crowd estimates, so the size of the protest could not be
verified.
>   http://www.kpfa.org/
>   http://www.wbai.org/

I'd be surprised if any of these protests will break 10,000. And we can
expect ANSWER to inflate the actual attendance figures to save face.

I say that it is time to vote ANSWER out of the movement. Or throw their
plate into the fire. Pick your reality show voting system and insert here.

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