<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 8/27/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">Doug Henwood</b> <<a href="mailto:dhenwood@panix.com">dhenwood@panix.com</a>> wrote:</span></div> <div><span class="gmail_quote"></span> </div> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">I agree - I'm just afraid that a professional publicist would push<br>things too far in the wrong direction. </blockquote> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div>Well, it looks like the professional publicists are out: </div> <div> </div> <div>Powerful liberal advocacy groups such as MoveOn.org are taking a less active role in Cindy Sheehan's anti-war activities in the wake of criticism that they may have muddied her message. </div> <div> </div> <div>[ . . . ] </div> <div> </div> <div>"The vigil started as a very grass-roots thing and then grew because groups like MoveOn were drawn to what Cindy was doing and wanted to offer their support," said Wade Fletcher of Mintwood Media Collective, a Washington-based public-relations group advising the Sheehan demonstrators. <br>    "Now we're kind of bringing it back to the original grass roots," he added. <br>    For example, the protesters will no longer receive strategic and political advice from Fenton Communications, a large, left-wing public-relations firm. That role reverts to Mintwood, a small operation that helped Mrs. Sheehan early on. <br> </div> <div>[ . . . ]</div> <div> </div> <div><a href="http://washingtontimes.com/national/20050830-103725-7803r.htm">http://washingtontimes.com/national/20050830-103725-7803r.htm</a></div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div>Chuck0 and I both know Adam Eidinger, one of the founders of Mintwood, from his work in the global justice movement in DC.<br><br> </div>