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Breeze54 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-27-07 06:31 PM
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NBC and CBS leading with the march on Washington!!!
On the national nightly news now!!!
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Mind_your_head Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-27-07 06:39 PM
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1. What are they saying/showing?
No cable here.
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Breeze54 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-27-07 06:48 PM
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6. Click the links for the news Video 's!! - I'm stunned!!! lmao!
Edited on Sat Jan-27-07 07:15 PM by Breeze54
Protesters Feel "Obligation" To Stop War
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/01/27/national/main2404540.shtml


Protesters gather on the lower steps of the Capitol during an
anti-war rally January 27, 2006 in Washington. (Getty Images)


University of Wisconsin students and others board buses Friday, Jan. 26, 2007, in
Madison, Wis., to travel to Washington for Saturday's rally against the Iraq war
(AP Photo/The Capital Times)

More pics too!!! :)

RELATED VIDEO

Watch Video - Anti-War Rally In Washington | Email this video (at link above!)

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27, 2007 - (Page 1 of 2)

(CBS/AP) Convinced this is their moment, tens of thousands marched Saturday in an anti-war demonstration linking military families, ordinary people and an icon of the Vietnam protest movement in a spirited call to get out of Iraq.

Celebrities, a half-dozen lawmakers and protesters from distant states rallied in the capital under a sunny sky, seizing an opportunity to press their cause with a Congress restive on the war and a country that has turned against the conflict.

Marching with them was Jane Fonda, in what she said was her first anti-war demonstration in 34 years.

"Silence is no longer an option," Fonda said to cheers from the stage on the National Mall. The actress once derided as "Hanoi Jane" by conservatives for her stance on Vietnam said she had held back from activism so as not to be a distraction for the Iraq anti-war movement, but needed to speak out now.

The rally on the Mall unfolded peacefully, although about 300 protesters tried to rush the Capitol, running up the grassy lawn to the front of the building. Police on motorcycles tried to stop them, scuffling with some and barricading entrances.

Protesters chanted "Our Congress" as their numbers grew and police faced off against them. Demonstrators later joined the masses marching from the Mall, halfway around Capitol Hill and back.

United for Peace and Justice, a coalition group sponsoring the protest, had hoped 100,000 would come. Police, who no longer give official estimates, said privately the crowd was smaller than that.

CBS News correspondent Joie Chen reported march organizers say numbers aren't what is going to make this particular rally notable.

"They're trying to send a message to Democrats instead of to the White House," Chen said, specifically Democrats who want to stand up against the president but fear being painted as unsupportive of military personnel. "That's been a difficult balance for them to reach," she said.

At the rally, 12-year-old Moriah Arnold stood on her toes to reach the microphone and tell the crowd: "Now we know our leaders either lied to us or hid the truth. Because of our actions, the rest of the world sees us as a bully and a liar."

The sixth-grader from Harvard, Mass., organized a petition drive at her school against the war that has killed more than 3,000 U.S. service-members.


More at link....


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Checking NBC now!!

This is on REGULAR TV!! NO CABLE!!!! omg!!!

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From NBC Nightly News!

MSNBC Home » World News » Conflict in Iraq

War protesters demand U.S. troop withdrawal

Tens of thousands of demonstrators and handful of celebrities rally in D.C.


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16841070/

01/27/2006


Demonstrators listen to the speakers during a protest against the war in Iraq
on the National Mall in Washington on Saturday.

View related photos - http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16843076/displaymode/1176/rstry/16841070/

Kevin Wolf / AP

Updated: 2 hours, 50 minutes ago

WASHINGTON -

Protesters energized by fresh congressional skepticism about the Iraq war demanded a withdrawal of U.S. troops in a demonstration Saturday that drew tens of thousands and brought Jane Fonda back to the streets.

A sampling of celebrities, a half-dozen members of Congress and busloads of demonstrators from distant states joined in a spirited rally under a sunny sky, seeing opportunity to press their cause in a country that has turned against the war.

The House Judiciary Committee chairman, Rep. John Conyers, threatened to use congressional spending power to try to stop the war. “George Bush has a habit of firing military leaders who tell him the Iraq war is failing,” he said, looking out at the masses. “He can’t fire you.” Referring to Congress, the Michigan Democrat added: “He can’t fire us.
Story continues below ↓
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CrazyOrangeCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-27-07 06:39 PM
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2. Yay!!!!!!!!
:bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:
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halobeam Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-27-07 06:39 PM
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3. OMG
we meet up again, and I blinked and missed it. I still say, not enough coverage LOL
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Breeze54 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-27-07 06:51 PM
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7. LMAO!! Hey?
You have to turn on your TV!! :rofl:
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halobeam Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-27-07 07:20 PM
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9. I KNOW...(shhh I just can't bear it 'msm news')
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bigwillq Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-27-07 06:40 PM
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4. It's about time.
:bounce:

What are they saying about it?

I am at work, tv's in the other side of the room.
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Breeze54 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-27-07 07:11 PM
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8. Check out my post above...with Links!
There are pics too!
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aaronbees Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-27-07 06:42 PM
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5. Good to see
ABC pretty much buried the story.
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EndElectoral Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-27-07 07:21 PM
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10. NBC spent more time on Hillary Clinton in Iowa, and a woman in texas supporting the war. F***
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Breeze54 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-27-07 08:43 PM
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11. I thought they gave a minute or two longer
Edited on Sat Jan-27-07 08:44 PM by Breeze54
to HRC and the military wife. But they, at least, covered it on the MSM!!!!!!

It's a about friggin' time!!! :grr:
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xultar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-27-07 09:14 PM
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12. K&R!
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Olney Blue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-27-07 09:23 PM
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13. It's more coverage than the September, 2005 march!
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