Friday, August 26, 2005 · Last updated 4:21 a.m. PT
Poll: Many back right to protest Iraq war
By WILL LESTER
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
WASHINGTON -- An overwhelming number of people say critics of the Iraq war should be free to voice their objections - a rare example of widespread agreement about a conflict that has divided the nation along partisan lines.
Nearly three weeks after a grieving California mother named Cindy Sheehan started her anti-war protest near President Bush's Texas ranch, nine of 10 people surveyed in an AP-Ipsos poll say it's OK for war opponents to publicly share their concerns about the conflict... http://tinyurl.com/77v6n
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I remember during the lead-up to the criminal invasion of Iraq how distorted the news coverage of the anti-war movement was.
I lived twelve blocks from the main site of several large demonstrations and there wasn't a single parking space left in my neighborhood And the people parking? Families. Husbands in dockers or weekend jeans and crew neck sweaters over Oxford cloth shirts (and sensible shoes), wives in the equivalent, kids in tow.
Demonstration organizers(Portland Peaceful Response) inflate numbers, broadcast media under-report and the cops give fairly accurate figures. I can remember three demonstrations one of which brought 12,000 people to hear the speakers and to demonstrate their opposition to an invasion of Iraq.
There were counter-demonstrations. Some organized by Clear Channel. You could see the call-letters of the radio stations on their pro-war/support Bush signs. Little groups of 40 or 50 people were made to look like vast crowds by shooting in close-up. No overhead shots of the much larger anti-war crowds were shown on TV to the best of my recollection. It was disgusting. TV gave more time to the pro-war 'cranks' than to the concerned citizens who'd driven miles to exercise their right to assemble and register their opposition to an illegal and immoral act of imperialist adventurism. The fix was in.
We never had a snowball's chance in hell of changing anything. The neocon criminal cabal had made up their minds years ago. The fix was in.
As pissed off as I am about all this I guess I should be glad that the tide is finally turning. But I still have to think about who's going to be the last person to die for a mistake. I can think of a few names of people I'd like it to be.
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Poll: Many back right to protest Iraq war
By WILL LESTER
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
WASHINGTON -- An overwhelming number of people say critics of the Iraq war should be free to voice their objections - a rare example of widespread agreement about a conflict that has divided the nation along partisan lines.
Nearly three weeks after a grieving California mother named Cindy Sheehan started her anti-war protest near President Bush's Texas ranch, nine of 10 people surveyed in an AP-Ipsos poll say it's OK for war opponents to publicly share their concerns about the conflict... http://tinyurl.com/77v6n
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I remember during the lead-up to the criminal invasion of Iraq how distorted the news coverage of the anti-war movement was.
I lived twelve blocks from the main site of several large demonstrations and there wasn't a single parking space left in my neighborhood And the people parking? Families. Husbands in dockers or weekend jeans and crew neck sweaters over Oxford cloth shirts (and sensible shoes), wives in the equivalent, kids in tow.
Demonstration organizers(Portland Peaceful Response) inflate numbers, broadcast media under-report and the cops give fairly accurate figures. I can remember three demonstrations one of which brought 12,000 people to hear the speakers and to demonstrate their opposition to an invasion of Iraq.
There were counter-demonstrations. Some organized by Clear Channel. You could see the call-letters of the radio stations on their pro-war/support Bush signs. Little groups of 40 or 50 people were made to look like vast crowds by shooting in close-up. No overhead shots of the much larger anti-war crowds were shown on TV to the best of my recollection. It was disgusting. TV gave more time to the pro-war 'cranks' than to the concerned citizens who'd driven miles to exercise their right to assemble and register their opposition to an illegal and immoral act of imperialist adventurism. The fix was in.
We never had a snowball's chance in hell of changing anything. The neocon criminal cabal had made up their minds years ago. The fix was in.
As pissed off as I am about all this I guess I should be glad that the tide is finally turning. But I still have to think about who's going to be the last person to die for a mistake. I can think of a few names of people I'd like it to be.
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