Disappointment in Desolation Alley

Cindy Sheenan, today:

Last weekend, Karl Rove said that I was a clown and the anti-war movement was "non-existent." I wonder if the hundreds of thousands of people who showed up today to protest this war and George's failed policies know that they don't exist. It is also so incredible to me that Karl thinks that he can wish us away by saying we aren't real. Well, Karl and Co., we are real, we do exist and we are not going away until this illegal and immoral occupation of Iraq is over and you are sent back to the depths of whatever slimy, dark, and loathsome place you came from. I may be a clown, Karl, but you are about to be indicted. You also preside over one of the biggest three-ring, malevolent circuses of all time: the Bush administration.

The rally today was overwhelming and powerful. The reports that I was arrested today were obviously false. The peace rally was mostly very peaceful. Washington, DC was filled with energetic and proud Americans who came from all over to raise their voices in unison against the criminals who run our government and their disastrous policies that are making our nation more vulnerable to all kinds of attacks (natural and "Bush"-made disasters)...

And yesterday? Peaceful, and despite the non-coverage from CNN, massive. The New York Pravda put it this way in a short notice:

Vast numbers of protesters from around the country poured onto the lawns behind the White House on Saturday to demonstrate their opposition to the war in Iraq, pointedly directing their anger at President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney.

A sea of anti-administration signs and banners flashed back at a long succession of speakers, who sharply rebuked the administration for continuing a war that has cost the lives of nearly 2,000 Americans and many more Iraqis. Many of the speakers also charged Mr. Bush with squandering resources that could have been used to aid people affected by the two hurricanes that slammed into the Gulf Coast.

As protesters moved from the rally to a march around the White House, they packed city streets, and in some areas, came face to face with groups of pro-administration demonstrators, who held up signs expressing support for the war.

Organizers of the rally and march had a permit for 100,000 people, but the National Park Service no longer provides official estimates for large gatherings in Washington.

Rallies held on Saturday in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle and other cities drew considerably smaller crowds, but unlike the more varied themes of recent protests against administration policies, antiwar sentiment on Saturday was consistent throughout. In Washington, it was evident from the start, as an organizer screamed over the microphone, "Let Bush and Cheney and the White House hear our message: Bring the troops home now."

Mr. Bush was in Colorado and Texas monitoring hurricane developments, and Mr. Cheney was undergoing surgery at George Washington University hospital... As Karl Rove cowered in the Dakotas somewhere.

Rummy is all dressed up to exploit the protesters with Granite Shadow, but this time around the antiwar movement is too smart to engage in violence. This administration wants violence, and we all realize you never fight your opponent on their terms.

All in all, this war's been tougher than the neoclowns expected. They went to the trouble to make heroin the number one export of Afghanistan, and pumped up methamphetamine to the status of the poor's drug of choice. Cocaine is easier than ever to get with the Columbian cartels back on board with The Company.

The only problem is, the most likely people to use these drugs are the very people Cheneyburton can't afford to lose: poor, uneducated white folks, generally in the South, and generally strong supporters of Dear Leader and the War on Terra.

Like I said. This time around, the antiwar movement is deadly serious. We learned. We're armed with the Powell Doctrine, which Cheneyburton discarded:

Never Fight a Battle You Can't Win.

Never, Ever, Let Your Enemy Pick the Battlefield.