Playing the game
There weren't a whole lot of politicians on display at the Cindy Sheehan protest at the state capitol on September 24, 2005. There were lots of veterans. Lots of families with loved ones stuck over in Iraq. A couple counter protesters with signs that inexplicably said, "If hippies are so smart, why do they live in igloos." But not a lot of elected leaders.
About halfway through the protest, some nut handed me a flyer that claimed to have "proof" that the World Trade Center had actually been imploded by charges set on the ground levels. (I suppose the planes hitting it on September 11 were just a coincidence.)
And I foresaw what would have happened to, say, Repr. Diana DeGette if she had attended the protest. I foresaw a diligent reporter standing up at a debate, holding out the flyer, and asking Ms. DeGette why she was going to conspiracy-theory demonstrations. I foresaw her career going up in smoke.
By all means, protest. But don't get mad when Salazar and company don't show up. They have elections coming up, you know.
About halfway through the protest, some nut handed me a flyer that claimed to have "proof" that the World Trade Center had actually been imploded by charges set on the ground levels. (I suppose the planes hitting it on September 11 were just a coincidence.)
And I foresaw what would have happened to, say, Repr. Diana DeGette if she had attended the protest. I foresaw a diligent reporter standing up at a debate, holding out the flyer, and asking Ms. DeGette why she was going to conspiracy-theory demonstrations. I foresaw her career going up in smoke.
By all means, protest. But don't get mad when Salazar and company don't show up. They have elections coming up, you know.
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