Scenes from a protest, part 4
Initial coverage of the protest in the media has been striking. The Denver Post's website is offering coverage of the President's speech and as an afterthought mentions that outside the Brown Palace "more than 300 people blew whistles, pounded on pots and pans and chanted 'Impeach Bush.'"The Rocky's story leads with the protest. "Beating on everything from plastic tubs to wok covers, and chanting a litany of angry protest slogans, upwards of 500 anti-war activists did their best to disrupt President Bush's visit to downtown Denver this afternoon." Bush's speech is covered later on in Steven K. Paulson's story.
Meanwhile, one coloradolib reader told me that CNN was reporting the personal experiences of reporters who were shaken by the group of only 150 people.
(I'm only telling you what's online at 3:29 p.m. today. Given the nature of the web, coverage is bound to change throughout the day.)
Having been at the protest, I will tell you that the number of protestors was much closer to 500 than 150.
On first glance, it seems like the Post's coverage is likely to be far kinder to the president. But in the end, the Post's photos of Bush kissing Musgrave's forehead may be far more damaging to the Republican party than any protest. Unless Bush turns his presidency around, he will be toxic for Republican candidates in 2006.
Best costume awards go to the folks who dressed as Cheney, Rumsfeld, Bush and company in Alice in Wonderland. Here, you can see my photo of Cheshire Cat Cheney.
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Kissing her on the forehead? Hilarious. Thank goodness she wasn't wearing a pinky ring or the image would have been straight out of the Godfather.
The past few weeks his public appearances are so comedic. Keep 'em coming Georgie!
Yesterday they were saying 150 protesters on CNN. That was being reported by a slightly freaked out gal on the press bus. Today the Post said 400. The luncheon was for 300 and some. Way to go. My hat is off to all who braved the cold. The Post article also mentioned a sign that read "Free Saddam He Did Nothing to You" that was among those held up by Republicans to discredit the protest. A major Republican student leader on the scene said it was just part of the game. Evidently they start training young Republicans in the culture of corruption and the school of dirty tricks as soon as they join their first young Republicans group. I guess all the talk about ethics,morals and religious and family values must be part of the game too. Too bad the combination of foul play and sanctimony seems to work so well! We certainly don't want to duplicate it but we have to point it out and attack it whenever and wherever we see it. I wrote a letter to the editor about it. If enough of us write letters every time we see this sort of thing, some of them will get published. Enough letters sometimes inspire an editorial. We also can call in to shows like Jay Marvin's on AM 760 to talk about it.
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