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Greyhawk / Mudville Gazette:
DO'S AND DON'TS — Time to take a look at how well the Daily Kos Do's and Don'ts advice went over with this weekend's protest crowd. We're only looking at the "don't" list today. The remainder of the text below is from Daily Kos; the pictures from various reports on the festivities.
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If Any / Gay Patriot:
If Iraq is like Vietnam, how come the rallies keep getting smaller? — While anti-war activists hoped their rally yesterday would be the "largest peace rally in the nation's capital since the Vietnam War," it doesn't seem they reached their goal. In order to make the rally seem larger than it was …
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Independent:
Defiant PM says: I'll face down Iraq protesters — War critics dismissed as 'urban intellectuals'. Most Britons want troops out, poll shows — Tony Blair will signal this week that Labour should abandon "urban intellectuals" who deserted it over the Iraq war.
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Petula Dvorak / Washington Post:
Antiwar Fervor Fills the Streets — Demonstration Is Largest in Capital Since U.S. Military Invaded Iraq — Tens of thousands of people packed downtown Washington yesterday and marched past the White House in the largest show of antiwar sentiment in the nation's capital since the conflict in Iraq began.
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The Sideshow:
Dem Dems — Where are they? The majority of Americans want out of Iraq (whether they march or not), and the Democratic leadership won't even talk about it. Where are they? … Fear. What, are they afraid the right-wingers won't respect them? Too late!
Max / MaxSpeak:
DEMO-CRACY — The striking thing about the crowd was the diversity. No single picture could capture it. You had the usual suspects among left groups, but you also had lots of kids, college students, old folks, and families. Saw a guy with "Free Speech" and a picture of Howard Stern on his shirt, and "Freeskiers against Bush."
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The Mahablog:
Recap: We Are the Majority — I must be doing something right with the protest posts. I've had nasty attack comments from both an International ANSWER cultie and a rightie blogger. — (Singing) "Stuck in the middle with you..." — Thank you to Linkmeister who dropped by with a link to MaxSpeak …
Mark Townsend / Observer:
Bush plea for cash to rebuild Iraq raises $600 — An extraordinary appeal to Americans from the Bush administration for money to help pay for the reconstruction of Iraq has raised only $600 (£337), The Observer has learnt. Yet since the appeal was launched earlier this month …
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Juan / Informed Comment:
Why we Have to get the Troops Out of Iraq — The hundreds of thousands of protesters who came out throughout the world on Saturday were demanding a US and British withdrawal from Iraq. — The protesters are right that we have to get US ground troops out of Iraq. — The issue is not the rights and wrongs of the war.
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Time:
How Many More Mike Browns are out There? — A TIME inquiry finds that at top positions in some vital government agencies, the Bush Administration is putting connections before experience — In Presidential politics, the victor always gets the spoils, and chief among them is the vast warren …
Michael Graczyk / Associated Press:
Perry, Blanco Fly Over Cities Hit by Rita — BEAUMONT, Texas - Hurricane Rita's imprint — washed-out towns, wind damage and trapped residents — became ever-more apparent Sunday as authorities took stock of the wreckage and Houston braced for the return of nearly 3 million evacuees.
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MSNBC:
Your comments obviously... Mr. Broussard: Sir, this... Mr. Russert: Go ahead. — Mr. Broussard: Sir, this gentleman's mother died on that Friday before I came on the show. My own staff came up to me and said what had happened. I had no idea his mother was in the nursing home.
Mark Steyn / Chicago Sun Times:
Politicians not giving us much of a choice — American politics seems to have dwindled down to a choice between a big government party and a big permanently-out-of-government party. The Senate Democrats had two months to cook up a reason to vote against John Roberts and the best California's …
Times of London:
Andrew Sullivan: Is Bush a socialist? He's spending like one — Finally, finally, finally. A few years back, your correspondent noticed something a little odd about George W Bush's conservatism. If you take Margaret Thatcher's dictum that a socialist is someone who is very good at spending …
Michael Isikoff / Newsweek:
A Washington Sand Trap — A golf outing trips up a widening circle of power brokers. — Oct. 3, 2005 issue - David Safavian wasn't expecting visitors. A relatively senior White House official—he oversaw federal contracts for the Office of Management and Budget—the 38-year-old Safavian …
Michelle Malkin:
BILL MAHER SLIMES THE BUSHES — You've no doubt heard or read of the scurrilous tabloid allegations being made by anonymous attackers about President Bush. Unhinged Bush haters are gleefully embracing the National Enquirer story and trashing the president. That is to be expected.
