Warren Stupidity
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Wed Aug-17-05 09:42 PM
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1500 vigils 100 people per vigil do the math |
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Just a guesstimate but 150,000 is my number. Not bad at all. Now it needs to be 1,500,000.
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Wed Aug-17-05 09:43 PM
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1. i think some vigiLs topped 1000 |
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Wed Aug-17-05 10:26 PM
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11. That is a great turn out for a week night!! |
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Wed Aug-17-05 09:44 PM
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Warren Stupidity
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Wed Aug-17-05 09:46 PM
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4. It means that the people are stirring |
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It means that Cindy Sheehan has started something big. It means that peace is breaking out all over this land.
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Wed Aug-17-05 09:46 PM
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3. So how many are flip votes? |
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If it's 150k who voted for Kerry this is another feel good protest. Did any vote for *? Somehow I think that this is the choir rehearsing not recruiting.
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Wed Aug-17-05 09:51 PM
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Where we are now the point is to break through the propaganda. At my little vigil there were less than 100 people. But we were on Main Street on a summer night and perhaps 1000 cars drove by. 1000+ people had their reality narrative disturbed. 1000+ people were confronted with an unscripted event. This has nothing much to do with elections, it has to do with deconstructing their catapulted propaganda.
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Wed Aug-17-05 09:53 PM
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6. everyone i met seemed to be Kerry voters |
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However, it brings awareness. We were on a mainstreet and Im sure some people were wondering what was going on. Maybe peaks curiosity of apathetic people.
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Wed Aug-17-05 10:01 PM
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Edited on Wed Aug-17-05 10:01 PM by hippywife
the choir needs to be sung to to keep the momentum going. Plus everyone around them, passersby, got to hear their song! ;)
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Wed Aug-17-05 10:05 PM
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8. this is the warm up for sept. 24. I can't wait for Cindy to take the mike |
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Wed Aug-17-05 10:10 PM
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9. We stand a corner here in Tulsa |
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on a monthly basis. It evokes more positive responses than negative. I think it is so important that peacemongers stand before their community. It gives people the courage to speak out and it gives them hope.
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Wed Aug-17-05 10:20 PM
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10. We had only about 15-20 but we got news coverage! |
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South Mississippi on WLOX. Came off as a support Cindy, support the families and honoring those who lost their lives.
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Wed Aug-17-05 10:31 PM
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12. I think that's a conservative estimate.... |
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That's what the conservatives would like to estimate. :headbang:
We had 250 at ours in a very red county in a very red state.
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Warren Stupidity
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Thu Aug-18-05 05:49 AM
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OK I don't think I'll interpret that the wrong way. Of course it is a conservative estimate. The number *could* be far higher, it might be lower. Perhaps the various organizers ought to poll their local people and get a better number and get that out to us.
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Thu Aug-18-05 05:55 AM
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In the last hour they said there were over 1600 vigils. Remarkable.
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Thu Aug-18-05 09:58 AM
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15. Sorry you missed my (obviously too subtle) joke |
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I was trying to play on the word "conservative", i.e., that's what the right-wingers wish the estimate was.
You know, there's a reason I shouldn't try to make jokes. I'm not all too good at it. ;-)
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Thu Aug-18-05 09:35 PM
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17. I took it the right way. eom. |
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Thu Aug-18-05 10:01 AM
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16. Very conservative estimate. Does MoveOn add up the numbers? |
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I wonder if the people hosting the vigils are asked to contact MoveOn afterward and give them an estimate on how many people showed up. Does anyone know?
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