I haven't seen or heard about any 2,000 anti-war protestors in Crawford!
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Bush and allies launch concerted bid to defeat growing anti-war movement.
By Nina J. Easton and Susan Milligan
The Boston Globe
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Conservatives supporting military operations in Iraq plan a five- day tour of western cities that will end Saturday in Crawford, where some 2,000 anti-war protesters have gathered.
"There's so much negative information in the media,' said Deborah Johns, a Roseville mother of a Marine who is about to serve his third tour of duty in Iraq. "If the building of bridges and roads and schools and power plants was portrayed in the media, it would make a huge difference. We need to stand by our men and women so they can keep their morale up.'
The arrival of the pro-war forces in Crawford, who are determined to offset the media's attention on Sheehan, promises to set up a "High Noon'-like showdown between soldiers' families with vastly different views on Iraq.
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Johns, who is making several media appearances along the way, called Sheehan's son, Casey, "an American hero' and said she has invited his mother to discuss "the best way to get the country rebuilt and get our people out sooner rather than later.' She said Sheehan, who left Crawford to care for her ailing mother but is expected to return this week, has not responded.
Conservatives have blasted Sheehan for her alliance with the leftist anti-war group Moveon.org, but the conservative effort behind Johns has its own partisan history: Move America Forward, founded by Howard Kaloogian a Republican and former California assemblyman, and radio host Melanie Morgan, launched the successful 2003 campaign to recall Gov. Gray Davis. The group has also vigorously backed Bush's controversial selection of John Bolton as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, calling him a leader who can stand up to the "Blame America First crowd.'
The group has produced a TV commercial in which Johns declares that Sheehan "certainly doesn't speak for me or military families or our men and women serving in Iraq and Afghanistan.'
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Senator Orrin G. Hatch, a Utah Republican who traveled to his home state with Bush for the speech, attributed the poor public opinion of the Iraq war to news reports he said consistently neglect U.S. achievements.
"The media have been pretty negative about the war. If you talk to the troops on the ground you get a far different picture,' Hatch told reporters traveling with Bush. "We know the president is doing what is right.'
where some 2,000 anti-war protesters have gathered.
BS.
Some guy that was on Air America was claiming there were 2,000 people on Sunday at Joanie's concert
And that 8-9,000 people have signed the guest book at the Crawford Peace House
IMO .. I'm thinking those numbers are a tad high for visitors there