Sunday August 29, 2004
I am sitting here watching C-Span with my jaw on the floor. This is a generational thing…I have NEVER seen protests like this. I am sure those even just 5 or 10 years older than me have seen protests like this, but for me this is a totally new thing to see a protest on this level. People as far as you can see. What is interesting to watch, is that although they are all protesting the GOP, there are chants and signs with hundreds of different reasons…from “bring troops home” to gay/lesbian themed things, to environmental themes. (Even a “Fox News Sucks” group..lol. very biased toward GOP for those that don’t know) Everybody, it seems, has a different reason to want Bush out of the white house, but they all want him out. And the real protests aren’t even supposed to really get going until Tuesday. I can’t imagine. WOW!
Estimates put the numbers at near 200,000, with hundreds of arrests already. 18 square blocks are closed off.
The GOP convention hasn’t even begun yet.
