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The 100,000 person march in Washington D.C. today...

…turned out to have a little less than 100,000 attendents and many of them were on the side of President Bush and the developing Democracy in Iraq.

ABC News/AP reports:

Anti-War Protesters March in Washington
Thousands of Anti-War Demonstrators March in Washington, London; Rallies Planned in L.A., Rome

Opponents of the war in Iraq rallied by the thousands Saturday to demand the return of U.S. troops, staging a day of protest, song and remembrance of the dead in marches through Washington and other American and European cities.

The money quote is in the second paragraph:

“More than 2,000 people gathered”

Of course, Reuters drank the cool-aid and showed its bias wonderfully.
From Yahoo/Reuters:

Thousands protest Iraq war, globalization
More than 100,000 protesters flooded Washington on Saturday to stage dual demonstrations against the U.S.-led war in Iraq and economic globalization, before coming together to demand that President George W. Bush bring troops home.

And further into the Reuters “News” piece:

The crowds swelled throughout the day, and by late afternoon organizers of the anti-war demonstration said 300,000 people had assembled — exceeding an anticipated 100,000. Washington police declined to comment on the size of the rally.

Getty Images has photos of the crowds such as this one:

GlobalCop has some images of the people who were staging a counter-protest — each image is presented as a separate entry so look for September 24th and start scrolling down (lots of them). Here is one:

And narley.org has some random photos of the protesters. Here is one (with caption):

We found it! Here is the new message! “Run away from the enemy and build levees” - you know - the levees that the environmentalists prevented the construction of in the 1990's, when Bill was in the White House

Buh-Bye!

Posted by DaveH at September 24, 2005 10:44 PM | TrackBack