Cindy Sheehan Watch: Anti-War Demonstrations BORE Washington

L-R: Civil rights leader Rev. Jessie Jackson, Anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan, NAACP chairman Julian Bond and Rev. Al Sharpton march with thousands of other pro-peace supporters through the streets near the World Bank Group/International Monetary Fund Annual Boards of Governors meetings in Washington, DC.

The ASSociated Press has Anti-War Demonstrators March on Washington.

Crowds opposed to the war in Iraq surged past the White House on Saturday, shouting “Peace now” in the largest anti-war protest in the nation’s capital since the U.S. invasion.

The rally stretched through the day and into the night, a marathon of music, speechmaking and dissent on the National Mall. Police Chief Charles H. Ramsey, noting that organizers had hoped to draw 100,000 people, said, “I think they probably hit that.”

This rally was poorly attended (mainly the radical LEFT and International Socialists) and inconsequential.

The NOT – too busy scene in Washington.

And then the excuses as to why turn-out was low.

Thousands of additional protesters were stranded in New York and other East Coast cities when 13 Amtrak commuter trains either were delayed or canceled because of an early morning electrical outage.

Cindy Sheehan, the California mother who drew thousands of demonstrators to her 26-day vigil outside Bush’s Texas ranch last month, won a roar of approval when she took the stage in Washington. Her 24-year-old son, Casey, was killed in Iraq last year.

“Shame on you,” Sheehan admonished, directing that portion of her remarks to members of Congress who backed Bush on the war. “How many more of other people’s children are you willing to sacrifice?

She led the crowd in chanting, “Not one more.”

YAWN……. BTW President Bush was out of town managing Hurricane Rita relief efforts.

Michelle Malkin has some more photos and MORE of the Washington event.

The Political Teen has video of Cindy Sheehan’s speech. I have video clips of Sheehan, Cynthia McKinney, and the death cries of the moonbats on my Treo 650, which I’ll be attempting to upload later tonight.

Kris at Reflections of a Libertarian Republican was also photoblogging the rally/march. Excellent photos and narrative.

Meanwhile, some more fair and balanced blogospherical coverage:

Jeff Goldstein dissects the MSM’s anti-war protest puffery.
LGF: What if they had a protest and no one came?
Stop the Bleating: Spinning the protests redux
Glenn Reynolds notes that the moonbats are ignoring the Kos pose.

The GayPatriotWest has If Iraq is like Vietnam, how come the rallies keep getting smaller?

And Cindy Sheehan is jealous of the Hurrican Rita television coverage.

Technorati Tags: Cindy Sheehan, Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, Julian Bond