Reply #35: Yes, I watched some of the CSPAN coverage. [View All]

[MadHound]

And yes, they focused a bit on ANSWER's routine on non-war related issues. However, the anti-war message did come across loud and clear on all MSM channels, and very little, if any of the reporting covered non-war topics.

Yes the RW idiots like Limbaugh, O-Reilly and others of their ilk will focus on the off topic subjects, but they would be doing that no matter who was sponsoring and organizing the protest, it is what they do. But in those cases, they'll be preaching to their own little choir of dittoeheads and psychopaths, and their opinions won't matter much in the reality based world.

As far as anti-semitism goes, give it a break. You can be against Israel's policies and actions, in favor of a true Palestinian state, and not be an anti-Semite. That old smear tactic is just that, old. Old, tired and already exposed for the BS that it is. Give it a rest already.

And you should also remember that during the sixties you had the same sort of actions taking place. A massive anti-war rally that was also inclusive of other issues, women's rights, gay right's, AIM, etc. etc. And while the same old rightist tactics were tried then, as they are being rolled out today, they weren't effective in any way, and the major, anti-war message got out. Give it rest and let it go unless you are prepared to roll out your own idealogically "pure" anti-war protest.