As is the case so often, even the smallest rally (in this case, a rally where photographers outnumbered participants) gets mucho presso:
CRAWFORD, Texas — [tag]Cindy Sheehan[/tag] arrived here last summer as an obscure, grieving mother to protest the war that killed her son. On Friday, with President [tag]Bush[/tag] back at his vacation home for the first time since Sheehan emerged as one of his most visible critics, she returned as a full-blown celebrity.
She promoted her book, “[tag]Not One More Mother’s Child[/tag],” and was honored at an unveiling of a monument chiseled with the words, “Sheehan’s Stand.” The monument also lists the names of about 25 soldiers killed in Iraq, including her son, Casey.
“I’m here to say that the troops will come home” from Iraq, Sheehan told about 80 activists at the ceremony in a garden outside the Crawford Peace House, a gathering place for war protesters about eight miles from Bush’s property.
“We’re here to say that this war is going to be over, and we’re going to … make sure that this never happens again,” Sheehan said.
Sheehan’s return to [tag]Crawford[/tag], captured by a bank of network television cameras, was part of an active week outside the president’s home.
80 Activists? That’s worthy of news coverage? Contrast that with the [tag]Support the Troops[/tag] rallies like the ones held in New York last September where 1,500 people showed and not one outlet covered it.
I always wonder how the media comes up with the stories they cover.
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