Yesterday was a little depressing for me....

[garybeck]

It was the 2nd anniversary of the start of the Iraq war. I went to the protest in downtown Burlington VT.

It wasn't all bad. The speakers had some very powerful things to say, and the people that were there seemed motivated.

But...

I was disappointed by the low turnout. I don't know anyone that's really "for" the war, but not many people were willing to leave the comfort of their own home on this Sunday afternoon.

As well, I found that virtually NO ONE there had any idea what was going on with the stolen election. The speakers talked about Bush winning the election. I had my table of info on the election there but most people who I talked to didn't even know about electronic voting machines.

Note, the Green Party and the Socialist party were set up at the protest, but the Democratic party was M.I.A.

I also had an sick conversation with a Vet who was for the war. Said only 1500 casualties in 2 years is less than they usually have even when we're not at war. Raved about how the Iraqis are so glad we saved them from Saddam.

So, can anyone cheer me up and tell me that the protests in the other cities and states were much bigger?