Take A Stand Day

I wanted to mention some great events put on by MoveOn yesterday. At nearly 700 places across the country, ordinary men and women who love their country stood up and demanded that their representatives in Congress listen to their will to end the occupation of Iraq. Here's a great sample:

UPDATE #5:

Aniello Alito, who has been absolutely tireless in his efforts, and he is closing now, leading the group to Mitch McConnell’s house.

Apparently, HE IS HOME!!

I’ll have more when I can.

UPDATE #6:

Oh. My. God.

There was an absolute army, an seemingly endless stretch of people marching from Frazier Hall to Mitch McConnell’s home. Simply mind blowing.

Mitch had corralled about 20 bikers to stand in front of his house and intimidate us, but they pissed their pants when they saw 300 chanting, sign carrying protesters.

This was one of the most amazing scenes I’ve ever witnessed. Just 15 yards from Mitch’s house 300 people “screaming support the troops end the war”, “Hey Mitch, come out and face the people”. I can’t really put it into words so I’ll just post all of the pictures.

These aren't people with political power, inside connections or a fleet of lobbyists. They're just people, who don't want to stand silent anymore while we sink deeper into another country's civil war. People are angry about this occupation and they're letting the architects of this failure know about it.



Real people are ready to put pressure on those who have been duped by the Dog-and-Pony shows and happy talk that the surge is working. And now they're ready to take to the airwaves.

The liberal, anti-war group MoveOn.org will go up with an ad by the end of this week in Democratic Rep. Brian Baird’s district in Washington state, accusing him of a “flip-flop” on the Iraq war.

Baird, along with Sens. Clinton and Carl Levin, recently said the troop surge in Iraq is showing signs of progress -- at least in Al-Anbar province. Baird had voted against the Iraq military action in 2003.

“MoveOn.org Political Action Committee is sponsoring the ad to call attention to the congressman’s decision to go against the views of his constituents, and his previous voting record, to support President Bush’s failed policy in Iraq,” the group said in an e-mailed statement.

Next month, the President will ask for 50 billion more dollars and more American blood to sustain a failed strategy that is reaching no political solution, the only thing that can possibly change the situation in Iraq. 70 House Democrats have stated that they will not provide another dime without it being put toward the safe withdrawal of our forces. The rest of the Democrats in Congress should follow suit, as John Edwards said today. It's time for more Americans to continue this call for sanity on Iraq. We must give our troops the hero's welcome they deserve.