This demostration should take place in a district with hard-core Republican representatives. Around here, there are no representatives and very few people to convert.

I would rather spend my time and energy on something that has practical effect and not something that just makes me feel good and superior to people who have opposing views.

How about a "Think twice before we let Al Quaida win" rally. Just an idea. I do appreciae the idea of remember the toll of this war, however. Lets not let those deaths be in vain.

Chris you are spot on these demonstrations are nation wide and Repulican representatives are a special focus. There are more than 600 vigils tomorrow and the message is to tell congress to end this war.
GMC - Let's go after Al Queda not the Iraqi people and their nation. Read Barbara Boxer's support for these vigils:

From: Barbara Boxer <[email protected]>
Date: Aug 27, 2007 1:07 PM
Subject: Take A Stand On Iraq



Help us end the occupation in Iraq.

Got to www.MoveOn.org to find a "Take a Stand Day" event near you on Tuesday!

Did you hear President Bush last week talking about Iraq? Instead of
listening to the vast majority of the American people on Iraq,
President Bush is talking about how wrong it was to leave Vietnam.

Well, just a reminder to this President: U.S. troops stayed in
Vietnam, in the middle of a civil war, for more than ten long and
painful years. More than 50,000 of our young people died, countless
wounded mentally and physically. Suicides and homelessness still
follow too many of our Vietnam veterans. How many more would have died
if George W. Bush had been President in the 1970's? How many more of
our troops and innocent Iraqis will die if we don't finally end this
war?

For the past ten weeks, Americans Against Escalation in Iraq (AAEI) --
a broad coalition of organizations working to end the war -- have been
ratcheting up the pressure on those who keep voting to keep the war
going.

Tomorrow, August 28, AAEI's "Iraq Summer" program culminates in one
nationwide day of action: Take A Stand Day. In coordination with
coalition partner MoveOn.org, they're hosting Town Halls on Iraq and
Stand Up Vigils across the country to send a clear message to all of
my colleagues in Congress and to the President: It is time to bring a
responsible end to the war.

Can you attend the Take A Stand Town Hall or Stand Up Vigil in your
community on Tuesday and make sure Congress and President Bush know
that it is time to end this reckless war?

Sign Up Here: Web Link">Web Link

In September, the White House will release its Iraq report on the
troop escalation and General Petraeus will testify before the Senate.
Our courageous men and women in uniform are doing everything they can
in Iraq, and they have performed superbly -- but they cannot win this
war militarily. Without a change in our political and diplomatic
strategy in the region -- and that is President Bush's responsibility
-- there will be no real progress in Iraq.

I am asking you to join thousands of Americans tomorrow, to say loud
and clear: George W. Bush's strategy in Iraq has failed. We must end
this occupation in Iraq. It is time to redeploy our troops out of the
quagmire in Iraq.

Sign Up Here: Web Link">Web Link

In Friendship,



Barbara Boxer
U.S. Senator

Us leaving will not end the war...just increase the overall death rate of innocents in Iraq when the Sunni and Shia extremists battle for control of the country. The increased bloodshed will be on the "end the war" activists' hands.

But, I guess that is what the "end the war" people want.

Agree wholeheartedly...don't forget the killed and wounded US soldiers who have volunteered to support the Iraqi people who want democracy, which in the end is good for us!!

MoveOn.org is an anti-American organization. It's not President Bush's strategy that failed...it's Congress that has approved and allowed the war to continue. Why are you giving Hillary Clinton and the rest of the Democrats in Congress a pass? It's time for a reality check. Congress is controlled by the Democrats and they have condoned this war by continuing to fund it. I don't see any end to that funding either. Therefore, I don't see any end to this war. A President cannot make this decision alone....he or she needs the support of Congress to continue. George Bush has that support from this Congress which is controlled by the Democrats. Complain to them...they have the ability to end it now if they wanted to. I know it's hard to hear, but they don't want to end it.

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Regardless of whether we should have gone into Iraq in the first place (a very legitimate discussion), we are fighting Al Quaida there now, and if we leave - they win. The US and Iraqi civilian death toll is staggering. Who is car bombing the marketplaces? Al Quaida! The US hasn't been fighting Iraq since 2003. We've been fighting IN Iraq.

Pleae have a rally - speak your mind and feel good about it whatever your viewpoint.

Palo Alto had a ballot proposition essentially withdrawing support from the Vietnam war effort. It passed, and I believe General Diap mntioned it in his memoirs an part of the encouragement to keep fighting after he had been militarily defeated.

Wow,,,I didn't know that Walter..so, Palo Alto has ALWAYS been this way?

I hope that this time around more people remember the consequences of quitting before we are done. The blood of a couple million massacred south Vietnamese and Cambodians is on the hands of those who propogandized us out of Viet Nam..I hope they don't want millions of Iraqi lives on their hands as well.

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