CNN: Cindy Sheehan, By The Numbers
Good evening, and welcome to Late Edition, I'm Wolf Blitzer. Cindy Sheehan and a group of supporters arrived in Washington, DC yesterday, just days before a massive anti-war demonstration, planned for this Saturday in Washington. CNN's Jack Cafferty has the details.
Wolf, Cindy Sheehan's struggle to end the bungled, botched, hopelessly screwed up quagmire in Iraq has been an inspiration the people of this country - the people who can breathe with their mouths closed, anyway.
You've gotta wonder what was going through Karl Rove's mind yesterday when Ms. Sheehan arrived, accompanied by hundreds, if not thousands of supporters. We were there when the city was overwhelmed by throngs of anti-war activists, as you'll see in this report.
"The army of anti-war demonstrators who came to Washington yesterday..."
Jack, I hate to interrupt you, but I only count maybe 25 or 30 people there.
If you'll hold your horses, you'll see a lot more people in just a second.
Sorry, my mistake.
Crowd control had to be a concern for the DC police, and..."
Sorry, Jack...
What?!?
It's just that I can see Cindy Sheehan there. Isn't that just a different shot of the same people?
I'm not done!
All right, go ahead.
"No word on whether or not the White House had additional security personnel on duty, but..."
OK, was that snow in that picture?
It does get cold in DC, you know, Wolf.
It wasn't snowing yesterday - and that looked like a half-pipe in the foreground.
Hey, are we here to debate the weather, or to get this lunatic out of the White House?
What did you say?
I mean, uh, report on the people who say that's what they're trying to do. Not that I have an opinion one way or the other.
It's just that you said there were hundreds or even thousands of people there yesterday, and I don't see that in the pictures you're showing.
I have more pictures to back up those figures. Look at this one.
Oh, come on, Jack!
All right, that wasn't a very good camera angle. This one's better.
That was obviously a group of Pakistani men.
They have an interest in stopping this war, too, you know. For Chrissakes, we're bombing their country into the stone age.
We're not bombing Pakistan!
Oh boy. Sounds like someone's been watching a little too much Fox News.
Are you exaggerating the number of people that were out there yesterday?
Of course I'm not. Look at this picture of the crowd in front of the Capitol building.
That's the Vatican!
Hey, you say tomato, I say tomahto. You're just pissed because Cindy Sheehan is speaking truth to power, and she's going to make sure your precious President Bush doesn't get reelected!
Bush isn't running for reelection!
Thanks to Mother Sheehan!
Not because of...Look, do you have any pictures to back up the crowd figures you gave earlier or not?
Yeah, look at this one.
That's not even a real photograph!
So what? "Wolf" isn't a real name, but you don't hear me giving you a ration of sh*t about it on the air.
I'm done talking to you. Bob, have the guys in the booth cue up some pictures from Jack's report yesterday. I want to see how many people were there.
I can see how you might have been mistaken.
Apology accepted.
Related: Party!
UPDATE: Now I know why they were too busy to show up at the Move America Foward Press Conference.
Hey, don't blame Jack: we know that men are just as bad at math as women.
Posted by: Jeff H | September 23, 2005 at 04:39 AM
Perfect, just perfect. Thanks.
Posted by: Old Coot | September 23, 2005 at 08:22 AM
No, wait, look at those last 3 crowd shots! There had to be thousands of people! So what if they all had cameras and press passes? They're Cindy's supporters, too!
Posted by: robin | September 23, 2005 at 08:50 AM
Robin, I think they're some of her most strident supporters.
Posted by: John from WuzzaDem | September 23, 2005 at 09:02 AM
Too bad we can't forcibly evacuate people. I'd approve, in this case; it's for their own good. Not the press, though. After all, they have a right to be in the path of Hurricane Cindy.
Posted by: tee bee | September 23, 2005 at 10:50 AM
I'd say they have a responsibility to be there. In fact, I think we should demand that Jack Cafferty go to Galveston right now.
Posted by: John from WuzzaDem | September 23, 2005 at 11:07 AM
Half-pipe in the foreground... that Wolf is so hip!
Posted by: tee bee | September 23, 2005 at 02:35 PM
^ ^ ^ ^ ^
And just looks de-licious with that haaaaaaircut.
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Posted by: owl | September 24, 2005 at 11:48 AM
If only Cindy Sheehan would stop eating those wild mushrooms. Great post, as usual.
Posted by: Tish | September 24, 2005 at 02:41 PM
Wonderful post. Hilarious! Keep up the good work!
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OHB
Posted by: oliver bush | September 26, 2005 at 08:49 AM
This one rules. The black and white painting made me blurt out a little in a quiet work area...
Freaking hilarious
Posted by: Jeremy | September 26, 2005 at 02:27 PM
I've had conversations like this with teenagers before.
Posted by: Christina Martin | September 26, 2005 at 05:15 PM
Big Bad Wolf Blitzer again he is there where ever he can be the 3 little pigs should have a big pot of boiling water ready
Posted by: bird of paridise | September 27, 2005 at 06:56 PM
Awesome post! Thanks, John!
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Posted by: Exile | September 29, 2005 at 10:49 PM