Military Families press conference on C-Span

dolo amber

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Wed Aug-13-03 09:09 AM
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Military Families press conference on C-Span

Military Families Speak Out calling for troops to be sent home.

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Zech Marquis

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Wed Aug-13-03 09:24 AM
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1. "We are not Rome!"

very hard hitting! and these are NOT some hippies smoking weed eithe--thee are the parents of US soldiers who have been killed in Iraq :X

Father of the latin marine who was one of the first to die is on now--he just called this an illegal war(switched to Spanish to express his pain)

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Zech Marquis

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Wed Aug-13-03 09:27 AM
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2. "Enough of this Mister Bush!"

"You're destroying the American people.." someone is crying n the background..goddamn you *!!! :argh:

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Kahuna

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Wed Aug-13-03 09:29 AM
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3. This is heart-wrenching. I'm..

almost in tears myself. Bush is a disgusting turd.

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Bozita

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Wed Aug-13-03 10:32 AM
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4. What a press conference! --- Link to GD thread here.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=170171&mesg_id=170171

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seemslikeadream

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Wed Aug-13-03 10:49 AM
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5. Please please

e-mail C-SPAN to re-run this. I was just told they had no plans to or to show it on the web site. It must be shown again!

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samsingh

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Wed Aug-13-03 11:23 AM
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6. calling repug hypocrites - show your support

for the troops by bringing them home.

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underpants

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Wed Aug-13-03 12:12 PM
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7. PICTURES!

Ellen Barfield, vice president of the Bring Them Home Now campaign, left, consoles Fernando Suarez del Solar of Escondido, Calif., center, whose son died in Iraq (news - web sites), poster at right, and Maria Fritz of Oakton, Va., whose son is still in Iraq, during a news conference at the National Press Club in Washington Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2003 by military families calling on President Bush (news - web sites) to end U.S. occupation in Iraq and return the troops to their home bases. (AP Photo/Dennis Cook)

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Barrett808

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Wed Aug-13-03 12:15 PM
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8. Great pictures -- link?

This needs to get wide circulation.

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underpants

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Wed Aug-13-03 12:23 PM
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9. Yahoo news photos

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=index2&cid=705&pg=1&cap=0

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joanski01

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Wed Aug-13-03 12:31 PM
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10. I watched the whole thing,

and I definitely cried when the Spanish father was talking. That was the dead boy's mother crying in the background.

A couple of the reporters asked the group if they were afraid to speak out the way they were. They said No, and that their sons were fighting over there for the freedom to speak out.

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underpants

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Wed Aug-13-03 12:45 PM
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11. They actually asked them if they were AFRAID?

Edited on Wed Aug-13-03 12:52 PM by underpants

Good for them to tell the press what many are really saying.

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joanski01

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Wed Aug-13-03 12:58 PM
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13. I don't think the word

was actually "afraid", but the implications were that. They may have said "concerned" or something like that, but I was impressed that at least 2 reporters asked that question.

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xxqqqzme

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Wed Aug-13-03 12:56 PM
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12. I know this is probably

rhetorical....but has ANY other corporate media outlet even mentioned this?

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L.A.dweller

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Wed Aug-13-03 01:31 PM
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16. On KFI, a local AM talk radio station that is mainly right wing

mentioned that military families were calling for the return of US troops based on their belief that Bush lied about the reasons for a war in IRAQ. The reporter didn't go in to any more detail than that.

This was reported during the news break in between the talk show.

I think KFI is the same radio station that broadcasts Limbaugh.

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seemslikeadream

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Wed Aug-13-03 01:19 PM
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14. I just talked t o Veterans for Peace

to get contact info and was told they are getting alot of calls from media here and oversees because of the press conference.

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Southsideirish

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Wed Aug-13-03 01:21 PM
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15. Wow - Very powerful testimony. I'm sitting here eating lunch in tears.

I wish every American could have seen that program.

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xxqqqzme

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Wed Aug-13-03 01:35 PM
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17. that idiot reporter near the end

asking if they planned an 'organized protest?' Well, gee, presstitute from where U were sitting it should have been apparent that TODAY'S press conference was organized. That's what it looked like 2 me anyway.

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PartyPooper

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Wed Aug-13-03 01:38 PM
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18. They just showed a brief clip on CNN!

n/t

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0007

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Wed Aug-13-03 01:47 PM
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19. FOX will be taking names

and reporting to junior and the general ascroft.

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MaineDem

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Wed Aug-13-03 01:53 PM
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21. CNN didn't come close

...to giving a sense of the event. The impression one (who hadn't seen the actual news conference) could get from their news clip was that this was a group of anti-war folks with a grudge against the war. They didn't identify the speakers and didn't show the most heart-wrenching testimony.

Close but not good enough, CNN!

I'm glad I caught the replay on CSPAN.

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VolcanoJen

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Wed Aug-13-03 01:50 PM
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20. Not LBN... locking

There is a good discussion going on here, but normally, events happening on television, as well as "TV Alerts" are not considered Latest Breaking News. If the event involved an important political or government figure, we'd probably allow it to stay in LBN.

There's a boisterous discussion going on about this in the General Discussion forum, and I'd encourage everyone to go here and participate:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=170171&mesg_id=170171

Thanks!
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