Aside from keeping tabs on the head count for yesterday's demonstrations (Fox: "tens of thousands;" New York (it's their city after all) Times: "as many as half a million"), there was the frightening subtext: if you disagree with George W. Bush, you must be anti-American.
"I left God's country," said Leon Mosley of Waterloo, Iowa, co-chairman of his state party. "They could use a bunch of people from Iowa to come here to show New Yorkers what life is all about, what being patriotic is all about, and what country is all about. I'm as confident about Bush being re-elected as I am that eggs are going to be in New York tomorrow morning.''
It's hard to tell what eggs in New York have to do with it, but here's Bill Clinton making a bit more sense yesterday morning:
"This president also campaigned on being a uniter, not a divider. For goodness sakes, that was the greatest bait and switch! It's especially painful for many of us because, after 9/11, we united behind our president. I thought that was the appropriate thing to do. But instead of using that unity, the president has gone far to the right and has appealed to the most right-wing elements of his constituents."
New York Times: Upstaging Before the Show
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