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Saturday, March 15, 2008

Politics A Few Pics From Today’s Rainy Iraq War Protest

Posted by The Unpaid Intern on Sat, Mar 15 at 5:00 PM

Marking the 5th anniversary of the invasion, about a thousand people marched today to protest the war in Iraq. All went off without a hitch. It rained throughout but people were mostly in good spirits. No trouble between protesters and cops.

Soggy protesters

More soggy protesters

Soggy U.S. Senate candidate Jeff Merkley talking to some soggy folks

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I went by early around 11am and it was mellow. not much rain. left to have lunch. returned after 1:30pm and took some more pictures.
here is my Flickr

Posted by M-eyes | March 15, 2008 11:13 PM

Great pictures, M-eyes and unpaid intern.

I've been hoping to find some pictures from the eastern leg of the march (closest to the river). When I went through there with the Jeff Merkley folks it was hailing and there I was in my t-shirt (having loaned my coat to my daughter), soaked to the bone and having a blast! I think I might have ruined some decent suede shoes, between all the rain and the mud at the park blocks where I'd spent several hours before hand too.

There was a realy big Merkley presence there all day. Big and very visible. I didn't see anything from any political candidates (for any office) that even came close to it.

Posted by Kevin | March 16, 2008 12:16 AM

thanks
I road my bike early towards morrison bridge but didnt know where they were going to march to.
I'll be honest i dont know much about Jeff Merkley, so I decided to sign the email list to get informed.

Posted by M-eyes | March 16, 2008 8:45 AM

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