Tipping the scales

So, let's see...roughly 100,000 people march in Washington in support of Cindy Sheehan and against the war. Roughly 500 people showed up a day later for a "support the troops" rally, organized by the "You-don't-speak-for-me-Cindy" crew. That's right: five hundred people. Can you even call that a rally? We got that many protesting against the war in Humboldt County! To be fair, maybe all those SUV drivers with yellow ribbons just couldn't afford the gas to drive to Washington and show their support.

And yet, someone at Fox News will still spin Cindy into a leftist nut, "way outside the mainstream." But I'd say that a 200-1 ratio of supporters makes Cindy the current definition of "mainstream," at least when it comes to Americans' views on Iraq.

And now they've gone and arrested her. I'm sure this was not ordered by Karl Rove. This will further inflame her status as antiwar hero and spokeswoman. As she was being dragged off, the crowd around her started chanting, "The whole world is watching!" Damn right.