September 23, 2005

A Contrast

What a way to ruin the National Book Festival. Bring in a bunch of America bashers with the Stallinist ANSWER as chief organizers. It's impressive that President Bush did take seriously the concerns of the thousands of protesters coming to Washington, D.C. He said they have "good intentions, but their position is wrong."

Contrast that with some of the performers at tomorrow's concert. They will include Steve Earle and the Coup. Earle is the country-rock singer who told Rolling Stone,

No one could have predicted the amount of damage Bush would do to this country in four years. I wouldn't have believed it. I thought, "Oh, God, another idiot. We survived his father, though. We can survive this." But this is a totally different beast.

Then there's the Coup. Their claim to fame was almost coming out with an album with the World Trade Center twin towers on fire. Founder Boots Riley argued with his record label to keep the cover saying, it was "supposed to be a metaphor for the capitalist state being destroyed through the music."

If you're anywhere near Washington this weekend head over there to support the war and our brave troops.

"Capital Girds For Weekend Of War Protests"

UPDATE: Gateway Pundit monitors some of the MSM coverage of the protest moms.