Turn On the Camera, Turn Off the Blonde

What can I say about the phenomenon of Cindy Sheehan? Well, I did go to one of the country-wide vigils Moveon organized...

In a "red" city where an anti-war protest before the invasion of Iraq couldn't get a hundred people, this very hot and humid Wednesday night drew close to 1,000 and that was just at my location; four others were held county-wide as well, and the vigil (scheduled to last only 45 minutes) ran more than three hours.

As time and the crowd dwindled away the last of four local television crews showed up to catch a lingering hundred or so die-hard protestors. Fidgeting in front of them and their peace-painted American flag a meticulously coiffed blonde in a tight pink suit and 4-inch stilletos nervously adjusted herself. The crew was ready to shoot but the protestors wouldn't stop shouting the chant, "Hell no we won't go, we don't want your fucking war"!

Finally I moved up next to the cameraman jockeying a heavy-looking shoulder unit and said, "Real news is messy isn't it? Maybe you should just turn on the camera and turn off the blonde."

Ditto Cindy.