Tuesday, May 6, 2008

Anti-war protesters discouraged at the apathy - just three show up at Pittsburgh anti-war protest

Only three protesters showed up for a planned anti-war protest held outside Pittsburgh office of congressman Mike Doyle last week. One of the protesters, Marty O'Malley, was not happy at the low turnout.
"People walk past and say, 'I'm glad you're doing something,' " said Marty O'Malley, a Forest Hills council member who has attended more than 100 anti-Iraq war events, as he stood in front of Democratic U.S. Rep. Mike Doyle's downtown office last week with the small gathering of activists.

"I want to shake them and say, 'Why aren't you doing something!?' "

In the photo above (VWH Campbell/Post-Gazette) Marty O'Malley, a Forest Hills council member and Vietnam veteran, paces outside the office of U.S. Rep. Mike Doyle.
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