Cindy’s Movement

IN mid-August, the liberal Internet organizing group MoveOn.org sponsored a series of candlelight vigils across the country to support Cindy Sheehan, the woman camped outside President Bush’s Texas ranch to protest her son’s death in Iraq. As part of the effort, MoveOn offered what might be called pre-fab vigil kits to would-be protesters who wanted to project an organized and professional image. There were signs, pre-designed to be printed out poster size, that read MOMS FOR PEACE and MEET WITH CINDY. And there was a “sample media advisory,” a press release that the leaders of local MoveOn protests could send to newspapers and TV and radio stations:

Mothers in [YOUR TOWN] to President Bush: Meet With Mother Whose Son Was Killed In Iraq