Evelyn Nieves reports that the "peace" protestors are shifting to anti-Bush protests, as though this hasn't always been about hatred of George Bush.

She writes, apparently with tongue nowhere near cheek:

In broad terms, according to leaders of some of the largest national peace groups, the antiwar movement is reshaping itself to become an anti-Bush movement.

Yup, they're clearly moving on to yet another winning bandwagon, as the President's approval ratings soar in the wake of a successful Iraqi campaign.

The whole article is (I suspect unintentionally) amusing, in that it clearly shows how desperate, and out of touch with reality they are.

Michael Negler, who teaches in the Peace and Conflict Studies department at the University of California at Berkeley and who has written extensively on nonviolent protest, said the current antiwar campaign "hasn't been as effective as it could be." Whether nonviolent civil disobedience actions at military installations and corporations that stand to profit from the war will have an effect remains to be seen, he added. "In nonviolence, we don't always judge by immediate results," Negler said. "Nonviolence is confident it will have positive effects down the line."

I liked this next passage:

Just how the antiwar movement plans on challenging the president depends on which group you ask. Some are focusing on registering voters to challenge Bush in 2004. Others say their emphasis will be on finding congressional candidates to run against those who have supported or acquiesced to the Bush administration. Still others say they will emphasize creating permanent community-based groups that will fight the administration's policies. Some also say that while they plot their next big moves, they will continue to hold teach-ins, protests and other forums to criticize the current military policies and practices in Washington and fortify their ranks.

It reminded me a lot of this hilarious article from the Onion about the South (not) rising again.

Though Southerners are overwhelmingly in favor of rising again, few were able to provide specific details of the rising-again process. "I don't know, I reckon we'll build us a bunch of big, fancy buildins and pave us up a whole mess of roads," said Bobby Lee Fuller of Greenville, MS. "I ain't exactly sure where we're gonna get the money for that, but when Johnny Reb sets his mind to something, you best get out of his way."

But Ms. Nieves is apparently serious.