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She failed as a congressional candidate, failed with eBay to pay off campaign debts, and now we hope Coleen Rowley wins the FAIL trifecta with her "Peace Picnic" during the RNC convention September 4. The one-time Time magazine co-person of the year has secured a permit to host hundreds of people for a "Peace Island Picnic" in the park Sept. 4, during the convention. Rowley said she hopes the event will focus attention on ending the war in Iraq, just as the Republican Party moves to anoint John McCain as its 2008 nominee.
You'd think with that coveted Time title, Rowley could find better candidates than her current D-list celebrity invite.
She said she has contacted folk singer Pete Seeger about being an honorary co-chair. Seeger expressed interest, she said, but likely would not attend because of health issues. "We're trying to have as many good ideas as we can while trying to counter all these bad ideas, and the Iraq war is certainly a bad idea," Rowley said.
Earlier, Rowley detailed at the Huffington Post her entertainment dream: Having just returned from a pilgrimage to Beacon, New York, where I can attest to the continued reverberation of Pete Seeger's power of song across that beautiful, cleaned up Hudson Valley, we're also hoping to similarly liven up our Minnesota picnic with a little music. Nothing fancy, perhaps just a guitar or banjo or two, and maybe a small accordion. By then, the five and ½ long years of the horrors and terrible costs of the Iraq war will have taken their toll even worse than now, and we will really need to hear those old songs like "Bring 'em home"; "This Land is Your Land"; and "We Shall Overcome"--the same ones Seeger sang to invoke the importance of civil rights, get us through the 60's and finally home from Vietnam.
The good news: Looks like aging hippies will have someplace to go and seek attention on September 4. But, Ms. Rowley also has plans for September 1: Rowley was still with the FBI during the 2004 Republican National Convention in New York City, and she did not protest there. But she said she has been involved in early efforts to protest this convention, including periodic marches being held in anticipation of a massive rally planned for Sept. 1, the first day of the convention.
That's rich. A former law-enforcement official seeks to protest and disrupt a peaceful, lawful public assembly. Ms. Rowley, you can be assured there will be ants at your picnic too.
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