Anti-war protesters picket anti-war legislators for not being anti-war enough

Leave it to leftists to take things too far. They're picketing members of Congress, including Illinois senators Dick Durbin and Barack Obama, who are opposed to the war in Iraq. The protesters want the funding for the troops cut off. So they're showing their displeasure with legislators who for the most part support their cause.

From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch:

And the local band of activists behind the disturbances is just getting warmed up. Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., appears to be their next target — on Tuesday, the group launched a sit-in at her downtown office. Four were arrested, released and fined $75 apiece.

The demonstrations are part of a national eight-week campaign, called The Occupation Project-, that has been organized by a coalition of anti-war groups out to cut off funding for the Iraq war.

But instead of picketing officials who support the war, the protesters primarily are targeting Democratic members of Congress seen as most sympathetic to their cause. Advertisement

"We want to move people who are against the war to a position where they will cut the funding off," said local anti-war protester Bill Ramsey.

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