‘Raging grannies’

Jason Sandford

Jason Sandford is a reporter, writer, blogger and photographer interested in all things Asheville.

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This group, calling themselves the “Raging Grannies,” practiced their rendition of “Yankee Doodle Bush” Sunday afternoon during the WNC Peace Coalition’s peace rally. The rally drew a few hundred people who listened to some bad poetry, sedate music and boring speakers. The rally marked the third anniversary of the war in Iraq, but there was no passion present. The speakers all found different ways to say, “I told you so.” People walked around with handwritten signs and American flags.

But aside from a few small pockets of people like the Raging Grannies, it was a dull affair.