As anti-war protesters made their lunchtime stand on Library Mall, a small band of counter-protesters sized up their ideological competition as they marched by.
“It’s 30 students and 150 old hippies,” mused one of the counter-protesters, before the two dozen conservative students broke into “God Bless America.”
It was, of course, an exaggeration. The anti-war group was about 400 strong. But on a beautiful fall day, the somewhat sparse turnout at Wednesday’s “The World Can’t Wait” rally had some protesters wondering where was the muscle behind their movement.