Photo of the Day: Lonely Protestor

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These anti-war protests are getting quite lonely of late. This photo was emailed to me and it's not clear exactly when or where it took place, but it appears to be on a college campus (H/T Vince and Jim).

Speaking of anti-war apathy, Ace notes this sparsely attended protest in Pittsburgh which is conveniently blamed on the economy.

Three protesters, a half-dozen signs and a missing petition.

"People walk past and say, 'I'm glad you're doing something,'" said Marty O'Malley, a Forest Hills council member who has attended more than 100 anti-Iraq war events, as he stood in front of Democratic U.S. Rep. Mike Doyle's Downtown office last week with the small gathering of activists.

"I want to shake them and say, 'Why aren't you doing something!?' "

After $500 billion in spending and 4,000 military deaths, this was supposed to be an election year dominated by the war.

Both Democratic presidential candidates, Sen. Barack Obama and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, support a withdrawal, while Sen. John McCain, a Republican, argues that the U.S. risks losing Iraq to terrorist groups and Iranian influence if troops leave before the country is stable.

In Washington, D.C., Congress is preparing to consider President Bush's latest emergency funding package for the fighting, with a price tag of $108 billion.

But a worsening economy has easily overtaken Iraq as the top concern for voters, according to a New York Times/CBS poll released last week. Only 17 percent of respondents picked the war as the "one issue" they'd like to hear the candidates discuss more.

Update: Thanks to Lawhawk, we now know the origin of the photo.

It previously appeared here, here and here a couple of weeks ago.

If anyone else linked it, let me know and I'll update further.

Update II: Thanks to Glenn Reynolds for the link.