protest = 'demonstrate in public to draw attention to'

[Dan Goncharoff]

Here in the Big Apple, we have the Feral Cat Initiative, which sounds
similar to migraine advocacy in my book.

DanG

On 4/2/2010 6:05 PM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
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> _All Things Considered_ reported this evening on about 36 teenagers who were
> chanting "We need jobs!" outside a municipal agency.
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> According to the highly paid journalist-narrator, they were "protesting the
> need for jobs."
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> Kind of like Mrs. McCain becoming an "advocate for" migraines.
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> JL
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