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• The Rev. Jesse Jackson's Rainbow/PUSH Coalition (Jackson said he'd be a no-show)
• Todd Manzi of Tampa, Fla., Burk's self-appointed nemesis
• Joseph J. Harper of Cordele, Ga., the leader of a Ku Klux Klan splinter group
• Dave Walker of Atlanta, a one-man pro-war rally whose baseball cap says "Give War a Chance"
• An anti-Jackson group called Brotherhood of a New Destiny
• A few locals calling themselves People Against Ridiculous Protests, who planned to make their point by protesting in absentia. Leader Deke Wiggins said he intended to plant a banner in the field, then leave.

If you have a cause, and the best you can do is gather 50-100 loons like those above, and you even have to bus those in from somewhere else, shouldn't you, maybe, find a better way to spend your time?

Has anyone ever seen Hootie Johnson? Ever met a woman who would want to hang out with Hootie? Smoke a few stogies, maybe have a shot or two of scotch? Yeah, that's the life. I can see golf babes signing up for that one. A better cause celebre' would be getting more female sales clerks in the power tools section at Lowe's.

Burk Rallies Against Masters. 11 Alive Apr 12 2003 1:02PM ET [Moreover - Atlanta news]