Not Exactly the Welcome Wagon

[CHIMO]

Thousands of protesters are expected at US President George W. Bush’s inauguration. While some in Germany will hit the streets, demonstrators really want their voices to be heard during the president’s February visit.

Candlelight vigils, street protests and a Mardi Gras-like parade are some of the events that will bring out hundreds of people in Germany to express their unhappiness with the American president at anti-inauguration activities around the country.

“We felt there would be a lot of negative feelings coming up now if we didn’t do something positive,” said Ronald Schlundt, chairman of the German chapter of Democrats Abroad, who will be attending an anti-inauguration parade in the village of Ramstein. Democrats Abroad will be holding counter-inaugural events in 24 countries around the world, Schlundt added.

Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate is the hub of two other events. On Wednesday night, the Berlin district of Democrats Abroad held a candlelight vigil and on Thursday, the day of the inauguration, Vote X, an anti-Bush group formed before the election, and other groups critical of the Bush administration will demonstrate near the landmark with the slogan “You’ve got a Voice.”


http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,1564,1463273,00.html

[progressiveBadger]

1. Has this ever happend before?

Has the world ever protested a US president's inauguration?
Uh... we have such a POS POTUS.

[babylonsister]

2. Yeah, 4 years ago. Thank you, Michael Moore, for

bringing that to our attention, because the MSM surely didn't.

[progressiveBadger]

3. But did it happen in Europe too?

I know about the egg tossing, etc. Just wondering if other countries joined in on the fun before.