Bush visit to Kentucky draws protesters of war, economic strategy

[Rose Siding]

Republicans leaving Lexington Center in Lexington, Ky., last evening walked into a wall of drum-beating, sign-waving protesters who chanted, "How many homeless people could you have fed tonight?"

Four-letter words were exchanged, and a scowling man in a dark suit hurled a cookie at the protesters before his well-coiffed wife pulled him away by his arm. But Lexington police kept the groups separated; nobody was hurt or arrested.

"Everyone behaved tonight," police Chief Anthany Beatty said.

Hundreds of people lined the downtown streets around President Bush's fund-raising appearance. The crowd, cheerful through most of the evening, was dominated by Bush critics - Democrats, peace activists, union members, students, environmentalists and others. Pockets of Bush supporters called for "Four more years!"

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Signs included "One Nation Under Surveillance," "What Good is a Tax Cut Without a Job?" and "Bush Lied, People Died," referring to the war in Iraq and the absence, so far, of the weapons of mass destruction Bush had warned that Iraq possessed.

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Bush supporters were not impressed. Jeff Houghton, 42, watched the protesters as he held an American flag and a sign that proclaimed, "We support our president and our troops." "I see a bunch of kids talking about things they don't understand," said Houghton, who designs circuit boards at Lexmark. "They're complaining about lost jobs. I doubt any of them ever held a job."

http://www.centredaily.com/mld/centredaily/news/6982765.htm

[Bozita]

1. The bull said it all

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"Dressed in a brown bull costume, with horns and tail, Julie Blackburn of Lexington said she symbolized the anti-Bush sentiment, "It's all b-------." Blackburn, 33, said she conveniently had a bull outfit available from her performance art piece, The Electric Toilet Brush Experience."

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[MaineDem]

2. "I doubt any of them ever held a job"

How f'in pompous and arrogant! Sorry for the redundancy.

And someone held a US flag. How nice. I want my flag back, by the way. It's not just a symbol of this war.

By the way, I want my country back while we're at it.

[Patriot_Spear]

10. There were maybe 10 Bush* supporters and over a thousand protestors...

I was there; I heard one say to another , "Let's get the hell out of here!" - it was sweet music to the ears.

[Lars39]

3. When in reality they're probably working as many hours as they can

AND taking a full load of classes AND racking up huge student loan debt AND probably won't be able to find a decent paying job when they graduate.

[trogdor]

4. RAI Stupid Quote of the Day

"I see a bunch of kids talking about things they don't understand. They're complaining about lost jobs. I doubt any of them ever held a job." - Jeff Houghton, middle-aged dittomonkey who designs circuit boards for Lexmark's crappy printers, in Lexington, KY, reacting to the protesters outside a Bush fundraiser.

Um, it's kind of hard to have had a job to lose when you can't f***ing find one in the first place. Life's all nice for you now, but what if Lexmark decides some electrical engineer in India can do your job for 1/6 the money? What then?

[Parche]

5. same old BS

Are we all tired of the other side waving the flag
and saying they support this loser and the troops
I would like to ask him "How" he supports the troops
And where were all of these right wingers before
Sept 11th, were they waving the flag
I call them phony patriots

[Lostnote03]

6. My Sign!!

....I want to thank the DU participant that suggested the slogan, "it's the corruption stupid"....I proudly displayed it thinking of my moral obligation to many here at DU and their tireless efforts....I regret to say that the KY Governors race is shaping up to be a closer race than need be....The passive direction that the KY Dem. leadership has chosen has infuriated me wrt to exposure of the GOP agenda and its potential impact upon our enviroment as well as our ecocomy....The Ken and Barbie mentality regretfully is alive and well here in the current climate of campaign initiatives directed by our chosen ones(it's a just a job)....as an aside a dear friend just passed away that was the last AP journalist out of Iran after the revolution....I couldn't help but mention this due to holy Pat Robertsons recent remark wrt the State Dept needing to be nuked....Best Wishes from the Bluegrass

[Patriot_Spear]

7. I was there, Baby...

And the repukes were un-nerved to say the least.

I can honestly say that this was the largest political out-pouring of feeling in Lexington since the Viet Nam War.

It felt wonderful!

[Lostnote03]

12. I agree...

The emotions being expressed were very real especially for Lexington...

[VolcanoJen]

8. They threw a *cookie* at a protestor?

Yum! Thanks, fatcat rich Republican asshole!

It's at least encouraging that Lexington police allowed the "free speech zone" to be close enough to make an impact.

[Lostnote03]

11. Good Observation!!!

....I was taken back by that as well....LoL, there was even a stage with a band within a rocks throw from the Hyatt....

[Bozita]

13. "Let them eat cake."

lmao

[GinaMaria]

16. Throwing anything

cookie, pretzel whatever is grounds for arrest. If a protestor had thrown something, you can bet his/her a$$ would be behind bars right now. Let a right winger do it and it gets a pass. Unbelievable. Peaceful on the part of the protestors, not on the part of the right wingers.

Great job everyone who was there.

Peace all,
Gina

[ConcernedCanuk]

9. __Junior can't go ANYWHERE without being protested !!

OOPS

I furgot Armed Forces bases and Aircraft Carriers -

_literally "captive" audiences_ !!

[VolcanoJen]

14. Remember, whenever they start chanting "Four More Years..."

... our shout-down response should be "Four More WARS."

The media would eat it up... and we'll eat up those cookies that Republican fatcats and their well-coiffed wives throw at us.

:-)

[Lostnote03]

15. I'll remember that...

..........very good idea!!!

[Sperk]

17. "They're complaining about lost jobs. I doubt any of them ever held a job.

Cant wait til that a-hole loses his. Jerk. He has to know 3 million jobs have been lost under Idiot Boy. What is the matter with these people?