Mock Coffins and Anti-War Chants as Bush Sworn In (Reuters)

[joefree1]

Hey, we're getting some press ...

Mock Coffins and Anti-War Chants as Bush Sworn In
Thu Jan 20, 2005 02:50 PM ET

By Andy Sullivan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Flag-draped coffins and anti-war chants competed with pomp and circumstance on Thursday at the inauguration of President Bush along the snow-dusted, barricaded streets of central Washington.

As the president was sworn in for a second term amid the tightest security in inaugural history, protesters chanted "Hell no, we won't go! We won't go for Texaco" and other anti-war slogans. They carried hundreds of mock coffins along 16th Street, a downtown thoroughfare leading to the White House, to remind Americans of the mounting casualties in Iraq.

While some protesters played drums, others held signs such as "Iraq is Arabic for Vietnam," "Down with King George," and "Your taxes at work killing." Other placards called for electoral reform, gay rights, abortion rights and the use of renewable energy.

Jamie Dennis, a 22-year-old contractor from Silver Spring, Maryland, said it was important for people come out and protest Bush's policies. "This is showing that he doesn't have as much political capital as he claims," he said.

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=domesticNews&storyID=7385987


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[patrice]

1. Seen any estimates as the number of protesters? n/t

[katinmn]

2. Not bad. I like the die-in episode.

[Vidar]

3. Nicely done. by the protesters & Reuters.

It'd be nice to have real news sources like this in the US (aside from Will Pitt & the bloggers, whom I applaud).