Who remembers the protests during Clintons' inaugurations?

[senseandsensibility]

I watched his second inauguration, and it seems to me, although my memory might be clouded by time, that Clinton walked freely down Pennsylvania Avenue with Chelsea AND Hillary, unafraid. If there were protestors, they were few and far between.

Am I remembering correctly? I'd really love for this to be true, and if it is, why aren't we rubbing the repukes faces in it?

[ultraist]

1. Carter walked the entire inaug

Clinton walked a good deal of the inaug route and Carter walked the entire inaug route. Bush must be the most hated President in the history of the US.

[senseandsensibility]

2. Do you remember protests?

And if so, how large were they? Thanks!

[nostamj]

4. the most hated MAN in the history of earth....

sure, guys like Hitler, Stalin, did worse things (* has some catch-up on innocent lives lost) but, due to the range of contemporary media, no single person has ever been as hated by as many as GWB.

that's his legacy.

[President Kerry]

7. right on

[JohnnyRingo]

3. Republicans seem to prefer character assaination to peaceful protest

Working behind the scenes to bring down political enemies, then promoting their agenda through the media.

[SharonRB]

5. That is my recollection as well.

We all know that Shrub is afraid of the American people -- that's what all the security was about. It had nothing to do with a fear of terrorists. Clinton had nothing to fear from the American people, hence he didn't need such tight security and he was able to walk out in the open.

[loritooker]

6. I think Carter began the tradition of taking that walk. nt

[ultraist]

8. Largest inaug protests since 1973, according to SFGate

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2001/01/20/national1705EST0688.DTL

Thousands take to streets in largest inauguration protests since 1973
RON KAMPEAS, Associated Press Writer
Saturday, January 20, 2001

INAUGURATION

Multitude march in largest inauguration protest since 1973.

(01-20) 20:12 PST WASHINGTON (AP) -- George W. Bush's motorcade crept through the largest inaugural protests since Richard Nixon on Saturday, enduring thousands of protesters who hurled insults at the newly installed president. Some threw bottles, tomatoes and an egg and one demonstrator burned an American flag atop a lamppost.

Protesters clashed briefly with police clad in riot gear at a few flash points while Bush remained inside his armored stretch car for most of the parade up a soggy, cold Pennsylvania Avenue.

Police ordered the motorcade to slow in anticipation of some protests -- at one point stopping it for five minutes -- and then sped it through others.

A couple of protesters threw bottles and tomatoes before the presidential limousine arrived, and one hurled an egg that landed near the motorcade, the Secret Service said.

But the protesters managed...con't

[unpossibles]

9. article from 2001

but interesting that they downplayed the protests from then a lot.