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central scrutinizer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-19-04 02:26 PM
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Bush officials stop in, draw protest
Edited on Thu Feb-19-04 02:30 PM by central scrutinizer
The local fishwrap doesn't update their website until noon to force more people to buy the paper copy so I wasn't able to post this report earlier.

link:

http://www.registerguard.com/news/2004/02/19/a1.cabinet.0219.html

excerpt:

Local protesters and Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Springfield, complained that staged events didn't get to the heart of Oregonians' needs: jobs, affordable health care, and even basic necessities such as food and shelter.

Oregon has suffered one of the highest jobless rates in the country for the past several years. The state's December rate was 7.2 percent, well above the national average of 5.7 percent.

Since President Bush took office, Oregon has lost 48,200 jobs, including 26,400 manufacturing jobs, DeFazio said.

He likened Bush's Commerce, Labor and Treasury secretaries to the "Three Blind Mice feeling their way around economic issues and totally missing the concerns of average working families and local businesses.

end excerpt. But the team did hear one thing they probably didn't expect from their hand-picked sycophants:

excerpt: In the meeting with Snow and Barreto, one business owner suggested that socialized medicine - government-run health care programs - might solve the nation's health care crisis. That's an idea the Bush administration rejects.

"I think society has spoken that health care is a right," said John Anderson, president of Eugene-based Truck 'n Travel, a 100-employee truck service center.

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sadiesworld Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-19-04 02:31 PM
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1. Bushco isn't blind on economic issues...
they like it this way.
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catzies Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-19-04 02:41 PM
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3. Welcome to DU, sadiesworld!
And you're right. "Who cares what you think?" is always their motto.
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diamond14 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-19-04 02:39 PM
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2. cheers to the protestors...STAND UP to shrub....(photo)
don't let them get away with it...STAND UP to shrub and his minions all across America....


"Meanwhile, about 50 people chanted and carried signs objecting to White House policies."



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