Lost jobs, 'wrong war' on minds of Bush protesters 300-plus line president

[Bozita]

http://www.mlive.com/news/kzgazette/index.ssf?/base/news-9/108368402151530.xml

Lost jobs, 'wrong war' on minds of Bush protesters 300-plus line presidential tour route

By Craig McCool

Tuesday, 4, 2004

[email protected] 388-8575


While the president was in Wings Stadium, telling his supporters that the economy is alive and well, hundreds of protesters gathered in front of the cavernous former General Motors Corp. plant that now stands vacant.

Doug Waggoner, a Checker Motors Co. worker, thought the 2.2-million-square-foot building a fitting backdrop. It once employed more than 3,000 workers.

"Look at the jobs that left and look at the ones that are coming in," Waggoner said. "McDonald's jobs ain't gonna fill that up."

Protesters along Sprinkle Road numbered more than 300 Monday afternoon as the president's entourage of motor coaches and Secret Service vehicles exited I-94 and entered Wings Stadium.

Asked why they turned out on a chilly Monday afternoon to chant and wave signs at passing traffic, a few protesters talked about the economy, but most cited the war in Iraq as their No. 1 concern.

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[trogdor]

1. Too bad he wasn't in the bus.

He was probably laughing his ass off at them from Air Farce One.

[Earth_First]

2. Let that chickenhawk show his face in Rochester...

:grr: