Bush visit draws praise, protesters ("Impeach" sign at Iowa rally)

[jefferson_dem]

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Bush visit draws praise, protesters
By Bret Hayworth Journal staff writer

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Inside during Bush's speech, a man raised a large "Impeach" sign, but didn't say a word, according to Dan Krause of Le Mars, who was a few feet away.

"It got wrestled away from him," Krause recounted. A smattering of boos were voiced, then the protester got the sign back, raised it again, only to have it ripped away permanently. He then exited the area.

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Outside a group of 11 protesters stood on Third Avenue Southwest near the main exit, much closer to the venue than protesters were allowed in Bush's two Sioux City stops in 2004. Tessie Nelson of Minneapolis, who attends a local college she didn't want to identify, said the goal of the group was to get its message out, yet be nonconfrontational.

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"I am a Christian, and I am a liberal -- it can happen," she said. Her prime concern was wanting "human rights to be respected by the Bush administration." She was critical of the new law detailing treatment of detainees labeled as terrorists, which she contended "contradicts the Geneva Convention.'

In spite of the nonconfrontational goal, Nelson said the group, primarily women, drew negative responses, including a man who told her to "support Bush, not Geneva" and others who called them "faggots."

http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/articles/2006/11/04/news/local/277082afba41c8118625721c0010a1d4.txt

[rpannier]

1. Can you feel the outpouring of Christian love from the republikkans?

As to the guy who said..."support adolf...I mean scrub..."
My reply is "Support the Constitution not some Napoleon wannabe."

[Jon8503]

2. Seems to me there are a awful lot of gays hidden in republican suits.

[Kolesar]

3. Bush retreats to tiny towns but we still dog him

Good job, protestors.

[Blue Gardener]

4. This part of Iowa is very red

There is a local Christian college nearby in Orange City, it may be where this woman attends college. It is VERY conservative.
On the plus side, LeMars is the home of Blue Bunny ice cream, so it isn't all bad.

[noahmijo]

5. They called women faggots??!

oh that's just balls man it's bad enough to use that term on a guy during a typical cowardly republican drive-by insulting but to shout that shit at a woman?? (sorry I am old fashioned like that)


I'm thinking back to when my girlfriend (now fiance) joined with some Young Democrats from our university and did displays you know held up signs, and this carload of bush loving fratboys throw soda at them. By the time I looked up to see it the pissant punks were already a block away having sped away as fast as they could.

COWARD REPUBLICAN BITCHES THE LOT OF EM. DRIVE-BY TOUGH GUYS WHO NEVER STAND AND FIGHT LIKE A FUCKING MAN.

[annabanana]

6. Some brave folks out there in Iowa...

Typical responses they got.. "support Bush, not Geneva".. Support the man, not the International Treaty created to insure the humane treatment of ALL prisoners.

And a gratuitous smear of homosexuals.