Hearing Bush took some doing (Mankato MN visit)

[dflprincess]

http://www.startribune.com/stories/357/4925396.html

Nick Coleman, Star Tribune
August 13, 2004 NICK0813

The president was visiting Mankato and Tim Walz wanted to see him. A teacher who has 23 years of service in the National Guard and who recently returned home from overseas, Walz wanted to hear his commander-in-chief.

He did.

But only after being threatened with arrest and subjected to a political interrogation. Welcome home, good and faithful soldier. You may see the president. But keep your mouth shut.

Walz, 40, supports John Kerry. But you don't need to know what Walz believes, and neither did the Bush campaign workers who interrogated him when he went to see the president speak in a Mankato quarry on Aug. 4.

...After riding a Bush bus to the quarry, Walz and the kids got off to go through the metal detectors and have their IDs checked. Bush officials took the kids aside and thoroughly inspected them. When one was discovered to have a Kerry sticker on his wallet, they were ordered back onto the bus.

...Walz listened. And made up his mind. On Wednesday, he was named Blue Earth County manager of the Kerry campaign. In case you have forgotten how America works, that does not make him disloyal. And no one can say he is not informed.

[xray s]

1. I hope moveon makes this story into an ad

I swear these guys act like freakin' fascists.

[Cha]

3. You couldn't make this shit up!

[kestrel91316]

4. Uhhhhh, that's because they ARE freaking fascists, dear. n/t

[Cha]

2. Is this a Story or what?!

Now this should be blasted from the rooftops!

I would say I can't believe it but after four years of this shit ..I'd be lyin'.

[kskiska]

5. Crashcart was in my town a few days ago for a fundraiser

at a local politician's house. Traffic was tied up all over town , there were no photos, and reporters were not allowed to report anything said at the event. The next day someone stole the Repug headquarters sign and trashed other smaller signs outside.

[pfitz59]

7. Repuke signs not lasting in Western Washington

The one near my house has been replaced 3 times, and the current one is in bad shape. Red "No W" circles are the most common disfigurement. One sign had been splattered with red paint balls. (Looked like dripping blood.) The truth is being sprad DESPITE THE MEDIA.

[liveoaktx]

6. Video clip from local Mankato news

Turned Away from Bush rally