Louisville: Crowds Gather To Protest During President Bush's Speech

[rainbow4321]

(w/ video)

http://wave3.com/Global/story.asp?S=4350957

President Bush conducted a town hall style meeting at the International Convention Center in Louisville Wednesday, but even before Air Force One touched down hundreds of protestors had gathered to voice their opposition to President Bush and his policies. WAVE 3's Anne Marshall was there.

With our country's leader in the spotlight downtown, an effort to upstage him just took place on Fourth Street, courtesy of the First Amendment. "It's part of our constitutional rights," said one protester.

For over an hour, a couple hundred people from all over Kentuckiana sang, shouted, and chanted their opposition to President George W. Bush.
"We think he's one of the worst presidents this country ever," said Jim Wiles of Louisville.

"We're limited to this area," said one of the protesters. "We can't go anywhere else." In fact, President Bush never saw the crowd, since his motorcade took a different route. Still, those who gathered were motivated by their message. "The more the public sees it's ok to say no to the president, the faster this war will end," Wiles said.

[Clara T]

1. Go Louisville

The Potemkin President

rec'd

[xray s]

2. and the secret spying data base adds another hundred names

it grows and grows and grows

[trogdor]

28. Oh heck, everybody's on that list.

Didn't you hear? Bush gets to spy on us even without probable cause, even if we're registered Republicans.

[wordpix]

31. I'm sure WE'RE on the list---DU, that is---b/c we've said Impeach * and

called * Chimpy

[Atman]

3. I would have headlined that one differently...

"President Pussy Protected from Protesters."

[raccoon]

37. Right on! He could at least be man enough to face them. nt

[bullimiami]

4. freedom for bush - go wherever you please. freedom for everyone else -

is limited to this free speech pen over here.

[katinmn]

5. Nice work, Louisville!

You did us proud. :hi:

Let's keep hounding that lying, torturing, spying, murdering bloodsucker everywhere he goes.

[stepnw1f]

6. Bravo! (nt)

[rodeodance]

7. hundreds of protestors ---sweet to see.

[oasis]

9. In all probability there were many more. (eom)

[MetaTrope]

29. Yes, doesn't "hundreds" in media whore talk mean "tens of thousands"?

:yourock:

[rainbow4321]

24. Next up: protestors during his trip to NO to wear life vests.(not kidding)

http://www.katc.com/Global/story.asp?S=4351260

VanDenburgh serves on the advisory board for the state's child advocacy agency, Agenda for Children. The agency's president Judy Watts said VanDenburgh, though excited about the event, was advised by White House staff not to talk publicly until after her meeting with the president.

Tomorrow's recognition of VanDenburgh is expected to take place at the start of Bush's visit to New Orleans and the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

This is the president's ninth visit to New Orleans since Hurricane Katrina and will coincide with a rally being held at Jackson Square, where the president vowed on national television four months ago to rebuild the city.

Rally organizers say residents will arrive wearing life jackets, a symbol of their flooded-out homes, the city's inadequate levees and the Gulf Coast's vulnerable wetlands.

[yorkiemommie1]

8. good job !

with blood on his fingers and... up his nose, he should be welcomed wherever he goes.

[HuffleClaw]

10. 'town hall style meeting' my foot!

it was no such thing. it was, however, a circle jerk.

[Auntie Bush]

15. Who ever heard of a town hall meeting for Republicans only?

Every time someone on the news calls it a "Town Hall Meeting"they should be emailed that question.

[CottonBear]

23. The article called it a "town hall STYLE meeting." n/t

[gratuitous]

36. Yeah, like the candy bar that's "chocolatey"

The GOP is very careful with its anti-matter language that gives with the first word or two and takes away with the last one.

[wordpix]

32. * said same old same old: "9-11, terr'ists, freedom for the Iraqis, 9-11"

[joefree1]

11. Rethuglican Dictionary

Free Speech Zones: Cordoned area with heavy police presence where protesters are "encouraged" to gather far from the eyes or ears of those they are protesting.
http://www.ediablo.com/rethugdictionary.html

[ArbustoBuster]

14. Remember when "free speech zone" meant the whole country?

:)

[joefree1]

16. Brilliant

Now that would be a great bumper sticker.

[Straight Shooter]

18. I'll second that.

:thumbsup:

[pro_blue_guy]

12. Yay!

And this happening in reddish Kentucky! Good job, guys!

[buff2]

13. I am SHOCKED!!!!!!!!!!!

This wasn't on the any of the media whore "news". Gee.....I wonder why they refuse to show anyone protesting the DICK----tator???? :banghead: :grr: :argh:

[fooj]

17. God, he's a coward. A full-on, rat bastard coward.

Peace.

[WhiteTara]

19. I'm so glad to see that KY isn't soo red

Go Louisville :patriot:

[ClayZ]

20. We are EVERYWHERE! YAY Louisville!!!!!

[Erika]

21. Yet Bill Clinton greeted 600 troops in Maine

and they all loved him.

Bush depends on selected audiences and full protection.

Bush, the bubble president.

[yellowdogmi]

22. Thank you Louisville

You warmed my heart on another cold day. Good show!

[barb162]

25. this is what happens when he doesn't talk before the troops

the real world where he isn't the commander-in-chief

[pecwae]

26. Hurray for my homestate!! nt

[Mad_Dem_X]

27. "Bush never saw the crowd"

Quelle surprise!

Anyway, good job, Louisville!!! :patriot: :yourock:

[samhsarah]

30. good for them!!!

[kentuck]

33. Don't stay in the "free speech" zones !

Challenge them. Now.

[ridgerunner]

34. Several hundred denounce Bush, war

By Joseph Gerth
[e-mail]
The Courier-Journal

>snip

Dennis and Lucille Anderson sat quietly on a bench with a small hand-made sign that said, "President, not Dictator."

The two, who said they were Republicans, expressed regret for voting for Bush and said they plan to change their registration.

"The sad part is, we voted for him because we believed him," Dennis Anderson said.

more:http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060112/NEWS01/601120382

[donkeyotay]

35. Free speech pens. Radio and television stations deciding who can air,

and a president who depends on a small group of advisers to tell him the news. So the mushroom people have a mushroom president. President Toadstool?

"In fact, President Bush never saw the crowd, since his motorcade took a different route."

[raccoon]

38. Way to go, Louisville folks! nt