Protesters blast Bush at Colts Neck GOP fete

[DogPoundPup]

Source: Daily Record

COLTS NECK, N.J. (AP) -- John Hreno was able to be outdoors on a beautiful Monday afternoon near where President Bush was to attend a fundraiser for two Republican Congressional candidates.
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"The reason I'm able to be out here is that I'm out of work because of Bush and his policies," he said.

The 53-year-old Hillsboro man was among 4,000 Merrill Lynch workers who lost their jobs this year due to the Wall Street crisis. He was one of about 30 protesters who massed along Route 34 Monday afternoon where Bush's motorcade was expected to pass by later in the day.

"After 17 years, I'm out of work because (Merrill Lynch) lost $40 billion on subprime mortgages," he said. "Bush and McCain orchestrated this disaster and made it fall like a house of cards. Now you, me and everyone else is paying for it out of our own pockets."

The president was to visit the Colts Neck home of Juan and Marta Gutierrez, both of whom fled Cuba in the 1960s. Juan Gutierrez runs two businesses -- Northeast Remsco Construction Inc., and Caldwell Marine International -- both based in Farmingdale.

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[BrklynLiberal]

1. I hope NJ is so blue this year that the repukes choke on it..

[VWolf]

4. We're doing our best nt

[panAmerican]

2. All the only people News12NJ could find to speak were against Bush!

At least that was the case early this morning when they were annoucing the visit.

[Senator]

3. K&R&ImpeachOrLoseToMcCain

[lisa58]

5. I didn't know he was going to be that close to my home...

...I would have loved to have been one of those protesters.

[provis99]

6. I see Bush still has friends among Cuban exile gangsters

Since the Bush land in Paraguay is no longer safe, I guess he'll take up residence in Little Havana in Miami in 2009.