Idaho: Protesters "force" Gonzales to relocate news conference

[IDemo]

Attorney general was in Boise to talk about anti-gang programs

By Gregory Hahn
Edition Date: 06/27/07

About 100 Boise protesters forced U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales to move and postpone a news conference on anti-drug efforts Tuesday in his first visit to Idaho.

The group of Democratic Party candidates, Idaho Peace Coalition members and others stood with signs criticizing Gonzales's stance on torture and civil rights. They sang and chanted outside the Fort Boise Community Center, which Gonzales had toured to see its programs and services aimed at keeping local teenagers off the streets.

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For about an hour before his scheduled appearance at the community center, protesters gathered at the outdoor podium where Gonzales was set to speak. They sang the national anthem and "This Land" and "Dusty Old Dust (So Long, It's Been Good to Know You)" as they waited for the embattled attorney general.

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Boisean Diane Roberts, a member of the Idaho Peace Coalition who led the protesters in the songs and chants, had a more colorful response. What she called Gonzales can't be printed in the newspaper.

"Just put ‘chicken' and the four little dots," she said. "Everybody in Idaho will know what I meant, believe me."

http://www.idahostatesman.com/newsupdates/story/91723.html

[jpgray]

1. Great choice of songs!

:D

[marmar]

2. Nowhere to run, nowhere to hide, you imperialist neocon vermin!

:nopity:

[Rob H.]

3. Wow--awesome

I lived in Idaho for nine years and I never would've expected something like that in Boise. Good for them for calling out that rat-bastard torture-monger.

(I worked for The Idaho Statesman while I lived there, too, but that's another story for another time. :grr:)

[blondeatlast]

4. Look at those wacky pinkos and their crazy dress. No wonder Gonzo was scared.

:sarcasm: of course!

:rofl::rofl::rofl:

[Solly Mack]

5. a thing of beauty

[blondeatlast]

6. Gotta love those Red State Revolutionaries: Utah dissed Cheney, now this! nt