Rove's visit in Iowa fraught with protesters

[proud2BlibKansan]

Iowa City, Ia. — By the time Karl Rove took the stage at the University of Iowa this evening, groups from around eastern Iowa had been protesting his presence for two hours.

The protesters staged a mock trial for President Bush’s former top adviser inside the U of I’s student union and draped the side of a nearby parking ramp with a 60-foot anti-Rove banner that police quickly removed.

As soon as Rove entered the room, boos, shouts of “traitor” and “war criminal,” and occasional cheers emanated from the roughly 900 audience members — and lasted the entire hour and a half in which Rove took questions.

After the most boisterous protesters were escorted outside by police, U of I journalism professor Frank Durham, whose body of research has broached the Bush administration’s relationship with the press, began quizzing the Republican operative on issues ranging from foreign policy to the state of the U.S. Constitution.

more . . . http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080309/NEWS/80309016

:applause: :bounce: :applause:

[JDPriestly]

1. Kicked and recommended.

[proud2BlibKansan]

2. Gives me hope for our future

when kids are willing to speak out like this.

[cascadiance]

3. Thanks to mother nature postponing this for a month, they had time to prepare

a "good" reception for KKKarl! The snows in February were perhaps a higher being's desire for us to grill him more effectively there this last weekend!

http://www.press-citizen.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=200880217002

Earlier they had a protest when they thought it was going to happen then too.

http://media.www.dailyiowan.com/media/storage/paper599/news/2008/02/13/Metro/Rove-Visit.Sparks.Protest-3206187.shtml?reffeature=htmlemailedition

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