Post-heckle heckling as President Bush leaves Aussie Parliament [View All]

[ShaneGR]

LOL, can anyone remember a president facing this kind of stuff?


Australian Prime Minister John Howard, center, keeps the Greens Party Senators Kerry Nettle, third from left, and Bob Brown, behind her, away from President Bush, far right, after his speech at Parliament House in Canberra, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2003.


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Thousands of demonstrators banged drums and shouted outside the Parliament building while a separate group of protesters jostled with security officials outside the U.S. embassy compound where Bush stayed overnight.

During Bush's speech, two Green Party senators jumped to their feet and shouted war protests at Bush. They were ordered removed from the chamber but sat and refused to leave. One of them, Sen. Bob Brown, shouted "we are not a sheriff," a reference to Bush's recent description of Howard.

"I love free speech," Bush said to laughter.

Several other lawmakers wore white arm bands to protest the Iraq war but remained silent.