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Judi Lynn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-05 11:09 AM
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Ohioans swarm Washington to celebrate, protest inauguration
January 20, 2005

Ohioans swarm Washington to celebrate, protest inauguration

WASHINGTON -- While some Ohioans toasted President Bush's re-election victory, others protested his administration and the Iraq war during the elaborate festivities for Thursday's inauguration.
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"We're proud of Ohio," said Jerry Nelson, a lawyer from West Chester who was listening to jazz with his family at the Ohio gala held Wednesday evening at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum. "We've been working toward this goal for years."
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Mixed with the crowd were protesters holding signs calling Bush a liar and urging him to bring troops home from Iraq.
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So many Ohioans were expected to descend upon Washington for Bush's inauguration that the president's inaugural committee assigned the state one of only two Thursday night balls devoted to a single state. Florida, the deciding state in Bush's 2000 election, had the other one.
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http://www.onnnews.com/Global/story.asp?S=2834504&nav=Ls19Lsgn
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liberal N proud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-05 11:48 AM
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1. Isn't that something Florida & Ohio get balls
The very states where the voting system was fixed to elect bush and they get balls.
Now if the people in those state would just get balls and speak out about the fraudulent activities that led to this farce.
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Prisonerohio Donating Member (63 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-05 02:10 PM
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5. We are speaking out the media is not listening.
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UL_Approved Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-05 12:13 PM
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2. I can't seem to find some of your snips from the article
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"We're proud of Ohio," said Jerry Nelson, a lawyer from West Chester who was listening to jazz with his family at the Ohio gala held Wednesday evening at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum. "We've been working toward this goal for years."
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Where is this piece of material taken from?
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Judi Lynn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-05 01:46 PM
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3. Sorry, I just looked back in and saw your post.
It took me a while but I found this, the opening paragraphs:
Ohioans Swarm Washington To Celebrate, Protest Inauguration

POSTED: 6:32 am EST January 20, 2005

WASHINGTON -- While some Ohioans toasted President George W. Bush's re-election victory, others prepared to protest his administration and the Iraq war during the elaborate festivities surrounding Thursday's inauguration.

It's this closely divided electorate in Ohio that made the state the No. 1 battleground of the presidential election. Ohio ultimately became the state to give Bush his second term.

"We're proud of Ohio," said Jerry Nelson, a lawyer from West Chester who was listening to jazz with his family at the Ohio gala held Wednesday evening at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum. "We've been working toward this goal for years."

Karyle Mumper of Marion served as one of Ohio's 20 electors. At the Ohio gala, she was one of about 2,000 guests who were eager to celebrate Bush's win and put the squabbling and election-related lawsuits aside.
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http://www.newsnet5.com/news/4110480/detail.html

It's the same AP story in both links, but it appears there are differences. You don't really expect to see this a lot.
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UL_Approved Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-05 02:05 PM
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4. I know. This is blatant censorship.
I wish that this could get on the front page. The article here is most important for the discrepancy, which speaks volumes to the MSM failure in our nation right now.

Please take a look at this one, mods.
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Straight Shooter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-05 02:47 PM
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7. Karyle Mumper, I'd like to shove the squabbling right up your
Edited on Thu Jan-20-05 02:48 PM by Straight Shooter
bush and cheney

edit: the Ohio elector who wants to let bygones by bygones

:nuke:
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NewYorkerfromMass Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-05 02:44 PM
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6. Ha ha. Check out this protest pic

Protesters shout, wave banners and fly the US flag upside down as newly sworn in US President George W. Bush (news - web sites) passes by in his limousine
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driver8 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-05 06:02 PM
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8. Of course they do...it is payback time...
and they are in Washington to "collect" what is owed them for putting the boy king back on the throne.
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