Protesters target visiting president

[MaineDem]

KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine — Several hundred peace activists sang, chanted, beat drums, waved signs and even engaged in some fiddle-playing Saturday to protest the war in Iraq during President Bush´s weekend visit.

Protesters carried signs attacking Bush with slogans including "No more blood for oil," "US out of Iraq now," "War poisons democracy" and "Liar."

A pair of fiddlers dressed in togas entertained the crowd by playing their instruments against the backdrop of a large image of the world in flames. "Bush is fiddling while the world burns, just as Nero fiddled while Rome burned," said Pippa Stanley, 15, of Richmond, who was helping to hold a big sign.

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Will Thomas, a Navy veteran from Auburn, N.H., carried a sign that said "honor the troops, mourn the dead, end the war."

http://news.mainetoday.com/apwire/D8JO7C280-237.shtml

[proud2BlibKansan]

1. Hooray!!

He will be here in 2 weeks. I can't wait!! We are going to dog this man every time he shows his face in public. We made him cut his vacation short in Crawford. We are having an effect!!

Don't let him or the repukelican party rest this election season!! If he comes anywhere near your town make a sign and make him feel welcome!!

My sign will say
THEY IMPEACHED FOR MONICA, WHY NOT KATRINA?

[rodeodance]

6. te he. Jr thought he could get away from protests by visiting poppy.

[cliss]

11. Thank you for your efforts, Proud.

That's what still gives me hope.....

[MADem]

2. A pair of fiddlers dressed in togas ...against ...the world in flames.

I am so proud of the creativity of my fellow New Englanders. And I hope those bums who have ruined that town with their closing off of Walker's Point were able to HEAR the commotion.

[rodeodance]

3. also see this DU thread. great pics

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x1988374

[rodeodance]

4. good, it is an AP story.

Saturday, August 26, 2006 1:15 pm

Protesters target visiting president

By DAVID SHARP

©Copyright 2006 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.

[rodeodance]

5. k and nominated.

[eek]

7. i didn't think he was on speaking terms with poppy

maybe bar and james baker or james r. bath have summoned the kid home for another Pretzel Intervention.
bar is probably pissed because jr. is starting to hurt dear jebbi'e chances.

[eek]

8. his schedule is kept so on the QT

i hardly ever know he's going to be in town until he's already here!

Kudos to the Mainiacs for flushing him out!

[otohara]

9. He Can't Escape

everywhere this incompetant dangerous man goes now, people follow. I'm loving it!

[leftchick]

10. Yahoo Link With Pics!!!

:bounce:

:yourock:


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060826/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush



An anti-war protest winds along Ocean Avenue in Kennebunkport, Maine, Saturday afternoon Aug. 26, 2006. President Bush is visiting his parents for the weekend as part of his summer vacation. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)

[rodeodance]

12. Protests Intrude on Bush's Trip to Maine (updated AP story with Nero quote

http://www.topix.net/content/ap/2948132132107859706717716412503003865667
Protests Intrude on Bush's Trip to Maine

The Associated Press

By JENNIFER LOVEN

August 26, 2006

Bush is fiddling while the world burns, just as Nero fiddled while Rome burned

President Bush came to his parent's century-old summer home on the Maine coast for a little relaxation and some family time this weekend. He did get that, along with a reminder that his Iraq policy is unpopular with some people.

Several hundred anti-war demonstrators gathered Saturday to march on the road toward Walker's Point. The stone-and-shingle compound on a craggy promontory is owned by former President Bush and his wife, Barbara, and named after his mother's family.

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'Bush is fiddling while the world burns, just as Nero fiddled while Rome burned,' said Pippa Stanley, 15, of Richmond, Maine, who was helping with the backdrop for pair of fiddlers dressed in togas.

[rodeodance]

13. 'honor the troops, mourn the dead, end the war.'

......Will Thomas, a Navy veteran from Auburn, N.H., carried a sign demanding that the president 'honor the troops, mourn the dead, end the war.'

The protesters are aligned with peace activist Cindy Sheehan, who planned to address them by phone. Sheehan, the mother of a soldier who died in Iraq, gained international attention when she shadowed Bush last summer while he vacationed at his ranch in Crawford, Texas.

An Associated Press-Ipsos poll this month found that only about one-third of Americans support Bush's handling of Iraq.

The president was spending four days in Kennebunkport on his first visit to the family's retreat in two years and planned to attend the wedding of Walker Stapleton.

[LiberalHeart]

14. Protests Intrude on President's Visit to Family Compound (aw, poor George)

KENNEBUNKPORT, MAINE (AP) -- Anti-war protestors have followed President Bush to Maine. The president is spending some family time at his parent's summer home on the coast, mixing work with some relaxation and a distant cousin's wedding.

A bit more here:
http://wtol.com/Global/story.asp?S=5330352

[orpupilofnature57]

15. Good! anytime we can make him culpable, in the sense of experiencing

the way people really feel about him, without kkkarls filter.

[Demeter]

16. Do Get On Poppy's Nerves, Please

Maybe he'll do the honorable and inevitable, and take his bastard son out.

[Aviation Pro]

18. Technically he's not a bastard....

...but he is a son-of-a-bitch.

[LiberalHeart]

19. Spewing coffee on my monitor. Thanks for the laugh.

[Aviation Pro]

20. My pleasure....

nt

[OwnedByFerrets]

17. "IF" he even notices them.....

they are of no more importance than a few knats at a summer picnic. Dictators dont concern themselves with the rabble. :sarcasm:

[SoCalDem]

21. Cue up Little Peggy March

http://btobmusic.barnesandnoble.com/search/mediaplayer.asp?ean=730531150324&disc=1&track=12

[gratuitous]

22. Reality intruding on President Simpleton's relentless vacation?

That's a damn shame.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

23. The family compound...

They should just move it to Leavenworth.

[Phredicles]

24. Post of the day!

:headbang: