Cranks and jokesters take US protest to the streets

[leftchick]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1504&ncid=1504&e=10&u=/afp/20040727/ts_afp/us_vote_protest_offbeat_040727082524


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As a piece of outsider street theatre, though, it was hard to top the quartet of pimply university-age jokesters who called themselves "Billionaires for Bush."

Wearing swanky suits, bowler hats and ties printed with 100-dollar bills, they said their goal was to let Americans -- and the world -- know that Kerry was bad for their interests.

"We are here to defend the rights and interests of the fabulously wealthy," said one, who called himself Seymour Benjamins. "Kerry is a threat to no-bid contracts in Iraq (news - web sites), off-shore tax-havens, and high pharmaceutical profits."

One of his partners, dubbed Cassius King, denied they were having a laugh in the great tradition of college put-ons.

"Oh no," he said. "We're Halliburton board members."



The Democratic party convention has attracted a host of protestors, activists and jokesters on its fringes like the group of students calling themselves the 'Billionaires for Bush' who say they are there to warn people that John Kerry (news - web sites) is 'a threat to no-bid contracts in Iraq (news - web sites), off-shore tax havens and higher pharmaceutical prices' with one, dubbed Cassius King, denying they were there for a joke saying 'we're Halliburton board members.'(AFP/Stan Honda)

[FlashHarry]

1. I love it!

bwahahahahahahahahaha!

[0007]

2. I love it also, hope they play all the major cities including Midland Texa

Would like to see the media jump on this one.

[RebelOne]

3. My co-worker's girlfriend is a member

of Billionaires for Bush here in Atlanta. They stage protests in the downtown Atlanta area quite often.

[Window]

4. What a hoot!

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[truthspeaker]

5. I've seen them a couple times in Minnesota

"Wealth Care Not Health Care!"

At the last Cheney visit they were carrying around champagne glasses.