Bienvenue a Montreal, George W. Bush

[marmar]

Bush's effigy burned outside Montreal hotel
By THE CANADIAN PRESS

Last Updated: 22nd October 2009, 3:24pm


MONTREAL — As George W. Bush joked with a business crowd inside a historic hotel ballroom Thursday, hundreds of people outside the room cheered while he was being burned in effigy.

Police in riot gear and others on horseback held back a crowd of hundreds, including several people who tossed shoes at the Queen Elizabeth hotel in a demonstration of disdain for the man speaking inside.

Two protesters tried forcing their way through the line of shield- and baton-carrying police, were wrestled to the ground, and arrested.

Ironically, this anti-war protest took place outside the same hotel where the ultimate anti-war anthem — John Lennon’s Give Peace a Chance — was recorded in 1969.

Chants of “George Bush terrorist” echoed in the street as some of the 300 protesters said they refused to accept that Canada would roll out the red carpet for a man they called a war criminal. ....................(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.edmontonsun.com/news/canada/2009/10/22/11493816.html#/news/canada/2009/10/22/pf-11492936.html

[virgogal]

1. Only 300 protestors? I would have thought there would be more.

[NRaleighLiberal]

2. Lifetime failure finally succeeds at being most hated human being on the planet

that is not the N. Korea madman or amongst the selection of corrupt African dictators.

[marmar]

3. But those people are only hated locally, W is hated everywhere.