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Sheehan, Others Protest at Rove Event

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: August 20, 2006
Filed at 1:25 a.m. ET
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- Chanting ''Try Rove for treason,'' Cindy Sheehan and more than 50 other war protesters disrupted a reception before President Bush's top adviser Karl Rove spoke at a fundraiser Saturday.
One woman was arrested during a scuffle with police after Sheehan and the anti-war demonstrators rushed toward the closed doors and kept chanting loudly after the guests went into the dinner.

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Earlier, wearing shorts and T-shirts while guests of the lobby reception walked past in sequined dresses and expensive suits, anti-war demonstrators carried American flags and signs, including one that read ''Check your conscience.'' A few protesters unfurled a large banner from a sixth-floor hotel balcony that read ''Rove v. Truth: No Contest. Pink slip Rove.''

Earlier Saturday, the group of more than 70 gathered at the hotel entrance, carrying a large banner that read, ''Rove: Guilty of crimes against humanity.'' Ann Wright, a former U.S. diplomat who resigned in 2003 in protest over the war, yelled through a bullhorn, ''Karl Rove, you are a criminal!''

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That 'Check Your Conscience' sign was made and held by our very own DUer, kiteinthewind!!