(Boston) Cheney visit is met by traffic, protests

[kskiska]

Avoided in public by the state's leading Republicans, Vice President Dick Cheney arrived in Boston yesterday and was greeted by a boisterous protest and a well-heeled GOP crowd in the Back Bay.

(snip)

Cheney's visit created traffic snarls, and for a few afternoon hours, Back Bay became a congested circus. Sign-waving protesters chanted into bullhorns. A massive retinue of police officers and Secret Service agents lined the streets. Afternoon traffic stood still. Flowing through it all were hundreds of Red Sox fans slowly making their way to Fenway Park.

The protests produced numerous confrontations, as guests to the fund-raiser, which cost $2,500 per person, had to walk through a gantlet of virulent anti-Cheney activists on their way to the Harvard Club in Boston, where Cheney spoke.

``Shame! Shame!" the protesters chanted at the Republican supporters streaming by.

(snip)

…But Janet Minkin , 60, on vacation from Milwaukee, didn't seem to mind. ``I agree with the protesters 100 percent," she said. ``I had a little trouble getting through to the hotel. But I'm glad to see them there."

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http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2006/09/09/cheney_visit_is_met_by_traffic_protests/

[WhiteTara]

1. Shame is right.

POS turd from under a rock.

[rodeodance]

2. wish there were pics of this

[praeclarus]

4. free press...

... in this country **never** covers protests
it seems. Not since Vietnam days.

When Bush came to San Jose, there was a protest
at Stanford that caused a change of itinerary.
Not a thing about it anywhere.

I asked all my co-workers if they new about it.
Nobody did.

[Art_from_Ark]

9. It's that gosh-durn librul media fer ya

:crazy:

[rodeodance]

3. `He talked about the need to stay the course,"

......Inside the Harvard Club, Cheney spoke for about 20 minutes to nearly 300 guests, giving a public service award to Richard J. Egan , the founder of the Hopkinton-based EMC Corp. and a stalwart Bush supporter. He also spoke about the war on terrorism.

``He talked about the need to stay the course," said Brian Dodge , executive director of the state Republican Party.

The event was closed to the public. In attendance yesterday were Romney , Healey , former governor Paul Cellucci and the new Turnpike Authority head, John Cogliano.

Cheney arrived at Logan at about 4 p.m., greeted there by a small entourage of Republican officials. State Representative Karyn E. Polito , a Shrewsbury Republican who was in the welcoming party, recalled her brief exchange with Cheney.

[Ian David]

10. Let me tell you about EMC Corporation

EMC Corporation is savage, vicious operation.

They had one salesman they decided to fire because he failed to show-up for work on his scheduled return date-- after he'd had a heart attack. The guy wasn't answering the phone or returning phone calls, either.

The day they made the decision to fire the salesman, the guy in Human Resources who made the decision to do it got a call telling him that his mother had died of a stroke. The HR guy gave the salesman another week to report back to work before firing him.

I don't remember the HR guy's name, but I do remember he looked very much like Donald Sutherland. And he was one of the meanest, nastiest sons of bitches you'll ever meet.

I don't know if the salesman eventually reported back to work or not.

[MaineDem]

11. Egan was Ambassador to Ireland earlier in this Bush administration

"A stalwart Bush supporter" who was rewarded for that support.

[rodeodance]

5. te he--look--the big shots did not want to greet him (Gov & Leit. Gov)

Avoided in public by the state's leading Republicans, Vice President Dick Cheney arrived in Boston yesterday and was greeted by a boisterous protest and a well-heeled GOP crowd in the Back Bay.



When Cheney's plane touched down at Logan International Airport, he was greeted by a little-known state representative from Shrewsbury and a small band of local officials.

Governor Mitt Romney and Lieutenant Governor Kerry Healey were nowhere in sight, and the vice president, whose poll numbers make him among the least popular political figures in the country, was whisked away in a black limousine.

[Human Torch]

6. How special...a "bullhorn moment" for Evil Dick 3 days before 9/11

"Sign-waving protesters chanted into bullhorns"

:rofl:



Vice President Dick Cheney steps off his plane as he arrives at Bostons Logan International Airport, Friday, Sept. 8, 2006. Cheney is to attend a private Republican fundraiser at an event held to honor Richard Egan, a former ambassador to Ireland. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

:evilgrin:

[Dem2theMax]

8. I hope they were yelling "go Cheney yourself" to him.

:evilgrin:

[saltpoint]

7. Good for those protestors. Welcome to Boston, DICK.

Warmongering liar.

And ol' Mitt was nowhere to be found.

[Tracer]

12. My daughter had landed at Logan ...

... at the same time as Dickhead -- and they made ALL the planes wait on the tarmac until he had cleared his plane.

If they just stuck him in a rusty Escort and drove him to his speechifying, no one would notice -- and Boston could save a lot of time, trouble and money.

[TheCowsCameHome]

13. Meawhile, Gov. W. Mitt Romney and Kerry Healey ran for the hills

so as not have to be anywhere near 19% Dick.

What a joke. They run from their own party.