Anti-War Activists Protest Bush Convention Speech

[leftchick]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=578&e=5&u=/nm/20040903/pl_nm/campaign_protests_dc


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One woman protester inside the convention arena took off her dress revealing a pink slip that said "fire Bush, women say bring the troops home now." The incident culminated of a week of demonstrations against the Iraq (news - web sites) war and other Bush policies in which at least 1,800 people have been arrested.


Demonstrators have repeatedly accused Bush of lying about Saddam Hussein (news - web sites)'s weapons of mass destruction as the reason for invading Iraq. No weapons stockpiles have been found and thousands of soldiers and civilians have been killed.


It was the third night running that protesters penetrated security and entered the convention hall. Among them were members of the activist group Code Pink, which said in a statement, "We want to ask how can they secure the country if they cannot secure their own convention."


In the three hours before the start of Bush's address, about 10,000 protesters gathered within two blocks of the Madison Square Garden convention arena. As Bush began speaking inside the hall, the crowd noise outside built to a roar and then became a chant of "No More Bush."



A protest sign is held up behind U.S. President George W. Bush (news - web sites) as he delivers his speech to the delegation during the final night of the 2004 Republican National Convention at Madison Square Garden in New York City, September 2, 2004. The protester was removed from the convention hall by authorities. REUTERS/Rick Wilking US ELECTION



An unidentified protester is removed as President Bush (news - web sites) accepts the party nomination at the Republican National Convention Thursday, Sept.2, 2004, in New York. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

[Judi Lynn]

1. This story's worth a vote!

at 6:30 a.m., EST, it was "Avg Rating: 3.64, 91 votes"

Thanks for the photos, too, leftchick. So proud of both those patriots!

[leftchick]

3. my pleasure JudiLyn!

I am so proud of them as well. That takes COURAGE! Something the repukes know nothing about.

:bounce:

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

2. All right!

This is great! What I think is funny is that I had to come here to find out about it. Even the NY Times didn't mention this in their coverage of the protests last night (they did mention the people outside the Garden, but not those inside!)

How did the Shout go?

[dbt]

4. Right ON, Arkie Sis!

LARGE props to Code Pink and the WOMEN who are (as usual) showing us the Way!

:bounce:
dbt

[devinsgram]

5. As my grandson would say

Sweet!

[Athame]

6. c-span briefly showed her being dragged from the floor

but not the sign. Wow! Proud of those women. :thumbsup:

Does anyone know how to rate a photo in the slideshow? I rated the story and the first photo, which was in the Yahoo images, but would really like to get the pink slip protester out front.

[sus]

11. i saw that!

i was wondering what happened and of course cable news had no mention of it. thanks for the link!

[jpak]

7. I remember seeing protesters removed from a German-American Bund rally

in a newsreel from the 1930's.

Fascists never change.

[chromotone]

8. And the mantra between now and Nov. 2 will be...

"How can they secure the nation when they can't even secure their own convention?"

--Hmmm, sounds like a bumper sticker in the making...:thumbsup:

[leftchick]

9. great idea....

I keep thinking of the ironic banner in back of chimpy*
"Making the World Safer"! ... LOL!

[calimary]

10. Possible NEW MEME - If the republi-CONS are so good at security,

HOW COME they couldn't protect their own convention from infiltrators?

SOME crackerjack security specialists they turn out to be!

SPREAD THE WORD...