Protesters Swift-Boat Bush

[Tace]

(This is DU's Katinmin. Check out the great photos! --Tace)

Minnesotans Won't Be Deterred By Blocked Roads When Bush Comes To Town

Kathlyn Stone -- World News Trust

Bush was in Minnesota Tues., Aug. 22, fundraising for a Republican candidate for the 6th Congressional seat. Roger Cuthbertson, a Minneapolis member of Veterans for Peace and protest organizer, rented a 10-foot pontoon boat for the event and was joined by others in pontoons, sail boats, and bass boats. Knowing roads leading to the lake would be blocked, Cuthbertson said a boat protest "just makes sense."
The fundraiser was held at a $12.5 million home on Lake Minnetonka in the tony town of Wayzata, which is 40 miles away from candidate Michele Bachmann's home district.

It was a peaceful protest and there were no arrests.

On June 26, Cuthbertson and VFP colleague Robert Heberle were cited for being a public nuisance when they launched rafts from their pontoon boat and tried to paddle to the shore of Lake Minnetonka to speak to Dick Cheney who was headlining a fundraiser for Bachman. The men were stopped by a sheriff's boat, taken to a police station and released.

Residents of tiny Wayzata, population 4,113, have already donated $1.2 million to the 2006 races, a quarter million more than the 373,000 residents of the City of Minneapolis, according to opensecrets.org, which tracks contributions by zipcode once they are filed with the Federal Election Commission.

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http://www.worldnewstrust.com/content/view/37/lang,en/

[keta11]

1. Wow, I am impressed.

People are really mad at these clowns in the WH.

[benny05]

Great story

Great boat...way to go Dems!

[Tace]

3. Really

I'm amazed that they raised more than $250,000 for the 2006 race from that one tiny town!

[Kahuna]

2. How freakin' cool is that!

:yourock:

[dflprincess]

4. There's a link to pictures of the protests in the Minnesota Forum

on this thread:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=160x20409

[katinmn]

6. Ann's thread tipped me off to kayakbiker's awesome photos

then I gathered info from Roger and k-b for the article.

This was too good not to share.

Veterans For Peace = :patriot:

[eShirl]

7. that photo of the sign-kite

wow what a great idea :D

[Cha]

5. Is that the Coolest or What?

Boats for Truthiness!