Cheney did NOT visit Boston Friday.

[unhappycamper]

Well, at least the the dearth of newspapers accounts here would have you believe so. There's a few small stories that Crashcart was coming, one or two that he came, but there wasn't much about his greeting.

The best account of the visit was from The Harvard Crimson:

Cheney Visits Harvard Club Through Back Door
200 protestors waited to greet vice-president near club entrance
Published On Saturday, September 09, 2006 2:27 PM
By SAMUEL P. JACOBS
Crimson Staff Writer

Like that, he was gone.

Late yesterday afternoon, Vice President Dick Cheney's motorcade drove over the Massachusetts Turnpike and headed out of view, towards the windowless rear of Boston's Harvard Club. A half hour earlier, Governor W. Mitt Romney, in a black Ford Explorer, had also slid passed the protestors outside the club using the same back door.

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State and local police departments, whose officers had arrived by motorcycle, bike, horse, and car, closed down the blocks surrounding the club for the entirety of the event.

"It's the equivalent of Hitler coming back to life and coming to Boston," said Nick Giannone of Quincy, Massachusetts. "This guy's a straight-up fascist. I also find it pretty appalling that someone would pay $2,500 to sit in a room with a war criminal."

Suren Moodliar of the Greater Boston Stop the Wars Coalition expressed distaste for Cheney's ability to raise money: "I am appalled that he can go around raising money now that the party and he, in particular, have demonstrated to be so morally bankrupt."

(more at link above)



The Boston Globe's account of the visit was somewhat less forthcoming: Cheney visit is met by traffic, protests

New England Cable News had a brief segment about the visit. The truth starts around 2:06 into the video.


So, what happened you ask?

About 500 ~ 600 folks were there to greet him








As always, Billionaire$ for Bu$h were there




The Force was there






Some close friends were there




And Dick didn't even come out to say "Hi." Bummer.

[babylonsister]

1. Yay! Thanks, uhc! Bravo for Boston! nt

[rodeodance]

2. I liked the B. Globe account. Cheney met by some 'obsure' politian but

the big wigs-such as Rommy were inside where they could not be photographed with Cheney. te he.