So now * needs riot police for fundraisers?

"Riot control police march down the street before President Geroge W. Bush and his motorcade arrives at the home of telecommunications billionaire Craig McCaw for a $2,000-per-plate presidential reelection campaign fundraiser at the exclusive Hunts Point neighborhood..."

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/030822/170/51s3l.html

and to cause people to think that there really is a threat.
Not to mention it costs the cities more money, run the country farther into the ground so that no one can think about anything but where their next meal will come from.

and shake hands and smile at everyone and kiss the pretty little plump girls? If he is so popular, what is he afraid of? Afraid he'll get mauled by his adoring fans? I don't think so...

Startin to look like Tricky Dick days....getting wistful for the aroma of tear gas in the air....

Wonder whom he elects to shake his "pee-pee?"

Good, ones, Don! Who DOES shake the presidential pee-pee? Oh, wait, according to the KB Toys action figure, the presidential pee-pee has gone AWOL.

George Bush was walking back to the official residence from the Oval Office one winter afternoon, when he saw in the fresh snow the words "Bush Sucks" written in urine. Astounded and angered, the pResident called in the head of the FBI. "I want to know who's responsible for this abomo... abomi... this prank....IMMEDIATELY!" The FBI set out to find the perpitrator. Two days later, the Agent-In-Charge was called to the Oval office for a status report. "Sir, we found the culprit. We did a urinalysis and it turns out, sadly, that the urine belongs to a member of your Secret Service detail." "Excellent....excellent", the pResdident said, rubbing his hands together like Mr. Potter in "A Wonderful Life." "Bring him to me, IMMEDIATELY." "Yes, sir...but there is just one more thing...we did a handwriting analysis..." "Yes, yes!" Says Bush. "...well sir, it turns out that it was written by your wife."

:kick: for a great joke!

stays the hell away from our town , we have nothing here but poor folk and rich folks , no inbetween here , and no police at all , so stay the hell out of here jr. and go where ya rich buddies are

You should too, by letting him know that you don't appreciate his presence.

or some place close and give me a little advanced warning. I want to protest.

The fact that he is using public resources to protect his sorry ass during a fundraising campaign should piss people off. The money he is raising is NOT going back to us. We should CHARGE the loser for the use of our police, fire dept., etc.

I heard that the mayor of Portland is going to send Bush* a bill for the security costs of his fundraising visit last Thursday.

How anyone could defend this guy is beyond me.

MSNBC was showing the gathered crowd when I flipped on the "news", said it was live and that they would be monitoring the situation. They kept going back---people were just standing there with their signs, etc. BUT, the point is that literally from day #1 there have been protesters gathered as Bush comes to a community--and not small groups either. But they have been absolutely ignored by the media just like all the ones at his "innaugeration" (only shown on C-Span). Why suddenly was it "cool" to show that people are objecting to him?? In addition in a short time span, they had some dipshit question like: Is it time for other nations to step up in Iraq?? They read responses and ALL of them were blasting Bush. Not one pro-Bush. My God - will it become fashionable to protest Bush from here to '04??? It may be time to really start taking to the streets wherever he appears. Wouldn't it be nice if NYC became Chicago II at the GOP convention????

Chicago 1968 was very destructive. I sincerely hope we can effect regime change here at home without anyone getting hurt.

Don't you dare come to my city hoping to start a riot.

I and hundreds of others will be there with cameras. If I see a protestor starting trouble, I'll send your picture to the cops myself.

The cops in this city died for us. They have been to enough funerals.

And so have I.

A riot would play into Bush's hands and give him an excuse to declare us uncitizens or whatever that designation was.

So I'm just going to assume anyone who suggests violence is an agent provocateur and act accordingly.

Gotta' watch out for those 'agent provocateurs'.

but lots of protesting would be nice. Might have to take a week off from work just to let people know how I feel.

...roam the streets of Baghdad surrounded by well armed stormtroopers? Didn't he lie about his WMD too? Are Bush, Saddam and bin Laden brothers seperated at birth? Hell, throw Kim Jong Il in the mix too, another priveledged child of a wellconnected politician who spent his youth boozing and whoring...

Osama is way more popular.

Not that I'm all driving like a crazy woman to Portland to hear the whistle ass speak, but why doesn't he EVER speak to the general public? My memory is for shit, but didn't every other President address the PUBLIC once in a while??? What kind of government do you have when you have to pay to hear the 'President' speak?

... is that he _is_ speaking to his constituency, his public. This man loves to talk to his "friends."

Bill Clinton was here at least twice and appeared publicly in a downtown Portland park. Sure, there were precautions, but he didn't hide. Fundraising was done separately.

Al Gore also appeared here publicly in October 2000 and spoke outside in cold weather to anyone who would come.

Bob Dole was here in 1996, and also spoke publicly. There were just a few demonstrators then, but he was very much in the open, at the Rose Quarter.

In 1992, Poppy Bush was greeted by mass protests at his appearance.

In 1988, Michael Dukakis appeared in public at a big rally on the Portland State University campus, not to be confused with the private, gated Catholic University of Portland, well away from downtown, where Bush the Minor hid with Senator Gordon Smith on Thursday last.

Whistle Ass is a chicken, and the neocons know that their agenda is so repulsive that they dare not appear in public unless the crowd is hand-picked and willing to hand over gobs of ca$h in exchange for gihugic tax cuts.

I do love new adjectives(really).

And it's going to get worse. Much, much worse. More unemployed. More lies. More deaths. More protesters. More cops. Many, many more cops.

But it ain't over 'till the fat lady sings next November.

Speaks volumes. Guy can't step out of his bubble without armored bodyguards. This is straight out of Third World tinpot dictatorships.

He can count on the folks at Diebold to get out the vote.

To be clear, I'm not advocating riots. Just want the fact that people are protesting to get more coverage.

lives in fear. Because he is a coward.

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how many are democrats?

how many have friends or relatives in iraq?

what do they think of cuts in funding to police and fire depts by bush?

how many are gay?

how many have wives or parents who have lost their jobs?

how many have kids who go to schools that have had cuts in funding?

you get the picture... they all can't be right-wingers.

Maybe none of them are. They're just cops. Trying to do their job as best they can.

"THIS is your country on Bushes."

I seriously doubt it. He had his share of enemies, but I don't recall the need for riot police when he visited American cities.

Man....Bush is a real piece of crap.

n/t

Lil George didn't want to be outdone...

Both Bush and Macaw families are known drug users. Craig's brother overdosed last year and died in his bathtub.
Above the law and beneath human.

I want to look him straight in the eye, and tell him what a cheap, lying, no good, rotten, fore-flushing, low-life, snake-licking, dirt-eating, inbred, overstuffed, ingnorant, blood-sucking, dog-kissing, brainless, dickless, hopeless, heartless, fat-ass, bug-eyed, stiff-legged, spotty-lipped, worm-headed sack of monkey shit he is. Hallelujah!

thugs.

I wouldn't even go out in some parts of that neighborhood at night without riot gear...lol.

On edit: Doh! Thought it was in NYC...lol