From The Village Voice, June 25 - July 1, 2003 issue:
http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0326/ferguson.php

The Anti-Bush Campaign Kicks Off

by Sarah Ferguson

In what looked like a mini dress rehearsal for the cacophony of
dissent that's expected to hit the streets of New York City during
next summer's GOP convention, nearly 3,000 demonstrators gathered on
Seventh Avenue to protest President Bush as he presided over a
$2,000-a-plate fundraiser inside midtown's Sheraton Hotel on Monday.

Vowing to deliver Bush a hearty unwelcome, the demonstrators clamored
inside the metal pens that police had strung up along the west side of
Seventh Avenue between 49th and 54th streets, denouncing everything
from the war in Iraq and tax cuts for the rich to the Bush
administration's heavy-fisted assaults on abortion, immigrants, and
civil rights.

"In the same way that this fundraiser is a kickoff for Bush's
reelection campaign, this may be the kickoff for a wave of protest
across the country against Bush," said Bill Dobbs, spokesperson for
the antiwar coalition United for Peace and Justice.

The size of the demo did not match the heft of Bush's campaign
machine, which raked in a record-breaking $4 million at the event
hosted by the titans of Wall Street and New York's real estate
industry.

But organizers felt they succeeded in voicing the concerns of many
ordinary New Yorkers who feel the Bush administration has declared war
against them.

"President Bush, you've come here to fill up your campaign cup,"
shouted Carla Goldstein of Planned Parenthood from a makeshift podium.

"We've come to say enough is enough! Enough lies, enough hypocrisy,
enough nominating right-wing judges to fulfill your conservative
agendas, enough appointing those who would decide when woman can and
cannot have a child. President Bush, we've had enough!"

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Time to get off your butts, folks, and get ready to RUMBLLLLLE!

Harry

"Harry Hope" <rivrvu@ix.netcom.com> wrote in message
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>
> From The Village Voice, June 25 - July 1, 2003 issue:
> http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0326/ferguson.php
>
> The Anti-Bush Campaign Kicks Off
>
> by Sarah Ferguson
>
> In what looked like a mini dress rehearsal for the cacophony of
> dissent that's expected to hit the streets of New York City during
> next summer's GOP convention, nearly 3,000 demonstrators gathered on
> Seventh Avenue to protest President Bush as he presided over a
> $2,000-a-plate fundraiser inside midtown's Sheraton Hotel on Monday.
>
> Vowing to deliver Bush a hearty unwelcome, the demonstrators clamored
> inside the metal pens that police had strung up along the west side of
> Seventh Avenue between 49th and 54th streets, denouncing everything
> from the war in Iraq and tax cuts for the rich to the Bush
> administration's heavy-fisted assaults on abortion, immigrants, and
> civil rights.
>
> "In the same way that this fundraiser is a kickoff for Bush's
> reelection campaign, this may be the kickoff for a wave of protest
> across the country against Bush," said Bill Dobbs, spokesperson for
> the antiwar coalition United for Peace and Justice.
>
> The size of the demo did not match the heft of Bush's campaign
> machine, which raked in a record-breaking $4 million at the event
> hosted by the titans of Wall Street and New York's real estate
> industry.
>
> But organizers felt they succeeded in voicing the concerns of many
> ordinary New Yorkers who feel the Bush administration has declared war
> against them.
>
> "President Bush, you've come here to fill up your campaign cup,"
> shouted Carla Goldstein of Planned Parenthood from a makeshift podium.
>
> "We've come to say enough is enough! Enough lies, enough hypocrisy,
> enough nominating right-wing judges to fulfill your conservative
> agendas, enough appointing those who would decide when woman can and
> cannot have a child. President Bush, we've had enough!"
>
> _____________________________________________
>
> Time to get off your butts, folks, and get ready to RUMBLLLLLE!
>
> Harry

I already made my first donation to the DNC. Hows about the rest of you?