CAPTION: Anti-war protesters are held back by Texas police as the motorcade of U.S. President George Bush. Reuters/Yahoo
SPECIAL REPORT by Alohaleezy (who’s at work so I’m posting for her):
Bush Passes Cindy on Way To Raise Millions
As Mr. Bush heads out to the big fundraiser today [where he picked up $2 million], he gets his first glimpse of Cindy’s camp seen here( It surprises me that he didn’t use the helicopters to avoid this great scene. MORE BELOW With Update and A SPECIAL SURPRISE PHOTO that NEEDS A BooTrib CAPTION!
Update [2005-8-12 16:48:6 by susanhu]: From OutrageMeter’s Kos diary:
If you’re coming to Crawford
by outragemeter
Thu Aug 11th, 2005 at 22:44:37 PDT
There was a meeting this evening at the Peace House to discuss the serious problem of too many cars. I cannot stress enough how much time dealing with this issue is taking from the volunteers time needed for other things. If you come, please, please car pool.
After checking in at Peace House and getting oriented, move your car to the football field parking lot a short distance away. It will be monitored by volunteers. Take one of the “shuttles” to the camp site, there is simply no place there left to park.
We will be adding to the Crawford Peace House site tomorrow to allow folks to request/offer rides from their locales to Crawford. We’ll also have a map and directions.
As I mentioned in the previous diary, the House is now wired, and I will try to find a way to take questions via email, to give the phone answerers some relief.
Please recommend this, or at least link to it in other Cindy diaries, so that the word gets out. Thank you.
There are two Bush events at which some activists will be staging some kind of protest. One is Friday evening at a fundraiser at another ranch down the road. We probably will just try to line the road so that attenders will have to see us.
On Saturday, Bush is supposed to attend a local softball game. I don’t know the details on what kind of action will take place. Just again trying to be visible to Bubbleboy and cohorts, in essence.
SEE PHOTO AT END.
Alohaleezy continues her sneak report from her workplace:
Quotes from a Rueters story just minutes ago:
When Bush’s black sport utility vehicle carried him past the site to a Republican fund-raiser, the protest leader, Cindy Sheehan, whose son was one of the nearly 1,850 U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq, held up a sign that said: “Why do you make time for donors and not for me?”
Other signs said: “Iraq is Arabic for Vietnam” and “Bring Them Home Now.” Some protesters held up white crosses as well.
The protest vigil began last Saturday and is being led by Sheehan, who has been demanding a meeting with Bush to discuss her opposition to the Iraq war.
Guess Dear Leader has to prove he isn’t a coward, huh? Why not get out of the car and face this courageous woman?I have to say I am surprised that let George out of his bubble? Are they trying to show that he isn’t a coward? It proves to me he is a coward, otherwise he would have gotten out of the car and faced her right there and then. Have you no shame George?
Official Caption: “President Bush walks along a gravel road on his ranch in Crawford, Texas, after speaking with reporters on discussions with his defense and foreign policy teams, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2005. The wide-ranging talks touched on violence in Iraq and standoffs with Iran and North Korea over their nuclear programs to anti-American sentiment abroad, especially in the Middle East. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
How about: The Power of One Heehee… or, “Headin’ out to the road to bum a ride from MilitaryTracy and Brinnaine!“