Bush Booed in Visit to Martin Luther King's Grave

Reuters via Wired News ^ | Thursday, January 15, 2004 5:44 p.m. ET | not bylined

[denydenydeny]

ATLANTA (Reuters) - Several hundred protesters loudly booed President Bush on Thursday as he laid a wreath at the grave of Martin Luther King on the anniversary of the civil rights leader's birth.

"Bush go home" and "peace not war" the protesters shouted from behind a barrier of parked buses across the street from King's grave.

[denydenydeny]

I remember that other Reuters story about Senator Clinton being booed at the 9/11 benefit.

Wait, no I don't.

[PRND21]

"Money for jobs and housing, not war"

Get a job, bums.

[Prime Choice]

I remember that other Reuters story about Senator Clinton being booed at the 9/11 benefit.

Wait, no I don't.

That's funny...neither do I.

[xrp]

Yeah really. Money doesn't create jobs, innovation and investment (slight difference from money) create jobs.

[IronJack]

Must have been a hurried casting call from the DNC or they could have mustered more than a few hundred. Or maybe the budget for hiring protestors is a little light this quarter. Still, with help from the media, the libs can pump up this small crowd into a virtual groundswell.

[mewzilla]

Reportedly Mrs. King acquiesced to the president's visit. Is the grave site private property? If not, how could Mrs. King keep anyone away who wanted to pay their respects? And why should she want to? I wonder what happened to the wreath the president layed after he left.

[thesummerwind]

Viacom/Sumner Redstone/Murray Rothstein covered for 'The Beast' ---9/11 Concert.

That is why Hillary will possibly be Prez, the lamestream media promotes this "woman".

Please freepers, get behind dfu! It is SO IMPORTANT!

The Project!

[Wolfstar]

This is about paying tribute to someone who had a tremendously positive influence in shaping the world that we live in today...

He did?! How?

[DCPatriot]

Good one!

[isthisnickcool]

Bush should know to bring pork chops. People want pork chops. Jesse Jackson said so.

Oh, I bet Bush STOLE all the people's pork chops! That must be the problem. Bush is a pork chop thief! He is NOT MY NEIGHBOR and a pork chop thief. /bubbling sarcasm off

[#3Fan]

Nothing is sacred to Democrats.

[You Dirty Rats]

Who cares who the lamestream media supports or opposes. The media hated Nixon more than anybody, and he only carried 49 states in 1972. So much for the influence of the alphabet networks and the ny Slimes / Wash POSt.

[shaggy eel]

The protesters Lease-a-crowd® carried signs with slogans like "Money for jobs and housing, not war" and "It's not a photo-op George."

[Vigilanteman]

"Money for jobs and housing, not war"

Volunteer to join the army. They'll give you a job and housing. You'll be doing something useful for your country, your family and yourself.

[gipper81]

[ladyinred]

What a sad legacy for MLK. I doubt he would approve of his grave site being exploited by the protesters in this way. No dignity, no shame.

[Reagan Man]

>>>Bush Booed in Visit to Martin Luther King's Grave

No one should be surprised.

[AngryJawa]

Why in God's name does the President keep trying to throw a sop to people who will NEVER, EVER support him?

[Weimdog]

I like this from a similar post earlier today -

It's unfortunate how many people believe Democratic propaganda without bothering to investigate the facts.

From The Complete Book of American Presidents, by William DeGregorio (4th ed.), on George H. W. Bush:

In 1966 Bush ran as a moderate, stumping in black neighborhoods...His most courageous vote was for the Civil Rights Act of 1968, barring discrimination in the sale and rental of housing. The bill was so unpopular in his conservative district that he began receiving threatening letters. Greeted by an angry white audience at Memorial High School in Houston days after the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., he called for an end to bigotry and challenged those present to justify denying equal housing opportunity to black soldiers returning from Vietnam. His impassioned plea turned the hall in his favor; he left to a standing ovation.

22 posted on 01/15/2004 1:39:56 PM PST by Verginius Rufus

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