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Protesters denounce Bush - Thousands rally in S.F., Berkeley against 2nd term
San Francisco Chronicle ^ | 1/20/05 | Wyatt Buchanan and Patrick Hoge

Posted on 01/20/2005 10:38:08 PM PST by TFFKAMM

Several thousand demonstrators rallied at Civic Center Plaza in San Francisco on Thursday night, protesting the inauguration of President Bush and calling for an end to the war in Iraq. After the rally, demonstrators marched along Market Street, effectively closing the street.

Speakers at the rally gave fiery denunciations of Bush and his policies, with many shouting personal insults and some comparing his actions to that of the Nazis in pre-World War II Germany.

"Today is a sad day in history. A war criminal has been sworn in as president," said Alicia Jrapko of International ANSWER, the group that organized the rally.

San Francisco police did not estimate the size of the crowd as the department no longer does such counts, said spokeswoman Officer Maria Oropeza. During the rally, the central portion of Civic Center Plaza was filled with people, and the march stretched multiple blocks.

Other Bay Area cities also held anti-inauguration rallies Thursday. About 200 people gathered in downtown Berkeley to hear the first of a series of readings of Langston Hughes' celebrated poem, "Let America Be America Again...."

(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: California; War on Terror
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1 posted on 01/20/2005 10:38:11 PM PST by TFFKAMM
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I want to take San Francisco back. How can we kick them out or send them to Canada?


2 posted on 01/20/2005 10:40:06 PM PST by Porterville (Never compromise what is right. Take your time to insult a liberal or have one unemployed.)
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Who cares? These people are losers!!!


3 posted on 01/20/2005 10:40:37 PM PST by JLAGRAYFOX
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"Loo-loo-loo.....loo-sers!"
4 posted on 01/20/2005 10:41:08 PM PST by RandallFlagg (Roll your own cigarettes! You'll save bucks and smoke less!(Magnetic bumper stickers-click my name)
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What is the point of protesting Bush's inauguration? Are they protesting democracy?

It's not as if they are going to stop him from having a second term. They don't even have that as a potentiality.

5 posted on 01/20/2005 10:43:13 PM PST by explodingspleen (http://mish-mash.info/)
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"Today is a sad day in history. A war criminal has been sworn in as president," said Alicia Crappo of International ANSWER"

run them all up and send them to the Front , we need to find
out where all the land mines are.

seriously now , what a group of spoiled little nursey-nursey babies . don't they realize how weak they sound?
6 posted on 01/20/2005 10:43:52 PM PST by injin
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Let them protest. Let them denounce. They should protest on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, and denounce on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. Then on Sundays they should burn incense, see their shrinks, perform wiccan healing ceremonies... and be ready Monday morning for another fresh round of protesting and denouncing. For the next four years.


7 posted on 01/20/2005 10:44:28 PM PST by wizardoz
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8 posted on 01/20/2005 10:46:10 PM PST by Slings and Arrows ("ThE mAsTeR wOuLd NoT aPpRoVe...")
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This thread shows what these sicko's really are. They are commies...They hate freedom. They hate our free market. They hate America. These people show no respect to us or any one that doe's not fall under there thinking. These people are like the nazi's of today. How disgusing those photo's are, I'm washing my eye's out. It makes me sick!


9 posted on 01/20/2005 10:46:17 PM PST by Freerepublic_Rules555
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If my name were "Crappo", I'd think long and hard before letting the media quote me.


10 posted on 01/20/2005 10:46:44 PM PST by clee1 (Islam is a deadly plague; liberalism is the AIDS virus that prevents us from defending ourselves.)
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You should have seen the parade of anti-Bush, anti-America, protesters marching and shouting all over the campus of the University of Houston today.


11 posted on 01/20/2005 10:49:12 PM PST by Turtleman (Welcome I B E W members to FreeRepublic.com. Learn how the Union lies to you about politics)
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I agree. They are domestic enemies and the day is getting nigh when we have to decide if we are going to put up with them or not.


12 posted on 01/20/2005 10:49:33 PM PST by Wolfhound777 (It's not our job to forgive them. Only God can do that. Our job is to arrange the meeting)
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Tin Foil Protester


13 posted on 01/20/2005 10:50:54 PM PST by Pro-Bush (It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it. --General Douglas MacArthur)
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calling for an end to the war in Iraq.

Ok, let's try and make this as simple and clear as possible for those cretins. Whether you agreed with the war or not, we are now there. WE are not the ones at war, we are the ones being constantly attacked with exploding vehicles, body worn bombs, random mortar and rocket attacks into civilian areas, kidnapings, beheadings, ambushes, and the list goes on. The vast majority of Iraqis are Shiia and want power through the election process. The vast majority of the people conducting war on Iraqis and Americans are Sunni who can't handle the notion they are going to lose power through the ballot box. We want to end this war as soon as possible and all the insurgents have to do is accept they can't take power with a gun, and must participate in the electoral process. The instant that happens we are out of Iraq. What part of that don't these leftists like? Do they hate the idea of a free election? Perhaps since leftist can never win elections with their lame ideas, they sympathize with the Sunni thugs.

14 posted on 01/20/2005 10:53:00 PM PST by Casloy
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"Berkeley Mayor Tom Bates took the stage at one point, saying the political state of the nation "couldn't be worse.'' "Every element of our society is under attack,'' said Bates, decrying the war in Iraq, the cutting of domestic social welfare programs and the loss of civil liberties. "We live in incredibly dangerous times,'' Bates said.

I believe in my lifetime -- we will be forced to take action against these lunatics...

They NEVER accept defeat... They NEVER acknowledge THEY are the lunatic fringe....

Semper Fi

15 posted on 01/20/2005 10:57:13 PM PST by river rat (You may turn the other cheek, but I prefer to look into my enemy's vacant dead eyes.)
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This doesn't surprise me considering what was going on on the 16th. Anti-Terror Demonstration, featuring the Bus 19 exhibit, in Berkeley
16 posted on 01/20/2005 10:59:19 PM PST by DJ MacWoW (Slippery, Slicktey, Slidey, Bumpus.....SNOW!)
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The Bush family laughs at the protesters.
17 posted on 01/20/2005 11:00:03 PM PST by West Coast Conservative
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I believe in my lifetime -- we will be forced to take action against these lunatics...

I'd watch, but not worry. That haven't made any headway in their causes and are losing support. Their insignificant wails are laughed at more than listened to.

Besides, they also know that they wouldn't last three-fifths of a second against our side.
18 posted on 01/20/2005 11:00:21 PM PST by RandallFlagg (Roll your own cigarettes! You'll save bucks and smoke less!(Magnetic bumper stickers-click my name)
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As much as I hate the prospect of CWII, it may become necessary to cull out all the dead wood and freaks that have been permitted to copulate and populate --- without a brain.

Semper Fi


19 posted on 01/20/2005 11:04:38 PM PST by river rat (You may turn the other cheek, but I prefer to look into my enemy's vacant dead eyes.)
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