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Protesters gear up for Saddleback presidential forum (OC, CA)
The Orange County Register ^ | August 13, 2008 | ALEJANDRA MOLINA

Posted on 08/14/2008 12:48:30 PM PDT by TheDon

From opponents of illegal immigration to anti-war activists, demonstrators are gearing up for the presidential candidates' first and only confirmed joint appearance before the party conventions this Saturday at Saddleback Church.

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Authorities expect anywhere between 800 to 1,500 demonstrators to line up along sidewalks surrounding the church, said Lt. Don Barnes, chief of police services for Lake Forest.

Ian Thompson with A.N.S.W.E.R Coalition (Act Now To Stop War & End Racism), said his group is expecting many hundreds to protest the war in Iraq, among other issues.

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At least 15 different protests are expected outside the church, including one organized by a coalition of Minutemen organizations.

More than 100 anti-illegal immigration activists and Minutemen members will rally with specific demands: to free former Border Patrol agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Alonso Compean and to withhold federal funding to sanctuary cities.

"We would like the next president to make the commitment to examine the case, to pardon them because we feel their whole situation is a miscarriage of justice," said Deborah Craig with Campo Minutemen.

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


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: California
KEYWORDS: aliens; answer; borderagents; immigrantlist; immigration; mccain; obama; ramosandcompean; saddleback; wot
Groups expected These groups are expected to demonstrate or protest outside the presidential forum at Saddleback Church:

OC Peace Coalition

OC Greens

World Can't Wait

Code Pink-OC

National Lawyers Guild

Latino Movement USA

Alliance for Just and Lasting Peace in the Philippines

Youth & Student ANSWER

Coalition for Equal Marriage Rights

National Council of Arab Americans

Free Palestine Alliance

South Bay Peace Coalition

Party for Socialism and Liberation

San Juan Capistrano Against Racism

US Labor Against the War

Kmb Pro-People Youth

Palestinian American Women's Association

ANSWER Ventura County

1 posted on 08/14/2008 12:48:31 PM PDT by TheDon
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To: TheDon
...the presidential candidates' first and only confirmed joint appearance before the party conventions this Saturday at Saddleback Church.

The conventions are at the Saddleback Church this Saturday?

2 posted on 08/14/2008 1:13:21 PM PDT by CPOSharky (Blaming CO2 for global warming is like blaming your thermometer for your kid's fever.)
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To: TheDon; All

I wouldn’t care if the protests got so out of hand they had to cancel the “forum”.

It’s going to do nothing but make the smooth-talking B. Hussein come across looking good and snooker the weak and less intelligent believers while making John McCain look like a confused, old dolt.

I hope I’m wrong but wait and see.


3 posted on 08/14/2008 1:18:05 PM PDT by no dems ("Extremism in the defense of Liberty is no vice...." Barry Goldwater)
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To: CPOSharky

Is that what my 7th Grade Language Arts teacher called a “missplaced modifier”?


4 posted on 08/14/2008 1:18:58 PM PDT by no dems ("Extremism in the defense of Liberty is no vice...." Barry Goldwater)
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To: no dems

Right on.

It seems that the writer and editor didn’t make it past 7th grade. Or maybe they did, in today’s schools.


5 posted on 08/14/2008 1:21:28 PM PDT by CPOSharky (Blaming CO2 for global warming is like blaming your thermometer for your kid's fever.)
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To: TheDon

Rick Warren isn’t even touching on most Christian moral questions. He’s openly avoiding many of them, which makes me think he’s turned into just another fake TV preacher personality, only with a twist. He refuses to openly ask about abortion or homosexuality for fear of offending Obama.


6 posted on 08/14/2008 1:34:27 PM PDT by DesScorp
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He’s got to get the Dalibama away from earplugs, cuecards and liberal moderators.


7 posted on 08/14/2008 1:40:14 PM PDT by patriot08
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To: TheDon; SwinneySwitch; tennteacher; lonewacko_dot_com; radar101; ruination; gubamyster; Czar; ...

I am quoted in the OC Register PING!!

“We would like the next president to make the commitment to examine the case, to pardon them because we feel their whole situation is a miscarriage of justice,” said Deborah Craig with Campo Minutemen.


8 posted on 08/15/2008 9:23:32 AM PDT by Ladycalif (Free - Ramos and Compean)
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To: TheDon; Ajnin; abner; AndrewC; Arizona Carolyn; Brad's Gramma; Brytani; calex59; Calpernia; ...
More than 100 anti-illegal immigration activists and Minutemen members will rally with specific demands: to free former Border Patrol agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Alonso Compean and to withhold federal funding to sanctuary cities.

PING!

RAMOS/COMPEAN Ping
Please freepmail me if you want on or off this list.

9 posted on 08/15/2008 1:15:24 PM PDT by calcowgirl ("Liberalism is just Communism sold by the drink." P. J. O'Rourke)
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