Posted on 12/18/2008 6:52:42 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
For the antiwar crowd, the shoe is now on the other foot.
The activists were really cut off at the knees when the nation voted in a president who promises to bring an expeditious end to the war in Iraq. And in a month, the other shoe will drop: George W. Bush will be gone — and with him will go the raison d’etre of those who have protested, picketed and heckled him these last eight years.
And so they assembled Wednesday on Pennsylvania Avenue, outside the White House gate, to take a few final shots. Literally. They assembled a pile of clogs, boots, flip-flops, slippers and pumps, and, in celebration of the journalist who threw his shoes at President Bush in a news conference Sunday in Iraq, they tossed the footwear at a man wearing a papier-mache Bush mask and a prison uniform.
"Here’s my goodbye kiss, George!" shouted Medea Benjamin, coordinator of the Code Pink activist group, as she hurled a shoe, missing her target.
"For your greed! For your politics!" shouted fellow antiwar activist David Swanson, aiming a pair of clogs.
The Bush figure dodged, weaved and taunted: "I can take it! I can take you all on!" But then somebody hit him in the crotch with a sandal, and he fell to his knees.
The street performers were putting their best foot forward, and the activists were celebratory. But walk a mile in their shoes and you’ll probably find that Jan. 20, while bringing in an administration much more to their liking, will also leave them with a certain emptiness. Who will they throw their shoes at now?
The protest organizer vowed to pursue her quarry, Ahab-like, into retirement.(continued at link)
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Who they goin to hate after W is gone?? Guess what peacenics, we ain’t leavin. You been used and now you get abused.
Pray for W America and Our Troops
Adults they are not.
Bubba n Billy-Rae are gitten ready too to greet them.. hehehehehehehehe
Wonder how they’d react to a pic of Zero with shoes on his face..?
Probably split a gasket in their vacuum brain pan.
Gee, when was the last time these retards came up with something original or meaningful?
Shouldn’t they be berating President-Select Zero? After all, he’s the one who’s changed his position from immediate withdrawal to indefinite deployment.
It’s gonna be fun watching these drips react when the troops aren’t brought home as fast as they want. If pres elect black ododo bird brings them home too fast when the economy is not up and running, that means more in the unemployment line. So 2011-2012 to bring them home will be the black dodo’s campaign promise to get himself re-elected for a 2nd term.
They will continue to hate GWB after he’s gone. And Sarah Palin’s photo will join his on the Two minutes hate.
These people are simply vile. They were vile back in 2003, and they are vile now. Events will not change their fundamental character.
These people are simply vile. They were vile back in 2003, and they are vile now. Events will not change their fundamental character.
They Are The Majority.
You Are Not.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
Your comment gave me an idea: Why don’t these whack-jobs do something meaningful as a protest-—since they hate war,why not cut off the trigger fingers on both hands and put them in a pile for the MSM to photograph and put on TV? Would show their sincerity.
Now, that is an idea worth consideration. ;-)
Will the Core Stink people be throwing things at Obama when he doesn’t withdraw troops from Afghanistan and Iraq? Their hero has revised his plans for immediate withdrawal. In fact wasn’t it Obama who talked about invading Pakistan? So what if the Great Spreader does that? He won’t, but if he did, what would these idiots do?
David must really hate President Bush if he threw his favorite pair of clogs. I’m sure this mindless display will bring about world peace. Members of Code Stink are too stupid to realize that there are times when you have to fight and die for peace.
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