Now he's resting up...
Posted on 12/31/2008 6:26:50 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
HONOLULU - It's not exactly anti-war mom Cindy Sheehan camped outside of George W. Bush's Crawford ranch. But as President-elect Barack Obama lingered at his Kailua vacation home later than usual this morning, about 10 protesters gathered near the security checkpoint down the street.
It is the first time Obama has received anything but praise and cheers during his 12-day Hawaiian vacation, which ends on Thursday.
Some of the demonstrators carried signs declaring "War is Terror" and "Free Palestine."
Ann Wright, a retired Army colonel and member of Veterans for Peace, wore a T-shirt that read, "We will not be silent" and carried a sign that read, "Change U.S. foreign policy. Yes we can."
Wright, 62, of Honolulu, said the protesters represented various groups, including her organization, Veterans for Peace.
They even had a press release that said, "We call on President-elect Obama to place the resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict at the top of his list of priorities of his new administration."
Obama has drawn increasingly large gaggles of onlookers during his vacation outings over the past 10 days, and they have been friendly crowds.
The first seedlings of protest about the violence in Gaza came on Monday. A couple of locals attempted to give Obama a box they said contained some golf balls, as well as informational DVDs about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and a letter urging the president-elect to sympathize with the Palestinians. Secret Service turned them away.
Shortly after 9:30 this morning as Obama headed to his high school alma mater to play basketball, the small group of demonstrators near his vacation home waved signs that said, "No U.S. support for Israel" and "Gazans need food, medicine, not war."
But Obama was sitting in the rear on the passenger side of his black sport utility vehicle, and was not visible to the protesters, according to a pool report, which said the president-elect sipped from a bottle of water and looked straight ahead as his vehicle passed the demonstrators.
Obama's transition has said the president-elect receives an intelligence briefing every day and is monitoring the situation in the Middle East.
Now he's resting up...
Obama has drawn increasingly large gaggles..
Wow even the Geese like obama
It’s sad really. America won’t have a president. We have this THING. He will play president. But we do have the Clintons, of course. Again.
If you need Obama, just call him.
Obama, just say something nice so the idiots can go home.
He ought to send Ann Wright, retired US Army colonel, over there to sort this out. Hmmm...that name sounds familiar.
His Grandma died, he could go stay in her house for free.
He actually rented THREE multi-million dollar houses in Hawaii; the others are for his retinue, I guess.
Being thrifty is for the little people. In any case, ‘Bama’s folks got bling, and I guess that’s all that matters.
How did we elect this creepy corrupt fool?
It should say, “Gaza violence interupts Obama’s month long vacation.”
Fair is fair.
Ann Wright is one of Hawaii’s foremost anti-war pinheads and a close comrade of Cindy Sheehan .
She can be counted on to turn out for any treason reason.
A big support of disgraced and dishonored former Army Lt Eren Watada , the coward that refused to accompany his guys to the Sandbox.
That she is now involved in encouraging and abetting a 2nd Holocaust against the Jewish nation is a bit off her usual message ,which is to merely stab her former U.S. military compatriots in the back .
WE didn't. THEY did. WE have to live with it.
350 dead terrorists and their wives and kids brings this reaction? I don’t recall this outrage over the Mumbai massacre.
The campaign that never ends! If you want change, keep sending us money! We want your change!
Even those other libitards could fake it!
We won’t have that reaction here until we have a Mumbai at one of our Malls.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.