Annie
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500-600 In Mesa:
More than 500 protest Obama's arrival | Mesa Arizona News - Mesa News - Mesa AZ news | eastvalleytribune.com
More than 500 protest Obama's arrival
GARY GRADO, SONU MUNSHI, HAYLEY RINGLE, TRIBUNE
February 18, 2009 - 9:16AM
Hundreds protest President Barack Obama's visit to Dobson High School on Wednesday.
Tim Hacker, Tribune
The presidential motorcade rolls down Guadalupe Road.
Thomas Boggan, Tribune
Presidential protestors made their voices heard in chants and signs Wednesday outside Dobson High School.
Catholics pray for Obama at vigil
The protestors, about 500 to 600 strong and growing, began arriving as ticket-holders walked in.
Mesa police set up a protest area along Guadalupe Road.
They held their signs up high: "Don't tread on me," "Spend all you want, I'll pick up the tab," "I'll keep my freedom! You keep the change!" "Free fertility drugs now." And "B.O. smells and so does Socialism."
A Gilbert woman, with a sign that said, "Fund bikini wax now," said she is entitled to the beauty treatment....
500-600? That's all you guys can muster?
Tens of millions of people have protested Bush in the past.
Let's see...Obama's been in office a month. He got the $350b right off. The stimulus/porkulus 2 weeks later. Toxic waste bill last week. Have you checked Twitter for what's happening? As someone said, conservatives aren't really big on taking time to 'protest', but they are now. Change you can believe in!