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Home Front: Culture Wars
Bush jokes as protesters burn his effigy outside downtown Montreal hotel
2009-10-23
As George W. Bush joked with a business crowd inside a historic hotel ballroom Thursday, hundreds of rubes fools rustics dweebs knuckleheads communists people outside the room cheered while he was being burned in effigy.

Police in riot gear and others on horseback held back a crowd of hundreds of idiots, including several nimrods people who tossed shoes at the Queen Elizabeth hotel in a demonstration of disdain for the man speaking inside.

Two anarchists protesters tried forcing their way through the line of shield-and baton-carrying police, were wrestled to the ground, and arrested.

Ironically, this anti-war protest took place outside the same hotel where the ultimate anti-war anthem - John Lennon's Give Peace a Chance - was recorded in 1969.

Chants of "George Bush terrorist" echoed in the street as some of the 300 drooling protesters said they refused to accept that Canada would roll out the red carpet for a man they called a war criminal.

Inside the hotel, nearly 1,000 spectators paid $400 to hear Bush speak during the latest stop on his Canadian tour.

In his first visit to Montreal, the former U.S. president warmed up the crowd by referring to local hockey legends Maurice and Henri Richard. "I was an avid sports fan (growing up) and I actually knew who the Rocket and the Pocket Rocket were," Bush said.

He got a standing ovation when he first took the podium to address the eager audience.

But outside in the street, Helen Hannah said she couldn't imagine why Bush had been invited to speak in several Canadian cities.

"He has nothing to offer," the colourfully dressed goofy protester said. "He stands for modes of torture, modes of warfare and modes of lying that don't represent the way most Americans and most Canadians want to face the world."
Posted by:Fred

#11  Only 300? Come on Canada, thats not a protest, that a reg crowd for pee wee hockey.
Posted by: Cyber Sarge    2009-10-23 18:31  

#10  "Hey man, you mean he isn't president any more? Aw, crap, like, when did that happen?"
Posted by: Cornsilk Blondie   2009-10-23 15:27  

#9  I wonder how it's going to be reported the first time someone burns Obama in effigy the way these people did Bush.
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain   2009-10-23 13:11  

#8  "You people seem to be laboring under the mistaken idea that I give a crap about your opinions. Take off, eh?"
Posted by: mojo   2009-10-23 13:01  

#7  Wow, all those people who hate the President are obviously racist. Oh wait, that's the other President.
Posted by: AuburnTom   2009-10-23 12:12  

#6  Has President Obama ever even been to Canada, Anguper Hupomosing9418?

February 19, 2009 to Ottawa T.W.
Posted by: JohnQC   2009-10-23 10:07  

#5  Any predictions on when shoes will fly towards Obama?

If only I could resign my commission . . . I have a nice heavy pair of combat boots that would look good flying at the podium . . .
Posted by: Jame Retief   2009-10-23 09:47  

#4  Why is it that people cannot use the word 'ironically' correctly? It isn't 'ironic' that they are protesting where the song was written. Journalists are so stupid.
Posted by: AllahHateMe   2009-10-23 08:37  

#3  Imaging how the MSM would cover an Obama effigy burned at a tea party demonstration. Then again as media members of the inner circle, it's easy to imagine the protesters portrayed as anything but people expressing a civil statement, but as knuckle dragging inbred morlocks.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2009-10-23 08:35  

#2  Has President Obama ever even been to Canada, Anguper Hupomosing9418?
Posted by: trailing wife   2009-10-23 01:16  

#1   Any predictions on when shoes will fly towards Obama?
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418    2009-10-23 00:14  

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