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To: Lane3 who wrote (69505)	5/30/2008 10:49:21 PM
From: Dale Baker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541933

When Bush supporters can get tickets to be in the crowds Bush drives by before he goes in the secure underground entrance at these events, and the scraggly protesters are kept a mile or often more away, it's not a security issue. It's about using the power of "security" to engage in the permanent campaign and create the right visual for the evening news clips. Mr. Rove, please take a bow. Another masterful stroke with the unfortunate consequence that soon everybody knew that Bush was dodging protesters every way he could - a political weakness, not a strength. Bush hasn't taken a live question from a disgruntled voter in years now. That speaks volumes about the man and his politics.

To: Lane3 who wrote (69505)	5/30/2008 10:52:57 PM
From: DanD	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541933

If you were a terrorist and wanted to avoid calling attention to yourself while getting close to a prime target, you'd carry signs and yell. Know a lot of terrorists, do you? Or do you have any evidence that backs up such an assertion? I'm just trying to look at it from the perspective of folks, like the pres and his bunch, that have terrorists on the brain. It's not at all unexpected that they would opt for a larger buffer. I truly respect you for doing this. But It believe it's just as important to call their reasoning unfounded crap. And to tell them. With dissent and protest. Freedom of speech doesn't not entitle us to picket in the Oval Office. Once again, a hyperbolic, logically extreme, argument that no one is asking for the right to do. And if anyone ever did, 99% of Americans, including me, would be against it.