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Protesters Interrupt Bush at July 4 Ceremony
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Protesters made it hard to hear President Bush Friday as he welcomed new citizens and marked Independence Day at the home of Thomas Jefferson.
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Raw Story - “Protesters disrupt Bush’s July 4th address at Monticello”
http://digitizedrevolution.wordpress.com/2008/07/05/raw-stor...Raw Story - “Protesters disrupt Bush’s July 4th address at Monticello” http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Protesters_disrupt_Bushs_July_4th_address_0704.html Protesters disrupt Bush’s July 4th address at Monticello Raw Story | July 4, 2008 President Bush delivered a July 4th address before a naturalization ceremony for new citizens at Thomas Jefferson’s home of Monticello that was repeatedly interrupted by protesters who called out “war criminal” and “impeach Bush.” According to news accounts, “shouts from protesters were heard during Bush’s remarks,” while a transcript notes repeated occurrences all through the speech of “Audience disturbance,” “Audience interruption,” and “Audience interruption continues.” “Protesters made it hard to hear President Bush Friday,” Fox News reported.
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Protestors Interrupt Naturalization Ceremony
http://www.victoriataft.com/2008/07/protestors-interrupt-nat...Protestors Interrupt Naturalization Ceremony As new citizens to the United States of America sat before the home of Thomas Jefferson, Monticello in Charlottesville, Va., hecklers and protestors showed their BDS to our new citizens by disrupting a public event honoring our newest citizens to protest President Bush. Every year on the Fourth of July, a Naturalization Ceremony is held at Monticello for new citizens who followed the legal path to American Citizenship. President Bush was invited to speak this year, welcoming America’s newest citizens. As has come to be expected, leftists showed our new citizens the seamier side of citizenship by disrupting the ceremony in their honor, heckling the president repeatedly, waving banners and generally making asses out of themselves. video Swearing obscene language, calling the president a fascist and other interruptions actually showed much disrespect for the 76 new American Citizens listening to the president welcome them to citizenship. President Bush was not there to promote a Republican candidate, to urge support for the War on Terror or to campaign for any cause. He was there welcoming people who left tyranny behind and worked their way towards legal American citizenship. I wouldn’t think it too far a stretch to imagine at least some of those new citizens disagree with the president, but deserve respect for their ceremony welcoming them officially to citizenship. Of the hecklers, president Bush said, “To my fellow citizens to be, we believe in free speech in the United States of America,” but that did not stop Security from removing the protestors as they continued to disrupt the ceremonies. The hatred of president Bush has reached such a feverish pitch that even Naturalization Ceremonies are to be disrupted, what can we expect next, someone to defecate on a burning American Flag in the street? Is this how the left shows their love of America and Patriotism, disrupting ceremonies honoring new citizens? Posted by Lew Waters
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Bush-haters ruin naturalization ceremony at Monticello
http://hoodathunk.wordpress.com/2008/07/04/bush-haters-ruin-...There are 76 freshly-minted fellow citizens who were being honored and welcomed today in a naturalization ceremony attended by the President of the United States. It’s a shame that people so blinded by their hatred of the President that they couldn’t do the decent thing and allow these people to have their moment without being forced to attend a protest rally just had to show up. Instead of a ceremony marking the happy occasion of their completing the monumental effort of becoming a citizen of this country they were a captive audience to a bunch of BDS-suffering morons with no common courtesy to their names. Protesters made it hard to hear President Bush Friday as he welcomed new citizens and marked Independence Day at the home of Thomas Jefferson. As is the tradition each Fourth of July, a naturalization ceremony was held at Monticello in Charlottesville, Va. This year, 76 immigrants from 30 different countries came to take the oath of citizenship. But Bush repeatedly was interrupted as he welcomed the guests. “That man is a fascist!” one protester yelled. Another swore at him. The protesters later were removed from the ceremony by law enforcement officials. “To my fellow citizens to be — we believe in free speech in the United States of America,” Bush said when the protesters started shouting. Fascists are people who can’t bear the thought of another person actually being allowed to speak. Fascists are those who feel that forceful disruption is a perfectly valid response to anything that just so happens to tick them off. The President is not a fascist. The greatest likelihood, in fact, is that the people flinging that epithet at the President are more guilty of that themselves. (Want an actual reasoned explanation of why that is? Read Liberal Fascism by Jonah Goldberg. He’ll explain the situation far better than these idiots disrupting the ceremony ever will.) There’s a time and a place for protest, even that conducted by people who can’t seem to successfully compete in the marketplace of ideas and must, therefore, simply scream louder in an effort to deny anyone they oppose their freedom of speech. There are also times and places where protests should not be. Funerals. Weddings. Graduation ceremonies. And, of course, citizenship ceremonies. These are all events commemorating something specific and general political protests - to say nothing of clueless moonbat protests - just aren’t appropriate. A little common decency and - wow! - empathy for our fellow citizens and particularly new fellow citizens should be all that’s required to see that. The selfish, “my baseless name-calling is more important than anything!” attitude of these protesters should be denounced by every true patriot in the land, left or right. I’m not holding my breath. To those 76 new citizens, I offer my congrats and my welcome to this, the greatest nation on earth. You’ve overcome much to get here and your commitment to become citizens speaks well for you. I ask that you please not allow the actions of a few jerks to make the sweet smell of your accomplishment turn rancid. Some people here don’t know how good they’ve got it and take every chance they can steal to complain that the nation isn’t letting them have their way. I assure you, we’re not all like that. Enjoy this day and all of the days of your citizenship to come. Welcome aboard!
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Protesters disrupt Bush’s July 4th address at Monticello
http://top-secret-at.blogspot.com/2008/07/protesters-disrupt...President Bush delivered a July 4th address before a naturalization ceremony for new citizens at Thomas Jefferson’s home of Monticello that was repeatedly interrupted by protesters who called out “war criminal” and “impeach Bush.” According to news accounts, “shouts from protesters were heard during Bush’s remarks,” while a transcript notes repeated occurrences all through the speech of “Audience disturbance,” “Audience interruption,” and “Audience interruption continues.” “Protesters made it hard to hear President Bush Friday,” Fox News reported. According to Virginia’s News Leader, “Lee Catlin, community relations director for the Albemarle County, said six protesters were asked to leave the ceremony,” but none were arrested. The paper reported, “A Monticello spokesperson said that protesters were allowed to express their views unless they blocked views or passageways. He said that Monticello has no plans at this time to press charges against the six who were removed from the museum grounds.” At his AfterDowningStreet.org website, activist David Swanson explains why he and others “interrupted Bush at Monticello.” The stage before the Criminal in Chief arrived: The free press: Desiree Fairooz: Video of whole speech. Video of protests. Audio news report.
