Well the usual suspects were at again this weekend. This time a coalition of confused malcontents from groups such as Peace Action Maine, After Downing Street, Maine Campaign to Impeach, Maine Lawyers for Democracy, and United for Peace and Justice gathered in the small town of Kennebunkport to protest President Bush and Putin. I think Dogs for Peace may have had a contingency there as well, but they were immediately detained for public urination and violation of Kennebunkport’s strict leash laws (come to think of it…some of the members of the other groups could have been arrested on the same charges!).
From Maine Today.com:
“The crowd gathered at Kennebunkport’s Village Green, with speakers and musicians onstage and numerous protesters in the crowd participating in political theater. There was a coffin being drawn on a carriage, a group of Abu Graib “prisoners” in orange jumpsuits with black bags over their heads, people dressed up as the Statue of Liberty and a donkey with President Bush’s face.
Almost everyone had either a sticker, a sign or a T-shirt that summed up their mood, among them “Impeach Bush,” “Not one more dollar,” “Jail to the Chief,” and “Impeachment is Patriotic."
I am sure they were all eating “soy dogs,” wearing black armbands made of recyclable material (which can conveniently be used at the next “Save the Spotted Owl,” “Stop Global Warning,” or “Hillary Obama Edwards love fest”).
The only thing these groups managed to achieved, other than to show how stupid some Americans are, is snarl traffic in a major tourist town the weekend before the 4th of July. One sure way to get your fellow liberals mad at you is to interrupt their Sunday shopping trip in a “quaint Maine village” with the inconvenience of a peace rally, or impeachment rally, or Save "Fill-in the blank (Darfur, Whales, Sudan) rally.
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