- Peace Garden: Jeb is cornered

Jeb is cornered

Tuesday, October 10, 2006

Freepublic is not my normal read (wait until you read the article's comments), but this story about Jeb and protesters caught my eye.

Protesters greeted Florida Gov. Jeb Bush on his way to a campaign event for a Pennsylvania senator, and he briefly took refuge in a subway station supply closet to avoid the anti-Republican demonstrators. The president's brother encountered protesters on their way to join a demonstration outside the exclusive Duquesne Club, where Sen. Rick Santorum (news, bio, voting record), a Republican, was holding a fundraiser Friday. Officers used stun guns to subdue two protesters, saying they disobeyed orders to disperse, said Bob Grove, a Port Authority spokesman. "It was a very tense situation. They were very close to the governor and shouting on top of him," Grove said. Bush was not injured. The protesters, made up of members of the United Steelworkers union and the anti-war group Uprise Counter Recruitment, chanted, "Jeb go home," and said Bush blew them a kiss. Bush, accompanied by a security guard and an aide, retreated into a nearby subway station and was followed by about 50 picketers, said Bob Grove, a Port Authority spokesman. "(Bush) was quickly getting out of the way and not wanting to engage us," said Jon Vandenburgh, a protester and a researcher for the United Steelworkers. As a precaution, Bush was ushered into a station supply closet and stayed there until the crowd left.
Shouting makes a situation tense? I think stumping for crazy Santorum would make one tense.

Why a blown kiss if the situation was so tense he had to be escorted to a closet and stun guns used? Doesn't sound like an action a sane man in a tense....OOOPS...I forgot he is a Bush. No sanity in that crew.



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