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Aug. 28th, 2003 07:42 pmPresident Bush was in town the other day for a big fundraising dinner (lunch, actually). One of those fly in, give a 24 minute speech while people have their $2,000/plate lunches (fair food: pronto pups, deep fried cheese curds, lemonade, etc.), and leave the state having been on the ground here maybe two hours tops. He made either $1.4 or $1.6 million from it, I've heard conflicting numbers. His main topic was the "improving economy". (I suppose, if you're only counting his campaign account...)
Anyway, there were many protesters outside, mainly commenting on the economy. Rather clever, too. One woman brought a step ladder to stand on, so she could look high and low for the "economic recovery" Bush keeps saying we're in. She also brought binoculars, "in case the recovery is still far away" and a magnifying glass "in case it's too small to see". Another brought a telescope, in case the economic recovery was way, way out there. Someone else brought a "road map" to help the search.
A lot of these folks were un- or under-employed. (In fact, the current estimates are that there are at least 135,000 unemployed job seekers in MN- and that just counts the ones who haven't given up and stopped looking.)
As all the "guests" (donors) were leaving the building, Ron Eibensteiner, head of the MN Republican Party went past the protesters who were kept across the street on Kellogg Blvd.
He leaned over a police barrier towards them and yelled, "Get a job!"
Gee, Ron. The whole reason for the protest went right over your head, didn't it?
Anyway, there were many protesters outside, mainly commenting on the economy. Rather clever, too. One woman brought a step ladder to stand on, so she could look high and low for the "economic recovery" Bush keeps saying we're in. She also brought binoculars, "in case the recovery is still far away" and a magnifying glass "in case it's too small to see". Another brought a telescope, in case the economic recovery was way, way out there. Someone else brought a "road map" to help the search.
A lot of these folks were un- or under-employed. (In fact, the current estimates are that there are at least 135,000 unemployed job seekers in MN- and that just counts the ones who haven't given up and stopped looking.)
As all the "guests" (donors) were leaving the building, Ron Eibensteiner, head of the MN Republican Party went past the protesters who were kept across the street on Kellogg Blvd.
He leaned over a police barrier towards them and yelled, "Get a job!"
Gee, Ron. The whole reason for the protest went right over your head, didn't it?
