[lbo-talk] Unpopular President

[John Thornton]

The President arrived in my little burg last night 
via motorcade. He usually comes in AF1.
The entire North/South corridor was closed in 
anticipation of his arrival. This closure was not 
announced in advance to let people know to leave 
early or expect to arrive late for their 
destinations. Normally this would not be 
newsworthy but I happened to be at the main 
North/South and East/West intersection about 30 
minutes before dumbass drove by. Traffic was 
already stacked up when I pulled up. In spite of 
below freezing temps several dozen people got out 
of their cars to see the President drive by. When 
his motorcade finally came into sight there was 
absolutely no cheering. This is a red state and a 
red town but the President was only greeting with 
boo's and calls of "fuck you asshole". Even more 
odd was the fact that the cops at the intersection 
threatened to arrest people for booing and yelling 
and that just made the crowd jeer the President 
louder and laugh at the cop. This was not a 
planned protest but rather just a sample of people 
heading across town. This is big change from when 
dumbass came in '04. People waved and honked and 
acted glad to see him. I normally have to visit 
friends in St. Louis to see this type of behavior 
from Missourians. I hope this new found local 
dislike of the President is deep enough to effect 
all Republicans at the Polls next week.

His hotel is also heavily fortified with heavy 
military vehicles from the National Guard station 
along with dozens of large dump trucks forming a 
ring around the block where he is staying. This 
too is new. They didn't do this during his last 
visit nor during the VP's visit a few months ago. 
Has he become more worried about being attacked 
than he was only 2 years ago?

The catering company that is working the event is 
the cities largest employer of ex-convicts. I 
don't know why that was allowed in view of his 
heightened fear.

John Thornton