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Originally Posted by Superbelt
Well, if this story that performers can't look him in the eye is true... he isn't inaugurating himself with dignity...
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Fair enough
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They are doing it this way because he refuses to allow dissenting opinions to be around him (see. Free Speech Zones)
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Again, a fair comment.
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After winning the election with 51% of the vote he believes he has a mandate and says he "I've earned capital in this election and I'm going to spend it". What does that mean? More of the things that 49% of voting americans disagreed with like dismantling Social Security for instance. That alone is reason enough to not let up on him and make it evident to him that there are many americans who vehemently disagree with his policies.
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True. But there are
more Americans who disagree(d) with Kerry's policies.
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Turning their backs is not making a nuisance. It is representing the large minority of americans who took part in the 2004 elections.
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I don't have anything against protests per se. I just think that
a) The inauguration is a ceremony where the "President of the United States" is inaugurated. Not just President Bush. He's just filling in the shoes for a while.
b) That such a protect will mark an unfortunate precedent. Forever after we'll have the losing party staging silly protests because their candidate lost
c) And finally, I think this is just descending to the level and standards of the rabid right; those who carried out the witch-hunt on Clinton, those who consistenly lie in the media (Limbaugh, Coulter, O'Reilly etc).
Protest all you like. It just seems a little... inappropriate and petty to me. I always felt the liberal left, the Democrats, were above such things.
But then again, I'm an outside observer and many will be annoyed at even these observations and opinions.
Mr Mephisto