Sabocat
16th January 2004, 18:27
In a disgusting display of pandering to voters, Bu$h lays a wreath at MLK's tomb...
ATLANTA -- President Bush laid a wreath at the tomb of Martin Luther King Jr. yesterday on what would have been the slain civil rights leader's 75th birthday, as hundreds of angry protesters chanted slogans against his policies and booed him from across the street.
The wreath-laying at the King Center and the Bush-Cheney campaign fund-raiser that followed capped a day in which the Bush administration reached out to black voters, the vast majority of whom are Democrats who have strongly objected to the president's policies.
The president bowed in silent prayer after placing the wreath at the head of the tomb. His view of the protesters was blocked by a line of city buses. Police in riot gear positioned themselves on top of the buses.
The rest... http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles..._king_ceremony/ (http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2004/01/16/protesters_greet_bush_at_king_ceremony/)
ATLANTA -- President Bush laid a wreath at the tomb of Martin Luther King Jr. yesterday on what would have been the slain civil rights leader's 75th birthday, as hundreds of angry protesters chanted slogans against his policies and booed him from across the street.
The wreath-laying at the King Center and the Bush-Cheney campaign fund-raiser that followed capped a day in which the Bush administration reached out to black voters, the vast majority of whom are Democrats who have strongly objected to the president's policies.
The president bowed in silent prayer after placing the wreath at the head of the tomb. His view of the protesters was blocked by a line of city buses. Police in riot gear positioned themselves on top of the buses.
The rest... http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles..._king_ceremony/ (http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2004/01/16/protesters_greet_bush_at_king_ceremony/)