Inauguration Photos by Jo Freeman
II - Pre-inaugural Protest
The day before the Inauguration was also Martin Luther King Jr. Day, and in keeping with the tradition of non-violent protest it was one last chance to protest Bush #43. When George W. Bush made his last trip to Iraq a reporter with Cairo-based network Al Baghdadia Television threw his shoes at the President – the supreme insult in that culture. Muntadar al-Zaidi became something of a culture hero to everyone who opposed the invasion of Iraq; throwing shoes at Bush images became popular all over the world.
A group calling it self Shoe Bush hosted a rally in Dupont Circle on
January 19, followed by a march to the White House.
On January 18, a giant balloon effigy in a flight suit with a Pinocchio nose was inflated.
The Bush balloon had a little trouble staying erect.
Ready to meet the public....
...which was ready to Shoe Bush
The Raging Grannies open the rally on January 19.
CodePink does the CanCan...
...while others watch.
People add their own sentiments to the Preamble to the US Constitution.
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