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Local World Can’t Wait chapter protests President Bush’s policies
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Posted 10/5/06
BAKERSFIELD –
A local liberal group began protesting President Bush at 10:30 a.m. in downtown Bakersfield Thursday.
“It’s the war and beyond. It’s highlighting
that this is not just a bloody war, it’s an illegal war,” said The
World Can’t Wait Bakersfield Chapter organizer Jared Thomas. “It’s a
war of aggression. Thus far, a war against Afghanistan, a war against
Iraq, and building for a war in Iran that could very well turn
nuclear.”
It’s the same group that protested the In God We Trust event earlier this year.
Members of the Bakersfield Chapter The World Can’t Wait got together several months ago to plan the local protest.
They said it’s part of a mass mobilization that
is taking place in hundreds of cities across the country to speak out
against the President and his policies.
Organizers said they expect thousands of people
to turn out on Bakersfield’s streets, and expects the protest to last
into the evening.
But, the executive director of the Kern County Republican Party said the group is being overly optimistic.