Students protest at McCain-Palin rally in Cedar Rapids
September 18, 2008 | Cedar Rapids, Iowa | Vetting explained
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For a complete video overview of the protests go to: Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSvkoVRk_cA Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LatHYOGpk6s On September 18th, 2008, a dozen students from the University of Iowa were kicked-out of the McCain-Palin rally for speaking out against 4 more years of the same unacceptable policies of George Bush. They used a protest strategy of "rolling disruptions" which proved to be very effective. During Palin's rally a group of UI women (including Megan Felt, Hannah Rounds, Laura Kacere, and Marni Steadham) advocated for women's rights, which are being seriously threatened by the outdated policies of McCain and Palin. They chanted "my body, my choice", "equal pay for equal work", and "Palin, Palin get off our back, women's rights are under attack!" They also held up a large banner reading "War is menstruation envy!" Shortly after, a second group of protesters (including UI students Robin Berman, Dan Rathjen, and David Goodner) called Palin and McCain out when they blatantly lied to the crowd about the current economic crisis. In particular, Palin and McCain promised to reform our economy, even though their economic policies are no different than the current administration. Toward the end of the speech McCain talked about his pro-war viewpoint. At the same time, UI graduate student, Justin Feinstein, screamed out, "John McCain, you never learn! We lost in 'Nam! We lost in Iraq! You can never win in war!" The third wave of students (including Feinstein, Brooke Bachelder, Lara Elborno, Naomi Prager, and Anthony Carter) began loudly chanting, "Bring 'em back, from Iraq", "No justice, no peace, U.S. out of the Middle East", "Wars, wars, that's his name, 100 more years with John McCain", and "All we are saying, is give peace a chance." All protesters were escorted out peacefully and their demonstration is a testament to the 1st amendment rights given to every US citizen. The protesters encourage all people to exercise their right to freedom of speech. Below is a long list of all the media coverage of this protest. The election is quickly approaching.... get out America and PROTEST NOW! Videos: http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=4458173n http://www.kgan.com/newsroom/top_stories/videos/kgan_vid_1380.shtml http://vimeo.com/1760944 http://www.kcrg.com/home/related/28607734.html?video=pop&t=a http://www.kcrg.com/home/related/28606204.html?video=pop&t=a http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gO_TR4juiw8 http://www.gazetteonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080918/NEWS/809189985/1006/news Articles: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/09/18/protesters-interrupt-palin-and-mccain-speeches/ http://www.kcrg.com/news/local/28628969.html http://www.kwwl.com/global/story.asp?s=9036084 http://www.kwwl.com/Global/category.asp?C=130142&nav=menu82_6 http://www.gazetteonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080918/NEWS/709189944/-1/rss01&rssfeed=rss01 http://iowaindependent.com/5743/mccain-palin-liveblog http://learfield.typepad.com/radioiowa/2008/09/mccainpalin-ral.html http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iE2JCSH5p9r2GBkQWS9TWAMzmuvQD939CMT00 http://www.press-citizen.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080918/NEWS01/80918017/1079 http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/18/campaign.wrap/?iref=mpstoryview http://it.notizie.yahoo.com/foto/galleria/foto-guerra.html?imageUrl=/ap/20080918/r_p_ap_ot_other/pot-mccain2008-9399fe8-46a62c37c825 http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080918/NEWS/80918023 http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1047966/john_mccain_sarah_palin_touch_down.html?image=362083&page=7&cat=9 http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2008/09/18/protesters-interrupt-mccain-palin-event/?mod=googlenews_wsj http://www.gazetteonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080918/NEWS/709189888/1006/news http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08263/913377-176.stm http://www.opednews.com/articles/University-of-Iowa-Student-by-Stephen-Fox-080920-773.html http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-candidate19-2008sep19,0,1050986.story?page=2&track=rss http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nation/politics/bal-te.campaign19sep19,0,3927949.story http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/politics/20080918-1439-mccain.html http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2008/09/18/ap5444723.html http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26776209/ http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/19/AR2008091903524_pf.html http://thepage.time.com/2008/09/18/mccain-palin-move-into-iowa-wisconsin-thursday/ http://kalimao.blogspot.com/2008/09/2008-elections-calling-lie-lie.html http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/sep/21/uselections2008.barackobama http://media.www.dailyiowan.com/media/storage/paper599/news/2008/09/22/Opinions/Letters.To.The.Editor-3444135.shtml?reffeature=htmlemailedition For more information contact: justin-feinstein@uiowa.edu
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