Sherry Wolfe in protest t-shirt at President Bush event on Oct. 3, 2007 in Lancaster, Pa. Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP Photo.
by Frank James
President Bush doesn't like to see protesters at his events. No president does really. The job is stressful enough without them. Plus most presidents enjoy being accorded great respect. It's something they get used to.
Staffers in the Bush White House and on the president's campaigns know this president especially doesn't want to spot protesters at his events, no more than he wants to hear a reporter's cell phone ring at a presidential press conference.
Bush aides and campaigns have well-deserved reputations for screening people who get into the president's events to make sure protesters don't get in. And when they've managed to slip into an event in the past, they usually were quickly ushered out.
All of which makes it remarkable that a woman named Sherry Wolfe was able to get into, and apparently allowed to stay in, a Bush appearance in Lancaster, Pa. today at which he spoke to the local chamber of commerce about fiscal discipline.
Wolfe wore a white t-shirt with the stark message on its front: "GEORGE BUSH, YOUR WAR KILLED MY FRIEND'S SON." The back said: "BRENT ADAMS KILLED DEC. 1, 2005, RAMADI IRAQ."
It's unknown on this end if Bush saw Wolfe, but if he did, some poor aide probably had some explaining to do.
(Inset picture: Carolyn Kaster/AP Photo.)







Comments
A tip of the hat to Sherry Wolfe. May your kind multiply.
Posted by: c. perry | October 3, 2007 3:31 PM
Nice one Sherry! It's high time for millions to storm the white house and the capitol building. Enough is enough.
Posted by: CDM | October 3, 2007 3:42 PM
"War Protester Bursts White House Bubble, Briefly"?
These people should all have their heads chopped off for criticizing our honorable President Bush, right Lil Johnny D?....and RNC Brucie?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/45936529@N00/524589871/
How dare the protesters question our war hero President! they should support him the same way that our Young Republicans/Future War Heroes do:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3inspkrGVbw
Posted by: John E | October 3, 2007 3:44 PM
Bush's advance teams must be slipping.
Posted by: nisleib | October 3, 2007 3:45 PM
Cute, little picture there, Johnnnny E.
Seriously, I don't think a protester's head should get chopped off. Now, you, it could be worthy of some sort of scientific study into the inside of those on the Loony Left.
Posted by: John D | October 3, 2007 3:53 PM
I’m appalled… how dare she flaunt her 1st Amendment Rights... Right in front of the man sworn to protect them. Who does she think she is? A citizen?
Posted by: Carl L | October 3, 2007 3:57 PM
I don't think the "advance teams" are slipping but this left protestor just gave Bush and every other politician who uses them justification. People who want to disrupt rallies to draw attention to themselves, left or right, will always be removed from them because Wolfe and the media got the "gotcha" story they both wanted.
Posted by: Anonymous | October 3, 2007 3:58 PM
She is such a cool lady.
Posted by: Sarah G | October 3, 2007 4:06 PM
She seems like the type of person that you could just sit down with and have a rational conversation.
Posted by: JD | October 3, 2007 4:21 PM
She seems like the type of person that you could just sit down with and have a rational conversation.
Posted by: JD | October 3, 2007 4:21 PM
She seems rational compared to you and your troll pal Lil Johnny Quacksalot.
Cute photo of JD and Lil Johnny D at a More War & Death rally recently:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/eexlebots/513709851/
Nice sign you two have there!
Posted by: John E | October 3, 2007 4:53 PM
Freedom of speech, just watch what you say!
Posted by: Anonymous Bosh | October 3, 2007 5:11 PM
Cute little picture of you there, Demented Johnnny E. I know you like to post as me and pretend to be me, but since you showed everyone a real picture of me some time ago, we all know that isn't me. Plus, I work, have a job. We all know you don't. Pretending is what you do, right?
Posted by: John D | October 3, 2007 5:14 PM
this is the most newsworthy post yet.
Keep up the good work Frank.
Hey John D......who is John E?
Posted by: JD | October 3, 2007 5:32 PM
I'm a Bush supporter and I'm just fine with people expressing their freedom of speech. The lady was perfectly within her right. It's the Democrats trying to silence Rush Limbaugh who seem to not understand the concept. And it was Bill and Hillary Clinton who actually had the Secret Service arrest a couple at Taste of Chicago for shouting at them while they passed in their car. Hypocrisy, thy name begins with the letter "D."
Posted by: Hank | October 3, 2007 5:56 PM
"And it was Bill and Hillary Clinton who actually had the Secret Service arrest a couple at Taste of Chicago for shouting at them while they passed in their car. Hypocrisy, thy name begins with the letter "D."
Posted by: Hank | October 3, 2007 5:56 PM"
Be careful, Hank.
Once Hill's is prez she will be able to legally make you disappear by using the powers gathered for the unitary executive under George Tiberius Bush.
'Paranoia strikes deep♬
Into your life it will creep
Starts when you're always afraid
Step out of line they come....
And take you away.'♪
Posted by: C.Morris | October 3, 2007 6:09 PM
Hank? You want to talk about hypocrisy buddy? Your wonderful president is giving BILLIONS of dollars to Halliburton while veto-ing a bill for childredns health care while saying "no child left behind" Why dont you go play in traffic?
Posted by: frank | October 3, 2007 6:43 PM
Well we all know what is next for this young lady. A PLEASE ARREST HER AND TASER HER IF SHE EVER WEARS THAT T SHIRT AGAIN.
DIDN'T THE STATE DEPARTMENT SEND YOU YOUR CHECK! 5K IS THE GOING DOLLAR AMOUNT, DID YOU GET IT?
Why should it be a shock or even wrong for that matter. I'm cheering her on, but meanwhile I'm also trying to figure out IF I COULD WITHOUT BEING RENDERED IN ANOTHER COUNTRY UNTIL I TOLD WHERE I GOT THE SHIRT AND WHO MADE IT.
HECHO IN CHINA, HECHO IN MEXICO, I SWEAR BIG POPPY, I SWEAR!
Posted by: Roger Morris | October 3, 2007 6:47 PM
If bush saw it, he's so dyslexic that he probably couldn't even begin to read it. He can read short one or two word things, but not that much on a t-shirt.
GOOD FOR SHERRY WOLFE -- A TRUE AMERICAN!!! If everyone were like her, we wouldn't be in this mess now because of the brain-dead ignoramus bush groupies.
Posted by: Dan | October 3, 2007 7:34 PM
Hank, Bush has already taken away alot of freedoms and rights, (by doing away with the Writ of Habeas Corpus) rendering many of the first ten amendments to constitution null and void, but he hasn't gotten around yet to free speech, however, don't piss him off, he can have you jailed as a terrorist indefinitely at his own discretion/pleasure.
Posted by: Jim | October 3, 2007 8:40 PM
Read your Bible. 'And Paul said "behold, a Great One shall appear to you as a monkey and will lead his People in the Last Great War of the Holy Land. Then his Disciple will shoot a man in the face.’
Posted by: bob | October 3, 2007 9:29 PM
George Bush is simply a very rich bit of white trash. He destroys everything he touches including the US image everywhere. He's the WORST ever!
Posted by: Marcus Holly | October 3, 2007 9:30 PM
let me get this straight. our dumb as a brick president makes all kinds of exagerations about WMDs, starts the iraq war, bungles it terribly, wastes $600B+ in the process and I am "unamerican" if i don't blindly follow this fool.....
Posted by: confused | October 3, 2007 11:19 PM
Shorter bob:
Bark! Snuffle! Oink!
See...I just like i said! What's not to like?
Posted by: weinerdog43 | October 4, 2007 12:05 AM
BUSH = WORST PREZ EVER!
Posted by: George Greek | October 4, 2007 2:09 AM
I'm sick of that scum Bush and all you supportors of him!
Posted by: Walter | October 4, 2007 5:23 AM
You cattle amuse me - No politician (left or right) gives a crap about you or your kind. You vigorously defend your candidate and affiliations with people who both sell our country off, exploit us as taxpayers and make you think they are on "your side". (nearly)All politicians are worthless people who don't respect or get what they really do....
keep fiddling while Rome burns....
United we stand, divided we fall....seriously.
Posted by: dean | October 4, 2007 8:25 AM
Hi, I’m Sherry Wolfe, the protestor who wore the t-shirt to a Bush event in Lancaster, Pennsylvania,Oct. 3, 2007.This action at the Chamber of Commerce Town Hall Meeting was not about me.The imperative was to try to hand deliver a letter from a good friend whose son ,Brent Adams died under conflicting circumstances in Ramadi Iraq, Dec.1, 2005. For the past 2 years the family has had no co-operation from the military,or the White House and wants and DESERVES answers, and some measure of closure. During the Meeting,Not only was the letter given to Bush, the White House called the Adams family 3 hours after the meeting, saying the president had read the letter on Air force One,and is ordering an investigation into the death of Brent.
(Please ciculate this information widely to keep the pressure on the President to make sure he keeps his word. As we are well aware, George Bush rarely keeps his promises. I am sure he responded so quickly after the Lancaster encounter, to try to counter the attention the media was giving to this story. He wanted to make himself look good. )
Also, the reason I was not immediately dragged out and arrested after I removed my jacket and blouse to reveal my t-shirt message : the Amish Nickel Mines families were seated in the front row of a very small Town Hall style setting. All seats were in very close proximity. Bush had just finished talking to the Amish about compassion, forgiveness, and his own " Christianity ". There was no way they could have removed me discreetly, as I was in the second row in full view of everyone. George would have looked like a hypocrite , ( even though he is one ),if he had allowed a woman to be dragged away.
GOLD STAR FATHER'S LETTER TO PRESIDENT BUSH
Mr. President:
I do not write this letter to you as an American Citizen to the President of our country. I write this letter to you simply as one father to another. A father who is looking for the truth of what happened on 12/1/05 when my son, Brent A Adams a National Guardsman for 17 years with the 2/28th Combat Brigade based in Washington, PA, was killed in action.
On December 1, 2005 at approximately 6:30 PM that dreaded knock on the door came from two National Guardsmen who informed us of our son’s death in Ramadi, Iraq. We were told he was killed as he drove his Bradley vehicle over an IED in Ramadi. We were struck by grief so deep and wide that it can only be understood by someone who has experienced it for themselves. So when my wife and I watched the news the following day, we drawn to the report of action in Ramadi showing a video shot by the insurgents on the streets of the city on 12/1/05. It showed them having free reign, firing an RPG, as well other hand held weapons. We sat in shock as we watched and thought that possibly this was some of the action that Brent was killed in. But, we were totally confused when immediately after viewing the video, Major General Rich Lynch appeared and strongly disputed reports of widespread insurgent attacks in Ramadi on Thursday. He said there were no Americans killed in Ramadi, Iraq on Thursday, December 1st and the video we had just seen was a propaganda video made by the insurgents. He said one attack, involving a rocket-propelled grenade occurred Thursday and that it caused no damage or casualties. For an instant we had a fleeting hope that possibly he was right and our son wasn’t killed, some sort of mistake had happened. But deep in our hearts we knew that this wasn’t the case.
We waited in grief for our son’s remains to come to Pittsburgh, where he made his home with his wife and now six year old son. Since it was during December, there were weather issues, making air transport difficult, but we finally had a date for his body to arrive and arranged for the services to take place. Then family received notice there was a possibility that he wouldn’t arrive "on time". We were told we should consider having the services using an empty casket. Obviously, we were appalled by that statement and fortunately after some phone calls to US representatives, his body did arrive and we had the services as originally scheduled.
During the services, I came in contact with three US service representatives assigned to the family who I questioned about the contradiction between where I was told my son was killed and what Major General Rick Lynch said on national television. All three took my information and said they would "get back to me" but they never did. I was too overcome with grief to do much more than that at the time but as time passed it has troubled me to the point that it causes me today to ask you, the Commander in Chief of the Armed Services why this apparent misinformation took place.
Since that time every serviceman I spoke to verified it was Ramadi where he was killed. Some of them showed me wounds they received that day, December 1, 2005. Recently, through a chance meeting, I met one of the medics who treated my son as he lay dying at checkpoint 295 which he said was clearly in Ramadi.
I can only assume the report Major General Rick Lynch made to the nation December 2 was intentionally deceiving and it was done to diminish the validity of the insurgents. What it did diminish was my regard for my government. This spin control through marginalization of truth and trivializing of individuals feelings for a perceived greater good has got to stop. It demonstrated a total lack of respect for me, my family, his fellow soldiers, and most importantly my son.
Mr. President, I ask you as one father to another to investigate this incident and verify what happened. If I have somehow been misled by my conclusions you need to let me know.
Bill Adams
Posted by: Sherry Wolfe | October 12, 2007 3:44 AM