Anti-war activists target McCain fundraiser
Students and area residents that have organized with the social networking site Facebook say they will protest outside Sen. John McCain’s fundraiser at Hunter Farms on Tuesday.
The Facebook group, plainly named “Activists in St. Louis for Summer ‘08,” plans to be standing at the corder of Ladue Road and S. Woods Mill Road from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
“John McCain seems intent on continuing the aggressive militaristic policies of George Bush,” said Laurie Meier, coordinator of the St. Louis Chapter of CODEPINK, in a release. “We’re here to remind him that St. Louis is ready for a new direction in domestic and foreign policy.”
Some of the same folks protested McCain’s energy policy at a Loop gas station recently. They’re calling this event “Invest in People, Not the War.”
It should be noted that during a June fundraiser in downtown St. Louis for Sen. Barack Obama, a group of Republican students and residents showed up to protest. Apparently, turnabout is fair play.
And what did the republican miscreants protest; the fact that their candidate can’t win?