Justin Moidel, 17, who lives in the Pittsburgh area, attended the swearing-in with friends, but after venturing outside the security gates for food, the group ditched plans to return for the parade because of the angry protesters and daunting lines at the weapons check.
"I liked being part of history, and the passage of power," said Moidel, who said he considers himself a conservative Democrat. "But the long lines and being protested against. . . . There was one lady who yelled at me, 'Are you prepared to die?' I guess she thinks Bush is an aggressive leader who will get us into war."
Assuming that that is a correct quote, that seems to pretty much demonstrate the ostrich-like posture of the attendees. "...an aggressive leader who will get us into war." ? Huh?
Ah, it must be the on-going tea-parties in the Hanging Gardens of Babylon that have him fooled.
posted by Jo Fish on 01.25.05 at 01:48 PM
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Does he not realize we are in a war now? I hope he gets drafted before he reproduces, we have too many ignoramusi already.
posted by: merl on 01.25.05 at 10:53 PM [permalink]
Personally, I like the bit about how he liked "being a part of history," but didn't like "being protested against." Welcome to American history, junior. It's full of pesky little things like protests. Yeesh.
Don't be harsh on the boy, obviously he was invited to attend by Santorum and felt he had to be polite.
Seriously, us Pittsburghers are not usually "conservative Dems" - whatever that means - but there are about 40 percent or so that are seriously misguided.
Now pardon me whilst I cry in my soup about our failure to take down the Pats...
