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Shockingly, a weekend protest is planned in Kennebunk

by Deirdre Fulton | July 29, 2008

I'm getting a feeling of deja vu. Jamilla El-Shafei, of the Kennebunks Peace Department, is helping to organize a weekend protest march to the Bush family compound in Kennebunkport. Bush will visit Kennebunkport on Saturday, August 2.

The usual suspects will be present: Code Pink, Maine Peace Action, Veterans for Peace, and Carlos Arredondo, the father of a slain soldier who died in Iraq four years ago.

My questions, asked in earnest, are: Are these protests drawing new attendees every time? What do they accomplish? Do observers start to tune them out after some time? I'm not sure. My call is in to Jamilla to get her take, which I'll post here.

Filed under: Local Activism

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dborelli said:

SHOCKINGLY?????? SHOCKINGLY??????? WHEN IT COMES TIME FOR IMPORTANT DECISIONS CONCERNING THE WELFARE OF THIS COUNTRY....THE GAYS, ZIONISTS,AND MARXISTS (WHICH FORM WITHIN DEM. PARTY) COME OUT IN DROVES TO MESS UP LEGISLATURES AGENDA'S ....

THIS IS NOTHING MORE THAN A WAY TO DIVIDE THE COUNTRY....HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH CIVIL RIGHTS!! ALL PEOPLE ARE PROTECTED BY SAME LAWS..WHAT IS NEEDED IS ENFORCEMENT! NOT NEW LAWS... MAINE HAS NEVER BEEN A GAY MARXIST ZIONIST STATE...THEY ARE HERE FROM ELSEWHERE TO TURN THE STATES' VOTES...AFTER ALL... MAINE LEADS..OR ALWAYS HAS, I SHOULD SAY. TODAY IT IS ALMOST UNRECOGNIZABLE...

NEWCOMERS TO MAINE NEED TO LEARN OUR' WAYS, NOT LEGILATURE CHANGED TO MEET THE AREA THEY JUST LEFT'''' DUH...

July 30, 2008 11:40 AM

Fake Name said:

Are these protests drawing new attendees every time? No

What do they accomplish? Nothing

Do observers start to tune them out after some time? Yes

These protests are like the Civil War battle recreations that take place on town commons from time to time. They have no relevance and 99.9% of the general population ignores them.

Jamilla El-Shafei has turned this into a little cottage industry for herself. Not sure what she'll do when Bush leaves office. Oh wait, there's always Nestle!

July 30, 2008 1:55 PM

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