From the mouths of those who protest mnost loudly comes a very entertaining article about how things were better under Bush than Obama, at least when it comes to being tolerant of free speech.
And now the article:
It’s impossible to miss Code Pink whenever they show up. They’re kind of a big deal on the disruption circuit. Dressing in bright pink helps. For the most part, they’re a spry, ethnically homogeneous group of post-menopausal urban-lite liberals whose all-natural, cruelty-free perfume smells suspiciously like Eau-de-Smug. God couldn’t make a more stereotypical lefty (if She existed!)
Rallies, protests, congressional hearings: If they’re not there, the event ain’t big and they’ve been at it since 2002. Ostensibly, they want to end “the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan,” but really, it’s any war. They’ll even protest House panels about AIG and BP — all part of capitalism’s War on Us.
Code Pink gets mocked a lot for its unashamed eagerness to disrupt. Incidentally, they also get arrested a lot, too. Co-founder Medea Benjamin said she’s been arrested or detained in and around the Capitol “probably about 10 times.”
During their peak years, when the Iraq invasion was still fresh and liberals had something to hate, Benjamin said Code Pink counted about 500 yearly protesters among its ranks.
Just because they’ve waved hands covered in red corn syrup at then-Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, however, doesn’t mean the reign of George W. Bush was all bad. In fact, Benjamin said the administration was relatively accommodating in the days just after 9/11, especially compared to President Barack Obama.