That’s right, it’s the same guy responsible for almost every other piece of crap you can think of!
It’s the Friday before the 4th of July weekend. Traffic would probably have been crazy anyway. So of course Bush has to travel to one of our many rich-a$$ suburbs, right during rush-hour, and close every single street and highway along the way because God-forbid people go about their lives. Sure says a lot when you can’t even trust your own citizens to be within a certain radius of you.
So thanks @sshole, hope you make lots of money cause that’s all we care about too! Forget that silly Iraq war disaster… or the millions without health insurance… or the oil companies making record profits while we use our food budget to pay for gas so we can get to work and make minimum wage which hasn’t been raised in 8 years… go do what a President non-elected individual who pretends he was actually voted into office is supposed to do, attend a fundraiser!
Have fun hanging out with good ole’ Dewine and your rich constituents. You could use the time together to talk about what other parts of the Constitution you can destroy in the name of “National Security.” Us middle-class and poor folks don’t mind idling for hours on the highway waiting for the roads to open again. Gas is dirt cheap these days anyway, might as well use a ton of it! President Gore says that’s bad but you told me the truth about global warming and how greedy American consumption and SUV’s really aren’t causing it at all. Hakuna Matata Georgie!
P.S. The address of this fundraiser is (I think) 1297 Sherborne Ln, Powell, OH 43065. Do what you want with it. I know I will. ;-)
Bush’s rush-hour visit to close roads
The Columbus Dispatch – Friday, June 30, 2006
President Bush’s visit today will raise big bucks for Republican Sen. Mike DeWine — and cause big headaches for rush-hour motorists.
Portions of roadways, mostly on the North and East sides, will be closed around 5 p.m. for undetermined periods while Bush’s motorcade travels from Port Columbus to Powell for the highdollar fundraiser at the home of Randy and Sara Wilcox.
The president’s visit could bring much of northern Columbus to a standstill at a time when motorists will be eager to start the Fourth of July weekend, some of them by heading to the Ger- main Amphitheater on Polaris Parkway for a 7:30 p.m. concert featuring Chicago and Huey Lewis & The News.
“We’re hoping to minimize the delays,” said Tim Greenhalgh, agent in charge of the Columbus office of the Secret Service.
Although the Secret Service does not reveal the president’s travel route, the motorcade likely will use I-270 north to get to Powell. The closure of onand-off ramps, along with overpasses, could delay traffic on I-71, Rt. 315 and other roadways on the North Side, Greenhalgh said. He said the road closures will be for the shortest times possible.
Bush is expected to be at the fundraiser for about two hours, with portions of roadways again shut down when he heads back to the airport sometime after 7 p.m. The fundraiser is private, and Bush has no public events scheduled while in town.
Asked if he was concerned about a rush-hour traffic snarl, DeWine said: “We always have a concern. They’re (the White House) going to do whatever they can to try to minimize it.”
The fundraiser will generate more than $1 million for De-Wine’s campaign and the Ohio Republican Party, with several hundred people expected to attend.
Event attendees will pay at least $2,200 per person; the price for a photo opportunity with Bush at a VIP reception is $10,000.
Randy Wilcox, head of SARCOM Inc., a technology services company, is a loyal but moderate GOP donor. He and his wife have contributed about $14,000 to federal candidates during the past decade, including $2,000 to DeWine in 2000 and $4,000 to Bush in 2003, according to records compiled by the Center for Responsive Politics.
DeWine said he asked the president to come to Ohio to raise money for his re-election bid. It’s the second visit for Bush since February, when he attended a Cincinnati-area fundraiser.
“I got to know the president very well during his (2004) presidential campaign,” De-Wine added. “Fran (DeWine) and I were with him in virtually every stop he made in Ohio.”
Brian Rothenberg, spokesman for the Ohio Democratic Party, said DeWine has been reluctant to appear in public with Bush because of the president’s low popularity ratings but is more than willing to use him to raise cash.
“It’s never good for the nation when the president’s approval ratings are so bad that he has to sneak into town and then sneak out,” Rothenberg said.
DeWine said he is eager to appear with the president: “My intention is to greet him at the airport. That’s pretty public. I’m honored he’s coming in. I’m honored to greet him.”
As for the price tag for a politics-only visit by the president, DeWine’s campaign will get a bill from the federal government. Still, the amount a campaign is charged for such a visit isn’t likely to approach the actual costs — shrouded in secrecy but well into six figures — of transporting the president on Air Force One and hauling along his security apparatus.
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