# So Uncle Bush is in my town today! I didn't know we had this many protestors! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 21, 2003, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-uncle-bush-is-in-my-town-today-i-didnt-know-we-had-this-many-protestors/176540 "2003-05-21T13:05:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Phlosphr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2003, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-uncle-bush-is-in-my-town-today-i-didnt-know-we-had-this-many-protestors/176540/1 "2003-05-21T13:05:13Z")
I’m driving to campus this morning to straighten out a few loose ends and all of a sudden I see an army helicopter then another one, and another one, and then a Chinook presidential heli, and another and another. So I get to my building, come in, plug in, and then remember OH YEAH! The president is speaking at the Coast Guard Academy Commencement. So I go up to the roof of the building a couple minutes ago and look to see if I can see anything. I see heli’s and lot’s and lot’s of protestors. I didn’t know we had this many people in Southeastern Connecticut who didn’t like Bush. WOW! One of the sign says “Stop War In Iraq” - don’t they know the war is over? Geez! When Clinton came to speak at the CGA there were no protestors. Go figure. Do presidents always get this amount of security where ever they go? ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2003, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-uncle-bush-is-in-my-town-today-i-didnt-know-we-had-this-many-protestors/176540/2 "2003-05-21T13:42:28Z")
I’m pretty sure the president gets a huge ammount of security where ever he goes. I remember seeing the parade of helicoptors in NYC when President Clinton was there for the begining of fleet week. ---
**Author:** ![dorkusmalorkusmafia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dorkusmalorkusmafia/32/7266_2.png) [@dorkusmalorkusmafia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorkusmalorkusmafia)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2003, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-uncle-bush-is-in-my-town-today-i-didnt-know-we-had-this-many-protestors/176540/3 "2003-05-21T15:14:26Z")
Living in DC, the president has a ton of security. Most of it is fairly hidden but if you know what to look for you can see it. Bush gets more flack and protesters than Clinton did in my experience but I assume that just goes with the job. ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2003, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-uncle-bush-is-in-my-town-today-i-didnt-know-we-had-this-many-protestors/176540/4 "2003-05-21T15:31:23Z")
When Clinton was over in Dublin a few years ago the security was very much in evidence. He spoke in College Green just outside Trinity College. To get there everyone(~20k IIRC) had to go through metal detectors and you could see guys with rifles on the roof on trinity with spotters beside them. There was a huge amount of cars in his cavalcade. He did stop into a pub that my mother and I used to work in for a pint but the people in there had already been vetted by the secret service so we couldn’t get in. ---
**Author:** ![Gotterfunken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/58956e/32.png) [@Gotterfunken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gotterfunken)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2003, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-uncle-bush-is-in-my-town-today-i-didnt-know-we-had-this-many-protestors/176540/5 "2003-05-21T15:42:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by yojimbo \* > \*\*He did stop into a pub that my mother and I used to work in for a pint but the people in there had already been vetted by the secret service so we couldn’t get in. \*\* I don’t know if he visited any other pubs on that trip, but I do remember hearing that he only had a _half_-pint of Guinness. The wuss. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2003, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-uncle-bush-is-in-my-town-today-i-didnt-know-we-had-this-many-protestors/176540/6 "2003-05-21T15:45:02Z")
President Clinton came to Jerusalem for peace talks when I lived there. The clusterfuck his security detail caused was unbelievable. The whole city was completely disrupted. ---
**Author:** ![Aro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b3f665/32.png) [@Aro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aro)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2003, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-uncle-bush-is-in-my-town-today-i-didnt-know-we-had-this-many-protestors/176540/7 "2003-05-21T15:51:31Z")
The security for Bush (certainly in N. Ireland) has been _way_ more than it ever was for Clinton. [As I once said in a personal rant.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=176048&highlight=Hillsborough) ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2003, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-uncle-bush-is-in-my-town-today-i-didnt-know-we-had-this-many-protestors/176540/8 "2003-05-21T16:12:08Z")
**Skopo** you right it was only a half pint. By the by I just heard today that the old landlord of that pub died this morning of cancer at 45 years old :mad: ☹ Nice guy aswell. ---
**Author:** ![Phlosphr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2003, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-uncle-bush-is-in-my-town-today-i-didnt-know-we-had-this-many-protestors/176540/9 "2003-05-21T16:49:31Z")
I’ve almost never seen so many helicopters…And I’ve never seen a **Grey** Blackhawk. I think thats what it was…