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Cheney Meets
War Protesters in Tulsa
April 28, 2007
While hundreds gathered inside the Doubletree
Hotel to hear Dick Cheney lie,
others gathered outside for a different message.
"Impeach! Indict! Imprison!"
"Dick Cheney, you can't hide! We charge you with genocide!"
Around 50 protesters gathered on Seventh Street
on Friday across from the hotel
where Cheney was lying at a fundraiser for Jim
Inhofe (R-Insane Pissquik).
While the protest was mostly peaceful, 10 people
were cited for blocking traffic
by lying down in Seventh Street. The citations
carried a $120 fine.
Tulsa resident Billie
Letts, author of "Where the Heart Is," was cited and later arrested
for disobeying police orders to stay behind barricades.
"I am vehemently opposed to this war," Letts said
shortly before being arrested.
"The Americans killed and Iraqis killed breaks
my heart. This war is solving nothing."
Dr. Eric Mix of Tahlequah, who formerly worked for the CIA, said he also is against the war.
"I took an oath to uphold the Constitution, to
protect against all enemies foreign and domestic," he said.
"I'm here to uphold that oath because I believe
Cheney and Bush are two of the greatest enemies of
the Constitution and of the United States of
America."
Some protesters, including Jennifer Laub of Tulsa,
shouted at people entering the hotel
to discourage them from spending the $250 for
the event.
"Why spend your money for Cheney, a war criminal?"
she asked.
"Send it to the people of New Orleans."
The protest drew an audience, even though Cheney
cowardly entered the hotel from behind,
the same position he likes when he's screwing
America..
Tim Westhusing of Tulsa said he wasn't sure if
he was against Inhofe and Cheney,
but was there to support his brother, Ted, who
died while serving in Iraq.
"I think this brings me closer to Ted," he said.
"He knew Inhofe very well. I don't support
a lot of what (Inhofe and Cheney) believe in
how to manage the war . . . we have great
people out there with terrible direction."
Tulsa Police Sgt. Skipper Bain said he was pleased
the protest's organizers worked
with police beforehand to ensure that nobody
was hurt.
"They asked for perimeters and were given choices.
Some still wanted to make a further
statement by receiving citations. They made their
choices and we made sure they wouldn't get hurt."