Jeb came to the Sheraton in West Palm Beach today to deliver a speech to The
Forum Club, and about 100 of us were there.  I arrived at 11:30 to an already
impressive showing of seniors, union workers and other pissed off Palm Beacher's.
The group was positioned at the main entrance to the hotel with several police standing by.

Protesters continued to stream in and the police looked increasingly
concerned.  They made an announcement with a bullhorn that any people that
were not registered guests and were parked in the hotel lot would be towed.
I worried for a nanosecond about my minivan that I had carefully parked
backwards to hide my various incriminating bumper stickers.... but the thought of
them cross checking plates with all of the hotel records seemed unlikely.

Two local affiliates, NBC and FOX shot footage- and a Palm Beach Post
photographer shot tons of pictures.  There were no print reporters as far as
I could tell.  They presumably wanted to catch Bush driving into the entrance
to our unwelcome but it wasn't meant to be.  Security must have given the
coward the heads up and he was escorted through a back entrance.

We must have given the gathering of well dressed business people something to
talk about as they mingled waiting for their exclusive luncheon to begin
evidenced by the look of shock and anger on their faces as they drove into
the hotel lot- many gave us the finger.  A few gave us the thumbs up- but the
majority of our support came from the chorus of horn blowing from driveby's
on the main road outside of the hotel.

We stood there for the duration of the event with several speakers from
various organizations addressing our crowd. At about 1:00pm, we started to
peacefully disband.  I had a little more time so I drove to the lobby
entrance and waited in my van for Bush to leave the hotel.

After a few minutes, I saw Bob Kunst from the Oral Majority walk to the
entrance so I decided to catch up with him.  He is widely known to do or say
the unimaginable and I was feeling a little chutzpah myself.

He told me that he was supposed to meet a friend at 2:00pm in the lobby but
saw no harm in trying to catch an audience with Prince Bush.  We sat in some
comfy chairs directly in the hallway that Bush would have to use to exit.  By
now the crowd was disbanding and LET ME TELL YOU- I have never seen
so many St John suits and facelifts in my life!

Bob had a stack of his No More Bushit stickers sitting on his lap and it was
hysterical to see these giddy republicans exit all smiles and then catch a glimpse
of one of Bob's stickers!  Daggers, I tell you!  At one point we overheard a guy say,
"The boy did good this time!  I heard him speak a couple of years ago and it was dull."
Bob seized the opportunity and asked the man if he was as dull this time.
You think W can smirk!  It must be a Republican gene.

Finally, three dudes with the twirly ear pieces came up the hallway directly
to us and stated that we were not registered hotel guests and therefore we
must leave IMMEDIATELY.  Bob explained that we wanted no trouble and that he
was meeting a friend shortly in the lobby.  I suggested that short of leaving
the grounds, that we might be able to wait in the lounge.  Mr Secret Service
loved that idea- as long as we were not within sight of the poor cowardly
governor.... then he said this:  "Thank you very much.  You would make our
jobs a whole lot easier if you weren't here."

Well, I have one thing to say to that: You would make our lives a whole lot
easier if Jeb Bush wasn't governor therefore enabling a theft of an election.
 

Lisa Ramsay