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Protesters Greet Clinton at Salem State College
Local Taxpayers Pay for Heavy Security; Police Are Everywhere
By Ed Oliver
March 27, 2001
At Salem State College last night, thousands of people waiting to hear Bill
Clinton�s speech lined up around the perimeter of the jammed parking lot,
slowly filing into the auditorium. Umbrellas were plentiful in the wet
weather.
Two groups of anti-Clinton protesters made their presence known at the
college
Meanwhile, in town a mile or so away, a group of protesters waited on a
street corner for the motorcade to pass.
�This is the grassy knoll,� shouted one street-corner protester to laughter.
Police cruisers with lights flashing blocked the intersections along the
route.
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Mass News asked some of the street-corner protesters why they braved the
cold, wet weather.
Stan Usevich from Salem answered, �I�m as angry as hell.�
Chris Nulty from Gloucester said, �This is the least I can do.�
Frank from Salem added, �I want to know if Senator Kerry and Mayor Menino
are paying for this and who is paying for all the cops here.�
A Salem mother with her two teenage daughters said that because of Clinton,
her girls grew up �without any concept of what a real president is.� Her
daughter Vanessa said, �Go home, Clinton.�
Steve from Lynn said he was protesting because evil flourishes when good men
do nothing. � As a former U.S. Marine, I just can�t handle the way he
treated the military. That�s just disgraceful.�
Peter Marrie from Salem told Mass News, �We fully respect the right of the
former president to speak at Salem State as long as none of our taxpayer
dollars are used, and I understand that�s being tightly controlled. But the
man disgraced the office of the president. He�s fundamentally lacking in
loyalty, character, integrity, courage and leadership. He was president
during a very sedentary eight years, he could have done great things, he�s a
very bright man. But it was all about �me.� It was always all about �me.� It
�s still all about �me.� The guy is a disgrace.�
Marrie positioned himself apart from the others, hoping Clinton would read
his sign, which said, and �If you get a standing �o�, know you are among
fools.�
He was not disappointed. Clinton�s motorcade wound through town and passed
the group on the corner. Clinton was not in a limo, but a smaller dark sedan
sitting in the right rear seat. Marrie stood poised on the side of the road
and Clinton looked out the window right at his sign.
Meanwhile, about a dozen pro-Clinton women, dressed up in witch costumes,
called for an end to the �Clinton with hunt."
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