The most recent post on Blog for America is a guest entry by Karen Bauer, Leslie Weise and Alexander Young--Denver residents who were ejected from one of the "town hall" events Bush is holding to promote his Social Security piratization plan.
http://www.blogforamerica.com/archives/006146.html
The Secret Service revealed that we were "ID'ed" when local Republican staffers saw a bumper sticker on the car we drove which said "No More Blood For Oil." Evidently, the free speech expressed on one bumper sticker is cause enough to eject three citizens from a presidential event. (Similarly, someone was ejected from Bush's Social Security privatization event in Arizona the same day simply for wearing a Democratic t-shirt.)
The official response from the White House is in keeping with the usual "every day is opposite day" rhetoric we have come to expect
http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/11260743.htm
"We welcome a diversity of views at the events," White House spokesman Scott McClellan said Tuesday, although in fact participants at the events are carefully screened and dissenting voices are rare.
And, as in the past, the White House claims that it does not seek to systematically exclude people with dissenting views, but, bless their hearts, sometimes supporters get a little carried away...
White House officials say they have nothing to do with the exclusions, which they blame on overzealous supporters.
We should develop a list of questions that should be asked whenever someone is asked to leave an event. to start with:
By whose authority are we being asked to leave?
What is your name? (to the person demanding the exit)
Who is paying for this event?
Does GWB know people are being kicked out?
Any more?