This is some kind of measure of a sickness in society, a kind of depravity in society. When George Bush can't sell one ticket or get invited to any venue in Canada, Canada will be a better country. Until then Peacenik hopes Bushites in Canada will shut their pie holes and emigrate to the U.S.
by John Byrne
Ex-president gets standing ovation from paid crowd
During a visit to speak in Canada Tuesday, former president George W. Bush was met with signs, songs, screams and a black-clad Grim Reaper. And a little applause.
Protesters outside the speech carried signs emblazoned with such phrases as "Bush is a war criminal," "Bush lied, 1,000s died" and "Canada is not Bush Country," according to a Canadian press report. As a crowd mushroomed, police erected metal barricades.
Bush spoke at the Shaw Conference Centre in Edmonton where he led a talk, "A Conversation with George Bush." Tickets to the event ranged from $30 to $100. All 2,000 tickets sold out, and ticketholders were frisked and made to show their tickets twice upon entrance.
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