Rhode Island prepares for Bush visit, 1st of his presidency (sic)

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Rhode Island prepared Wednesday to welcome President Bush to a state that routinely gives him his lowest job approval ratings in the nation.



Thursday's visit will be the first to the Ocean State of Bush's presidency. He was scheduled to speak about terrorism to an invitation-only crowd at the Naval War College in Newport before heading to his parents' home in Kennebunkport, Maine, where he will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin this weekend.

It's no surprise Bush has skipped visits to this heavily Democratic state. He is so disliked here that the popular and liberal Republican Sen. Lincoln Chafee was voted out last year in favor of a Democrat who ran mostly on an anti-Bush platform.

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Carolyn Harney, a college spokeswoman, said she did not know how large the audience would be, but it would include members of the military and civilians. She said Bush would be only the fifth sitting president to visit the college since it was founded in 1884. The last president to visit was Navy veteran John F. Kennedy in 1961.

Republican Gov. Don Carcieri invited Bush to the Ocean State, Carcieri spokesman Jeff Neal said. Carcieri suggested this week to coincide with a meeting of the Republican Governors Association, the Tall Ships Rhode Island maritime festival in Newport and the 50th anniversary of the Naval Command College, a school at the war college for military officers from around the world. Bush is not expected to attend the governors' meeting.

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In Newport, a protest was planned Thursday outside the Naval War College. Organizers said they weren't sure how many people to expect, but police said they didn't anticipate any problems.

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You know that something like that is not out of the realm of possibility...

No wonder I've been feeling like crawling under a rock today.

That's about 8 miles away from me.

Couldn't figure out why I felt something really funky hovering.

Thanks for the heads up.

Going subterranean now.

laters

on edit-your link goes to post a thread, at least it does for me

Islands can be dangerous places, you know. Others, knife-wielding bald guys, smoke monsters...

It looked to be a good size, and they interviewed 3 people. Finally the corporate media has something worth watching.

Bill

When he saw Rhode Island was even smaller than Albania, maybe he
figured his chances of a friendly reception were better than what
they might be in one of them heavily populated states.

You know, like Maine. Or Germany (I won't tell him if you won't).