I am not the only one who has picked up on the lack of innovation in protest chants. Yesterday saw little improvement. C-SPAN has 4 hrs of streaming video of the A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition protest. It is pretty entertaining at times.

Brain Becker, head of ANSWER, gives the opening speech - at 2:28 into the streaming video, his phone rings and he actually checks who it is - as if he would take the call.

First chant at 14:30 -"Bush says get back, we say fight back. Bush says more war, We say no more." It didn't last very long.

Other chants:
"U.S. out of Iraq - Bring the troops home"
"Hey Bush, what d'ya say, how many kids did you kill today?"
"No justice, no peace - U.S. out of the Middle East"
"Racist, sexist, anti-gay - George Bush go away"
"Racist, sexist, anti-gay - Bush - Cheney go away"
"What d'we do, fight the power - Bush's killing by the hour"
"Bush you can't hide - we charge you with genocide"
"George Bush go away - how many people did you kill today?"
"Hey Hey, Ho Ho - We won't go for Texaco"

Overall, a little disappointing. The technology of chants just doesn't seem to be improving. The first ANSWER chant was obviously too complicated for the average protestor.

Another lesson: Don't ask a question you don't know the answer to. Brian Becker comes back later in the protest and asks the following two questions after complaining about how many jobs have been lost during the first Bush administration:

"How many people skipped work today?" Answer - lots of applause.
"How many people are looking for work?" Answer - no applause, crickets chirping

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