Hundreds of protesters wielded signs, chanted slogans and argued with each other Tuesday outside Desert Vista High School in Phoenix, while President Barack Obama spoke about housing and the economy inside.
Students, activists, curiosity-seekers and motorcade-junkies, some from as far away as California and Black Canyon City, thronged the sidewalks as rain drizzled from gray skies.
“Joe Arpaio for President!” one group called.
“Don’t be weak, pipelines leak!” yelled another.
“Yes we did, twice!” chanted a third.
Environmentalists competed with “tea-party” members and immigration foes for attention to issues ranging from climate change to Obama’s ethnicity.
Racially-charged sentiment infused the protests and split the crowd both politically and physically. Obama supporters congregated on the west side of the road in front of the high school and his critics lined up across the street.
Obama foes at one point sang, “Bye Bye Black Sheep,” a derogatory reference to the president’s skin color, while protesters like Deanne Bartram raised a sign saying, “Impeach the Half-White Muslim!”
Many on both sides wore red, white and blue and carried small flags.
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Posted by Libergirl
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White people love bringing up Obama’s skin color.. WTF does that have to do with the price of tea? There were plenty of crappy white Presidents, let us have our one guy…
Agreed…that’s where protesters lose me when this racist element comes out…First Black President EVER in the history of these United States…still blows my mind.
hope all the tea partiers who want to impeach him also want to dismantle and shut down the true leaders of this country, the corporations and banks who are directly destroying the middle class
Amen brother…it’s the banks that wouldn’t work with folks on their mortgages, I can speak to that from personal experience…