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policies such as the No Child Left Be
hind Act help “end the soft bigotry of
low expectations,” adding that he
wants to continue to close the
achievement gap for minority stu
dents and expand funding for Federal
Pell Grants.
Bush also presented his economic
policy, emphasizing his support for
small businesses and criticizing Kerry
for a “pattern” of raising taxes.
“He can run from his record, but
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he can’t hide,” he said.
“The problem is, to keep that
promise he will have to break all his
other ones,” Bush said, referring to
Kerry’s promise during the last de
bate not to raise taxes for small busi
nesses or the middle class.
Bush said he promised to cut taxes
and kept his word, adding that he will
work with Congress to keep taxes low
and stressing that small businesses are
the heart of the American economy.
Bush said the economy is picking
up, with lower unemployment than
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about four million new jobs added
nationally, with 40,000 new jobs in
Oregon since 2002.
Bush defended his plans for the
war on terrorism, saying America is
leading other nations to democracy
and fighting so other countries no
longer “breed violence for export. ”
“In defending ourselves, we have
freed 50 million people," he said.
Junior Keith Bryan, a member of
the College Republicans, traveled to
the event with four other University
students. Bryan said he was in the
front row of the VIP section and was
able to shake the president’s hand.
“That’s amazing,” he said.
Bryan said it was “really well
worth it” to wait all day to see the
president, calling the rally “a great
push for the last few weeks of the
election year. ”
Bryan said he thought Bush’s
points about education and the econ
omy were particularly key.
“That’s very important because it
all gets lost in the Iraq talk,” he said.
Junior Annie Kyser, also a College Re
publican, said the rally was inspiring.
“I was crying,” she said. “It’s like
the most amazing thing I’ve ever
heard.”
She said students who dislike Bush
should judge the president after see
ing him firsthand.
“Inform yourself not just with con
spiracy theories and things circulat
ing on the Internet,” she said. “Do
the research.”
She said the president spoke to av
erage people, adding that the most
moving part of Bush’s speech was
when he said a 19-year-old girl was the
first Afghani citizen to cast a vote in
the country’s recent elections.
Meghan Wimer, 50, traveled from
Sisters to attend the rally and support
a man she says is “doing the best job
possible. ” Bush’s obvious love for his
wife, Laura, is also a driving factor in
her support, she said.
“I judge a man by the woman he
marries,” she said.
Some people who attended the ral
ly dissented, however. One man
stood on a barricade behind the VIP
section wearing an anti-Bush T-shirt
and with a Bush campaign sticker
taped over his mouth. Several Bush
supporters held up signs to obscure
the man from the podium, who was
soon removed by the Secret Service.
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Hundreds of people waited eight hours to see President George W. Bush on an hour-long
stop in Central Point on Thursday.
Police fire on Oregon
crowd with pepper bails
JACKSONVILLE - Police in
riot gear fired paintbails filled
with cayenne pepper Thursday
night to disperse a crowd of
protesters assembled in this
historic gold mining town where
President Bush was spending
the night after a campaign
appearance.
Witnesses said Bush support
ers were on one side of Califor
nia Street chanting “Four more
years," and supporters of Demo
cratic presidential nominee Sen.
John Kerry were on the other
chanting “Three more weeks."
Police began moving the crowd
away from the Jacksonville Inn,
where the president was to ar
rive for a dinner and to spend
the night following his speech.
“We were here to protest Bush
and show our support for Kerry,”
said Cerridewen Bunten, 24, a
college student and retail clerk
from Ashland. “Nobody was be
ing violent. We were out of the
streets so cars could go by. We
were being loud, but I never
knew that was against the law."
Bunten said she was pushed by
police as she held her 6-year-old
daughter.
Jeff Treadwell, 37, an auto me
chanic from Medford who joined
the protesters, estimated about
500 people were assembled,
counting both Bush and Kerry
supporters.
Jacksonville City Administra
tor Paul Wyntergreen said the
protest was peaceful until a few
people started pushing police.
Police reacted by firing pepper
balls, which he described as pro
jectiles like a paintball filled with
cayenne pepper. Two people
were arrested for failing to
disperse. There were no reports
of injuries.
Richard Swaney, 65, of Central
Point, said had joined in a
peaceful protest outside the
Jackson County fairgrounds
where Bush spoke, and then
went to Jacksonville to join the
protest there.
He said he was walking with
the crowd away from the inn
when he was hit in the back
with three separate bursts, one
of which knocked him down. He
felt a stinging sensation he
thought was rubber bullets and
smelled pepper.
“I don’t think I moved fast
enough,” Swaney said. “I can’t
believe this happens in the
United States, it was very
peaceful. I think this is the way
tyranny begins.”
Wyntergreen said no rubber
bullets were fired, only pepper
balls.
The Associated Press
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