Hundreds of supporters donating millions of dollars came to hear President Barack Obama speak in San Francisco on Thursday night, but not everyone came to cheer. A huge crowd of protesters also turned out to deliver messages of their own.The hotel is located at Union Square where I was just last Sunday. In fact, I snapped this photo of a cable car passing the Powell Street entrance to the St. Francis.
By 11 p.m. many of the protesters cleared out, but many of them acknowledge the President probably never saw them. Some protesters said they still feel good that they go their opinion out there, hoping someone in the crowd heard or saw their message.
People started lining up a few hours before President Obama was scheduled to arrive at the Westin St. Frances Hotel. Protestors had a lot to say about health care and the war in Afghanistan. They argued with each other and held signs with strong messages for the president.
"People in this country had a lot of trust to vote for him to make a change and they really didn't know what kind of change," said Pleasanton resident Karla Bruen.
The majority of the protestors didn't vote for Obama, but some of them did. They said when it comes to health care reform, Obama isn't leaning as far left as they would like.
"I feel that he could be doing a lot more. I feel that Obama needs to come forward and support single payer health care," said Petaluma resident Stan Gold.
But the president missed the messages; his motorcade slipped him into a hotel side entrance, away from the masses waiting on Powell Street.
I always miss the fun. The day before we were there they had a "die-in" in Union Square protesting the presence of the Blue Angels as they streaked overhead, and yesterday the anti-Obama protest. Someday I want to get there the same time as the protesters.
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Surprising that he did not crack the window and throw cake out to the serfs.
Why didn't the protesters streak along the street? It is Frisco, after all.
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