Bush protected from Free Speech

Not Allowed!

This is the shirt that Cindy Sheehan was dragged out of the State of the Union speech for. About an hour later, in an effort to allow an "equal opportunity*" argument to be made, the capital police also removed Beverly Young, a Republican congressman's wife who was wearing a pro-Bush shirt.

*About 45 minutes into the speech, an officer asked Beverly Young to step outside, where he told her: "We consider you a protester" because of her shirt, she said. She said she angrily challenged officers to explain what law she had violated, and they threatened arrest. She said an officer mentioned that Sheehan was removed earlier and therefore "it was kind of only fair" that she be asked to leave, too."They publicly humiliated me," Young told reporters. "They insulted our troops." When the congressman heard what had happened to his wife, he summoned Gainer to his office and called Karl Rove, the president's deputy chief of staff.

The capitol police later apologized for both incidents.