Does Bush hate criticism?
Just a couple of examples. First of all, there's that guy down in South Carolina who had a "No Blood for Oil" sign at the airport when Bush flew in. He was arrested. People with welcoming signs weren't arrested. Secondly, this past weekend I was down near the White House. On the Ellipse just south of the White House, there was a protest for a Korean peace treaty. It was in the northwest part of the Ellipse. But in the middle of the Ellipse, there was a large area cordoned off by police. This area was U-shaped, and covered the entire area that could be seen from the South Lawn and presumably the Oval Office. Sort of like this:
(Deleted my attempt at text drawing. Imagine an oval with a U taken out of the upper middle part.)
No, I'm not an artist. But it was sort of interesting, that the area blocked off was the area that could be seen from the White House.
If anyone wants to remind me of other overt movements keeping the President from seeing protests, let me know. Something more extreme than just setting up protest zones, though.