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03/20/08 - "We need to change the two-party system," said 17-year-old Brunswick Academy student Cole Stangler


Jane Milliken shows their displeasure with the war in Iraq yesterday on Greenwich Avenue.
(Keelin Daly/Staff photos)

Despite rain, war protesters make their point

Greenwich Time - Staff Writer

A former lifelong Republican, Wayne Wright voted for President Bush in two elections, and in decades past helped organize Young Republican gatherings.

But now, the Korean War-era Navy veteran doesn't want anything to do with Republicans, having recently switched to the Democratic party so he could support Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., in his pursuit of the presidency...

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"This is a better turnout than I thought."

Motorists honked as they drove past the sign-toting crowd, but nobody emerged to voice opposition yesterday afternoon while the protesters grew ever more ebullient in their denouncement of the war.

"Five years is too much," protester Bernard Traphan shouted out to no one in particular.

"Yes, too damn much," added Egger.

SEE ALSO:

03/19/08 - Anti - War Protest Returns To The Greenwich Post Office



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