Cheney heckled by anti-war protesters during Tennessee speech

Vice President *** Cheney was heckled by peace protesters Tuesday as he spoke
at the groundbreaking for a public policy center honoring former Senate Majority
Leader Howard Baker.

During Cheney's brief remarks, about a half-dozen people protesting the war in
Iraq yelled, "War, what is it good for?" and held up a large banner saying,
"Peace Now."

Cheney continued speaking and didn't acknowledge the protesters, who were
escorted from the ceremony inside the University of Tennessee's basketball
arena.

About 50 protesters, most of them appearing to be college age, demonstrated
outside the arena. Several carried signs, including one that read "Honor Baker,
Impeach Cheney."

Cheney said that Baker, a Republican who was President Ronald Reagan's chief of
staff and ambassador to Japan, has brought tremendous credit to the university,
to Tennessee and to the nation.

"It's good to know that far into the future people will come to this place and
learn of Howard's career and his deep belief in the nobility of public service,"
Cheney said.

Baker described the protest as "pretty modest," adding that "I have been in a
lot better ones. I know Vice President Cheney wasn't disturbed by it, and I
certainly wasn't disturbed by it."

The protests in a state he narrowly carried in 2000 reflect President George W.
Bush's slumping approval ratings across the country,Bush's popularity ratings
have plunged in the state this year, according to a Middle Tennessee State
University poll released Monday.

Just 40 percent of Tennessee residents had a favorable opinion of Bush's
performance in the poll conducted Oct. 24 through Nov. 4. That is slightly above
the 37 percent national approval rating reported by an AP-Ipsos poll earlier
this month, but down sharply from the 55 percent approval Tennesseans gave Bush
in MTSU's spring survey.

The $15 million (?13 million) privately financed Baker Center is being created
to foster greater appreciation of public service and understanding of
government.

About 400 people attended Tuesday's ceremony, which coincided with Baker's 80th
birthday.

Baker is still remembered for posing a key question during the 1973 Watergate
hearings that rocked the Nixon White House: "What did the president know and
when did he know it?", reports A.P.

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