Obama In San Francisco Fundraising & Getting Protests From The Right & Left Flanks--UPDATE: Media Pays More Attention To Leftitist Protesters

Since he's single handedly rescued the US economy and restored world peace by simply being inaugurated (if one believes the media), Barack Hussein Obama is doing what he does best...travelling all over the place at taxpayer expense.

Tonight, it's in San Francisco for a couple of fundraisers. Carla Marinucci of SFGate is there and reports the following.

"...outside, a protest scene as only San Francisco can provide: lots of very quiet conservative types bearing "No Cap and Trade" and "No health Care" signs, and very loud and visible progressive Code Pinkers (read: Code Pinkos) with anti-war signs and chants.

UPDATE: Bookworm Room wrote Wednesday that Obama is afraid of the shrieking harpies know as Code Pinko and wasn't planning on making public appearances. She also noted that San Francisco media paid more attention to the disheartened lefties who showed up to protest than the conservatives.

SFGate all but ignored conservatives, instead focusing on their favorites: Code Pinko.

On the streets outside the hotel, Obama's reception was less enthusiastic, with protesters on the left and right hurling criticisms of his policies and leadership style.

"People in the Bay Area are very sensitive to the two critical issues right now - health care and Afghanistan - and they're unhappy on both fronts," said Medea Benjamin, co-founder of the anti-war group Code Pink. "They want single-payer and they want an exit strategy.

Obama is backing health care reforms that include private and government insurance plans, while he is considering whether to send more troops to Afghanistan amid a Taliban insurgency.

Benjamin said she was disappointed Obama wasn't being seen outside high-priced political events.

"It would have been good for the president to hear from the Bay Area, and it would have helped to release his inner progressive," she said. "We know it's there somewhere. You just have to dig deep these days."

Jodie Evans, a co-founder of Code Pink, paid $30,400 for a pair of tickets to the VIP dinner, where she presented Obama with a petition from women in Afghanistan urging him not to send additional troops. Evans said she spent several minutes discussing the war there with the president and told him that the country's women "want a place at the table" in resolving the conflict.

Evans was one of Obama's top campaign bundlers during the 2008 election, and spoke many times in support of Iraqi terrorist "insurgents." She also rationalized the 9/11 attacks on a June 2008 radio show.

Not surprising that SFGate didn't mention that, as well has her visits with anti-American dictators Mahmood Ahmadamnutjob or Hugo Chavez.

UPDATE: Photos from....yes, this was in San Francisco!

Photos are from The City Square blog (more here), via Michelle Malkin.