Cartoonist Jules Feiffer dropped a pinpoint protest on First Lady Laura Bush's National Book Festival on October 12 in Washington. As a children's book author, Feiffer took part in the festival activities, but because of his opposition to a a war against Iraq, he declined an invitation to breakfast at the White House (see below). He failed to persuade any fellow authors to join him. "Virtually everybody I talked to is against the war," he said, "but they felt we were going to get into it anyhow so what's the use. That's why I felt I had to do something. How easily this President, whom none of these people respect, is allowed to get away with it." Feiffer was reminded of artists turning down White House invitations during the Vietnam War as a protest.

Mrs. George W. Bush
The White House
Washington, DC

Dear Mrs. Bush,

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