About 200 people gathered in Moore Square, calling their rally "Bush's Early Retirement Party."
President George W. Bush was in Raleigh earlier in the day to attend a lunch fund-raiser for the Republican party.
As Bush arrived at the $25,000-a-plate luncheon, demonstrators gathered along Six Forks and Durant roads.
"It boils down to the unjust war that Bush is waging," said one protester.
Alice Leach says she was a Republican all of her life until two months ago.
"I was ashamed, Yes, I was, because it felt like Republicans loved their party more than their country. They were afraid to question this war," she said.
"I do believe we need a new administration. Anything is better than the one we have now," said another protestor who held a sign saying, 'You paid $25,000 to be lied to.'
At one point, around 75 to 100 protesters were at the scene.
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