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DENVER — In a scene reminiscent of anti-war protests of the 1960s, at least 2,000 people gathered Friday outside a fund-raiser featuring President Bush to rally against a possible war in Iraq. 

Chanting “No blood for oil,” “No war for votes” and “Hey hey, ho ho, this war machine has got to go,” the protesters marched from the Denver City and County Building four blocks to the hotel where Bush was speaking. 

“I’m here to protest Bush’s coming war. It’s not inevitable, but the Bush administration is determined to start one,” said Maggie Boys, 48, a Boulder woman who attended anti-Vietnam war rallies in New Jersey when she was a teenager. 

Except for a few skirmishes with police, the protests were peaceful. Denver Police spokeswoman Virginia Lopez said there were no arrests. 

Inside the hotel, Bush spoke to a packed crowd at the $1,000-a-plate fund-raiser for Bob Beauprez, who is running in the 7th Congressional District. After the event, Bush went to Arizona.