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It's 1:00 a.m. and I just got home from Crawford. I had a wonderful time! I was a bit disappointed in the conservative turnout, though. We were WAAAAAAAY outnumbered by the Moore supporters. I was glad to see other representatives of FR, as well as Protest Warrior. There were also pro-Bushies who seemed to be unaffiliated with any group. There were lots of camera crews, radio personnel and newspaper reporters. I did my best to represent GWB (and us!) well. The anti-Bush crowd was pretty well-behaved for the most part, although they were noticeably ruder on their way out than on their way in. A small group of them didn't even watch the movie; they were just there to talk to us (in hopes of brainwashing us, I'm sure). They were okay, I just tried to stay up-wind of them! Some mentioned that they weren't entirely convinced by Moore and weren't exactly gung ho over Kerry. They were nice enough, but some of them really towed the flip-flopping party line.

Mostly, things were perfectly peaceful (the cops keeping those of us holding signs separate from the major festivities may have had something to do with it!). I made the mistake of parking at the "Peace House", so I was worried that my tires my be slashed when I got back to my car, but all was well. My friends and I were perfectly polite up until the end when any number of people made ugly comments to us on their way out. I think we were the very last Bushies there, so we got the brunt of their rudeness. Not to worry, folks, we got in our share of comments. Some dingbat girl shouted to us that maybe we should go to Iraq (to see how horrible Bush has made it, presumably). One of my friends shouted that her dad is there already (we ARE from Fort Hood, after all). The girl started to say something, then stopped and asked her buddy what my friend had said. Her friend repeated that my friend's dad is in Iraq. The girl didn't have any quick response to that one, so she just yelled, "I hope he makes it back safe!" in a rudish way. My friend yelled that she (this dingbat) had no military affiliation. I shouted that she didn't have any idea what she was talking about. They just kept walking the whole time during our little exchange. But of course, by the time those girls were out of our line of vision, there were plenty more people to shout at us. We held our own. I shouted that people "shouldn't believe everything you see. I thought you guys were smarter than that!" Some said they'd see us in November. I shouted that they'd better be sure to take their flip-flops into the voting booths with them (whatever that means! I was totally fired up by then). I made sure to compliment them on their "tolerant, liberal attitude" after some moron or other made a hateful comment.

The last person I spoke to was an AP reporter. Like I said, my friends and I were the last ones around, as far as I could tell, so we got any number of people interviewing us at the end. I wish other people had been able to stay longer, but I certainly understand about getting up for work in the morning. I have to, as well. One pro-Bush group came in from Louisiana, but they stayed an admirably long time. All in all, I'd say it was a good evening. It was my very first FReep and my first protest in general. Good stuff.

"Some dingbat girl shouted to us that maybe we should go to Iraq (to see how horrible Bush has made it, presumably)."

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Thanks TXBlair you and all those like you are what keeps this country free and makes this place we call "America" - the grandest nation to call home in the history of the world.

Pinging on TXBlair's great after-action report - #20.

TX - FWIW, here is a close up of the type of people that follow Maggot Man's bilge of hate, discontent, and demoralizing of our troops in Iraq. These are the same people jumping up and down at the DNC convention and peeing all over themselves when the likes of Bill Clinton or John Kerry step onto the stage . .

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You have GOT TO SEE THIS BRILLIANT INVTERVIEW OF CLINTON FANS WAITING 8 HOURS FOR HIM TO AUTOGRAPH HIS BOOK! This is a MUST SEE video!

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The Clinton Legacy - An Interview With Clinton ZOMBIESwww.brainterminal.com

My friend - a 70 year old former president of the local Republican Women's group who shamed me with her incredible energy and eloquence - and I were there. She had copied the National Federation of Republican Women's response to the "Lies in Farenheit 9/11,"
http://www.nfrw.org/programs/issues/briefing/20040712.htm
and we gave away almost 150 copies.

We were interviewed by many with cameras, notepads, and recorders. We also discussed the issues with earnest young men and women of both sides and confronted the "ACLU Observers" who were watching out for "civil rights violations." I told those latter young people that we Texans would take care of any such behavior, ourselves.

I believe that if the crowd that did not make the 1/4 mile (or more?) walk down the street to the parking lot - if you count those of us buying "Bush Country" T=shirts and lining the mainstreet and "dragging Main" in trucks and cars with Pro-Bush signs and -very- vocal anti-Moore sentiment, we outnumbered the other side by at least a factor of 2.

Here's a link to the surprisingly balanced coverage on CNN.com:

http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/Movies/07/29/moore.crawford.ap/