Bush to visit L.A. FRIDAY (6/27): Join Ted Hayes & FR for pro-USA rally: "Thank GOD it?s W!" - 5 pm

[President] Bush and Hillary to Visit Southern California - 6/27 and 6/29 (NOT together) ^ | June 22, 2003 | RonDog

[RonDog]

The Los Angeles Chapter of the Free Republic Network cordially invites you to:

Thank GOD it's... W!

Please JOIN US
for a
"Support President Bush" rally
to counter the planned A.N.S.W.E.R. protest

FRIDAY, June 27 – 5:00 pm
near the Century Plaza Hotel



Please bring American FLAGS,
and signs that support President Bush!

We have a permit to gather at the NORTHWEST corner of
Avenue of the Stars & Constellation Blvd.
in front of the AIG SunAmerica building
1999 Avenue of the Stars
Century City

To get into our secure area, please tell the officers on duty
that you are with the pro-USA rally organized by TED HAYES.

(FIT-AIM-ACT and the Free Republic Network are also
sponsors of this event, but EVERYBODY knows Ted.)

Three hours free parking - if you park at the
Westfield/Century City Shopping Center

OPTIONAL: We plan to meet for food and fellowhip
in the food court of that mall immediately AFTER the rally.

For MORE information, please contact:
Ron Smith – (310) 416-9155 – RonSmith@quixnet.net

[Saundra Duffy]

"Wish I could be there" bump!!!!!!!!

[RonDog]

Thanks for the BUMP!

In the words of the immortal Sherlock Holmes, "The game is afooot!"

See also, from www.heraldtribune.com:

Bush to make 10-hour stop in California
By DEB RIECHMANN
Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON --

President Bush was to fatten his $30 million campaign wallet during a 10-hour stay in California on Friday. But, for the president, raising campaign cash there is a cinch compared with winning the state in 2004.

Even with a 61 percent job approval rating in California and an unpopular Democratic governor facing a grass roots recall effort, capturing the Golden State's 54 electoral votes will be a tough, if not impossible, job for the president next year.

Bush's first stop Friday was in suburban San Francisco for a $2,000-a-plate luncheon. However, two-thirds of the $5 million he was expected to pick up in the state was to come from an upscale dinner for about 1,800 at the Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles, according to Republican officials.

After dinner, Bush was flying to Texas for a weekend at his ranch. Two more fund-raisers in Florida on Monday make up the final leg of a two-week, cross-country, money-raising blitz.

The Bush-Cheney campaign says the president expects to raise $27 million to $30 million during the three-month fund-raising period that ends June 30 - and Bush didn't even launch his re-election campaign until May 16. By contrast, all nine Democratic presidential hopefuls may manage to raise $30 million during the same three-month period.

The Bush figure includes upcoming fund-raisers such as the $5 million California sweep, and estimates of mail and Internet donations, said Bush-Cheney campaign spokeswoman Nicolle Devenish.

"He's trying to purchase the second term," said Bob Mulholland, a spokesman for the Democratic Party in California. He said state Republicans' claims that Bush might win California were pie-in-the-sky.

"He's not going to have California in his column," Mulholland said. "If you really have a conversation with key Republicans - anonymously - they'll tell you California is not on the plate. It's too big, too costly and too Democratic."

Bush lost to Al Gore by 12 percentage points in 2000, but a California Field Poll conducted in April shows Bush would beat a generic Democratic presidential nominee 45 percent to 40 percent. The poll showed Bush had a 61 percent job approval rating, with the war in Iraq generally boosting his standing among Hispanics.

Anti-Bush forces in California planned to use Bush's fund-raising visit to voice their opposition to his administration.

On Friday, a group called A.N.S.W.E.R., which stands for Act Now to Stop War and End Racism, plans a protest in Los Angeles near where one fund-raiser was being held.

Also on Friday, the League of Conservation Voters was to begin airing a 30-second television spot in the Los Angeles and Washington markets, saying Bush was on his way to compiling the worst environmental record in history.

The environmental group, formally nonpartisan, but with ties to congressional Democrats, gave the president a grade of F on its recent report card, down from a D in January 2002. The group says the Bush administration's approach to the environment demonstrates a clear bias toward the interests of the oil industry, the utility industry and other corporate contributors at the expense of the health and safety of the public.

The White House says the report is driven by politics and fund-raising and ignores bipartisan support the president has gotten on some issues, including a forest-thinning proposal that drew 46 Democratic votes out of 205 in the House in May.

"Unfortunately, if the administration's record teaches us anything, it is that the money they raise today puts them more in debt to special interests tomorrow," says David Donnelly, director of Reform Voter Project, a campaign finance report group. "This president is well on his way to the notorious distinction as the most indebted occupant of the White House in modern history."

Bush was not expected to address the top political issue in the state, the recall effort to oust Democratic Gov. Gray Davis.

A coalition of labor unions, civil rights organizations, church groups and some business leaders wanted Bush to tell Republicans to give up the fight to get rid of Davis, but White House press secretary Ari Fleischer said the president believed it was a matter for Californians to decide.

No mention in this AP story about OUR "stealth" rally - in SUPPORT of the President...

Perhaps they will be in for a small surprise. :o)

[SevenofNine]

RACKKKK THIS THREAD Rondog
What uppzzz Cali freepers yo yo Trekkie in da house

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

I might even understand this one!!

Yoooo Hoooo!

Go Bush!!

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Bump for Bush in 2004!

Be aware of this :

The Old College Try (2004 Election Preview) ^

With less than eighteen months to go before Election Day 2004, what does the Electoral College picture look like? ..........................................

______________________________________________

A very good read from Larry J. Sabato , frequent guest of Britt hume on Special Report and other Foxnews shows!

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

"He's trying to purchase the second term," said Bob Mulholland, a spokesman for the Democratic Party in California. He said state Republicans' claims that Bush might win California were pie-in-the-sky.

Why not, Davis proved it can be done!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ALOHA RONNIE]

ALOHA RONNIE got a "Come On Down" BUSH Rally Plug in today:

1st Caller = GEORGE PUTNAM Show

BUSH = FREEDOM for Others

U-RAH

[Miss Marple]

Hey, Seven, are you going to see the President?

When does he arrive?

[SevenofNine]

OH HI Miss Marple actually where Dubya going be at is going be busy traffic so I probably see on TV most likely according to local LA news Dubya suppose arrived 4pm in LAX

don't worry unlike previous 42th Dubya going bada bing to LA then come back to District

[Joy Angela]

Bump

[Pagey]

FReeping Hillary on a Sunday,in my hometown.Ohhhh,I'm really looking forward to this and meeting other FReepers, finally.

[Feiny]

My car was not doneuntil 3 pm today & I am still at work!!!! I will watch the news to see what I missed.....I am so upset I missed this freep.

[Cinnamon Girl]

Hey Ron, if you write up the after action report tonight please mention that these anti-Bush nuts use intimidation and aggression to get their way, and that around 7pm, when we were leaving, the rest of LAPD showed up on Constellation and were putting on riot gear, obviously to deal with the PEACENIKS.

[ALOHA RONNIE]

NEVER FORGET


T'was quite night for us in Century City tonight as we Freepers honored our Freedom-Fighter President BUSH ...while Anarchists planted themselves right in there amongst us away from their own street corners.

...Some of the Anachists took some pretty good TV Interviews of us, more than the Major News Media did, in the interests of "Finding out what the other side was thinking." That was a lot of FUN.

...It just blew their minds to hear me tell them for the 1st time that the CLINTONS had refused 3 Offers from the President of the Sudan during the 1990's to extradite OSAMA bin LADEN to a U.S. Trial that would have prevented the Attacks of September 11, 2001, making our current Demonstrations against each other unnecessary.

...The Anarchists also were very surprised to hear me tell them that BUSH has been promising FREEDOM's Return to Communist Vietnam, North Korea and Cuba ...as well as to all the countries of the Middle East during the BUSH Presidency....
...as our own best Self-Defense against future Terrorst Attacks.

...Some Anarchists genuinely asked me where they could go to get more info on all this..? So I gladly told them. It's all right here on http://www.Freerepublic.com ..!!

---

Local TV BUSH Rally Coverage =


~KCBS/KCAL-TV - One shot of TED HAYES with his megaphone standing on our corner in front of us and our "WE LOVE BUSH" Banner

~KTTTV-TV - One up close full frontal screen shot of a Golden 7th Cavalry Jacketed 'ALOHA RONNIE' chanting "GEORGE W. BUSH" over and over again ...while waving a 3-fingered "W" Salute and the American & Vietnam Flags of FREEDOM high up in the air.
Effective.

KABC-TV - No Freeper Coverage at all..!!!


Still, it was a Great Night 4-FREEDOM ...with some Anarchists just a-listening away at US Freepers talking about FREEDOM on our little street corner of the world.

...I guess that's what we were all there for anyway..?

---

...I see on TV late tonight that President BUSH was his usual brilliant self inside the Century Plaza Hotel...

...and he's what it's all about..??

[Tony in Hawaii]

Wonderful to meet you finally today. You make me proud to be an American.

[RonDog]

From Yahoo! NEWS, here is the pro-Bush rally in SAN FRANCISCO:

CLICK HERE
Pro and anti President Bush protesters gather near the Burlingame Marriott Hotel south of San Francisco on June 27, 2003. President Bush opened what he hopes will be a battle for California in 2004 on Friday by raising millions of dollars in campaign cash while skirting the state's dire financial crisis. REUTERS/Tim Wimborne
Reuters - Jun 27 7:59 PM

[halfdome]

Were there a lot of pro-Bush people there? I only saw the news where they said there were 3-5,000 anti-Bush protestors, but they didn't mention the number of supporters for Bush. Thanks.

[ALOHA RONNIE]

ALOHA 2-Tony in Hawaii...

T'was great meeting you yesterday in support of our Commander-in-Chief BUSH's bringing FREEDOM to all the oppressed peoples and cultures of the World...

...for our own best Self-Defense against future Terrorist Attacks.

ALOHA RONNIE...

[RonDog]

From the RATs' own website, at www.la.indymedia.org:

It is truly a sad commentary on the state of Los Angeles media that the ultra-left indymedia.org is more "fair and balanced" than the "mainstream media" here...

My best guess is that WE had about a hundred or two, and THEY had about a thousand or two.

More in an after action report by one of my fellow FReepers - soon...

[Joy Angela]

Fantastic report!