Posted on 09/08/2010 1:25:15 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
According to a letter to the editor of The Frontiersman, the Conservative Patriots Group is holding a "non-partisan, non-political remembrance rally" (a remembrance 'rally'?) to commemorate the victims of the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. Speakers include Wasilla Mayor Verne Rupright, plus Joe Miller and tentatively Scott McAdams, both candidates for U.S. Senate. The organizers promise to show what they believe is a "never-before-seen slide show" of the attacks. The event will begin at Wasilla's Menard Sports Center at Noon on Saturday, Sept. 11, and end at 2 p.m. The Conservative Patriots Group's statement concludes:
"All are invited. Bring your children. Cake and coffee will be served, and Conservative Patriots Group will be sponsoring a youth essay contest with the theme “How Has 9/11 Affected the United States of America.” Cash prizes will be awarded, and contest entry forms are available only at Saturday’s rally.
Gryphen, the administrator of the progressive blog, Immoral Minority, hears from an unnamed source that Sarah Palin herself will be attending the Wasilla rally, and that attendees will follow her to Anchorage in a giant motorcade for her scheduled speech at Glenn Beck's event at Anchorage's Dena'ina Civic and Convention Center.
A grassroots protest of Beck, Palin and Hatred on Anchorage's Park Strip is scheduled to end at 1 p.m. on the same day. Although the various schedules appear to have a cushion of time built in between the groups, there could be some overlap. Hopefully the handbasket we're all riding in stays somewhat civil.
[Update, 9/8 10:55 a.m. AKDT]: In a (frankly unsurprising) response to Alaska Dispatch inquiry, Democratic senate candidate Scott McAdams will not attend the 9/11 remembrance rally organized by the Conservative Patriots Group and headlined by Sarah Palin and Republican senate candidate Joe Miller. It’s a “scheduling conflict,” according to McAdams spokeswoman Heather Handyside, as McAdams will be spending his weekend campaigning on the Kenai Peninsula.
“A grassroots protest of Beck, Palin and Hatred on Anchorage’s Park Strip is scheduled to end at 1 p.m. on the same day. Although the various schedules appear to have a cushion of time built in between the groups, there could be some overlap. Hopefully the handbasket we’re all riding in stays somewhat civil.”
huh? Is this a joke?
“Democratic senate candidate Scott McAdams will not attend the 9/11 remembrance rally organized by the Conservative Patriots Group”
...probably not a bad idea. Stinkin left wing commie maggot.
Did Scooby Doo name this guy?
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