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Federal Police Ordered D.C. Chapter Silenced Outside Democrat Fundraiser 3/25/04
D.C. Chapter ^ | Thursday, March 25, 2004 | Kristinn

Posted on 03/25/2004 10:06:57 PM PST by kristinn

Honor Roll for tonight: Staytrue, BillF, Angelwood, tgslTakoma, GunsareOK, BufordP, Trueblackman, sauropod and kristinn.

An officer with the Federal Protective Service ordered the D.C. Chapter of Free Republic to stop addressing Democrats waiting across the street to enter the Democratic Party's Unity Dinner in Washington, D.C. tonight.

Members of the D.C. Chapter had been peaceably assembled for two hours exercising their First Amendment rights with protest signs and their unaided voices. Apparently the litany of Democrat 'sins' grew too much for this officer to bear so he walked across the street to give a cease and desist order to the FReepers.

I had arrived somewhat late, getting there around 6:15 p.m. Most of the others had been there for at least an hour. I took the Metro there and got out in back of the National Building Museum where the fundraiser was being held. Secret Service agents and officers were everywhere. The rear entrance was where their protectees would be brought. I was told that former President Jimmy Carter had already arrived. I stuck around there for a few minutes hoping Bill and Hillary Clinton, John Kerry or Al Gore might pull up. I spoke with a young Dean supporter for awhile as I waited. There were dozens of Deaniacs milling about holding Dean for President signs. No one showed up so I went around the front to join the rest of the chapter.

I paused at the edge of the crowd waiting to go through the security checkpoint to get in the building and checked how well our signs could be read from across the street in front of the GSA Building where we were set up.

They could be read very easily--especially the one that said, "IF OSAMA WAS A PIECE OF ASS, CLINTON WOULD HAVE NAILED HIM." The one that said, "I'M NOT FONDA HANOI JOHN KERRY," was also quite visible.

I joined the others who had been lightheartedly razzing the crowd with things like, "Dean supporters go to the west side of the building for a Howard Dean scream contest!"

Sauropod and tgslTakoma were working the crowd over, but I'll have to let them report what they were saying.

Angelwood had her Bill Clinton "Crime Wave" poster from YAF. Staytrue made a great John Kerry 'Waffles' sign. BillF was videotaping some of the action when not holding one of the several dozen signs we had brought. I'm not sure who held what other signs, but one of them said, "CLINTON-GORE PARDONED TERRORISTS, GEORGE BUSH KILLS THEM."

After I got settled in, I raised my voice to the Democrats across the street. I asked them many questions, starting with, "How can you nominate a man who took part in a debate about whether to assassinate U.S. senators? Thank God, he voted no, but he didn't tell anyone his group was talking about doing it. When asked about it later he lied and said he wasn't there. When confronted with evidence he was there he now says it wasn't a big deal, just a historical footnote."

I then asked them how they could nominate a man who went to Paris, met with the North Vietnamese and signed on to their peace plan against his brothers in arms still fighting.

I asked how they could nominate a man who went to Congress and lobbied in favor of the North Vietnamese.

"Where is your patriotism, Democrats?" I loudly asked, "Where the hell did it go?"

I then turned to the subject of the 9/11 commission hearings. I mentioned how they spoke about the "urgency" of the terrorist threat. I reminded them of Bill Clinton's record on national security. How the first time Monica Lewinsky did her thing on him, he was on the phone with a congressman who was concerned about the safety of our troops headed to Bosnia. I reminded them that Monica had sense enough to stop, but that Bill Clinton urged her to continue while he was on the phone with the congressman. "That was Bill Clinton's urgency," I told them.

I also brought up other remembrances of Bill Clinton's time in office. Such as Bill having phone sex with Monica on an unsecured phone line, knowing and not caring that he could be taped and subjected to blackmail by a foreign power.

Just to prove it wasn't all about sex, I brought up the Chinese money Bill took and the contributions from Loral and Hughes that greased his betrayal of our national security.

I then pointed out to the crowd of Democrats that in 1993 hardly anyone had heard of Al Qaeda, and that after eight years of Bill Clinton's presidency they were able to attack us here in the United States.

I noted Tom Daschle's concern for Richard Clarke and asked where his concern was for Clinton-era whistleblowers like Linda Tripp, Gary Aldrich and Notra Trulock.

I saw a woman in a bright blue outfit get out of a car across the street with a group of people and called out a friendly warning to her, "Be careful around Bill Clinton in that blue dress, he might have a flashback!"

One of our group brought up the Democrats' obstruction of President Bush's judicial nominees, so I spoke about how they had mistreated Miguel Estrada. I pointed out how the Democrats blocked a Hispanic man because they were afraid he would be the first Hispanic nominated to the Supreme Court. I told them they were "keeping the brown man down because he was the "wrong kind of brown man."

Senator Ted Kennedy came waddling out of the fundraiser accompanied by a staffer and went to his car which was waiting close to where we were standing. Everyone had something to say to Teddy. He waved us off and hustled into the passenger seat of the car. I asked him how Mary Jo Kopechne was doing.

As he was driven away, I called out to the crowd that Ted Kennedy had left Mary Jo to die underwater, left her there for ten hours while he tried to save his political career. "He did it, aren't you proud of him?" I asked, "He's your senator."

I then asked if their Klansman senator, Robert Byrd, was there. I reminded them that Byrd had been a Grand Kleagle in the Klan. I told them that even in the 21st century, Byrd was still using the 'n' word. I also reminded them that Byrd was the only senator to vote against both black Supreme Court nominees.

It was at this point that the police officer approached me. I looked hard at his uniform to see if he was actually a policeman or a just a security guard because he had on a sweater like the guards wear. I saw he had a badge that said Federal Protective Service--he was a cop, a federal cop.

His first words to me were, "There's a whole lot of love here tonight." I just looked at him and thought, "Oh geez, here it comes."

BillF stepped up to listen in and the cop tried to get him to back off, asking him, "Does this conversation concern you?" BillF said it did and stayed there.

The cop was right in my face and told me I had to stop speaking to the crowd across the street. I argued back saying I wasn't using a bull horn, just my voice and that we had done this for years at the White House and elsewhere without incident.

The cop wouldn't hear it and told me I had to shut up because I might provoke an incident. I told him no one from across the street had come over to argue with us for the two hours we had been here. I told him this was a First Amendment issue. He denied that.

He mentioned the woman in the blue dress I had warned about Bill Clinton, saying she talked about coming over to confront us. I told him she hadn't and no one else had. He said it didn't matter.

He told us if we said anything else, he would move us down the street and around the corner.

I told him, "Fine, you're the law and you own this street. We'll do what you say." I figured one cop with a bad attitude over what we were doing was not worth going to jail for.

So we kept quiet, but Angelwood made a new sign that said, "WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO TALK TO YOU BECAUSE YOU MIGHT BECOME VIOLENT."

Trueblackman came to the rescue and lightened the mood with a sign of his own that mocked John Kerry's statement that he wanted to be 'America's second black President' after Bill Clinton.

Trueblackman's sign said "I WANT TO BE AMERICA'S 44TH WHITE PRESIDENT."

That was a controversial sign. Folks either laughed or scowled when they saw him holding it. A Washington Post photographer came over and took several pictures of Trueblackman with his sign.

A while later, an older white man, who looked like a politician but we can't place his face, came out to get in his chauffer driven sedan. He called out to us, "Vote Kerry."

Trueblackman told him, "I'm voting for Bush."

This set the white man off. He sneered at Trueblackman, "What has George Bush ever done for you?" The racist way that sounded stunned us all, I think. I don't remember what if anything, any of us said in response to that.

Baghdad Jim McDermott came out after that. Trueblackman asked him a question about Iraq that he didn't answer.

Sen. Tom Harkin came out to leave, also. As he walked with a staffer to his waiting car, I violated the cop's order and shouted out to him, "Hey Tom, are you proud that John Kerry voted against assassinating U.S. senators? Are you proud Kerry went to Paris and took the side of the North Vietnamese? Are you proud Kerry lobbied Congress in favor of the North Vietnamese?" Harkin turned around to listen for a few seconds before he got in his car, but I didn't hear a reply.

As he drove off I asked, "When is the Democrat Party going to nominate a patriotic American for President?"

The cop who had ordered me to be quiet came down the steps of the building across the street to the curb and stopped. I was prepared to tell him that no order of his would stop me from exercising my First Amendment right to criticize a U.S. senator.

But instead of crossing the street to us, he turned and walked down the street to his patrol car. He started it up and drove off into the night.

We wrapped it up at 8 p.m. and most of us went for dinner downtown. It should be noted that a few Ralph Nader supporters stood near us holding a banner that said, "DEBATE NADER."

Also, a bunch of LaRouchies were leafletting cars while other LaRouchies repeatedly drove around the block with 'Blues Brothers' speakers on the roof of their car blaring Lyndon LaRouche speeches.

Everyone in the D.C. Chapter did great tonight. I hope they add their experiences on this thread, as this write up ended up being mostly about my experience there.

At least we didn't get arrested.


TOPICS: Activism/Chapters; News/Current Events; US: District of Columbia; US: Maryland; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: aar; activismrocks; dcchapter; democratunitydinner; dud; notanetworkchapter
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To: kristinn
More fun for the D.C. Chapter! Great work.
141 posted on 03/26/2004 2:55:57 PM PST by freemama
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To: sauropod
There is no point to antagonizing LEOs. They are there to keep the peace and we respect that

I disagree. I remember the 2 person freep you and I did of KKT at the Baltimore harbor. We were 2 people and no one yelled at us, but the Baltimore police kept us moving from one place to another. At the time the owners/police were bought and paid for by the democrat establishment.

142 posted on 03/26/2004 2:56:03 PM PST by staytrue
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To: tgslTakoma
Thanks for the flag. Sounds like a great freep! I love the signs. (Except for "IF OSAMA WAS A PIECE OF ___, CLINTON WOULD HAVE NAILED HIM." I hate that one.)


143 posted on 03/26/2004 2:56:36 PM PST by Bigg Red (Never again trust Democrats with national security!)
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To: Angelwood
"WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO TALK TO YOU BECAUSE YOU MIGHT BECOME VIOLENT."

You are just too clever and too quick, girlfriend! Good job.
144 posted on 03/26/2004 2:57:40 PM PST by Bigg Red (Never again trust Democrats with national security!)
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To: Tactical
also a good idea to get his badge number
145 posted on 03/26/2004 2:58:26 PM PST by EDINVA
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To: RaceBannon; Coleus; LisaFab; firebrand; FreedomPoster; TaxRelief; Huber; dixie sass; ...
Number 131 is a transcript of a disturbing conversation between Kristinn, a Federal Protective Service (FPS) officer, and I, in case you're interested.

The officer commanded us not to shout anything at the Dems, lest they take offense.

This was not the middle of the night. It was about 7 pm on a public street.

Dems, across the street 35 to 60 feet away from us, waiting in line to get in were sort of a "captive audience" for our shouted put-downs of Dems.

Never did any of us threaten violence. Never did any of us ask Dems to "come over so we can kick your ***es" or issue any other invitation to fight. (An officer could quite properly find an invitation to fight illegal.)
146 posted on 03/26/2004 3:11:11 PM PST by BillF (Fight terrorists in Iraq & elsewhere, instead of waiting for them to come to America!)
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To: sauropod
I would pay to see that.
147 posted on 03/26/2004 4:21:51 PM PST by cyborg (troll on a stick)
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To: kristinn; tgslTakoma; sauropod; BillF; AmericanInTokyo; PhilDragoo; Joy Angela; conservogirl; ...
NEVER FORGET


JOHN KERRY called us American Soldiers fighting for Freedom in Vietnam Rapists and...

...TERRORISTS

http://www.TheAlamoFILM.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1320



MEL GIBSON, while filming the real story of Love and Sacrifice of American Soldiers fighting for Freedom in Vietnam titled "WE WERE SOLDIERS," was inspired to finally make his ultimate story of Love and Sacrifice titled...

.."PASSION of the Christ"

http://www.TheAlamoFILM.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=39081


I wonder who got the Story right..?



Signed:.."ALOHA RONNIE" Guyer / Vet-"WE WERE SOLDIERS" Battle of IA DRANG-1965 http://www.lzxray.com

http://www.lzxray.com/guyer_collection.htm
(Battle of IA DRANG-1965 Photos)


NEVER FORGET




148 posted on 03/26/2004 4:22:00 PM PST by ALOHA RONNIE (Vet-Battle of IA DRANG-1965 http://www.LZXRAY.com)
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To: BillF
Excellent.

A few suggestions. If no ID is available in plain sight, ask to see it. Whenever LEOs cease to be anonymous, they become much more responsible. Likewise, mention that you are taping. It has a certain "chilling effect." Video is even better.

I would also make a polite but written complaint about being told to "shut up." Unprofessional conduct, attempting to stifle free speech, attempting to stifle legitimate public and political protest under the color of official government authority, etc. Don't push too hard, just enough to say "Weeeere heeeere!" Send it certified to Chief. it gets it on the record.


If a LEO wants to exercise the type of authority he wanted to, you can say something such as "Since you are a Law Enforcement Officer, our attorneys have instructed us to ask you, just what law would require us to cease this lawful political protest and free speech?"

I get up to DC a few times month. May come join you "troublemakers" next time I'm in DC.
149 posted on 03/26/2004 4:29:18 PM PST by MindBender26 (For more news as it happens, news first, fast, 5 minutes sooner, stay tuned to FReeper Radio!)
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To: kristinn
I suppose that it would have been fair to ask the "cop" why he didn't arrest those who threatened violence. Of course that may have been too much for him to comprehend and/or against his orders.
150 posted on 03/26/2004 4:37:52 PM PST by FreePaul
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To: sauropod; hellinahandcart; cyborg
My patience is infinite ;-).


151 posted on 03/26/2004 4:46:49 PM PST by NYC GOP Chick ("If I could shoot like that, I would still be in the NBA" -- Bill Clinton, circa 1995)
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To: sauropod
I didn't want to talk to the homeless guy ("bum" in un-PC speak) because he seemed so unstable. However, I would have loved to have gotten him to go to the Dems and say "I'm a homeless guy. Won't you Dems let me eat and drink at your party?"
152 posted on 03/26/2004 4:55:33 PM PST by BillF (Fight terrorists in Iraq & elsewhere, instead of waiting for them to come to America!)
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To: staytrue
There's more we can do outside of jail ;-).
153 posted on 03/26/2004 5:11:46 PM PST by sauropod (Life is too short to drink cheap beer!)
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To: MindBender26; kristinn; Angelwood
I get up to DC a few times month. May come join you "troublemakers" next time I'm in DC.

You and all other FReepers willing to abide by our rules* are welcome to join us.

Send a FReep mail to me (or Angelwood or Kristinn) if you're coming to DC and/or search FR for the keyword "DCCHAPTER" (which you can do by clicking here if this works right.

*Briefly, the rules are: No violence, no racism, no profanity, no provocations, obey the law and treat all law enforcement officers with respect. A more detailed version of the rules is here on our website (click here). Additional info on the DC Chapter can be found starting on the main page of the web site (click here).

154 posted on 03/26/2004 5:13:33 PM PST by BillF (Fight terrorists in Iraq & elsewhere, instead of waiting for them to come to America!)
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To: BillF
I actually suggested to him that he crash the party. If he had a few more brain cells to rub together, that would have been hilarious to watch ;-). Esp. the loooooooooooooong limo set turning up their noses (like they would at you or me).
155 posted on 03/26/2004 5:14:47 PM PST by sauropod (Life is too short to drink cheap beer!)
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To: kristinn
Thanks God speed to y'all
156 posted on 03/26/2004 5:25:47 PM PST by nkycincinnatikid
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To: sauropod
My patience is infinite ;-).

*chortle*

157 posted on 03/26/2004 5:29:28 PM PST by Lil'freeper (By all that we hold dear on this good Earth I bid you stand, men of the West!)
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To: kristinn; Trueblackman
Thanks for the report and for letting the Dims know we see through their hypocrisy.

"I WANT TO BE AMERICA'S 44TH WHITE PRESIDENT."

Priceless!!!
158 posted on 03/26/2004 5:49:06 PM PST by auboy (The Rats' new math: 8 months = 8 years.)
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To: BillF
Dems, across the street 35 to 60 feet away from us, waiting in line to get in were sort of a "captive audience" for our shouted put-downs of Dems.

I just love sitiuations like that. What an excellent FReeping place to be, captive leftists unable to do anything without loosing their place in line. LOL!

I have been asking you folks to get in a few choice words to the lefties for me, THANKS SO MUCH!!

159 posted on 03/26/2004 5:50:35 PM PST by Trteamer ( (Eat Meat, Wear Fur, Own Guns, FReep Leftists, Drive an SUV, Drill A.N.W.R., Drill the Gulf, Vote)
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To: Trueblackman
Lordy Kevin, you are priceless. Thank you for what what you do for ALL of our citizens!

Freepmail me when you want to get that campaign going.

But in all honesty I'm a Steele fan. As long as you aren't running against him, I'm yours.

160 posted on 03/26/2004 6:13:10 PM PST by lizma
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