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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; Angelwood; BillF; BufordP; staytrue; nerdwithamachinegun; sauropod; Trueblackman; ...
Evening and nighttime photo shooting with my digital camera is tricky, so some of my shots are not the best. In any event, enjoy!

Tent covering the driveway. Used to corral the donors as they are checked in.

View of DC Chapter from the 'Rat side of the street.

BillF and Angelwood

BufordP and Nerdwithamachinegun.

Nerdwithamachinegun and staytrue.

'Rat crowd trapped in pen, had nowhere to hide from the booming voices directly across the street.

'Rats: Where's the interns?"

Lady in red: "If I don't look at them, maybe they'll stop saying stuff about John Kerry."

"Gentlemen, please watch out for your women, Bill Clinton is going to be in the building. This is a one-free-grope zone."

"Listen to Bill Clinton tell everyone how hard he was hunting terrorists."

"What did they just say about the Howard Dean Hollerin' Contest?"

"I think they are making fun of Howard's scream."

Our words flew directly into the cattle tent, where big money 'Rat donors couldn't escape.

Faces of 'Rats looking our way.

Clinton crime family reunion tonight.

Kerry waffles.

You can take away our voice, but our signs will speak for us.

Silent Freepline.

"Vote for me!"

Party on the top floor!

Best signs of the night??

Rest of photo album here.

161 posted on 03/26/2004 6:24:31 PM PST by tgslTakoma (Still waiting for my paycheck from Mr. Scaife...)
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To: kristinn
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 suspect this guy let his neutrality slip away. On the whole, that's twice it's happened in about 300 protests that I can recall in DC. Not a bad average at all. Two bad apples in several thousand officers, those are extremely low negatives.

162 posted on 03/26/2004 6:30:24 PM PST by Doctor Raoul (How can they call it a "Peace March" when they unconditionally support those who kill our soldiers?)
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To: kristinn
There were dozens of Deaniacs milling about holding Dean for President signs.

I thought France had a Premier?

Just to make any lurking Deanie Babies feel at home......YYYYYYYAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHH.....Y O U G O T T H E P O W E R.......

163 posted on 03/26/2004 6:32:42 PM PST by Doctor Raoul (How can they call it a "Peace March" when they unconditionally support those who kill our soldiers?)
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To: kristinn
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.

TRANSLATION FROM LIBERALESE TO PLAIN ENGLISH: "After all we've doen for you people."

Nothing pisses off a liberal more than a ungrateful minority.

164 posted on 03/26/2004 6:39:05 PM PST by Doctor Raoul (How can they call it a "Peace March" when they unconditionally support those who kill our soldiers?)
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To: ETERNAL WARMING
The all-you-can eat barbeque event takes place at the National Building Museum in the nation's capital, where 2,000 patrons were expected to pay $1,000 minimum to attend.

Had Michael Moore shown up, the Democrats would have lost BILLIONS AND BILLIONS.

Inside Michael Moore there's a Marlin Brando struggling to get out.

165 posted on 03/26/2004 6:44:25 PM PST by Doctor Raoul (How can they call it a "Peace March" when they unconditionally support those who kill our soldiers?)
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To: CyberAnt
To the question - What has Bush ever done for you?

My answer is I don't need a President to do anything for me, I am an American! All I want from my President is that he not hinder my working to enjoy -Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.
166 posted on 03/26/2004 6:44:49 PM PST by TomasUSMC
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To: tgslTakoma
Good pics!

It's obvious from the pictures how much fun y'all have back there!!! ;-)

167 posted on 03/26/2004 6:46:27 PM PST by Scenic Sounds (Sí, estamos libres sonreír otra vez - ahora y siempre.)
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To: Trteamer
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!

Right you are! And it is the perfect situation for brutal humor at the Dems' or leftists' expense.

Last June, when we FReeped the first Hillary booksigning in the DC area as the Clinton fans waited in a long line, one of the Hillary-worshipers was quoted on local TV or radio as saying that "the protestors spoiled our celebratory mood."

Could this Hillary-fan have given us a better compliment?

The following day Hillary was booksigning in a Capitol Hill bookstore. Naturally, DC Chapter was there.

Doctor Raoul, who verbally works over a crowd of captive line-waiting leftists via megaphone, was his usual hilarious and brilliant self including such classics as:

I'M HERE. YOU'RE HERE. HILLARY'S HERE. WHO'S WATCHING BILL?

THOSE BUYING A BOOK BY CREDIT CARD GO TO THE BACK OF THE LINE. THOSE BUYING A BOOK WITH CASH GO TO THE MIDDLE OF THE LINE. THOSE BUYING A PARDON WITH CASH GO TO THE FRONT OF THE LINE. BUDDHIST MONKS CAN GO HOME, YOU WILL BE BILLED.

Raoul couldn't make it last night, but we stole one of his lines from another FReep: THERE IS A TWO DRINK MINIMUM FOR TONIGHT'S EVENT. EVERYONE MUST BUY TED KENNEDY TWO DRINKS.

I know that my delivery of the Kennedy line could never approach that of the Doctor of FReep, but Doctor Raoul's humorous approach to FReeping is really the way to go.

168 posted on 03/26/2004 6:47:40 PM PST by BillF (Fight terrorists in Iraq & elsewhere, instead of waiting for them to come to America!)
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To: leadpenny
In Clintoon's speech, he admitted that he and his cronies in the White House were big poluters of the environment. CLINTON and staff drank coffee out of styrofoam cups while the Bush White House uses china, reusable, environmentally friendly, save the earth, china.
169 posted on 03/26/2004 6:48:15 PM PST by Doctor Raoul (How can they call it a "Peace March" when they unconditionally support those who kill our soldiers?)
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To: MindBender26
Get to your Public Access Media Center and put a show together. Get on Radio. I have a friend who has a syndicated radio show, Roger Fredinberg Show and he does not screen anyone at all. Just tell the board op that Tomas sent you. 18008505043. 10pm - 1am eastern time.

Video is Important. Anyone impersonating a real cop is not going to want his face on video.

Also, the cop said no shouting at the Dems, but you could have shouted at each other, sang patriotic songs, Pledge allegiance to the flag, Mock debates, Mock calls from bin ladin to Kerry, the Gay Taliban Man Character ......
170 posted on 03/26/2004 6:55:48 PM PST by TomasUSMC
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To: Doctor Raoul
I suspect this guy let his neutrality slip away. On the whole, that's twice it's happened in about 300 protests that I can recall in DC. Not a bad average at all.

Was the other time in Nov. 03 when the FPS officer commanded us to leave the public sidewalk across from Constitution Hall during the FReep of Algore's MoveOn speech? We told him that the two Secret Service bike officers had said that we were fine about ten minutes before the FPS guy tried to get us to move. FPS guy said he would contact his superior, but was clearly mad that we stayed.

171 posted on 03/26/2004 6:56:22 PM PST by BillF (Fight terrorists in Iraq & elsewhere, instead of waiting for them to come to America!)
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To: TomasUSMC
Another great answer !! Thanks so much
172 posted on 03/26/2004 7:00:42 PM PST by CyberAnt (The 2004 Election is for the SOUL of AMERICA)
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To: Grampa Dave
I'd bet that the FPS are federal civil servants and sworn officers. That they manage contract security, well that would be a small percentage of officers, probably supervisors, that do that.

The guy probably wasn't a security guard.

173 posted on 03/26/2004 7:03:48 PM PST by Doctor Raoul (How can they call it a "Peace March" when they unconditionally support those who kill our soldiers?)
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To: Angelwood
The valet parking attendants were kept very busy all evening...

Bet my favorite body part that the tips from the liberals were a miserable failure.

174 posted on 03/26/2004 7:05:47 PM PST by Doctor Raoul (How can they call it a "Peace March" when they unconditionally support those who kill our soldiers?)
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To: kristinn
kristinn and the highly esteemed DC Chapter,

Way to go! Thank you all for your committment to and passion for speaking the truth. Your efforts are greatly appreciated.

I've spoken to Mrs. Typelouder about joining you sometime this year with our kids to not only exercise our rights but to give our children a homeschool civics lesson they wouldn't receive otherwise. She is all for it.

175 posted on 03/26/2004 7:10:14 PM PST by Typelouder
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To: Angelwood
...one well-dressed gentleman who stopped to insult us with a remark equating us to the homeless or idiots...

So much for compassionate liberals. It's obvious that liberals are concerned about the homeless if and only if the homeless will vote Democrat.

Remember the Bruce Hornsby song that goes, "Man in the silk suit hurries by, Catches the poor old lady's eye, Just for fun he says, 'Get a job'"

That's SUPPOSED to be a knock at the evil rich Republican businessman, however, the only people that I've ever seen use "Get a job" as an insult have been liberals.

Liberals love to hate.

176 posted on 03/26/2004 7:11:58 PM PST by Doctor Raoul (How can they call it a "Peace March" when they unconditionally support those who kill our soldiers?)
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To: Vets_Husband_and_Wife
I've always thought it was an INSULT to Black people everywhere to accept Bill Clinton as their first Black President!

The First Black President might just be the First Woman President.

And that would piss off Hillary even more than when the Munchkins dropped a house on her sister.

177 posted on 03/26/2004 7:14:51 PM PST by Doctor Raoul (How can they call it a "Peace March" when they unconditionally support those who kill our soldiers?)
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To: Doctor Raoul
We'd love it! After President Bush has finished serving America, President Rice would be fine with us!!
178 posted on 03/26/2004 7:17:19 PM PST by Vets_Husband_and_Wife
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To: kristinn
Bttt
179 posted on 03/26/2004 7:22:22 PM PST by DoctorMichael (The Fourth Estate is a Fifth Column!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
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To: Bigg Red
We'll just substitute "tail" for that other word on your copy...
180 posted on 03/26/2004 7:23:20 PM PST by Doctor Raoul (How can they call it a "Peace March" when they unconditionally support those who kill our soldiers?)
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