To: pennboricua; patriciamary; RonDog
Two things: get cheap flip flops and smack them together in time to chants, and somewhere, somehow......find a dolphin suit so someone can portray "Flipper."We used both techniques at our Wheeling freep, and it clearly did not please the Kerry crowd.The afterfreep report quotes some of our favorite chants. We also did, "Pro-life, pro-Bush (repeat 3 or 4 times); pro-coal, pro-Bush; pro-steel, pro-Bush," etc. In other words, take a local issue on which Kerry's voting record stinks and the Bush administration's is better.
22 posted on 05/01/2004 5:44:44 AM PDT by mountaineer
We used both techniques at our Wheeling freep, and it clearly did not please the Kerry crowd...That would be THIS thread:
After-freep report: John F. Kerry visits Wheeling, W.Va.
Wheeing News-Register and personal account ^ | April 26, 2004 | mountaineer
Posted on 04/26/2004 12:06:37 PM PDT by mountaineer
Wheeling's afternoon paper reported:
Nearly 1,000 people from across the Ohio Valley turned out this morning at Wheeling Park's White Palace to listen to Democratic presidential hopeful John Kerry as he kicked off his "Jobs First Bus Tour" of four key election states...
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Okay, that's one account. Here's mine:
I arrived at Wheeling Park's White Palace around 8:30 a.m. and stood near the main driveway with my signs. One had photos of waffles and said, "Where do you stand today, John?" The other said, "John Kerry said, 'Our Democracy is a Farce,' Nov. 2, 1971 at Bethany College. Maybe he should run for president of China - or France?" I also had an old pair of flipflops, which I smacked together for effect.
Shortly after I set up, fellow freeper sonsofliberty2000 showed up with a fine sign with a drawing of flipflops and a related message. We stood in the cool, damp weather for a while before deciding to to closer to the building. We received a few rude remarks and middle digits (Democrat IQ readings).
After a little while, a woman approached and asked whether we'd seen the kids from the local Catholic high school, as they were going to bring pro-life signs. We said we hadn't, but it wasn't long before about two dozen fine young people arrived.
Also joining us were some Bush campaign people, including one young man dressed as the dolphin Flipper (get it? Flip flop? Flipper?)Some moms with small children also joined us a little later, and they made pro-life signs.One of the guys had a bullhorn, and we regaled the assembled Dems (mostly union) with various chants. Kerry was at least 45 minutes late (emulating Bill Clinton), and we couldn't see him sneak in the back way. At our peak, we had about 40 on our side.
The event was supposed to last from 10:30 a.m. - noon, but it was well after noon before the attendees started leaving. Kerry was taking his time, even though he already was late for his next appearance in Washington, Pa.
Our GOP operatives told us that he's really getting upset at the protesters greeting him wherever he goes, so keep up the good work, freepers and others!CLICK HERE for the rest of that thread(bold and color added by RonDog)
Kerry Freeped in harrisburg, Pennsylvania. After action report
Self ^ | 4/29/04 | AGreatPer
Posted on 04/29/2004 5:44:48 PM PDT by AGreatPer
Was having a few Root Beers at the pub when the local news announced how Kerry was going to be at The National Civil War Museum in Harrisburg. Wow, was this kept a secret or what? Only invited contribution guests were to be admitted.
This was only 8 blocks from where I was. I always have empty sign boards in my car so I rushed out to the parking lot and made one. It said, “Who Authorized Your First Purple Heart? Your Commanding Officer at the time said he Did NOT.” The other side said “Welcome Flip Flop Kerry, Release your 201 Files” Sorry, no pictures. This just happened so fast.
I arrived at the site and found the entrance and asked the Harrisburg Police where I could protest. They read the sign and put me in the best spot possible for Kerry to read when he came in. The Harrisburg Police were wonderful. (I would love to say more about their comments, but I won’t.)
It all happened so quickly. I was the only one there until 2 minutes before Kerry arrived. I was joined by 3 people from the Pennsylvania State Republican Committee. Two had signs that you couldn’t read. Someone has to teach them how to make a visible sign. But the third person was a gem. A person was dressed up in full costume in a Flipper suit.
I got flipped many times by cars entering and several F words. Funny how these people sear a lot. Then the motorcade came. Watching the vehicles, in about the 7th one, there he was, The French Looking Candidate himself. They were making a left turn and there was a stoppage in his traffic flow. He had a good 4 minutes to look at my sign and Flipper. Yes, I could see him through the glass. He was waving with a cracked window and I hollered, “Answer the Question”. I continued, “And, you want to be the President?”.
Even though all three major TV stations passed us by, no one stopped to interview us.
I know this, we Freeped Kerry today real good...
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