Posted on 09/26/2004 9:09:10 PM PDT by kristinn
Honor Roll for today: Trueblackman, Doctor Raoul, tgslTakoma, BillF, BufordP and kristinn.
The Pajamahadeen of the D.C. Chapter of Free Republic held a RatherGate freep of CBS News today outside their D.C. bureau where Face the Nation is broadcast from.
BufordP, BillF, tgslTakoma and I were first on the scene, arriving around 9:15 a.m. There were a couple guys out front setting up the mic stand for the customary press availability after the show.
Dressed in pajamas and bathrobes (except BillF,) we set up our signs and waited for Doctor Raoul and Trueblackman to join us. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) arrived about quarter-of as I was walking back from McDonald's. We crossed paths at the entrance to CBS. He said hello to the pajama-clad man on the sidewalk wearing a Rather Biased t-shirt.
Trueblackman arrived awhile later, dressed in pajamas and carrying a CBS Special laptop with Office '73 so he could create Bush guard documents for CBS on the spot.
Foot traffic was pretty light, but we did get into a few discussions with folks. One man started out by saying the Bush bumperstickers on one of our cars hurt our credibility criticizing CBS. He then asked who sent us out here to protest. The conversation never really got much better, but it went on for a long time.
A man who agreed with us about CBS stopped and talked with us after the other guy left.
When Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.) arrived to do the show, tgslTakoma asked him if his recent campaign appearance for John Kerry in Nanticoke, Pa. was cancelled because it was near the hometown of Mary Jo Kopechne. Kennedy ignored the question and went in the building.
While we were setting up for a group photo one of the cameramen told us we were doing it wrong--we should be standing in front of the CBS building. We thanked him for his professional suggestion and brought our signs over to the other side of the sidewalk. He said he'd be fired if he took a photo for us, but we had a good laugh.
Doctor Raoul finally arrived and donned his Richard Nixon mask. He held Watergate themed signs to go along with the mask.
Sen. Kennedy came out from the building around 10:45 and went right to the mic stand. He took a few questions from the press. All I could make out from where I stood was "quagmire."
We didn't interrupt him except for BufordP who blurted out "Democrats" when a point was raised about who's harming national security.
When Kennedy was done tgslTakoma asked her question about the cancelled campaign stop again. Again, he didn't answer.
I asked Kennedy a question as he walked toward his chauffer-driven courtesy car from CBS, "Senator, being that the rhetoric about the Iraq war by you, John Kerry and the DNC is virtually indistinguishable from Zarqawi and Moqtada al-Sadr, is it reasoanble for the American people to question whose side of the war you're on?"
He didn't answer that question either. The news cameras followed him as we asked our questions and then swung over to us after he got in his car. The AP photographer took some pictures of us for her scrapbook.
Sen. Graham came out next and also stood at the mic stand to talk to the press. He was also hard to hear. When he was done we started to ask him a question but he told us he needed to go back inside.
The news crews were breaking down their equipment when Karen Tumulty from Time magazine came out and walked by us, checking out our signs. She smiled when I told her to be grateful it wasn't Time that had done the forged document story or we'd be at Time's door instead.
Sen. Graham came out with Face the Nation host Bob Schieffer. They split up--Graham went to his chauffer-driven CBS courtesy car and Schieffer walked by us. He smiled as he looked at our signs. I asked him if thought anybody watched the show this morning. He said something but I couldn't make it out clearly. It was a good natured response, though.
Bill from INDCJournal.com who was talking with us broke off to seek an interview with Schieffer. Schieffer graciously spoke with him for a few minutes. The exclusive interview can be found at the aforementioned link. Afterward, Bill returned to finish his interviews with us. When he was done, we packed it in and headed off to Luigi's.
I should mention that a CBS employee stood inside their door and took pictures of us. We saw him at Tuesday's freep also.
Our pictures to follow soon.
FYI---What a great group of patriots! I love FR. How can anyone browse thru this thread without cheering?
Just don't want anyone to miss this report complete with photos...what a good day 'maker' this is! Love FR!
LOL!
Takoma, you got a lot of sand putting the bite on old Teddy (picture of Dorian Grey) Kennedy like that.
Best Regards,
OUCH!
And ROFLMAO!
All---just to make certain you see this thread..it's a TEN on the grin scale. :^) Pass it along....FR's finest in action!
I love the PJs and the TV tray and laptop!
LOL
Thanks for the ping!
love the pix!!! thanks for pinging!
Great stuff!
Bump!
You guys make it all look easy.
The Pajama Party*(the new political force)BUMP*
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election update!
JOHN KERRY IS UNFIT~THE SERIES
WINDSURFER WATERLOO
why the surfboard--not the snowboard--is (to mix war metaphors) Kerry's Achilles' heel
Windsurfing in the Persian Gulf
John "One Position on Iraq" Kerry's 1971 Replay
YOO-HOO DAN RATHER!
KERRY'S BELATED "HONORABLE" DISCHARGE:
Is a less-than-honorable discharge and clinton "pardon" behind Kerry's refusal to sign form 180 to release ALL of his records?
RATHERGATE IS ANOTHER WATERGATE: The Nexus
CARL BERNSTEIN: RATHERGATE MAY BE ANOTHER WATERGATE
CLUELESS: O'REILLY AND PODHORETZ ON RATHERGATE
THE KERRY-RATHER-BARNES FORGERIES DECONSTRUCTED
HEAR THE FIRST VEEP DEBATE NOW! (the whole ball of wax)
CHENEY WARNS AMERICA: THIS ELECTION IS ABOUT OUR SURVIVAL
KERRY-EDWARDS TRIES TO SHUT DOWN DEBATE
KERRY'S VIETNAM FIXATION
PART 1: advice from bill
Kerry's new W offensive
YOO-HOO! UNDECIDEDS + "PERSUADABLES"
HEAR THE SPEECH JOHN KERRY DOESN'T WANT YOU TO HEAR
(WHY INFORMED, RATIONAL DEMOCRATS WILL VOTE FOR BUSH)
DECONSTRUCTING ZELL MILLER
EXPLOITING MAX CLELAND
Kerry is UNFIT #21: THUMBSUCKER SERIES
BOARDHEAD TO THE RESCUE
The Left's Fatally Flawed "Animal Farm" Mentality
(Why America Must NEVER AGAIN Elect a Democrat President)
Kerry is UNFIT #20: THUMBSUCKER SERIES
PREEMPTION-(the whole ball of wax)
CONTEMPLATING KERRY'S "GUT"
A PRESIDENT KERRY MAY BE ABHORRENT
...BUT IS IT EVEN CONSTITUTIONAL?
getting kerry's goat
john kerry lacks presidential temperament
Two Psychologists on Kerry: Dangerous on National Security
YOO-HOO! followthemoney.org. . .
OVER HERE!
"bombastic ass" is not the antidote to "boorish ass"
(or why Keith Olbermann Cannot Do Cleanup for Chris Matthews)
UNFIT #19:
JOHN KERRY'S "MORE SENSITIVE WAR ON TERROR"
THE COMPLEAT JOHN KERRY
WHY JOHN KERRY IS DANGEROUS FOR AMERICA
Kerry, NOT Bush, paralyzed by 9/11 attacks
Hear Kerry admit he could not think
THE DEMOCRATS ARE GONNA GET US KILLED (kerry, clinton + sandy berger's pants) SERlES 3
UNFIT #10: 9/10 mindset
THE DEMOCRATS ARE GONNA GET US KILLED (kerry, clinton + sandy berger's pants) SERlES 2
KERRY-DEMOCRAT CONTEMPT FOR NATIONAL SECURITY[annotated]
THE DEMOCRATS-ARE-GONNA-GET-US-KILLED (kerry, clinton + sandy berger's pants) SERlES1
dox in sox on lummox in box on fox
THE REAL "REAL DEAL"
(what Kerry's commanders and crewmates REALLY think of him--with transcripts)
Did John Kerry pick a running mate or hire a lawyer when he selected John Edwards?
THE MAN FROM HOPE: been there, done that
"Hope is on the way!" (the scoop)
THE TERRORISTS' USEFUL IDIOTS
all the usual suspects
A Vote for Kerry is a Vote for the Terrorists
ELECTION BOTTOM LINE:
TERRORIST SYMPATHIZER or TERRORIST ANNIHILATOR
JOHN KERRY IS UNFIT SERIES: 8/10/04 UPDATE!
taking the measure of a would-be commander-in-chief
JOHN KERRY IS UNFIT SERIES:
taking the measure of a would-be commander-in-chief
UNFIT #9-JOHN KERRY: DEADLY OPPORTUNIST
SELF-CONFESSED WAR CRIMlNAL MORPHS INTO SELF-PROMOTER WAR HERO
UNFIT #6: The Deadly Kerry-Hollywood Axis
HOW CAN YOU PUT YOUR CHILDREN'S LIVES IN ITS HANDS?
UNFIT: taking the measure of a would-be commander-in-chief
#1-making the tough choices in a post-9/11 world
UNFIT: taking the measure of a would-be commander-in-chief
#2-understanding the job description
UNFIT: taking the measure of a would-be commander-in-chief
#3-sang-froid and the "nuclear" button
UNFIT: taking the measure of a would-be commander-in-chief
#4 - Kerry champions tolerance for terrorists
sanitizing evil
Kerry Cabal Censors Nick Berg Decapitation
"Loose Cannon" Kerry's AWOL/PURPLE-HEART FRAUD
pro-islamofascist-terrorist radical chic
USEFUL IDIOTS
MOORE IS LESS--THE MOVIE
The Cycle of Violence:
NOW WITH HYPERLINKED INSTRUCTION MANUAL
JOHN KERRY'S RECKLESS TET-OFFENSIVE-GAMBIT REPLAY:
the left's jihad against America is killing our troops, aiding + abetting the terrorists and imperiling all Americans
bill clinton, boy "genius," unwittingly bares all on BBC
deconstructing clinton "just because I could"
vetting missus clinton...
The Parallel Universe of Jamie Gorelick
nepotism + tokenism = a nancy pelosi
(or a hillary clinton)
Kerry's Belated Condemnation Focuses on Process
Kerry Lacks Moral Authority to Condemn Content
"CRY BUSH" + Iraqi-Prisoner "Abuse"
What are the Dems up to?
DON'T BELIEVE YOUR LYING EARS (The Perjurer Returns)
(Clinton: Claims I Turned Down Bin Laden are 'Bull')
The Mary Jo White Memo:
Documentation of clintons' and Gorelick's willful, seditious malfeasance
What is the REAL Reason for Gorelick's Wall?
giant sucking sound
KERRY MAKES DUKAKIS LOOK CONSERVATIVE, SMART + JUDICIOUS- Q ERTY6 utter failureBUMP
- Lib Author Regrets Voting (TWICE!) for clinton
"Sickened" by clinton's Failure to Protect America from Terrorism
MUST-READ BOOK FOR DEMOCRATS:
How clintons' Failures Unleashed Global Terror
(Who in his right mind would ever want the clintons back in the Oval Office?)
The Man Who Warned America
(Why a Rapist is Not a Fit President)
UDAY: "The end is near this time I think the Americans are serious, Bush is not like Clinton."
.....I told her to be grateful it wasn't Time that had done the forged document story or we'd be at Time's door instead....
Good one!
Did she have a long face?
Great street theatre!
Great job!!
tgslTakoma- Loved the wuestion you asked the Swimmer!
Thanks for the ping.
The pics are great! These freeps must be so much fun.
Outstanding!!! You guys rock.
You guys are the GREAAAAAAAATTTTTTESTTTTTTTT!
I gotta figya a way to get NYC FReepers motivated to FReep Black Rock.
You Guys Have ALL The Fun!! Way to go gang!
Pinged the Tri-State Chapter head. Y'all need to check with her.
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