Posted on 10/19/2004 8:10:04 AM PDT by Joe Brower
To give Florida Republican U.S. Senator hopeful, Mel Martinez, a show of support last night before his debate with Betty ("Islamic terrorist sympathizer") CastroCastor, myself, my wife, and three stalwart individuals from our Republican club here in Venice, packed up and went north to Tampa in my minivan. I'm glad we did, because, as is usual with street rallies, every man counts. Since George Bush was in town for a big rally today, most people where flocking to that event, leaving the Senate race notably bereft of support. Personally, I don’t party when there’s work to be done.
I brought a couple of big American flags and the bullhorn which was first used at our "Bumper stick-a-thon" in Venice, FL last Saturday (OK, so this was the week before, but you get the idea!). I originally bought this after the Code Pinkos protested Katherine Harris in Venice last Wednesday. Well, I'm very glad I did, since the lefties had one of their own. Funny thing is, when you bring a bullhorn, everyone sort of thinks you're leading the pack (especially when you're the only person in the crowd lucky enough to also be wearing a "Unidos con Mel Martinez" t-shirt! $;-). The newsies certainly seemed to have this misconception, but what the heck, you just gotta roll with it.
To make a long story short, we met them man for man, and threw a cold blanket over their whole love-in. It was great fun, actually, and we had many good people on our side. Lots of young people, too – including a group of teenage girls who were absolutely fantastic! At one point, we were singing "God Bless America" with them leading the group (through the bullhorn, naturally!), and we invited the Castorites to join in – hung ‘em up! They simply didn’t know how to respond. Newsies appeared out of the woodwork, and a great time was had by all. Who knows, maybe we even changed a few minds.
After over an hour of yelling through the bullhorn at the top of my lungs, my throat is ripped today, but it was worth it. We met the opposition and they were ours. We really made a difference. The fact that four different news stations that were there limited their coverage to just a few seconds of each side (actually, FOX 13 just showed us $;-) tells you that since we were successful, since otherwise you know they would have been crowing how the "Castor supporters were met unopposed".
Now, without further ado, here’s the pics…
So, mission accomplished! That’s all for now, folks!
Ok...here's my take...the Martinez folks are better looking...better organized signs...the other folks look like crap!
Mel's gonna beat Castro, er, Castor.
The commercials his opponent ran during the Bosox/Yankees game were stupid. I couldn't even follow what they were trying to say about Mel.
Great pics!
Good update.
Being married to a Cuban woman I feel ethically obligated to tell the Castor supporters to slowly place their signs on the ground, back away, and for God's sakes, don't say anything.
Great Pics... thanks !!
Joe, youre the best. A true Patriot. And a scrapper. (Whenever you have an event you feel might get contentious, call Joe.. he LOVES IT!)
I would have loved to have been there but I'm doing 18 hours of work a day on about a 100 projects for President Bush, Mel, Katherine Harris and others. I did call into the SCHNITT SHOW (970am) and got on. I commented on how lame the CASTRO side is in trying to blame Mel for things Betty Castro did..(and didn't do) in harboring a terrorist.
I'm confident Mel is going to win.. as will President Bush. Please God, give us at least 52 Senators. With that we can probably get at least 8 from the other side to break these silly fillibusters and get something done in the next 4 years.
Good job Joe!
(Need to get the flash fixed on that camera!)
It is going to be painful voting for Martinez... but I guess I have to don't I.
I agree, I have great moral problems voting for a lying filthy trial lawyer. But better that than an anti-gun terrorist loving leftist.
So as much as it pains me to do so, I am going to hold my nose and pull the lever on scumbag Mel.
"Being married to a Cuban woman I feel ethically obligated to tell the Castor supporters to slowly place their signs on the ground, back away, and for God's sakes, don't say anything."...LOL ATTABOY!
When you look at the alternative... Yes.
Thanks,
If we had a hundred guys like you, we could move mountains.
See ya at the Sun Fiesta parade on Saturday. I'll be there, bullhorn in hand. $:-)
High fives from New York City. Great job!!!!
Great job! Keep up the hard work. God will see us through to victory.
aint that the truth. I was a strong supporter of McCollum, but the state party turned their back on him. Mel's got a good last name that will help the President, so I guess all's fair in love, war, and politics, but I woulda liked to have an expert on terrorism in the U.S. Senate, rather than a lap-dog like Mel. At least we'll have a Republican "Yes" Man.
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