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LIVE Report From Crawford (3,000 folks now and STILL COMING!)
Basil in Crawford | 8-27-05 | TxBubba

Posted on 08/27/2005 10:02:40 AM PDT by TXBubba

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To: the invisib1e hand

...not to mention most of us have jobs during the week which is why Cindy and that profligate bunch she hangs with can afford to do nothing but protest in a town of 700 people for three weeks. Some of has kids and families to care for and jobs to go to. So we're at a disadvantage and the press are all there in Crawford so who're they gonna report on. But of course, now that there's competition...where are the press?


2,901 posted on 08/28/2005 6:50:36 AM PDT by foreign devil
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To: foreign devil

Well, I didn't see the same CNN piece but saw one earlier.
My biggest gripe with ALL the press coverage is: GET OFF THE HORSES PICS!!! That doesn't come close to representing our side!!
Who are these producers???? Why didn't they show the 80 year old WWII vet.
Or the moms, dads, wives and children that were there to support the troops!

Geeese! I'm getting worked up about this and still not satisfied with FOX's coverage.


2,902 posted on 08/28/2005 6:53:43 AM PDT by W04Man (Bush2004 Grassroots Campaign We Did It! NOW.... PLEASE STAY THE COURSE!)
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To: Leapofaith; ValerieUSA

Valerie,

No one has responded to Leapofaith and since quite a few of the pictures on this thread are ones you've taken, would you answer her?

Thanks!


2,903 posted on 08/28/2005 6:56:46 AM PDT by Sally'sConcerns
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To: W04Man

Slowly, slowly catchee monkey. That's the first coverage we've had and Cindy's been hogging the airspace for three weeks. We'll do better. She's leaving on Wednesday. Can't be soon enough for me. She's so damned smug (greiving? not bloodly likely) and I've the urge to smack her face but...we're all just frustrated. There ARE more of us than of them, the election proved that and that was only the ones who voted...so be of good cheer. It's just as someone said...when the left protests...the right works to keep the country moving. The left collects welfare...the right punch in at work so the left just has a natural advantage in the protesting game. But we'll get better!


2,904 posted on 08/28/2005 6:58:15 AM PDT by foreign devil
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To: foreign devil

My family and I were talking about this yesterday....One thing that kept the "silent majority" silent during nam was the fear of violence.....FOr some reason, it doesn't exist today. If any of you have dealt with someone in denial often their reaction when someone confronts them is extreme anger and sometimes violence.

IMO that's what we're dealing with with SINdy and CO......Crawford police and organizers did an excellent job of keeping the two groups seperated.....

(Wonder if Martinville police will do the same or just let the town folks have at 'em today? Someone mentioned earlier...Martinville is NOT a town for anti war demonstrators!)Hope a freeper can give us a first hand report.


2,905 posted on 08/28/2005 7:00:32 AM PDT by hoosiermama (prayers for all)
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To: W04Man

Your post made me think of something...

My son and I drove in from Crawford from the south on 317 .. On the very edge of Crawford we saw a fellow on the side of the road with his pick up truck and 3 or 4 flags... and signs saying Support the Troops and Support the President (or something to that effect). As we approached I thought it was Leapfrog - because there was a Marine flag. As we drove by it was an elderly fellow... with his oxygen tank... just waving at people as they drove by.

I was continually amazed at the cross section of people at the rally ... average Americans really... it was heartwarming .. and truly made me proud that we are speaking up!

I really think we need to keep it up - letting people know we are NOT the SILENT majority this time!


2,906 posted on 08/28/2005 7:03:02 AM PDT by pamlet
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To: Krodg
It's over? They travel across country for a week and then can't stay for more than a couple of hours???

A couple of hours was plenty long enough in that heat and humidity. Unlike the other side, we had no "Patriot House" to retreat to. No Soros provided trailers (although we there two or three motor homes, some from the caravan, one that was there much earlier) As it was we had at least a couple of people hauled off in ambulances, and some number of others treated on site for heat exhaustion.

2,907 posted on 08/28/2005 7:08:51 AM PDT by El Gato
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To: Leapofaith

All of my photos can be found here
http://public.fotki.com/valerieusa/move_america_forward/
Feel free to post the link


2,908 posted on 08/28/2005 7:13:23 AM PDT by ValerieUSA
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To: ValerieUSA

I owe you double thanks!

One for responding so quickly to Leapofaith.

Second for letting me feel a part of the rally through your pictures.


2,909 posted on 08/28/2005 7:17:30 AM PDT by Sally'sConcerns
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To: ValerieUSA
Very nice... Here are mine from just down the road
2,910 posted on 08/28/2005 7:18:06 AM PDT by TxBec (Tag! You're it!)
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To: El Gato

The heat really was horrendous wasn't it? We brought a cooler full of water - and it's just about all gone. I've never drunk so much water in one day in my life.

Next time I'm bringing Gatorade.

All in all tho' it was a marvelous day wasn't it? It was tremedous to see SO MANY different groups represented - and all of us there to support the troops and our president!


2,911 posted on 08/28/2005 7:18:57 AM PDT by pamlet
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To: ValerieUSA
Thanks Valerie. I will copy them and give them to the ladies. I have told them of the FReep and they are soooo happy.:)

To: ALL
I must confess I have a very bad habit of going to the forum that must not be named and spying on them. They have a very defamatory thread about Ted Nugent and a 13 year old girl. So, I would say yesterday irritated them because they have not said a word! LOL LOL (don't worry after I go I get dewormed, deloused, and deflead(sp?)
2,912 posted on 08/28/2005 7:23:04 AM PDT by Leapofaith
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To: Jimmy Valentine's brother
Whoa ... were the pink-o's there Friday night???????




I didn't notice.....



;*)

2,913 posted on 08/28/2005 7:25:23 AM PDT by Just A Nobody (I - LOVE - my attitude problem !)
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To: El Gato
The community center building was air conditioned, and it was refreshing to just step in there for 5 or 10 minutes at a time. It wasn't crowded.


2,914 posted on 08/28/2005 7:28:53 AM PDT by ValerieUSA
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To: ValerieUSA

Hey Valerie ...

Sorry I missed you yesterday!!

I never did make it over to the building - had to laugh tho' I went to the "porta pottie"... and after being there it was refreshing to step OUTSIDE... hahahahaha


2,915 posted on 08/28/2005 7:32:34 AM PDT by pamlet
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To: ValerieUSA

great photos val!


2,916 posted on 08/28/2005 7:32:45 AM PDT by Diva Betsy Ross (Code pink stinks!)
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To: Leapofaith

Did you ever get a response to your request to capture some of the photos herein and post them on the website for military moms, wives and girlfriends? My guess is you did but wanted to make certain.


2,917 posted on 08/28/2005 7:37:28 AM PDT by Republic
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To: ValerieUSA; All
Perhaps the most critical element of this protest against Cindy and her leftist machine and this outpouring of support for our troops is to make certain that our troops in Iraq, Afganistan and around the world get to see what transpired in Crawford yesterday.

Since the mainstream media is slow to relay the huge rally in support of the President ( they would not want to boost the moral of our military they are trying so hard to discourage ), perhaps we need to figure out a way to get the wondrous photos like yours as well as this thread out to every unit.

Perhaps there is someone at the pentagon, or a website that is primarily used by military over there, who could help us get this marvelous event out to these courageous troops.

Each and every one...can you not envision the laughter these folks would have over the graphics, as well. Ie., Freeper Prime Choice's humorous digs at liberalism, or the actual T-shirt on the back of that mom reading "sleep well America, my sons have your back!"..

I dunno, but it seems to me that getting these photos and getting this thread to our troops would be one of the best 'care' packages imagineable. This care package would feed their spirits and remind them how much we love them , and they need to hear about it...as Cindy attempts to trash their mission and devalue their jobs.

2,918 posted on 08/28/2005 7:45:43 AM PDT by Republic
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To: TruthNtegrity; kristinn; All
Truthy, you were in Crawford and I didn't know????? I would have loved to see you. By the time I got back to town yesterday things in Crawford were virtually over, and being a big heat wussy, I opted to stay home. I figured by that time of day I'd have to hike 3-4 miles after I parked my car, and I'd have been "glowing" so much nobody would have gotten near me. So sorry you had car troubles, but I thank you from the bottom of my heart for making the trip.

Got to go, but if anybody's interested, try Waco Tribune Herald There are a few videos and articles on yesterday's action. Kristinn is prominently mentioned in one of them.

2,919 posted on 08/28/2005 7:46:40 AM PDT by McLynnan
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To: Republic
Got it. I am trying to show these ladies they can SPEAK UP because people have their back and this helps so much!! You would not believe the stories they tell about people launching into tirades to them about how much they hate Bush and this war --- of course at the end of the conversation they say "we support the troops".
2,920 posted on 08/28/2005 7:46:50 AM PDT by Leapofaith
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