Posted on 09/24/2005 10:39:43 PM PDT by StayAt HomeMother
On a day when they knew they would be outnumbered and out-shouted, more than 200 supporters of the Iraq war nonetheless gathered yesterday at the U.S. Navy Memorial to get out their message.
They were military families and members of such organizations as Move America Forward and RightMarch.com and Protest Warrior, and they were determined to be heard.
The crowd cheered when William Greene, president of RightMarch.com, called the antiwar protesters "the Sheehanistas." They cheered again when he said: "Our voices will not be silenced. We are the majority." …
Counter-protesters will hold their major event of the weekend today at noon: a rally on the Mall at Fourth Street NW to support the troops.
… One man carried a poster with a picture of a World War II soldier on it and the words: "How about rooting for our side for a change, you liberal morons?"
Betsy Deming, 47, of Takoma Park was holding a sign that read: "U.S. soldiers are true heroes. Our mission is just and honorable. Stay the course." In front of her passed a steady stream of antiwar protesters coming up from a Metro station.
"Follow the stench down the street," Deming said to them as they passed. "Follow the stench of urine and burning American flags. That's where your rally is."
From the Navy Memorial, most of the counter-demonstrators made their way to the J. Edgar Hoover FBI Building shortly after 1 p.m. to watch the antiwar demonstrators march along Pennsylvania Avenue NW. Many of them yelled at the marchers: "Shame on you! Shame on you!"
At one point, the two sides began shouting "USA! USA!" at each other. And one woman, waving an American flag, said the same thing over and over to the marchers: "We love you. We love you."
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
LOL!
Keep up the good work... There's a lot of Freeping work to be done in your home town of Takoma Park! ;) but it sounds like you all are up to it.
Here's a link to an earlier thread that has pictures of the "take-over" by the Protest Warriors and the College Republicans. I especially loved how they stopped them dead in their tracks. This report just had me grinning lterally ear to ear!
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1490816/posts
Thanks, for the links, Tonk.
Or, perhaps: Suivez les mouches!
MPECHW = ....?
Impeach W
[obviously a "hooked on phonics" gal]...;))
Oh! Now it makes sense. Well, the license plate anyway; not the message.
I don't even know how I caught it to begin with.
She roared past us in a blur of terrifying speed yet the license plate practically jumped out at me.
The Washington Pest probably thought this made you look bad, so they quoted it, but I think it is top-notch--a form of genius!
re: The woman who was waving a flag and saying "We love you, we love you" to the marchers.
I did not witness any one on our side of the barricade doing this. I am wondering if the author of the article misheard my own mantra for the day which I must have said a guzillion times?
"Al quaeda loves you, baby!"
Nice quote Tiggles!
Careful whatcha say about the relatives ;-).
Careful whatcha say about the relatives ;-).
Next time there's an antiwar protest our side could put up helpful official looking signs that read "Follow the stench of urine and burning American flags this way" and then have an arrow pointing in the direction of their protest. Makes a nice statement...
We also chanted "Hillary voted for the war" and "Casey volunteered." Nice to remind them of things they'd rather ignore. I also thanked them for bringing their tourism dollars to DC.
Nice photos!
I'd never say a wrong word about Family! LOL!
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