I spent most of the day hanging out with Mike Benge, the writer and former POW. We had coffee at the snack bar in the middle of Moonbat Central, and were pleased to observe that all the coffee cups were red, white and blue, with "Pride in America" written on them. You could see some of the leftists considering their coffee with distaste.
Probably 90% - 95% of the leftists' signs were mass-produced. The homemade ones weren't too impressive. They mostly said semi-coherent things about Palestine, Impeachment and, of course, "war crimes." My favorite read, "Iran and Venezuela, together forever!"
Mike came out of a Porta-Potty at one point and found himself face-to-face with a Park cop, who glanced at his jacket, gestured, and said, "Patriotic Americans over there."
The leftists made a couple of unsuccessful attempts to infiltrate the GOE area. The veterans formed a barrier and stopped everyone with an antiwar sign. They also set up a gauntlet on the sidewalk on Constitution Ave., and gave their opinions to leftists from both sides as they slunk past. One yappy woman walked through flashing peace signs with both hands, and I managed to get a chant of "Victory! Victory!" going, which she didn't seem to appreciate.
I'd say the crowd sizes were pretty close, and our side was more energized. A few aging leftists worked themselves up enough to do odd little dances, but it didn't look like their hearts were really in it.
Hey, all we are saying is give war a chance...
"Mike came out of a Porta-Potty at one point and found himself face-to-face with a Park cop, who glanced at his jacket, gestured, and said, "Patriotic Americans over there.""
PRICELESS...!!!
When I posted another counter-protest anecdote on another board a short while ago, the responses were:
"Why do you hate AMERICA so much?"
"Let me tell you about a little thing called an Election..."
In short, the moonbats have no idea how to react to the counter-protest.
We showed our credentials and were permitted to pass through the gauntlet on Constitution Ave. Nick Danger had more than a dozen of the GOE armbands, and began passing them out to those who didn't have them. We looked for you over by the sound stage, then we fell in behind a group of Rolling Thunder eagles, and walked over to the Lincoln Memorial. Spoke with Nutmeg via phone, and met the brave group standing guard at the Memorial Bridge...then we crossed the bridge and waited to greet the moonbats with the MOAB (Mother of All Banners)...that sign found in not less than three AP aerial photos. A great day for patriots!
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