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RNC protesters looking worse for the wear
St. Petersburg - Tampa Bay Times ^ | August 30, 2012 | Marissa Lang and Kim Wilmath

Posted on 08/30/2012 11:08:58 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife

TAMPA — The heat, the chanting, the marching: It was all becoming too much.

Protesters, who were scheduled to occupy companies owned by Mitt Romney's Bain Capital empire all day Thursday, were having a tough time mustering the gusto.

The plan was to start at a Domino's Pizza, about two blocks away from unofficial RNC protest headquarters Romneyville in downtown Tampa.

But after lunchtime, the tents were looking pretty cozy.

It didn't sit well with one Occupy Wall Street protester, a 21-year-old woman who would only identify herself as Ducky.

(Excerpt) Read more at tampabay.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: ows; rncconvention; romneyryan2012; tampaprotesters
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

I think I remember that guy from a protest a few years back (pictures posted here.. and I think the protest was in New York)..


21 posted on 08/30/2012 11:34:32 AM PDT by Bikkuri (Choose, a communist, socialist, or Patriot)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
Gaylen Hall, an activist

Not the former Gator head football coach?

22 posted on 08/30/2012 11:36:34 AM PDT by dfwgator (I'm voting for Ryan and that other guy.)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

If I had nothing else to go on, those supporting the president would cause me to vote for someone else.


23 posted on 08/30/2012 11:37:53 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (Americans want what Americans always wanted: Better lives for families; little government authority.)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

The leeches and parasites were surprised to find leeches and parasites in the camp


24 posted on 08/30/2012 11:38:12 AM PDT by AppyPappy (If you really want to annoy someone, point out something obvious that they are trying hard to ignore)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

“A protester calling himself Vermin Supreme shouts at police in riot gear”

Boothead man is a little old to be tangling with john law, if he’s not careful he’s gonna be wearing a boot somewhere else on/in his body!


25 posted on 08/30/2012 11:39:37 AM PDT by V_TWIN (obama=where there's smoke, there's mirrors)
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To: agere_contra
Hang on. The police are giving food to protestors?

Yup. Sheer genius!

26 posted on 08/30/2012 11:39:37 AM PDT by null and void (Day 1319 of our ObamaVacation from reality - Obama, a queer and present danger)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife


Fear me, for I am Boot Man! The heel of feeling will crush the banana peel of yuckiness!

27 posted on 08/30/2012 11:40:17 AM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: Covenantor

Watta dumb arce.


29 posted on 08/30/2012 11:41:10 AM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
Vermin Supreme, meet Burrito Supreme.


30 posted on 08/30/2012 11:42:28 AM PDT by UCANSEE2 ( Lame and ill-informed post)
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To: mkmensinger
LINKED post #19: "Tarah Colon, who is living in Romneyville with her 11-month-old son, said she also has experienced problems living there."

More about Tara Colon - with good video "....Romneyville is a tent city which sprung up in a vacant parking lot on Tampa Street near I-275 for the Republican National Convention.

"This is reality," said Tara Colon, 36, who has lived in tent cities since she was a teenager.

The mother of five came to Tampa from Philadelphia because she is fighting homelessness and has concerns over a vanishing middle class in America. Colon's 16-year-old was born in a tent city."...

31 posted on 08/30/2012 11:43:27 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: AppyPappy
I'm almost tempted to send them a donation so that they can support transporting and feeding more leeches and parasites at the Obamaville they have planned for DNC in Charlotte.

Almost.

32 posted on 08/30/2012 11:45:59 AM PDT by onemiddleamerican (FUBO and all your terrorist buddies)
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To: Army Air Corps
Gaylen: "So what if I have a boot on my head?"

Officer: "Yes, but it's my boot, you thief."


33 posted on 08/30/2012 11:46:35 AM PDT by UCANSEE2 ( Lame and ill-informed post)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

“Romneyville” is the Tampa OWS encampment that was re-named for the convention.

James Taranto wrote about it on Monday, when the convention was postponed. He said that it is in a very bad part of town, on a private lot, owned by some night club owner. The local businesses and residents have been pleading with the owner to kick them off, but he refuses. They are making life more difficult for people in an already poor neighborhood.

The driver of Taranto’s cab advised the reporters not to get out of the car because the encampment was not safe.


34 posted on 08/30/2012 11:48:11 AM PDT by Eva
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To: UCANSEE2

"Help! Help! I'm being repressed!"

35 posted on 08/30/2012 11:48:22 AM PDT by dfwgator (I'm voting for Ryan and that other guy.)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Sounds like they should call it Obamaville. Their gas money was stolen.

Hopefully there have been no rapes or murders yet.


36 posted on 08/30/2012 11:48:39 AM PDT by <1/1,000,000th%
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

“This is reality,” said Tara Colon, 36, who has lived in tent cities since she was a teenager.

Tara Colon. A story about the dangers of anal sex in tent cities.


37 posted on 08/30/2012 11:49:03 AM PDT by UCANSEE2 ( Lame and ill-informed post)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Protesters buying food with food stamps...ISN’T THAT JUST PERFECT.


38 posted on 08/30/2012 11:49:13 AM PDT by V_TWIN (obama=where there's smoke, there's mirrors)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

or...

"All we are sayyyyinnnngggg, is give soap a chance!"

39 posted on 08/30/2012 11:50:34 AM PDT by SparkyBass
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To: onemiddleamerican

I think Charlotte shut that down.


40 posted on 08/30/2012 11:51:42 AM PDT by AppyPappy (If you really want to annoy someone, point out something obvious that they are trying hard to ignore)
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