Bullhorn announcement duped Bush protesters into leaving scene of presidential visit

MSN/Portland Tribune ^ | Jan. 9 | Don Hamilton of the Portland Tribune

[ThreeYearLurker]

As Nelson would say, "Ha Ha!

[kahoutek]

"She addressed the crowd as 'my dear comrades'"

Too good.

[bfree]

I just heard HBO is doing a movie based on the incident. The tenative title is "Band of Idiots".

[Miss Marple]

This is the first post all week that has had me laughing out loud! Excellent strategery!!! Kudos to whoever thought of it!!! Hahahahaha!

[InvisibleChurch]

"It smells like a disinformation campaign,"

sounds like they're willing to believe anything , and they do ... i won't be surprised if bullhorns become a hot commodity with some FreeRepublicans

[Cold Heat]

LOL! ........I mean heh,heh,heh.

[isthisnickcool]

Outrageous! Outrageous, I say!!

LOL!

[bandleader]

As"Lord Haw Haw"used to say,HA,HA!!Congrats to whoever pulled this on the DemoRats!!!I'd liketo take them out and buy them out and buy them the best meal Portland has to offer!!!!!!!!!!!

[The Old Hoosier]

OK. Fess up! Which one of you fascist radical right wing bigots did it???

HAHAHAHAHA!!!! MY DEAR COMRADES!!!

[DWSUWF]

"...At one point, a smiling guy with a banjo worked his way into the crowd and started playing happy banjo music. He found rhythm in formless political chants and turned them into cheery, melodic folks songs..."

I remember the banjo guy! He was in 'Deliverance'...

[anniegetyourgun]

Okay you OR Freepers - fess up. Who was it? Step up and take credit now.

We really must remember this tactic in the future....

[paul51]

Just goes to show how easy it is to fool dumbbells.

[monkeyshine]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA DUPES. Typical moronic leftists take the word of anyone who claims to be an authority. Oh, he has a bullhorn, he must be official. Let's go.

[Petronski]

Thank you for my first laugh of the day. That's worth a bookmark, too.

[RedBloodedAmerican]

Someone is finally exploiting how easily and quickly Demoidiots believe a lie. Rather redundant, but it is soooo obvious to those who know the truth.

Maye we can tell them everyone is moving to China.

[freedomlover]

This reminds me of a story which may or may not be an urban legend (I think the alleged frat was the KAs from Vanderbilt).

The story went that a jokester had called ahead to the location where the frat's out-of-town "formal" was going to be held and cancelled the ballroom and all the rooms, saying that the frat president had died, and in respect they had decided not to have the prom. When all the frat boys showed up with their dates there was no room at the inn.

Does anyone know if this is true or not?

[Phantom Lord]

Wonder if this has been posted at DU. Would love to see that discussion.

[spycatcher]

Now they're trying to find a culprit because they can't accept responsibility

[Harrison Bergeron]

"The story went that a jokester had called ahead to the location where the frat's out-of-town "formal" was going to be held and cancelled the ballroom and all the rooms, saying that the frat president had died, and in respect they had decided not to have the prom. When all the frat boys showed up with their dates there was no room at the inn."

A little remembered scene in the movie Animal House has the Delta House animals scanning the obituaries looking for dead students so they can go to the campus and hit on the grieving chicks. Too cool.

The megaphone trick sounds like something the engineering students would try on campus to fool the goofy protestors from the education and lib arts schools.