[TXBubba]

I'm turning this thread over to my hubby Blastus for the first report. Just saw his handsome face on our local Fox news station. Gotta monitor the other news stations as they come on.

[AGreatPer]

"Blustis"...........report in sir. We are waiting.

neet name Blustis, shouds like he can blast through a wall of something.

[ValerieUSA]

I am so curious!

[keithtoo]

First ever Freep for me and it was great!

What a great bunch of folks. Freepers, Young GOP'ers, Libertarians and others were there to show support for Dubya and to try to awaken the sheeple walking in to hear the Big Creep cry for attention.

Great time at a great event.

[basil]

I'm so sad! I got all ready-signs made, etc and ran out to jump in the car, only to see that I had a flat tire! Hubby in Dallas in the other car, no neighbors around, and I can't get the lug nuts to loosen. Couldn't get a service guy out for at least 2 hours, so I missed the whole thing. BWaaaaa!

[RonDog]

For those who may have missed it, here is the pre-FReep thread:

FREEPERS JOINING CLINTON PROTEST AT UT-AUSTIN WED.
[49,000 UT Students Do NOT Join Anti-war Protest
Heart of Texas Chapter of FreeRepublic.com | 02-08-03 | TXBubba
Posted on 02/08/2003 5:13 PM PST by TXBubba

February 8, 2003 For Immediate Release Contact: Brendan Steinhauser

NEWS ADVISORY - DRAFT FORM

YCT, UT College Republicans to Lead Protest of Bill Clinton UT-Austin Lecture on Wednesday.

Austin, TX - Today, the Young Conservatives of Texas (YCT) and the UT College Republicans announced they will protest a lecture by former U.S. President Bill Clinton on Wednesday, Feb. 12. The lecture, which is cosponsored by the UT College of Liberal Arts, will be held at the Frank C. Erwin Center, 1701 Red River St. at 6:45 p.m. Community groups such as the local chapter of Free Republic and activists in the Williamson County Republican Party will also participate in the protest.

YCT officer Brendan Steinhauser stated, "There are many good reasons to protest President Clinton, but clearly the most compelling is his administration's dereliction of its duty to protect U.S. national security...

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[Quix]

EAGER FOR UPDATES.

THANKS TO ONE AND ALL WHO EVEN TRIED TO GET THERE!

BLESSINGS,

[TheSarce]

Relate your stories here, gang.

[Diddle E. Squat]

Excellent work. I am jealous, would have loved to have been down in Austin for that.

[TheSarce]

Just a quick report that we had a really good turnout, quite a few FReepers plus a GREAT job by the UT chapter of the Young Conservatives of Texas who spearheaded the whole effort. Also there were folks from the Travis County Republican Party and a lot of new faces from the Williamson County Republicans, plus quite a few just generally outraged citizens who were eager to come protest the Impeached One.

Brandon from the YCT did a terrific job, he was all over the local radio newsbreaks during the day -- that certainly helped get the word out. We made all the local television news (that's five stations, folks!), good coverage of our many signs and some interviews. I'm waiting for the rebroadcasts of the 10:00 news since I couldn't tape them all at the same time. Will have a little better synopsis of the media coverage later, but first impression is that we made a HUGE (or maybe a hugh!) impact: of course the main media focus was understandably primarily on Clinton, but we made it into a somewhat "controversial" appearance. Without our organized opposition, the coverage of XXX42 would doubtless have been quite sugary and MUCH less balanced.

Some of the best sound bites that made it on TV were from a couple of the ladies from Williamson County who had never protested before, they really let Bubba have it! Paraphrasing from memory: "If Clinton had done his duty at some point in his eight years, we wouldn't be in such danger now." or something along those lines, and said in really classy tones. Way to go, Williamson County! More on that later after I can review the tapes better.

I did lose one of my big US flags on the fold-up sticks with the bolts/wingnuts (those are RIGHTwingnuts, of course!), if anyone knows where it walked off to, I'd sure love to get it back.

FReepers are Fabulous, everyone did such a great job!

[humblegunner]

Way to go, Austin!

[maxwell]

Why couldn't y'all have waited 'til March when I could be there... WHY WHY WHY!

Anybody up for a FRe-peat? Okay, maybe just the beer part? :)

[Gracey]

Don't know if anyone let you know about this Jim. We had a blast protesting the "I can't wait to listen to Clinton" crowd. You would have been right at home. You would have been proud of the young college Republicans/Conservatives/and Libertarians. We had several people who happened to know that Clinton was in town, decided to make a sign and show up. Several vets were there.

Interesting but we had pony tailed men, muslim students, several ex Democrats, 6-7 Aggies who drove from A & M, protesting Clinton. One young man came from a college in the Dallas/Ft Worth area. I only wish we could have met everyone in our team.

Also, I must have written 20 checks for the best creative signs. (Donation from a neighbor) Not one of our protesters wanted to take money for making creative signs. I almost had to force the money on them... and the Democrats put out a press release that we were paying people to come protest.... but... we don't play their game. We give money for performance and skill and output. LOL