SUPPORT OUR TROOPS - Patriots Rally for America IV - Saturday, March 1, 2003, Washington, D.C.

DC Chapter of Free Republic ^ | February 18, 2003 | Angelwood and Kristinn

[Taxman]

It is on stage with Lisa Minelli!

[kristinn]

Good morning! It's a beautiful day. We've got some leaflets to pass out to folks on the Mall before the rally. Other than that, we're all set for a good show!

[kristinn]

Angelwood is on site. The sound people are setting up. I'm getting ready to go. The snow's not so bad. The sidewalks are clear and there's just a couple inches on the ground. Come on out and let the troops overseas know we support them 100%.

[W04Man]

Is there a thread for after action photos etc?

[Dec31,1999]

I may have even convinced a nice lady that I spent 10 or so minutes talking to that going into Iraq to take out Saddam Hussein was a good idea. I reminded her that the monumental lapse of judgement the world showed towards Hitler in the late 1930's led to about 50,000,000 needless deaths, and that if we let Saddam Hussein stay alive, the results could be even more catastrophic than that.

She promised to reconsider her position, and said she would attend the Rally tomorrow. I do hope she shows up.

Nice, work, Tax. Our job is to do the footwork and not be concerned with the outcome, in a sense. IOW, you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink!

[FreeTheHostages]

They'll post an official after-action thread and you all will be pinged to it and a link will be made in this thread.

CSPAN already as a product ID number for our rally. I think they may be waiting so we can tell people when the CSPAN broadcast will be.

We should know soon.

I checked Local TV news since Channel 7 and 9 (ABC and CBS) film crews showed up. Nothing on the early news, so look to 11 local news for anything on the rally.

Washington Post since a columnist and a reporter. Look for a hard news story tomorrow and also a column by columnist Marc Fisher.

Washington Times sent two people.

Newsmax of course. GOPUSA news. And more.

[FreeTheHostages]

meanwhile, neat photos. I like this one:

[Dec31,1999]

I checked Local TV news since Channel 7 and 9 (ABC and CBS) film crews showed up. Nothing on the early news, so look to 11 local news for anything on the rally.

Keep checking. My guess is that they show up just in case something happens. Then the editing honcho leaves their story out on purpose. Nothing new.

[Dec31,1999]

Thanks for the picture. My name is on the bottom of the "Don't tread on me" banner in the background. And proud of it.

[FreeTheHostages]

CSPAN2 is basically all books and CSPAN3 is all history on the weekends. This leaves little programming room for the weekends. They may fit us in later? Gee, remember once they broadcast it without updating the schedule?? Maybe I should just put in a 6 hour tape at midnight tonight. I'll do that.

I'm going to try to record local news now.

You guys did a great job. It's great that we had a separate rally without the leftists. Really good work. LOL, and Kristinn I'm not even going to ask you who's idea the snowman was!! WhoseEVER idea it was, it was great to have a patriotic snowman with a flag in our snow-laden midst.

Bump for the leaders.

[dagnabbit]

Just saw Kristinn interviewed on the local news. Didn't notice which channel it was. He gave a good, clear and concise message about the danger of Saddam plus WMDs. After Kristinn, the station showed some "Black Voices for Peace" or some such, going on elsewhere in DC.

[Libertina]

DC Rally BTTT! BTW Kristinn, I printed out your wonderful George Bush Uncle Sam graphic and used it on my sign. Many, many people commented on it and can hardly wait to come to FR to check it out. Thank you!
DC FReepers Rock!

[AGreatPer]

"WhoseEVER idea it was, it was great to have a patriotic snowman with a flag in our snow-laden midst."

Whover did the snowperson, it was great. Did you use FreeThe Hostages as a model?

Missed you at dinner FTH, I owe you a big hug for the work you did today. You were great.

[Mo1]

They'll post an official after-action thread and you all will be pinged to it and a link will be made in this thread.

Can you ping me to it?? ... pretty please

[FreeTheHostages]

Roger that. Kristinn owned a snippet on local ABC news affiliate at 11 pm. He was followed by Rev. Fauntroy, who was a part of some ministers-for-peace gathering that occurred today.

Nothing on Channel 29 (CBS news), Kristinn -- although their cameras did show up.

I put my VCR on record for 11:30 a.m. to 5:30 a.m. in case CSPAN does one of those unannounced scheduling changes.

[FreeTheHostages]

Sure thing.

[AGreatPer]

Hang in there Mol. There will be an official after action report coming. From what direction, I have no clue.

But, it was great. A little snow on the ground, no problem. Bob Dornan was on fire today. All great speakers. Wonderful after dinner at Luigi's.

That sums it it up. I too am waiting for the report.

[Mo1]

THanks for the update ..

[SERE_DOC]

Something I put together...

[FreeTheHostages]

Washington Post article here.