URGENT MESSAGE TO D.C. AREA FREEPERS AND LURKERS: YOUR HELP NEEDED THIS SUNDAY 3/23

D.C. Chapter ^ | Thursday, March 20, 2003 | Kristinn

[kristinn]

If you live in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, your help is needed this Sunday at the Lincoln Memorial. The D.C. Chapter of Free Republic is holding a rally there to support our troops fighting overseas in Iraq and elsewhere as the war on terror continues.

You have probably seen the temper tantrums thrown by the "anti-war" crowd in several large cities today. These have been orchestrated by the far left to disrupt our lives, hinder the war effort and hurt morale at home and abroad.

We cannot let those actions go unanswered and let that be the image of American sentiment seen by our troops overseas. To counter that image, you need to sacrifice a few hours this Sunday afternoon and bring your patriotic self to the rally at the Lincoln Memorial.

Make no mistake--the media will be there. We've already received many queries from the press about the rally wanting to know how many people will be there to support the troops. Believe it or not, there are America-loving people in the media who would be thrilled to cover a large patriotic rally in our nation's capital. Some of them are former military who know what it means to the troops when all they see are "anti-war" rallies in the news.

For the troops to see a large crowd on Sunday, it will require you to cancel your plans for that afternoon and come to the rally for a few hours.

Bring your families, tell your friends and co-workers, spam your e-mail chains. The members of the D.C. Chapter have done everything we can to make this rally one the troops can be proud of. The only thing we can't do is bus people in or pick you up at your door.

We'll be out on Saturday handing out leaflets to people informing them about the rally. We don't have an advertising budget--we have to spread the word on a one-to-one basis.

That's why we need your help. We need you there on Sunday. And we need your help spreading the word about the rally the next two days.

It's not for the benefit of the chapter. We're tired and we're tapped out financially. After organizing four rallies and numerous demonstrations and counterprotests since September, 2001 in support of America and our troops, we're beat. But we're pushing ahead because we believe the troops deserve, at the very least, a strong public show of support as they go into harm's way. Please come to the Lincoln Memorial this Sunday. It's important.

Details about the rally can be found by clicking here.

Lurkers can e-mail me at kristinn@verizon.net with any questions or comments.

[FreeTheHostages]

I have an actual idea.

Some tourists are coming from out of town for Cherry Blossom season. What do you think the changes are that the hotel concierges might be willing to keep a neat stack of our rally fliers at the hotel desk in case some of their guests wished to attend a patriotic rally?

Answer: well, I can find out this evening. I live near a lot of those tourist hotels. Anyone else want leaflets for this purpose, let me know.

[Pippin]

LOL!!!!

Don't give me any ideas!

If it were contagious I would go to the leftist and really give them a nasty surprise!

[Ligeia]

Get ready! Chris Core just gave the FR url to a caller looking for a rally in DC!

[kristinn]

Cool! I spoke with Chris Core this afternoon while making calls to the media to promote the rally.

[kristinn]

It looks like I'll be spending most of tomorrow outdoors passing out flyers. It'll be good exercise and a great opportunity to talk with folks about the war.

[Ligeia]

He said he'd spoken to someone from FR, and gave the the url. He's talking about appropriate ways to show our support and how we conduct ourselves at this time. Maybe you should call him and see if you can get on the air! I know his email address that he gives out publicly is cccore@aol.com . In case Chris or his producer are here, thanks!

[FreeTheHostages]

Kristinn, ligeia reports that Chris Core mentioned our DC rally and the URL on the air this evening.

Good work.

Good people of the realm: who's going to help us leaflet with the Cherry Blossom tourists on the mall tomorrow?

[FreeTheHostages]

Kristinn, ligeia reports that Chris Core mentioned our DC rally and the URL on the air this evening.

Good work.

Good people of the realm: who's going to help us leaflet with the Cherry Blossom tourists on the mall tomorrow?

[kristinn]

At least we got that little bit of a mention. The media just doesn't want to know about "pro" rallies. They're all drooling over the prospects of violent anti-war protests.

[FreeTheHostages]

I really believe FOXNEWS national is coming around. I actually have high expectations for them this weekend. We shall see.

You're doing a great job, Kristinn. Hang in there.

HEY EVERYONE!! Down and out? Tired??? Wondering why the HECK we're doing it one more weekend and all the downsides to doing what we're doing this weekend????? FUH-GIT-ABBUT-IT. Think of the troops. Come leaflet with us tomorrow and come to the rally for the troops. They'll hear about the rally. They are what matters.

[tgslTakoma]

I'm on call tonight, so depending on how late work keeps me up tonight, I'll join you guys at some point to leaflet on the Mall.

I took a nap when I got home this evening, so now I can finally watch some real news reports about the "Shock and Awe" activities.

I did my own little Takoma Park version of "Shock and Awe" on my homeward commute...

The leftists in Takoma Park had a crowd of about thirty folks, kids included, on a commuter street corner and they were holding signs against the war and others saying "Shame on the US!" and a brand new flag (interesting that they didn't even have a flag before their anti-war protest) with the same "shame" message. Well, as I sat half-a-block back waiting for the light to change, I contemplated what I should do. As the light changed I rolled down my passenger window and I moved up to where the first clump of them were, and I stopped my SUV - and yelled out at them "War freed the slaves, war saved the Jews." Then I moved up to the next cluster of them, stopping fully again - and I repeated my comments. And I did it again a little further up the line. I held up traffic for a minute or so doing this, but it needed doing.

The response from them was "Shock and Awe." They were stunned that I wasn't on their (Saddam's) side. They stood there, jaws open, dazed look on their faces, and not one comeback... not a word.

The kids looked at me, and I could see that they were thinking. I hope that some of the kids remember their history lessons about WWII and Civil War... and realize that sometimes war is necessary. The parents are beyond hope, sorry to say. I sat through a city council meeting on Monday where I had to listen to these idiots call our president an idiot, an emperor, a murderer... and Ronald Reagan an a$$hole - in public and on TV.

Anyway... this weekend the leftists and America-haters will be treated to "Shock and Awe" rallies across America. As with Saddam and the terrorists, they, too, will lose.

[FreeTheHostages]

"this weekend the leftists and America-haters will be treated to "Shock and Awe" rallies across America"

{{tgsl}} Don't come leaflet if you're tired, though. I wasn't there last weekend, it's my turn at the plate. If you've got to rest, rest. I've got a gift for you that you'll really like, BTW.

Tomorrow

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Good job! How do they NOT hear any other viewpoint? NEA regime must end. (^;

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Thanks for troop support. 03/16/2003 - armymarinemom:
I got a phone call from the sand box this morning. My son said that news of rallies to support our troops has reached Kuwait. He asked that I thank everyone involved because support from home means the world to our troops.

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