[Bob J]

Oustanding Raleigh!

[lizbet]

Overtaxed,

Did you go to the Chapel Hill rally?

[ChadsDad]

Just saw the report on CNN. I am SO proud of you guys and NC!!! Good coverage.

[Interesting Times]

Reuters took some great shots of your rally -- click here to see.

[Bismark]

It was a well-done rally. I was there with my brother and his family and it was very good to see the size of this turnout based on the amount of time you had to put it together.

[RightOnline]

It rocked..........and only due to the incredible efforts of you and Constitution Day. We salute you.......:)

[dei23]

The Rally was wonderful. It was truly inspiring to have a great turnout. I am so pleased that Maha Alattar, from Women for a Free Iraq, was with us. I wish the Anti-War/Anti-Bush crowd would listen to her story.

Alexandra Phillips the 11 year old who sung…wow
Congressman Billybob was fantastic
Jim Snyder as always a true Statesman
Conway Brooks Go 82nd Airborne
Pastor Ron Aldridge gave us an inspirational message
Senator Patrick Ballentine next Governor from North Carolina?
Jerry Agar the ever present voice of reason on WPTF
Susan Mills President of the NC Federation of Republican Women and a fine speaker
Mark and Nikola Pergerson we couldn’t have found better Patriotic Singers

I can't thank mykdsmom, Diane (I can't remember her freeper name) and ConstitutionDay enough for all their hard work.

I saw some news coverage...not as much as I would have thought and News 14 is carrying the Chapel Hill Rally but not ours...maybe they will pick it up yet. WTVD said that we had over a hundred people at the rally technically they are right we did have over a hundred but give me a break!!!

I still haven't come down from the emotional high of the Rally for America.

[hnorris]

Raleigh Proud Bump!

[dstarr]

The friend that was with my mom and me must have written what will be her freep name kind of funny. It should read "bob's babe". No harm done. I still need to check out my pictures. It was great to be up there among so many like-minded people. You and CD did a wonderful job.

[wise counsel]

We had it all: perfect weather, great music, inspiring speakers... God is good! Thanks for the hard work in bringing this together. It was AWESOME!!!!

[Claire Voyant]

You and Constitution Day put on a TERRIFIC Rally!! It was fun meeting fellow Freepers!!!

Didn't anyone tell all those policemen that we are CONSERVATIVES??? Geesh...we left the place better than we found it!!

[wise counsel]

Sorry for the double post but wanted to report that Jerry Agar's radio station (WPTF) carried ONLY news about the anit-war rally in Chapel Hill. Also, Channel 17 did a 30 second cut on RFA and Channel 11 did 60 seconds. Both seemed a little anemic, but at least they were there. Perhaps our e-mails to them worked!

[MinuteGal]

Congrats gang!

Nothing could be finah than to freep in Carolinah!

Leni

[anymouse]

Way to go NC FReepers. Eagles up!

[mykdsmom]

Post Rally Report!

[kcar]

Great rally. My wife took some pictures. Here:
http://theunsucks.com/RaleighforTroops.html

[Constitution Day]

Ping! For Great Justice.

[Constitution Day]

bump

[ncweaver]

Thanks for the pics 45semi!!

It WAS a GREAT Rally! Constitution Day, Mykdsmom and dei23 did a WONDERFUL job organizing this. I know they were discouraged earlier in the week, but they didn't give up and it PAID OFF BIG TIME!

A special thanks to dei23 for taking responsibility for conducting the rally and keeping everything going.
Congressman BillyBob was fantastic and Jim Snyder very impressive.
We also had some great surprises-
-The 11 yr. old girl was great who sang the song she had written after 9-11 and sang Grand Ole Flag. Would love for the media to give her some air time.
-Then State Senator Patrick Ballentine!! He mentioned he had been at the White House and spoken to President Bush recently which tells me they must be supporting him running
for governor.

EVERYONE WHO COULDN'T COME THIS TIME SHOULD NOT MISS THE NEXT ONE!!!!!

[spacewarp]

O.K. I've reported my findings with RPD and SCPD and WTVD. Now, on to the report for the day.

Raleigh Rally Report.

Arriving, I saw dozens of signs up on Hillsborough Street about not parking. So, I pulled into the church where I attend and walked. Since it's only a block, and it was BEAUTIFUL weather for a rally, I decided to walk. I was treated to the sight of barricades and about 150 people in the crowd. I was about 10 minutes early. By the time it started, the crowd had moved up to about 500, and the music was getting people stirred up. Then it started. Moving speeches, lots of fun, great time meeting other Freepers and people who hadn't heard of it before, who have now. Beautiful weather. Great singing. Congressman BillyBob and the "I know what it means to be an American" speech. The very nice lady from the Republican Women with a wonderful speech. The prayer that stirred us all on. Senator Ballentine (who should be our next Governor). Jim Snyder (who I HOPE takes on Edwards and would be our next Senator). The wonderful lady from Iraq who told what it meant to live under the thumb of Saddam. All the signs and banners. The flags. The British flag that two ladies brought. The vet who got up there and I'm sure was wishing he was back in his unit which is right now freeing Basra. I'm sure I'm forgetting some (like Jerry! Jerry! Jerry! Jerry! Agar). The lovely young lady who sang with heart and soul with a very stirring song she wrote herself. The wonderful couple who sang several songs, including Lee Greenwood's God Bless the USA. Wow. I was thrilled to be a part of that. All in all, by the middle, around 1:00 or so, I tried to estimate the crowd. It was enormous. Nearly 1000, if not more. No less than 850. There were people stretched back to most of the barricades in two of the directions.

I've been to some of these types of events before, but not a Freeper event. Once the applause dies down, it's a race to get to the cars. Not this one. Most stayed to mingle, get acquainted, clean up. This was not a trash fest like the corrupt Anti-Bush, Anti-America crowd. When I walked back after the resturaunt, I saw one plastic band from probably the barricades. There was maybe one or two pieces of paper, no more than notepad size. Apparently, the previous group left graffiti on the statues, trash all over and broken glass in the streets and grass.

When Dei23 and I were walking down to his car to take something there, we ran across a Raleigh PD. I asked him about the demonstrators a few weeks before. He just sighed heavily and rolled his eyes. He couldn't comment. But his attitude shift when asked about them was enough to let us know what he meant. RPD found out we weren't like the "other" group. They were prepared if we were. There were snipers on the roofs of a few buildings. It was significant to know that the bad guys rattled them so much that when the good guys came to meet, they needed that precaution. Anyway, it was great meeting some of you in person finally. And when I finish putting it together, I'll post the speech I had been working on presenting. (Since I didn't get to finish writing it, only one person's heard it.)

Paul (Spacewarp)