[BillF]

There were at least two situations that came close to getting physical.

Some intoxicated guy really got in BufordP's face. Buford was on the same corner as the basement restaurant used for the book signing. Most of us were across the street.

When the guy got in Buford's face, several of us ran across the street. The guy was ranting about his son being in combat.

A Capitol Police officer came over & told the guy that he should calm down & not invade others' personal space. The drunk guy calmed down.

The second occasion involved two lawyers, obnoxious, bullying, attuned to irrelevant details, fast-talking, self-important, and obsessive compulsive.

(These two never said they were lawyers in my hearing. However, even apart from their fancy suits and Italian shoes, the personalities just screamed overzealous lawyers.)

As I went to leave, and after most of our group had left, a shorter one of the lawyers was arguing with Kristinn about whether W had done cocaine, his National Guard service, and so on.

The taller lawyer was arguing with ToleranceSucksRocks over (are you ready for this?) the 2000 election. As he shouted that W was selected, I moved along behind TSR taking photos of the guy as he pointed, waved his arms, and tried to provoke a physical confrontation.

I told TSR that “this is great, they’re still arguing 2000.” “What pathetic losers” I was thinking.

The shorter lawyer turned to me & said “why are you here?” “To torment you,” was my response.

The taller lawyer said that we were just mad because Gore got more votes. And he claimed that they were tormenting us.

He got angrier and angrier. I told him that he should take an anger management course, but he continued his physically aggressive manner.

I would have just laughed this off except that the taller lawyer then moved forward into my personal space and continued ranting.

With his face about 10 inches from my face, his arms flailing, his finger pointing, and the points of his pointy-toed Italian shoes just shy of my toes, I said “You’ve invaded my personal space. Please step back.” I flashed a digital photo of him.

He snarled, “go ahead & push me. Then you can spend 6 months where you belong.”

I discreetly pulled out breath spray, thinking that the guy had bad breath and if he insisted on getting this close I might have to spray him.

I also thought about John Wayne. "I'm not gonna hit ya....I'm not gonna hit ya....The hell I ain't." he said in a movie before punching a guy who more than deserved it.

TgslTakoma saved me from re-enacting junior high. She came over & said that this guy assaulted her at an earlier FReep and that he was trying to pick a fight. I didn’t take the bait.

He then moved off to harangue tgslTakoma and he, along with the other lawyer, were soon thereafter telling Kristinn about Texas court decisions that somehow should have allowed Gore Florida overvotes to count & put Gore into the White House.

TSR and I talked for a minute. I then heard the shorter lawyer say that a conservative Reagan-appointee judge agrees with him that the Supreme Court wrongly decided “Bush v. Gore.”

I couldn’t resist saying “Wow, it’s not that you agree with the judge. It’s the judge who agrees with you. You must be really important.”

The taller lawyer droned on about overvotes, dangling chats, etc. TSR and I both told him, “you’ve convinced us. We’ll vote for Algore next time he’s on the ballot.”

Taller lawyer was not amused. He told me, “you stay here. I’m going to go get my camera & get your photo.” He left.

Having stayed 20 or 30 minutes longer than planned already, I didn’t wait for him to come back. I told TSR that these pathetic losers would still be arguing Florida 2000 in 20 years and I left..

Wish I had challenged taller lawyer to meet me at the junior high flagpole in 20 years so that he and I could fight about dangling chads.

TgslT is right. The guy was trying to pick a fight. Probably wanted to sue us.

[Rasputin_TheMadMonk]

If you guys have strong stomachs, a good way to deal with these get in your face types is to keep a few cloves of garlic in your pocket.

When one gets in your face and starts giving you the business, pop a few seperated cloves into your mouth, chew hard and then exhale right into thier faces. It's not the most obnoxious odor, but it usually backs most of these pantywaste(yup) cruds off.

Just make sure you have a canister or two of breath spray or those who didn't do the chew are going to make you ride with your heads out of the car.

It's safe, it's organic, and it's legal. I'm sure you can figure out your own variation, but I happen to like garlic.

[Byron_the_Aussie]

..I discreetly pulled out breath spray, thinking that the guy had bad breath and if he insisted on getting this close I might have to spray him....

Good move.

Inspector Harry Callaghan's 'your mouthwash ain't making it' might have been timely, at that point.

[Doctor Raoul]

Funny how the little commie democrats ordered around the citizens of a free country.

Little dictators they are and God help us if they ever reach power, everyone's freedoms, even the liberal morons who support them, are in danger.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

TgslT is right. The guy was trying to pick a fight. Probably wanted to sue us.

I'm just going to ignore him next time. I don't think he was angry so much as arrogant, snotty, rude, and askinforit. I do, however, want to be there watching when someone finally beats the snot out of him. G*d, that guy p!$$ed me off!

[maica]

Terrific report on the two 'lawyers.'

Sounds like the DC Chapter are getting their very own counter-freepers. I am sure you all are discussing strategy on ways to handle these guys. The one looking to provoke assault obviously thinks he has a plan! Little does he realize how transparent he is. We know that these slimeballs project the kind of behavior that they would do onto us. They are doubly wrong - a) we do not act like lefties and b)they are so predictable

He is taking on the masters of street theatre.