Posted on 06/21/2003 10:21:06 AM PDT by firebrand
Doctor Raoul and I met at Penn Station (thanks to cell phones--who knew there were two Acela waiting rooms?). The Doctor had already come up on the NJ Coast Line, with his Santa's sack of signs and costumes, plus bullhorn (which we were not allowed to use). We caught the 4:01 to Huntington and were met at the train by deadhead and alisasny.
When the four of us got to the site, there were already a young man and a young woman holding signs. They were from Marist College. Later, other wonderful kids from Our Lady of Mercy Academy in Syosset, Cold Spring Harbor High School, and Saint Anthony's High School joined us, dressing up in the Doctor's devil costumes and masks. Other people stood with us throughout, simply feeling they belonged on our side of the street, across from the bookstore.
There was lots of yelling from one side of the street to the other. Usually we started it and then received lame, low-IQ replies.
Alisasny and nickyg33 brought their banners, created by abner. Nicky's said "Go Home Hillary" and alisasny's said "Hillary V.I.P. / Vicious Insufferable Phoney." These things are huge and need at least two people to hold them up. They are extremely effective. Raoul now has at least one of them to use at future demonstrations.
As reported on another thread, Carl Limbacher was there throughout almost the entire event. Sean Hannity came by in his SUV and was immediately mobbed by our side of the street. What a great guy he is in person--accessible and sincere. Then Mike Seigel arrived a little later.
We did interviews with Jewish World, Newsday, and other publications.
At one point, the owner (?) of the pub we were standing in front of came out to tell us not to hold the "Go Home Hillary" banner in front of his place. We started to move, then someone who had been standing with us said not to, so we went back. He came out again and made a fuss, so we compromised by standing in front of his pub but in the street rather than on "his" sidewalk. Someone speculated that a few of the people standing with us were plain-clothes cops, but of course we didn't know this for sure. The Secret Service guy came over and eyeballed us in the beginning, and then he and others repaired to the Batmobile area. It was parked right across from us with traffic cones around it. The Suffolk County cops were very pleasant.
All in all, a delightful freep, one of the best ones I have been to. We went to the territorial Democrat's pub afterwards and told war stories about other freeps. Our little group had to break up soon after than, and alisasny ran me and the Doctor back to the train station.
Well, she speculated about a devil, and she got two. Plus a Laura Bush (holding a sign that said "I Know Where My Husband Is Sleeping"), a Hillary with an Arafat scarf facsimile, and of course the hilarious Rodham Hussein.
We await deadhead's pictures to be posted on this thread later.
Roger that.
"Anyone who knows the lyrics to 'STAND BY YOUR MAN' doesn't have to read Chapter One.""Winnie The Pooh could be President, Bill Clinton proved that. Neither one wears pants and both are always getting caught with some honey."
"Who's watching Bill? Buy the next book."
Inquiring minds want to know: Did she see you (I hope, I hope) or did she employ her usual back-door tactics? Did Sean join in the freep? How large were the crowds standing on line? Apparently her book is selling for $13.99 on Amazon.com which tells me perhaps the hoopala is manufactured by the media.
Who has an old style megaphone (like a cone) that they want to contribute to the cause?
The US Secret Service Agents not only kept tabs on our side of th street, they periodically walked the line and looked them over. I don't think they were concerned with us when they came over to our side, just who may be trying to blend in with our crowd.
You could tell that they whole thing demoralized her fans. Here their hero was being riddiculed and most of the public agreed.
As a whole, their side had no interest in replying. Only a few hardcore Klinton Kool-Aid Konsumers (KKK) managed to get worked up enough to reply.
There were at least two people that came over to "debate" us, one young guy and a real old man in a suit coat. The kid wanted to know why we were "taunting" people. Sheesh, their side (the left) advocates violence (burn the Starbucks, smash the Mickey D's) and he's SO concerned over our "innapropriate" behavior. I never did get to ask his opinion of the anti-war parades and their most common sign, "Fuck Bush". I'm sure he would have sputtered something inane.
The old guy came over and tried to engage me. Typical liberal who thinks they have a right to demand my time, much like they have a right to demand my income.
I ignored him and he kept saying, "Hello....hello.....hello....." and finally he put his hand son me. I told him, "Don't you put your hands on me and you don't have a right to demand my time." I turned away and ignored him again, so he spewed some insults and walked away. Of course none of his insults dealt with the situation, they were just gratuitous.
It was a small mob scene out front and Sean was lucky to find a spot to half get out of traffic about 30 yards down the street at the bend. He parked there and spoke to everyone. I forgot to ask him for a favor, to get me "Sweet Baby James" autograph.
I talked to Carl and his associate. The associate came down earlier and since I hadn't heard of his name being connected to NewsMax, at first I was a bit suspecious of him. We've had people "pose" as reporters before. They're easy enough to spot. This guy was young but seemed to be the real thing so I did talk with him. Turns out he was a reporter.
I got a real surprise when I turned around and Carl Limbacher is standing behind me (and a few feet up due to a really high curb, almost a cliff) and smiling his head off.
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