And these people vote.
Posted on 06/23/2003 11:05:15 PM PDT by tgslTakoma
The day was warm and sunny with nary a cloud in the sky as Doctor Raoul rolled into "The Avenue at White Marsh," on the outskirts of Baltimore. As the rest of us had not yet arrived, the good doctor made good use of his time by scouting the area and talking with various media on the scene.
I arrived shortly after 6pm and met up with DR. We off-loaded our supplies and headed on over to the scene of Hillary!'s latest crime. As we walked up towards the book store - both of us loaded down with bags of signs and knapsacks of gear - we came up alongside a couple of shopping center security guys and overheard one asking the other "Have you seen any protesters yet?"
We decided against checking in with these two, and instead located a couple of Baltimore County PD officers. We introduced ourselves and were instructed that the shopping center (The Avenue at White Marsh) management would not allow us to protest on their property. After a short discussion we agreed to go to the median strip on the road in front of the shopping center. As we were making our way out to the road, AlwaysFree found us, as did ToleranceSucksRocks and Ravens Warlord. Doctor Raoul picked a good spot on the median - in direct line with the driveway alongside the Barnes & Noble.
Doctor Raoul and Ravens Warlord did a bullhorn sound check from the area of the lines of Hillary! fans, and we were ready to go.
We had not been on the median long before icwhatudo, TrueBlackman, Charles G. (a lurker), e_engineer and AGreatPer joined up with the rest of us pranksters.
We began to warm up the crowd with the chants that had worked well at previous Lying History FReeps... "Where's Bill?", "Having been placed under oath, Hillary is unable to sign your books, as she doesn't recall her name", etc. The bullhorn banter drew the typical response from some angry Democrats, but a great many folks stopped and listened and laughed heartily at our irreverent commentary regarding "The Smartest Woman in the World."
Doctor Raoul pulled out Rodham Hussein and after a bit I donned the Satan suit; both were real traffic-stoppers and drew many honks and thumbs-up gestures. I didn't see any single digit salutes, but heard more than a few profanities from folks as they left with their Hillary! books.
Some highlights of our evening FReep of Hillary! follow:
A guy driving one of those electric shopping carts appeared to be stalking us, to the point that he was endangering himself by driving the wrong way up Honeygo Blvd right in front of the police! They promptly directed him to turn around and get off the road.
A young woman told us that she was madly in love with Peter Jennings. (Where did that come from?)
Trueblackman tried an across the road dialogue with a liberal black woman and her friends, but when that didn't work too well, he crossed over the road to talk with her, but was directed back to our side by the local PD. The shopping Center management did not want our opinion heard on their property.
That's OK. We didn't spend any of our money at any of their eateries after our FReep; and you all know that post FReep appetites are hearty!
We think we saw The Dixie Chicks drive by in their super-stretch SUV. ;-)
And finally, we're still not sure what the story here was, but an asian woman wearing a white clown-type wig and carrying a lunch bag ran across the road, asking us where Hillary! was. We pointed to the book store, and off she went. A few minutes later she was escorted to the edge of the property by shopping center security. When we last saw her, as we were closing up shop, she was standing alone at the bus shelter, talking to someone unseen. Kind of sad if you think about it. Liberals "mainstreamed" folks who have severe mental problems - but they don't want them in their part of mainstream society.
Doctor Raoul, icwhatudo, e_engineer, AlwaysFree, RavensWarlord, AGreatPer, ToleranceSucksRocks, Trueblackman, and tgslTakoma. (It's very late... I hope I have not forgotten anyone. If I forgot you, please chime in.)
Please add your comments to the report. I kind of rushed through this, as I need to get a couple hours of sleep before sunrise.
And these people vote.
I'm sorry I missed your FReepmail, Red. I'm internet deprived at work and went straight from there to White Marsh.
How about Wednesday evening at Costco in Arlington, VA? It's just down the street from the Pentagon.
Bigghurtt, we next meet up with the Hilla-Palooza Tour in Arlington, VA (see comment to Bigg Red). You are cordially invited!
Kristinn or Angelwood, can you please post a link to the FReep announcement thread, and some of the particulars? I'll be heading out to work very early tomorrow/today, and won't be able to do it.
The guy on the wrong way handciaped scooter is the same guy that gave us some lip at our last Support The Troops Ralley. I think Leadpenny had some talk with him. He had "support France" stickers on that vehicle and someone put FR stickers over them when he wasn't looking.
I actually went over to the bookstore after we broke up. Avoiding the line to get a signing, yes she was still there, I went in through the coffee shop area into the book area. No problem.
I walked to the middle of the store, first floor, and there she was with a shxx eating grin. Amazed that I am so close (about 30 feet) I decided to to stand and watch. Let me tell you, fake smile after fake smile, and watching these people oggle and google upon her, after ten minutes I couldn't take it anymore.
Judging by the remaining line that was shut off for any more buyers, she still had another good 45 minutes to go. She was in her black suit and peach blouse. Now I was observing the people buying this thing. Then I got out of there because I felt dirty.
The signing was quite professional. Everyone seemed to get the time they wanted, 5-8 seconds, and she actually gave many quick "how are you"s and stopped several forlonger quick comments.
It was very professional.
If Mrs. Bill Clinton actually had superior intellect,
she'd have printed her book on rolls of toilet paper.
She would have sold millions of copies at three rolls for a dollar,
and it would have wound up where all socialist best sellers belong,
floating in the sewer with similar waste material.
We were saying, "If Hillary won't put her full last name and just uses C and L, come out to the median and Roddam Hussein will add the I-N-T-O-N for you."
What a great group you guys are.
Had noticed on the pictures of her autograph I've seen on tv that she did this.
The Hillary is very plain, the Rodham is legible but she is denying the Clinton name by the way she scribbles it. She just wants to be known as Hillary the Great.
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