After-Action Report from Anti-Kerry Freep, NYC, Feb. 28

Feb. 28, 2004 | firebrand

[firebrand]

The protest rally against John Kerry went very, very well, thanks to the great organizational talents of the sponsors and the anti-Kerry enthusiasm of the Vietnamese-Americans.

At 11:30, the entire block across from Kerry's headquarters, at 373 Park Avenue South, was already crowded with Vietnam Vets and many, many Vietnamese-Americans. Freepers were at first lost in the crowd but we eventually found one another. Here is the honor roll:

NYC GOP Chick
Davide
Laserlock
Tabi Katz
Always Free (who came up from Baltimore and even took a NYC subway for the first time ever)
hellinahandcart
Coleus
Cacique
rmlew
Doctor Raoul
Clemenza
jmstein7
mich0127 (fellow law school student of jmstein)

We also were happy to see Alan Finger, of the American Flag Institute, Don Rosenberg, of the National Traditionalist Caucus, Alice from Woodside, and other constant activists from the area.

Rolling Thunder rode up, and the TV cameramen started jockeying for position. Then all the wonderful speeches, including our own Doctor Raoul, who pointed out that the flag in the ninth-floor window was backwards. Kerry, is that your office, and if so was that you, or another typical Democrat, who hung that flag?

People were interviewed by Reuters, NBC, the New York Times, and the New York Post, among many others. The rally was so big that it was hard to keep track of everything.

Firebrand handed out 200 flyers with material from the wintersoldier.com website and from elsewhere on FR. I never saw people so eager to take flyers as the people at this rally. They brought ice-cold bottled water and delicious sandwiches and flags and signs for everyone--and on top of that they read our material!

Freepers repaired to the Abbey Tavern afterward, where we ate and drank and talked freeper talk.

Big bunches of thanks to Jerry Kiley, the rally organizer, from Vietnam Veterans Against John Kerry, to the other people who worked so hard for this, and to the cooperative and protective cops of the 13th Precinct.

Many pictures were taken by freepers and will be appearing on this thread shortly. When they are up, I will ping everybody.

Thanks for being behind us in spirit, everybody. We couldn't have done even the small part that we did without you all.

[AmericanMade1776]

Yahoo homepage headlines in the news:

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[SAMWolf]

Thanks for sharing EOD. Nice to see that Kerry isn't getting a free ride in the real America.

So how's seeing the grandchild feel? :-)

[reagandemocrat]

Here's a toast to you and the gas station owner.

[Tabi Katz]

I missed the earlier newscasts. I will watch at 11, but I'm not holding my breath. Anyone see anything yet (Oh well, I can dream, can't I)?

[Tabi Katz]

Well, contemplating the ceiling is a tough job, but someone has to do it! ;)

Too bad the pay is so low :(

[Clemenza]

Thanks for the airbrushing of my photo, NYC. Only Hugh Hefner's people come close!

[U S Army EOD]

Felt great to see the little guy, hope I don't have to disown him some day if he embarrasses the family by getting in some low class organization like artillery or infantry.

[SAMWolf]

LOL! It could be worse he could join the Navy or Air Force. ;-)

[NYC GOP Chick]

Thanks for the airbrushing of my photo, NYC. Only Hugh Hefner's people come close!

Quit fishing for compliments! You *know* that you're a babe! ;D

[cyborg]

He's acting like a woman :-)

[clintonh8r]

Great FReep, everybody! Very nice to see the Vietnamese folks there too. Thanks for posting the reports and pictures. Ya'll are #1!!!

[abner]

You look just like I have pictured in my head!

Good job out there today guys!

[jmstein7]

Lol!

[stratman1969]

Great job!!!! Wished I could have been there with you all.

[Angelwood]

Great report and wonderful pictures. Looks like you had a great crowd, a nice day and a lot of fun freeping John fn Kerry, a/k/a Hanoi John.

Thanks as always to all of you who were able to attend. FReep On!

[Doctor Raoul]

Great job folks. It rocked and rolled today.

My personal thanks to Laserlock, Cacique and rmlew who hauled my PA gear to the restaurant afterwards where we could keep an eye on it. And to Don Rosenberg who keep an eye on the PA amps, small, compact and easily stolen while I hustled to pick up speaker wires down the block as the crowd left when it was over.

Thanks to firebrand posting the notice and getting the FR Tri-State folks to turnout.

Tomorrow should be fun, it's us and the supporters of the four Dwarfs left out on 57th Street.

[Doctor Raoul]

Kerry, who professes to "know something about aircraft carriers for real" doesn't know the flag ettiquette a Boy Scout knows. When you display a flag vertically, the blue field goes on the LEFT. John picked the wrong side, but then again, the protest today was because JOhn picked the wrong side before......

While pointing it out to the New York Times photographer (Who seemed to be doing at least ground work for a story), that NYT staffer initially made an excuse for Kerry and said it might be their "sign of distress". I told her that it would have to be horizontel and upside down for that, not vertical. Glad to see that there's not bias at the NYT for Kerry.

[Doctor Raoul]

I always miss the good ones!!!

Did I tell you Ann Coulter was there?

[fatima]

Hi Doctor Raoul,Do you have a ping list?