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.

[Justin714]

Thanks for the heads-up but I wasn't aware that we had a rally against Benedict Kerry.
Great pics by the way.

[Mo1]

WOW!! .. that is a great freep

Thanks for the ping jmstein7

[ATCNavyRetiree]

To ALL INVOLVED:
GREAT JOB!!

[ALOHA RONNIE]

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I have been broadcasting heavily against JOHN KERRY for the last year on:


Radio Free Vietnam

http://www.rfvn.com


And the Vietnamese-American Communities are now running with it full steam, wouldn't you say..?

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[onyx]

BTTT

[Gracey]

Great pics and event. Thanks so much for sharing. We must keep this up across the country.

Bumper Sticker Ideas:

An American NOT Fonda-Kerry
A Vet NOT Fonda-Kerry
Kerry, The 9.10 Candidate

http://25thaviation.org/johnkerry/

[Quix]

GREAT! THANKS TONS!

PLEASE KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK!

[Jimmy Valentine's brother]

firebrand, thanks for the report.

ALOHA RONNIE, ping to the West Coast.

[stanz]

Great pix. Sorry I missed it.

[Dante3]

If Kerry & staff had wanted the flag to lock correct on the inside of the office, they would have hung it on a wall, not a window.

[Saundra Duffy]

Thank you for the photos and thank you FOR BEING THERE!!! God bless America.

[Saundra Duffy]

Thank you from a grateful nation.

[petercooper]

Great work FReepers!

[LaserLock]

The Vietmese were very passionate. When I arrived they greeted me and said thank you and I gladly took pictures with them.
I saw one guy walking back and forth along along Park Avenue South, talking in his phone. Apparently, he was broadcasting the event over the phone.

I also met Too-Wong (sp?), who's a pharmacist in Boston. You could tell that he spoke from the heart as did everyone there.

[Socratic]

Great sign!

[international american]

Thanks for the ping

[ppaul]

LOL!!!
They're still using Registered's Fonda pic!
Still makin' the rounds, I suppose.
It'll dog Hanoi Kerry till Bush wins.

[Justin714]

I will try to tune in. What's your broadcasting schedule?