Posted on 10/09/2015 7:39:17 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Several groups plan to protest President Barack Obama’s visit to Roseburg, Oregon, on Friday.
Many residents of the conservative community are not happy with the president because he politicized the mass shooting at Umpqua Community College before all the bodies had even been identified. David Jaques, publisher of the conservative Roseburg Beacon, put out the word earlier this week that the president would not be welcome in his town because he was coming to further his anti-gun agenda.
On Monday, Jaques told Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly that he had talked to “dozens and dozens of citizens, some family members of the victims, our elected officials.”
He said Douglas County commissioners, the sheriff, and the chief of police had signed a letter stating the the president would not be welcome in Roseburg to grandstand for political purposes.
Meanwhile, a Facebook page called “Defend Roseburg — Deny Barack Obama” emerged this week outlining plans for a protest at 11 a.m. on Friday before the president’s early afternoon arrival.
So far, 7,600 people have indicated that they will be ”going” to the rally, and another 3,400 have said “maybe.”
The organizers stress that they want a peaceful protest and have asked those attending to behave in an appropriate manner so that 2nd Amendment supporters are not put in a bad light.
“Conduct yourselves like adults,” the event description reads. “Show the nation and the world a strong force of principled, good, responsible patriots. Represent yourself and the country with excellence because the world is truly watching.”The organizers also recognize that gun control opponents will express themselves by carrying weapons.”If you choose to carry a firearm that is your right. Be safe, be responsible. We suggest that you carry a handgun as opposed to a rifle, but again, you have the right to carry what you wish. Whatever you carry, keep it holstered/secure. Show the world that American gun owners are responsible patriots. Look out for each other.”
The Douglas County Tea Party announced that at least two separate protests are planned, with the intention of showing support for County Sheriff John Hanlin, an outspoken opponent of additional restrictions on gun ownership.
The White House insists that this will not be a political visit, but rather a private one for the president to “console” the grieving families.
“I hope that’s the case,” Chris Boice, a Douglas County commissioner, told Bill O’Reilly earlier this week. “It’s difficult to judge one’s motives, but the president has been very clear since the beginning of this that he has an agenda about gun control.”
Boice added that “if the president is truly coming to visit the families, that’d be great.”
O’Reilly asked Boice if he knew how the families of the victims were feeling about the visit.
The commissioner answered that the victims’ family members he had spoken to sounded much like “what we’ve heard already.” He also claimed that one young man told told him he had no interest in talking to the president “about political issues.”
O’Reilly asked if it was true that Umpqua shooting hero Chris Mintz, who was shot by the killer seven times, had indicated he was “not interested” in meeting with Obama.
Boice said that when he had mentioned the presidential visit to Mintz, the hero just said “he was not real excited about getting involved in the political side of this, either.”
The president is combining his visit to Roseburg with a West Coast fundraising trip this weekend.
All flight businesses withing 30 miles of Eugene will suffer loss of operating business all day today due to restrictions put in place by Obama’s FAA.
Watching Bill Clinton’s “Oklahoma City moment” on TV is when I realized he was no better than than all the fake Televangelists I had seen grubbing for money TV.
“The moment he gets up to speak, the entire crowd needs to turn their backs on him.”
Exactly how NYPD turned their backs on Deblasio.
Maybe that is just another reason why we don't consider him to be a real American president.
If you like your airspace, you can keep your airspace. After I’ve used it that is. A few years ago when I was working at KSC the ‘one’ came to pay a visit to elon musk and his operations. His motorcade drove from the shuttle landing strip to the Cape Canaveral side and everybody on the Cape side was told to stay inside. Kind of like the chelsea “Don’t look at me.” thing. Can’t really say that it upset me anyway. Not to keen on seeing his visage.
Obama doesn’t have the gut to face ANY opposition.
Period.
The half-black princess needs to be cuddled 24/7.
Roseburg is solid.
Who has made the estimate of 7600? It would be excellent if that many or more really showed up.
I just hope the number hasn’t been artificially inflated by the LSM to make this event look like a failure.
Thousands? Wow!
He’ll now be able to make a side trip to Arizona. He can be booed in two states.
I doubt if he'll do that. He's going to Roseburg so that the taxpayers end up footing the bill for most of the travel expenses for his fundraiser.
And perhaps followed by that other Ceausescu moment that occurred the next day.
Good!
Note to Roseburg: Be on the lookout for blue helmets in future...
New headline for this story: Thousands Mysteriously Audited by IRS In One Small Oregon Town.
The MSM can ignore a million people protesting in Washington, D.C. It proved that Sept. 12, 2009.Ten million people assembled in Roseburg, Oregon?Crickets.
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