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LIVE THREAD: Donald Trump Rally in Rock Hill, SC @ Winthrop University Jan 8, 2016
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Posted on 01/08/2016 7:56:44 AM PST by nikos1121

Join us for tonight's Trump rally at Winthrop University @ 7 pm. We expect tonight to have a friendlier crowd than last night in Burlington, VT.

The Rally will be televised on Newsmax TV ( http://www.newsmaxtv.com/findnewsmaxtv/?ns_mail_uid=53827423&ns_mail_job=1648752_01082016&s=al&dkt_nbr=xcnwzw5n ) along with several other outlets. We've found the over all best to be the Fox Phoenix feed, which is HD quality and offerS an immediate replay. We like the young commentators too, who are 4 square behind our man, Trump. ( http://www.fox10phoenix.com/news-now )

AS the Rally starts I will post the best video streams. Keep in mind that the audio will always cut out, if any radio music is played to avoid the station paying royalties. This is almost always the case when they play Trump's Twisted Sister theme song, We're Not Gonna Take It Anymore.

There's been a growing following of Freepers who, in the past, have been watching these pretty much on their own. Of late, we're coalescing on a single thread for a lively discussion.

It's been fun. So please join us!

Many of us have been watching the Trump rallies from the beginning, either live or on replay. They are getting better and better, even though we've heard some of the same things over and over, (do you think he can name someone besides Carl Icahn for a change?) And what's making it even more fun is the excitement reflected in our postings. For example, many of us are talking about what we're preparing to eat and drink for the rally. For example, I'm fixin fresh Grouper, (pronounced "Groper" in honor of Bill Clinton.) I promise to not post any over sized photos tonight.

There's always an anti-Trump Troll or two who try to spoil our party, but we figure eventually in a couple more months we may all be behind the same guy. So, be cool.

Tonight's rally is in Rock Hill, SC @ Winthrop University. Here's a little background from Wikipedia:

LOCATION

Rock Hill is the largest city in York County, South Carolina and the fifth-largest city in the state. It is also the fourth-largest city of the Charlotte metropolitan area, behind Charlotte, Concord, and Gastonia (all located in North Carolina, unlike Rock Hill). The population was 66,154 as of the 2010 Census.

Rock Hill is located approximately 25 miles (40 km) south of Charlotte and approximately 70 miles (110 km) north of Columbia.

Succeeding cultures of indigenous peoples lived in the Piedmont for thousands of years. The historic Catawba Indian Nation, a traditionally Siouan-speaking tribe, was here at the time of European encounter. Currently the only tribe in South Carolina that is federally recognized, its members live near Rock Hill.

DURING THE CIVIL WAR

Shortly before the American Civil War began a census had been taken of the population in York County, where Rock Hill is located. Half of the district's 21,800 residents were slaves, integral to local cotton production. The 4,379 white males in the county formed fourteen infantry companies; some of the men joined cavalry or artillery units instead. By the end of the war, 805 of these men were dead, and hundreds more were wounded. Men from Rock Hill and York County were involved in many of the major Civil War battles.

Due to its position on the railroad, Rock Hill became a transfer point for Confederate soldiers and supplies moving to and from the front. Since there was no local hospital, townspeople nursed sick and wounded soldiers in their homes. Refugees fleeing the coastal blockade or General Sherman's troops also came to Rock Hill.

Beginning in the spring of 1862, local area farmers switched from cotton to corn in order to produce more food. Records show that prices in Rock Hill changed frequently during the war, reflecting both shortages and the inflation of the Confederate paper money.

Confederate General P. G. T. Beauregard set up a temporary headquarters in Rock Hill on February 21, 1865.[6](p41) He ordered the roads to Charlotte blocked to try to prevent General Sherman from reaching the city; Sherman ultimately went in a different direction.

When General Lee surrendered at the Appomattox Court House, it was actually a future Rock Hill resident who was responsible for waving the white flag. Captain Robert Moorman Sims, a farmer from Lancaster County, was sent by General James Longstreet to inform Union troops that the Confederate troops wanted a truce.

CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT

Rock Hill was the setting for two significant events in the civil rights movement. In February 1961, nine African-American men went to jail at the York County prison farm after staging a sit-in at a segregated McCrory's lunch counter in downtown Rock Hill. Their offense was reported to be "refusing to stop singing hymns during their morning devotions." The event gained nationwide attention as the men followed an untried strategy called "jail, no bail." Rejecting bail was a way to lessen the huge financial burden which civil rights groups were facing as the sit-in movement spread across the South. As their actions gained widespread national news coverage, the tactic was adopted by other civil rights groups. The men became known as the Friendship Nine because eight of the nine men were students at Rock Hill's Friendship Junior College.

Later in 1961, Rock Hill was the first stop in the Deep South for a group of 13 Freedom Riders, who boarded buses in Washington, DC, and headed South to test the 1960 ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court outlawing racial segregation in all interstate public facilities. When the civil rights leader John Lewis and another black man stepped off the bus at Rock Hill, they were beaten by a white mob that was uncontrolled by police. The event drew national attention.

In 2002, Lewis, by then a US Congressman from Georgia, returned to Rock Hill, where he had been invited as a speaker at Winthrop University and was given the key to the city. On January 21, 2008, Rep. Lewis returned to Rock Hill again and spoke at the city's Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday observance. Mayor Doug Echols officially apologized to him on the city's behalf for the Freedom Riders' treatment in the city.

The University comprises 6,170 students. Undergraduate students come from 34 states and 37 countries.[2]

Of the student population, 5,029 are undergraduate students while 1,141 are graduate students. The student body is 33 percent male and 67 percent female. The student body is 30 percent African-American students, and 60 percent white, non-Hispanic. There are 174 undergraduate international students enrolled.

WINTHROP UNIVERSITY

The University's average size of undergraduate lecture courses is 22 students. All freshman and second-year students are required to live on campus, unless they live at home with their parents or legal guardians.[


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To: Guenevere

I’m trying to get out of here early. The nurses promised no new patients after 4pm. Movie starts at 4:30

I heard DeCaprio on the radio this AM talking to the reviewer. The reviewer said the bear scene is the most realistic ever filmed. They had DeCaprio harnessed up, and they’d pull him like a sling shot giving the impression that the bear was shaking him.


81 posted on 01/08/2016 12:15:38 PM PST by nikos1121 ("Peace will come when the Arabs will love their children more than they hate us."-- Golda Meir)
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To: onyx
Onyx, check out what I came across early this morning when I was scrolling around! This scandal started broiling early in 2015, and has been well hidden by the liberal press. This could be Gigantic! I'm getting old lol, and I've got copd, and I've not got a lot of stamina today and having some breathing problems, so I can't start a new thread or monitor one. In fact my wife is taking me to the hospital when she gets back to the house - for observation for a few days. :) If you think this information warrants a separate thread, would you see if anyone is interested in posting one. Thank you. Mr Apple (I did just freepmail poster WTFOVR and asked him if he would post all this in a new thread, but this was 30 min. ago and I've not heard back from him/her yet. Poster WTFOVR had seen this info in my post #32 (below) and replied that this should be in it's own thread)

[I did make an initial posting about these epstein articles explaining how and were I spotted them and this info. is in my post #32 in the following link:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3381181/posts?q=1&;page=1

Famed Attorney Acknowledges He Cannot Rule Out 'Possibility' Bill Clinton Was Involved In Orgy Island Sex Romp

Clinton is accused of frolicking with pedophile Jeffrey Epstein's harem.

http://radaronline.com/celebrity-news/bill-clinton-orgy-island-claims-alan-dershowitz-deposition/

http://radaronline.com/category/tags/Jeffrey-Epstein/

http://observer.com/2015/03/the-jeffrey-epstein-affair-imperils-hillary-clintons-presidential-prospects/

http://dailycaller.com/2015/01/13/will-the-jeffrey-epstein-pedophile-case-snare-clinton/

http://radaronline.com/exclusives/2015/01/jeffrey-epstein-sex-slave-virginia-roberts-writes-sex-prince-andrew/

http://radaronline.com/exclusives/2015/01/virginia-roberts-claims-jeffrey-epstein-sexually-assaulted-her-diary/

http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2003/03/jeffrey-epstein-200303

82 posted on 01/08/2016 12:16:41 PM PST by Mr Apple ( BUILD THE WALL - TRUMP 2016 - NO TO AN ISLAMIC INVASION)
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To: nikos1121

I’ll be here! Got to run some errands, first ...

I suggest we who support Trump do our best to IGNORE the TROLLS ...

I know it is tempting, especially when they are so provocative in personal attacks and misrepresentation of facts. However, they live for our responses. Ignore them, and they go nuts for lack of attention.

I have no problem with Ted Cruz that would keep me from giving him my vote - should he win the nomination ...

HOWEVER, tonight is OUR rally!
GIVE ‘EM HELL, MR. TRUMP!


83 posted on 01/08/2016 12:16:45 PM PST by WTFOVR (I find myself exclaiming that expression quite often these days!)
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To: nikos1121

After the one I saw on late night TV I don’t think I can do this one.
The bear scene is so realistic.....entrails were hanging out.....the bear was finishing him off.....UGH


84 posted on 01/08/2016 12:19:56 PM PST by Guenevere (If.the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do....)
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To: onyx

Learned something today.

I have a feeling Trump reads FR.

Didn’t you say that?


85 posted on 01/08/2016 12:20:51 PM PST by nikos1121 ("Peace will come when the Arabs will love their children more than they hate us."-- Golda Meir)
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To: WTFOVR

Coincidence, I just posted onyx/ see my post # 82, going to the hospital in 10 min. / hope I’ve not bothered you or onyx too much about these articles and have a Great rally/ go Trump go <:-)


86 posted on 01/08/2016 12:22:27 PM PST by Mr Apple ( BUILD THE WALL - TRUMP 2016 - NO TO AN ISLAMIC INVASION)
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To: onyx

Trump seldom shakes hands. Did he shake yours?


87 posted on 01/08/2016 12:23:09 PM PST by nikos1121 ("Peace will come when the Arabs will love their children more than they hate us."-- Golda Meir)
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To: nikos1121

Yes, he told me that FR does good work.

Yes, he took my one hand into the two of his while we were talking!!


88 posted on 01/08/2016 12:29:58 PM PST by onyx (HAVE YOU MADE YOUR DONATION to OUR FReep-a-Thon? PLEASE MAKE IT TODAY!)
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To: Mr Apple; hoosiermama; Jane Long; maggief

OKay, dearest you. I have to go out on some errands and then I’ll check on all of it and try to get some assistance, too.

You take care ... my prayers are for you.

I hope you have a tablet or laptop that can accompany you to the hospital?

XOXO


89 posted on 01/08/2016 12:34:42 PM PST by onyx (HAVE YOU MADE YOUR DONATION to OUR FReep-a-Thon? PLEASE MAKE IT TODAY!)
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To: Mr Apple

Prayers for your health MR A Feel better soon!


90 posted on 01/08/2016 12:41:42 PM PST by hoosiermama
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To: hoosiermama; Mr Apple; Jane Long; maggief

I have re-posted Mr. Apple’s links to make them LIVE on the active thread. I will ping you to it.


91 posted on 01/08/2016 12:43:42 PM PST by onyx (HAVE YOU MADE YOUR DONATION to OUR FReep-a-Thon? PLEASE MAKE IT TODAY!)
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To: Mr Apple

Clinton is accused of frolicking with pedophile Jeffrey Epstein’s harem.

http://radaronline.com/celebrity-news/bill-clinton-orgy-island-claims-alan-dershowitz-deposition/

http://radaronline.com/category/tags/Jeffrey-Epstein/

http://observer.com/2015/03/the-jeffrey-epstein-affair-imperils-hillary-clintons-presidential-prospects/

http://dailycaller.com/2015/01/13/will-the-jeffrey-epstein-pedophile-case-snare-clinton/

http://radaronline.com/exclusives/2015/01/jeffrey-epstein-sex-slave-virginia-roberts-writes-sex-prince-andrew/

http://radaronline.com/exclusives/2015/01/virginia-roberts-claims-jeffrey-epstein-sexually-assaulted-her-diary/

http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2003/03/jeffrey-epstein-200303


92 posted on 01/08/2016 12:43:53 PM PST by hoosiermama
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To: hoosiermama
Line outside Trump Rally 25 minutes ago from twitter.


93 posted on 01/08/2016 12:43:58 PM PST by Amntn ("The only special interest not being served by our government is the American people" - Donald Trump)
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To: Amntn

Wow. What is that ? Looks like a cage with coats or something


94 posted on 01/08/2016 12:47:51 PM PST by hoosiermama
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To: hoosiermama; Mr Apple

Tank you for this information Mr Apple and the links Hoosiermama.

Prayers Mr Apple. I hope you feel better soon.


95 posted on 01/08/2016 12:47:52 PM PST by Amntn ("The only special interest not being served by our government is the American people" - Donald Trump)
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To: hoosiermama

I think they are selling t-shirts.

There were vendors selling things at the Knoxville rally.


96 posted on 01/08/2016 12:48:38 PM PST by Amntn ("The only special interest not being served by our government is the American people" - Donald Trump)
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To: hoosiermama

On second thought. Maybe they are selling or giving away protesters coats.

;)


97 posted on 01/08/2016 12:49:29 PM PST by Amntn ("The only special interest not being served by our government is the American people" - Donald Trump)
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To: Amntn

With car keys s in pockets ? Lol


98 posted on 01/08/2016 12:51:44 PM PST by hoosiermama
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To: hoosiermama

LOL!


99 posted on 01/08/2016 12:53:40 PM PST by Amntn ("The only special interest not being served by our government is the American people" - Donald Trump)
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To: Guenevere

ARe you talking about the true story movie?


100 posted on 01/08/2016 1:08:18 PM PST by nikos1121 ("Peace will come when the Arabs will love their children more than they hate us."-- Golda Meir)
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