Posted on 04/21/2002 6:55:45 PM PDT by The Game Hen
I MARCHED WITH THE MORONS!
Yes, I Michael Graham was at the "Kill The Jews!" Rally in Washington, DC on Saturday. It was an amazing experience to speak directly to the protesters and hear them share, in their own, words, the fact that they are complete and utter dolts.
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YASSER ARAFAT, THE MARTIN LUTHER KING OF 2002: I went to the Saturday protest looking for opportunities to challenge the thinking (or lack thereof) of the defenders of murder bombers. I didn't want to be another obvious, obnoxious screamer, so I came up with this plan:
Thanks to the folks at FreeRepublic.com who held a counter-protest, I was able to make my own sign and join the pro-Palestinian protesters. The sign read as follows:
"HEROES FOR PEACE: Gandhi, MLK, Arafat."
I walked through the entire crowd of an estimated 50,000 supporters of "peace." I walked intentionally into groups of black protestors and the one group of pseudo-Hindus I could find. I shook the sign in the faces of the most obnoxious peaceniks gathered there. And what was the response?
"God bless you." One woman pointed out the sign to a friend and then offered me her blessings as I walked by.
Nobody got it. Nobody! The Palestians and their supporters thought the sign was real. These believers in "peace" saw me compare the non-violence and courage of Gandhi and King to the murderous cowardice of Yassir Arafat...and not one had the ability to see the difference. If they saw the difference, they didn't have the decency to confront me.
After 30 minutes of working the entire rally end to end, with frequent stops in high-profile places, I turned to leave. Just before I hit the street, a black gentleman with a video camera stopped and asked very politely if I would answer a question on tape about my message. When he turned the camera on, I immediately challenged him "Why are you asking about MY sign, and not everyone else's? Do you have a problem with what I'm saying?"
I was all but praying that this clearly intelligent and politically engaged man would confront me or at least contradict me. I sensed that he rejected the argument I was offering and I was trying to get him to say so.
But he wouldn't. "I'm not saying you're wrong," he kept telling me as I feigned a defense of the indefensible. "I know alot of people feel that way."
"Don't you feel that way?" I demanded, practically screaming at him that he should say "no." He just walked away. "Man, this is over," he replied, and turned off the video camera.
If only he had done what I believe he wanted to do and articulated why it was a grievous insult to compare Arafat to Gandhi and Dr. King. But once he had made that point, he would have faced the real question:
What was he doing at that rally?
I think he's registered here so I emailed and urged him to start Freeping more. The above stunt is relatively tame for Michael. I'm sure he and the DC chapter would be a great team. I hope y'all will look after him so he won't be too homesick for beautiful, friendly Charleston!
Michael's very entertaining. He's not afraid to infuriate people. He's very conservative but will hammer Republicans when they deserve it.
Don't confuse liberals with thinkers. Most of them are followers, incapable of independent, original thought.
What'd I tell ya'?
He obviously was seduced by the dark side when he appeared on creepy Bill Maher's show. Then he rips to shreds that poor old coot, Maurice Bessinger for his support of the Confederate Cause.
I believe Michael supported flying the flag at the Confederate memorial on the state house grounds. He didn't think it belonged on top of the state house dome.
And, yes, I am proud to count Bill Maher as a friend. I'm always glad to appear on his show as the Conservative Red Meat to be tossed to the Hollywood lefties.
However, I must correct the posting alleging I call myself an Independent. That is absolutely not true. I spent six years as a Republican political consultant, I was Pat Buchanan's S.C. coordinator in 1992 and I am proud of being considered a member of the Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy by people like Alan Dershowitz (whom I have interviewed).
The fact that I am not a Confederista (I happen to support the US Constitution. Jeff Davis didn't) sometimes throws the racist-Right Republicans off. They assume that any white Southerner who doesn't hate black people must be a liberal.
They are, of course, completely wrong.
Thanks again!
Michael Graham
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