Conversations With The Mob: An After-FReep Report

[AnnaZ]

 

 

 

We had to drive past the protest site twice. We thought it was going to be a rally site. We were mistaken. It was around seven-thirty a.m.

 

On the second lap we frenziedly scanned the signs and faces for something or someone familiar, or friendly, for Old Glory, anything. "There! I saw a freerepublic sign!" exclaimed HangFire. And ties. Ours was the only group with ties. We were seriously outnumbered.

 

We parked the car and walked to the intersection, a little nervously, yet HangFire still boldly unfurling his American flag. Ahead of us a man trod upon his.

 

We met up with the rest of Free Republic's LA Chapter: The Hollywood Resistance Force. RonDog and Tony in Hawaii* (*but not really, I guess) looked great in their ties, and they were flanked by diotima, Bob J, DoughtyOne, Floratina and daviddennis (and a couple of people whose names I didn't catch). feinswinesuksass showed up shortly thereafter. We were lucky. doug from upland, although also present, never found us.

 

Around three hundred protesters dwarfed and engulfed our small but valiant team. The mob filled the three open corners and sidewalks at the intersection of Wilshire and Westwood Boulevards, site of The Regency Club where President George W. Bush was to be headlining a campaign fundraiser for California's next Governor, Bill Simon.

 

 

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                Diotima: I fear for my country.

 

To our left (no pun intended) lots of young, attractive, mostly white people, voluntarily burqha'd it seemed with sweatshirt hoods over their heads and bandanas obscuring their faces from the eyes down, carried signs proclaiming various forms of communist rhetoric and condemning harshly all things Bush -- truth need not always apply. Our other flank was the unions-and-their-lackeys stronghold. Same signs.

 

                Diotima: They hate my sign.

 

One side of it read: HONK 4 SIMON. But it was the other side of it that she was referring to, the side she was holding aloft as she was walking up and down the sidewalk, holding it above the heads of the protesters: OSAMA FAN CLUB.

 

A Young, Handsome Tho' Misguided Protester (YMP) approaches.

 

                YMP: Hey, you know your sign's not fair. You shouldn't have that sign.

 

                A FReeper: She's using her sharp and biting wit.

 

                YMP: But she's misrepresenting us.

 

                Diotima: No, I'm not. That's what you are.

 

                A FReeper: What do you care, you outnumber us 30 to 1.

 

                YMP: But she's misrepresenting our message. That's not what we're saying.

 

                Diotima: But that's what I'm saying.

 

He shuffles off.

 

 

~~~

 

 

Another Young, Handsome Tho' Misguided Protester (YMP2) approaches.

 

                YMP2: You shouldn't have that sign.

 

                Diotima: Yeah, well I still have my freedom of speech, buddy, you haven't taken that away. Yet.

 

 

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                Young, Pretty Tho' Misguided Protester: I don't know... I just don't think I like Bush but I think it's like really cool

                    that we all like have our freedom of speech.

 

She smiles.

 

 

~~~

 

 

Another Young, Handsome Tho' Misguided Protester (YMP3) approaches, handing out flyers.

 

                YMP3: Come see my show.

 

                A FReeper: What is it advocating?

 

                YMP3: A new State.

 

                A FReeper: What kind of state?

 

                YMP3: A better State.

 

                A FReeper: Based on what... because if you can come up with something better than the US Constitution you win a

                    really big prize.

 

                YMP3: The Communist Manifesto?

 

                A FReeper: Bzzzzt. Wrong answer. Tried, failed, and the millions of corpses'll prove it to you.

 

He shuffles off.

 

 

~~~

 

 

The President's motorcade arrives. Chants begin. Bob J and DoughtyOne use bullhorns to mess with their intonements. Where were these people when we were bombing Yugoslavia?

 

About ten minutes or so later we decide to go for breakfast together and begin to walk past the crowd to Denny's.

 

 

~~~

 

 

 

                AngryUnattractiveSpittlingVietnamProtestHoldover: Bee-atches for Bush!

 

 

~~~

 

 

Later, two men are in an idling station wagon in the parking lot as we are on our way out. They were seen earlier in the viewfinder of daviddennis' XL-1 at breakfast as we watched the replay of them repeatedly giving the camera the finger.

 

                BlondeMale: Oh, it's "Luvya Dubya" girl.

 

                OtherMale: Are you a native of California?

 

                A FReeper: No, I'm a political refugee of the socialist democracy of Canada. I'm trying to save California from a

                    similar fate.

 

                HangFire: I'm half Native American... I go back I don't know how many generations. And leftist liberal loser policies

                    are destroying this State.

 

                OtherMale: You're a traitor to your own people. They used to worship the oil when it was in the ground, they

                    were thankful for it.

 

                A FReeper: What the heck are you talking about?

 

                BlondeMale: Yeah, and now you and Bush are pumping all that oil and spraying it in the air and causing all these

                    earthquakes.

 

                A FReeper: What?!

 

                HangFire: Uh huh. Well you just keep telling yourself that as you drive home in your car, okay?

 

They drive off, the BlondeMale repeatedly spitting through the passenger side window as they exit stage left.

 

 

 

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We should never be that outnumbered. Where were the GOP people? The Simon people? An eighty-year old lady had joined us only because she had heard doug from upland on one of his many announcements on local AM radio yesterday.

 

FReepers do things that heretofore were solely the domain of the Left. Our side needs to learn. It's time for all of us to Network.

 

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Pictures forthcoming.

 

 

[Bob J]

...AND Doughtyone is the prez of the LA Chapter! I believe we were one of the first if not the first chapter in FR (Florida? Texas?) Anyway, we 'lil 'ol FReepers out her in nuts and fruits land have been getting permits, talking to police and FReeping our behinds off for a long time!

[Madame Dufarge]

any of them carrying knitting needles..LOL.

Whatta ya mean? :-)

[AnnaZ]

From this thread WELCOME PRESIDENT BUSH TO CALIFORNIA AUGUST 23rd & 24th: LET'S RALLY!!!:

Alas, we were greatly outnumbered. There were hundreds of anti-Bush protesters. We numbered about 15. There were so many people handing out Communist literature, I was in shock. It seemed everyone with a "cause" was out to complain and blame Bush. The ignorance of college students never fails to amaze me.

As I approached the crowd, I asked one of the many police officers if there were any pro-Bush or Simon people in the crowd.....he told me they were probably home feeding their family breakfast. ;^)

110 posted on 8/24/02 12:17 PM Pacific by feinswinesuksass

 

 

Join the party over here, babe!

 

;^)

[Illbay]

Hey, you asked a question; I simply gave you a plausible answer.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Not everyone is convinced that getting in a Lefty's face makes one iota of difference in the scheme of things.

They were saying something, and you were saying something else. Whoop-ti-doo.

Don't get me wrong: If this floats your boat, to believe that you're making a difference by holding up a sign on a street-corner in response to the signs-on-street-corners that others are holding up, then GO FOR IT!

[AnnaZ]

Obviously recieved his edgumacation at a publik skool!

Did you see the "Have a 'Pretzle'" picture (Liberals go to Publik Skool)? Same alma mater.

 

Missed ya today!

[AnnaZ]

I've crossed paths with that looney before... LA City Council meetings come to mind. He's energetic, but confused.

 

;^)

[Tony in Hawaii]

Naah, I just don't have the physique to go around in a T-shirt.

There's a fine line between "fat" and "fat slob." :)

[AnnaZ]

Missed you too! Thanks for the support! (Ties. ;^)

 

xo!

[AnnaZ]

Thanks for the encouragement!

[AnnaZ]

Thanks, baby, love ya too! Feel free to visit and join us someday... it's far but fun!

[Madame Dufarge]

If this floats your boat, to believe that you're making a difference by holding up a sign on a street-corner in response to the signs-on-street-corners that others are holding up, then GO FOR IT!

Well, it takes a lot more balls to stand on a street corner in the face of the enemy than it does to condescend to your "fellow conservatives" from the comfort of your keyboard.

[AnnaZ]

Are you saying that my report was too Twinkie? LOL!

 

That woman getting in your face afterwards was phenomenal, too. She wanted to start something desperately. I would've quoted her, too, but I could barely understand two words in a row. She was going off!

[meyer]

BlondeMale: Yeah, and now you and Bush are pumping all that oil and spraying it in the air and causing all these earthquakes.

What better to do on a saturday night than to pump oil from the ground and spray it into the air. Its even more exciting when you light it. Causes earthquakes, you know.

[Bob J]

Don't get me wrong: If this floats your boat, to believe that you're making a difference by holding up a sign on a street-corner in response to the signs-on-street-corners that others are holding up, then GO FOR IT!

It makes a big difference. Although this rally was not typical in that we were swallowed up by the left, generally we can get several interviews with local reporters/TV/radio and they will generally mention that opposition protestors were in attendance, not to mention tossing in a picture. As opposed to NO opposition, this can make subtle yet defineable differences in the way readers (read- voters) perceive and remember what happened.

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Thanks for the ping. AnnaZ, one Freeper can make all the difference. You guys were so great. Probably many of the public school/TV-weaned folks never have an opportunity to hear the "other side." It is important to get out and say "NO" to the spoiled kids....especially now.

"No justice, no peace!"
"Will of the People is to defend the USA!"
"Visualize whirled peas!" Ping to you. (^:

[Madame Dufarge]

It is far, and I haven't lived there since 1968.

But the Yankee curmudgeon is right behind ya.

[philman_36]

At one point I came to the realization that all it would take was for one spark to insite this crowd, and a maylee would ensue, our group being the target of their animosity.
Always a consideration. Maybe some practical retreat tactics should be considered when planning events.
You folks be safe.

DO...Being the slightly anachronistic type myself I tend to like melees. Thus a partial explanation of my limited event attendance. I think I'd be hard pressed for self control at times.

[Fraulein]

Those leftists just say the kookiest things.

No kidding. I can't believe all of those "peace" signs. Talk about naive, simplistic, three-year old thinking...

[Feiny]

Nice meeting you today. I just got back from a long hike with my very un-pc pitbull. I had to clear my head from all the morning nonsense. The site and sound of so many mis-educated youths was disturbing. Maybe once they are out of college....they will learn something.

Many of us conservatives used to be liberals in out youth....I am guilty of being a member of P.E.T.A. and helping to found "Virginians Against Cruelty to Animals". We did wonderful things like picket restaurants that served veal and protest furriers. I never broke into research labs or threw paint on anyone, but I was a "screaming vegetarian liberal".

My how views change after you are in the real world.

[gc4nra]

...and for this, we pay taxes. Grayout, the dim bulb education governor.

GO SIMON!