Maybe someday, some of us NY Freepers will come out to Y'All and lend you a helpin hand....Oh yes, then we can all go HOG WILD!
God Bless and FreeGards From The Socialist Republic Of NY,
Karen AKA KLT
Posted on 11/03/2002 6:07:39 PM PST by sweetliberty
We have just returned to Budge's house to do the FReep report because there is a lot of information to report.
In attendance were Budge, Travelgirl, The Battman, parsifal, Don Frivoinai, sweetliberty, and another FReeper who, for reasons you will come to understand shortly, needs to remain anonymous until after the election.
We arrived at Budge's around noon to get everything set up for the maiden FReep of the Arkansas Hog Wild FReepers and the FReepmobile. We got to the site around quarter after 1 and finished up some signs and headed over to the convention center to await the arrival of XXX42 and his horde of Rats. There we were joined by several folks from the Hutchinson campaign and there were quite a few folks who came down from Mount Ida. There ended up being about 30 of us on the outside.
During the wait, we were informed of quite a few "questionable" things going on. For starters, there was one young man who is active with Tim Hutchinson's campaign who was threatened with arrest if he didn't leave the premises. He had done nothing to provoke this action other than they knew who he was. One of the FReepers who is a poll watcher was also threatened with arrest when she tried to go inside the convention center. Another young man who is a Hutchinson aide had a ticket to the event and because he had been seen talkiing to the "opposition" he was not allowed in, being told that it was a private event and they could exclude whoever they wanted to. There was also a group of black folks who were with us so this young man passed his ticket to one of the black guys, who removed all his campaign stuff and went in incognito, laughing saying that they'd never suspect a black guy. Will give you his report later.
Nobody would tell us what door Clinton would be entering by so we took a chance and hung out on one side of the building where they said the car would drive by. True to form, XXX42 was late by nearly an hour. But here is the great part. We were positioned between 2 entrances. One was a major side entrance. The other was a small, fenced-in service entrance by the garbage dumpsters. Well, guess which one he used. Think....which would be most appropriate. Yep, you guessed it. The snake slithered in through the garbage entrance. And he got a look at our signs. It was a classic moment in FReeperdom.
There was a whopping 500 people or so there for the "event". There were few enough people that there was a Jehovah's Witness convention going on in the building at the same time. When Clinton arrived the Jehovah's Witnesses started leaving. At that time we didn't realize that there was another event going on and Travelgirl and The Battman asked one of the cops on duty why everyone was leaving. He responded, "if Clinton entered a room, what would YOU do?" When the Jehovah's Witnesses left, the parking lot started clearing out.
Anyway, we may have to flesh in this post after we all get home because there is a lot to tell, but there is certain information that it is very important to get out there NOW! Back to our "spy". When he came out, he said they were running it like a church service, and the whole focus was on how the evil Republicans are trying to keep them from voting. They were saying that we have all the poll watchers this election to prevent THEM from voting. Now, here is the clencher. They were told that there would be attorneys posted at every precinct to prevent poll watchers from challenging ANY ballots. Now, mind you, one of our poll watchers has already had massive problems with them at the polls during early voting the past couple of weeks and has been advised to retain an attorney. They have had the sherriff remove her from the polls twice when she had done nothing inappropriate...only challenging ballots for improper or no ID. There is an all out campaign by these people to intimidate the poll watchers and then turn around and accuse us of voter intimidation. This is serious and at least one person has some legitimate fear. I can't really elaborate at this point. The reason we wanted to get this up right away is to get other FReepers on the case to get this publicized and contact appropriate media, political and legal sources to alert them that Republican poll watchers in this county are likely to be facing an organized, all-out Rat attack. Any help that FReepers can offer is needed!! Make phone calls, send letters. Whatever you can do. Post your ideas as well.
Maybe someday, some of us NY Freepers will come out to Y'All and lend you a helpin hand....Oh yes, then we can all go HOG WILD!
God Bless and FreeGards From The Socialist Republic Of NY,
Karen AKA KLT
Or as one of the FReepers mentioned last night, he thought it would be good place to find HIS kind of women.
Honestly, after seeing him in person I am even more baffled as to what ANY woman could have EVER seen in him. He makes my skin crawl!
I am an Alternate Judge this election...and 2004 I will be a Clerk in the RATS camp...I will NEVER EVER let what happened in Florida happen here WITHOUT me putting up a FIGHT!
FACE it Dixie where is the NEXT generation stepping up to the plate to do their CIVIC DUTY...well the answer is they are MISSING!
Blue haired old ladies and retired frail old men are in the "Majority" and they can NOT put up the fight that is REQUIRED of them...
BTW...YOU are NOT Blue Haired...ain't a blond either...so THANK Goodness you are fighting the GOOD fight!
The ONLY people that were there holding up any RAT signs on the outside were 4 or 5 kids who were being paid....the same $40 and a chicken dinner. I don't know that it is illegal, just tacky maybe. I think it may be illegal to do that with voters.
From where we parked the Freepmobile to the Convention Center was only three blocks by the numbers. But two of those blocks were LONG! Don Friovinai and I were the last to leave the Freepmobile to walk there. By the time we got to the far side of the building where I took the picture of the two $40 a day and chicken dinner sign holders, I was out of breath and a sore was starting on my leg stump. We walked to the back far side of the building where I took the picture of DF holding two signs.
We stayed in contact with Travelgirl, sweetliberty and the others via cell phone. We checked in and they asked us to go back to the front door while they manned the back door. DF and I started back to the front, DF leading the way all the while holding up the two double faced signs, I was lagging behind.
We made it back to the front of the building where the sore on my leg was really beginning to get my attention. TheBattman soon joined us. I took a couple of pictures, and DF took mine with TheBattman in front of the “B” entrance. The “B” entrance goes directly through the building to the back entrance where Sweetliberty, Travelgirl and the others were posted. TheBattman decided to go around the building to join them. DF and I stayed at the front where few, very few people went in. Someone had dropped a small American flag that Don Friovinai retrieved it and proudly displayed it in his jacket pocket.
We checked in with the others and decided to join them since there was more foot traffic there. DF, tottin’ his signs started the long trek all the way around the building. I decided to chance cutting through it. I walked in and saw a young man wearing an official badge. I paused and asked him if there were many people there for the rally. He replied, ”I don’t know, I’m with the Jehovah Witnesses.” I thanked him and continued my short, by comparison to TheBattman and Don Friovinia’s walk around the building, walk through the concourse.
I was wearing my warm Free Republic jacket and sporting a cap with “Don’t blame me…I didn’t vote for THE DOPE FROM HOPE” emblazoned on it. As I approached the backside door where I could see the other FReepers outside I spotted a Mark Pryor booth. Thinking I too might get a little American flag I walked up to them, was warmly greeted and asked them if they had the little flags. They didn’t, but asked me if I wanted a Mark Pryor sticker. I agreed and the young lady placed it on my shirt where the FR jacket was opened, my cap right in front of her face. They then asked me if I would like some bottled water. Thinking the others may need a sip, I took one. The label wasn’t a normal label but a political statement for Pryor. I laughed to myself thinking of the irony.
I was so tired I couldn’t open the door so a policeman opened and held it for me. As I walked (hobbled actually) toward the others an elderly couple approached headed to the X-42 rally. I asked the man if he would mind putting the bottle of water in my jacket pocket, all the while expecting a backlash from them for the cap I was wearing. But they were nice and he gladly did so!
This isn’t much of a story, but I though, and still think it odd and funny that no one, not one democRAT questioned my political thinking!
P.S. More pictures later.
From what I heard yesterday, this was being ignored by some Rats too and any challenge to it was also causing a disturbance. Don't be surprised if there are Republican poll workers and watchers in jail by the days' end tomorrow....not for being disruptive but for trying to do their jobs honestly and getting in the Rats' way.
The big problem here is that there are so many "illegitimate" voters and we do have the responsibility to challenge a ballot if the legitimacy of the voter is in question. THEY consider that to be disruptive! Well, maybe if they weren't trying to let illegitimate voters go through unchecked, it wouldn't be an issue! DUH!!!
Very clever, by the way, Clinton finally realizes what entrance he is suited for.
Thanks for the pings! This info should be passed on to every SOE in every county in every state. They are responsible for overseeing the election workers. There is no way that these Dem. lawyers can come in and intimidate Republican voters and pollworkers.
Just last week a Judge in Fla., acting on a complaint from Janet Reno and Kendall Coffey for the Dems., refused to allow over 400 GOP pollwatchers into the polls, claiming that these pollwatchers could cause chaos. ????!!!
``I don't want anybody here to take anything for granted. I expect every single one of you will be out there voting,'' - Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf.
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