[Matchett-PI]

kristinn: "You are so right about the Florida FReepers. The rout of Jesse Jackson was a turning point in the battle. The good folks of the Sunshine State would not put up with that race-baiting carpet-bagger and his threats of riots. Like all bullies, Jesse ran when stood up to."

MTR: "Makes me proud to be a member of the FR family."

I've pinged Gene McDonald (FReeper, "SeekingTheTruth") to this thread to comment about the Jesse Jackass incident in West Palm Beach. He was the one who was instrumental in routing him out of our State, when he grabbed his bullhorn and, along with some other Florida FReepers, got right in front of the platform and shouted him down before he could even get started.

Many of us also protested in Deland (Volusia County - (where, even though my hair was a different color by then, one of the camera guys from a Daytona Beach TV station remembered me from two years previous to that when we FReepers protested a Clinton/DemocRAT rally in DB with our banner plane flying over. LOL).

Then we went to Sanford, Fl. (Seminole County) to protest in front of the Courthouse the day the judge moved the whole mess to Tallahassee.

As soon as it was transferred to Tallahassee, many of us (I've pinged some of them if they want to comment) spent the weekend up there protesting in front of the Capital. My sister videotaped it all for me from the C-Span coverage. LOL

[JudyB1938]

Gene McDonald is one of those FReepers who will always be remembered and respected as one of the best. Old Timers in this forum will know what I mean. There are many more just like him - including the DC bunch.