Skip to comments.
Hillary! has come to Red Square
Posted on 07/15/2003 7:50:00 PM PDT by BostonianRightist
Hillary came to Hahvid square on monday and there were two FReepers there to greet her, myself and ElectricStrawberry.
I knew the FReep would be a great before i got off the train. as i got on the train, i was wearing a t-shirt that said "peace through superior firepower" and had my flag and signs in hand. a goth chick saw me get on the train, she just got up walked to the other end of the train. i knew the FReep would be successful when i could even scare off the freaks.
as i got off the train at harvard square, i could smell the bitter, raunchy stench of the enemy; it only got worse as i got closer. when i arrived across the street from the book signing, i met ElectricStrawberry. he had intelligently waited for me before he entered the line/waiting area; his 8 years in the Army could not protect him from the FemmiNazi, man-hating crowd. we crossed the street together, two cops saw my flag and immediatly came over to us. before i got my backpack off we were told to stay on the other side of the street, we complied without complaining. i was glad to be on the other side, away from the garden variety, hairy-legged, hairy-armpitted, FemmiNazi's.
about 45 minutes into the FReep another cop came over to us. we made small talk while a few socialists made one line comments at us as they walked by. the cop was a clear minded conservative, though he couldn't say that specifically; he also said that there may be hundreds of cops called in for the DNC.
we talked to a couple people who had their books signed, and only the late ones had them personalized; most other books had been presigned.
thanks to Doctor Raoul, he contacted all of the newspapers and TV news's for us. we were interviewed by the Boston Herald and FOX25 news, neither of them mentioned us.
ElectricStrawberry and myself each brought six signs, many of which were suggested in my previous thread:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/941393/posts
i used: "hillary is here, hide the silverware" "liar liar pantsuit on fire" "roses are red, violets are blue; slick willy lied and hillary did too" "the ice queen cometh, but where's the vice king" "do you know where bill is?" "scrape the bottom, vote for Rodham"
he used: "i believe juanita" "what really happened to vince" "three monsters that invaded NYC; godzilla, King Kong, Hillary Rodham" "never trust a democrat with national security" he had two others as well, but i can't remember them.
we didn't take any pictures because there would only be one of us in each of them, and i wouldn't trust anyone in Red Square with my digital camera.
TOPICS: Activism/Chapters; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; Politics/Elections; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: freport; harvard; hillapalooza; livinghistory; lyinghistory; redsquare
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20, 21-40, 41-60, 61-80, 81-91 last
To: ElectricStrawberry
Nice job! I wish I was there to see it!!!
To: bluesagewoman
"imagine Hillary as President"I'd rather imagine Forrest Gump as President.
82
posted on
07/17/2003 6:12:22 PM PDT
by
reg45
To: BostonianRightist; ElectricStrawberry
You guys made the 7/18/03 Harvard Crimson (look at the last few paragraphs):
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., signed copies of her best-selling memoir at the Charles Hotel on Monday, drawing a crowd of more than 1,000 autograph seekers from throughout greater Boston to Harvard Square.
Clintons fans began congregating outside the hotel in the early morning. By noon, when signing began, a dense line of peoplecradling copies of Clintons book under their armswound among the six American flags in the hotel plaza, through the marble pillars inscribed with the words of John F. Kennedy 40 and along the row of windows where hotel guests huffed and perspired over exercise equipment.
At a makeshift counter erected near the street, a cluster of visitors clamored for the last blue admission slipsthe only way to get past metal detectors and Secret Service agents and into the auditorium where the former first lady was wielding a pen and, by all accounts, a warm smile.
Clintons book Living History has sold more than 1 million copies since sales began on June 9. The tremendous surge of popularity that its publication brought her was evident in Cambridge Mondayautograph seekers offered the senator effusive praise as their arms encircled Clintons face, emblazoned in elegant black and white on the memoirs dust jacket.
I think what she has done in the White House and afterwards is admirable, said Boston resident Becky Schneck, toting her signed copy of Living History, which she had not finished reading, under one arm. As a career woman myself, I admire her.
In spite of the long wait in linethe most die-hard fans had been waiting for nearly five hoursmost autograph seekers were thrilled by the opportunity to meet Clinton.
It was a lot of fun. Shes a very charismatic, beautiful woman, said Cambridge native Robyn Ward as she wandered back into the sunlight clutching a signed copy of the memoir. She made eye contact. She made it very personable, even though it went quickly. I love her to death, and I hope she runs for office.
With the possibility of a 2008 presidential campaign looming on the horizon, attending the junior senators signing was a strong political statement for some.
I support Democrats. I support Hillary because shes a Democrat, said Patricia Hawkins, a Belmont social worker who said she appreciated the senators stance on health care and welfare.
For others waiting in line, coming face to face with the former first lady was nothing new.
In November 2000, I was at the Grand Hyatt hotel in New York to watch her elected as senator and Ive enjoyed continuing to see her career blossom, said Benjamin B. Bolger, a student at the Graduate School of Design and teaching
fellow at the College. He has been crossing paths with Clinton since working in the White House Press Office eight years ago.
Citing the breadth and depth of Clintons knowledge, Bolger said the senators memoir offered a unique perspective on her experience as a politician, wife and mother.
I think that the book helps to define the difference between a public career and a private life, he said.
Despite beginning to loop her name across Living Historys first pages a bit behind schedule, Clinton and her attending entourage met the line of visitors so efficiently that she was able to sign more copies of the memoir than sheor Wordsworth Books, which was sponsoring the event and unloading hundreds of copies of the book at a makeshift checkout stand outside the hotelhad planned. Clinton originally agreed to sign 800 books, but the actual number exceeded that, according to a Wordsworth employee.
Hotel attendants led groups of 10 autograph seekers through the swinging glass doors to the lobby of the Charles Hotel and up two flights of stairs to the auditorium where Clinton was waiting.
Rules posted outside kept the line moving briskly. No customer could present more than two books for Clinton to sign. The senator would not sign anything except Living History, and would not, under any circumstances, speak to the press.
Clintons schedule for the day also included a private meeting in the hotels presidential suite with a variety of local politicos and public figuresincluding University President Lawrence H. Summers, who served as secretary of the Treasury during the Bill Clinton presidential administration.
Some people waiting in line were taking advantage of Clintons proximity to garner a signature for friends and family members miles away.
I just bought the book so I could get it signed for my mom, said Divinity School student Sarah Knapp. She and friend Haemin Lee sat down in the shade of a potted tree after an hour of waiting in line. She lives in Indiana, and the senator couldnt get that far.
Some 30 inching footsteps behind them, Wayland resident Peggy Patton noted the preponderance of other middle-aged women among the waiting crowd.
People are willing to give her a chance, she said. I guess thats what were doinggiving her a chance.
As the hour passed, a small insurrection took hold at the end of the queue. Former Extension School student Heidi Ericksonwho gained public notoriety in May when 72 dead Persian cats were discovered in the refrigerators of her two local homesarrived half an hour late, and the Wordsworth representatives had run out of admission tickets.
Now leading a group of about 40 ticketless autograph seekers, whom she dubbed the Hopefuls, Erickson followed the length of the line, shouting out requests for the little blue slips with an extended palm.
I went through the whole line looking for tickets, she said, grinning broadly beneath her platinum locks. She carried a copy of Clintons book beneath one armone of the pre-signed copies that Wordsworth began selling when the tickets ran out, she explains.
But a signature was not enough for Erickson. She wanted to meet Clinton andlike all of the Hopefulsshrugged off attendants claims that this would be impossible without a ticket.
Some did not even have a book. Shakia Gaither and Malak Yusuf, who had arrived at 12:30 p.m., were hoping for more than a signature. They hoped to woo Clinton to address the City School, a Dorchester-based non-profit organization that aims to instill the capacity for social leadership in local youth.
People would definitely listen to her, Yusuf explained.
I admire her, Gaither added.
The Hopefuls were still far from the entrance to the hotel as 1 p.m. neared. But under considerable pressure from Erickson, who trotted purposefully to and from the lobby, many managed to be ushered upstairs.
But on the corner of Bennett and Eliot Streets opposite the hotel, two young men were fomenting fresh conflict. Resting a United States flag over a shoulder, they were surrounded by a series of handwritten anti-Clinton posters.
Do you know where Bill is? one read.
Liar, liar, pantsuit on fire, another chided.
One of the two protestors, Boston resident Eric Cambell, argued with a series of women leaving the signing, memoir in hand.
I just dont like the woman, he said as countless copies of the senators face passed him on the sidewalk, toted by hundreds of smiling fans.
http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=348530
To: BostonianRightist; mountaineer
countless copiesThey coundn't count to 1000?
I was actually feeling really bad for this "reporter" because he had a speech impediment that made him impossible to understand and it was hard to keep the conversation goijng with him due to the "fomenting" we had to continue with the passers-by.
84
posted on
07/18/2003 6:56:36 AM PDT
by
ElectricStrawberry
(Anyone that would dare protest peace-weenies by themselves is a friend of mine)
To: tgslTakoma
Looking at some reports today, I don't think she's been on time to any of the public signings.
85
posted on
07/18/2003 8:14:36 PM PDT
by
Doctor Raoul
(The "Anti-War Leaders" Have Blood On Their Hands, look and you'll find, they are NOT anti-war)
To: ElectricStrawberry
"One of the two protestors, Boston resident Eric Cambell"
did The Crimson misspell you're last name? i thought you spelled it out for him.
86
posted on
07/20/2003 6:27:26 PM PDT
by
BostonianRightist
(.niaga sdrawkcab gniklat m'i !!parc ,hO)
To: BostonianRightist
Re: spelling...Yeah, at least it'll put some of the freaks off my trail...that and the fact that I don't live in Boston per se.
87
posted on
07/21/2003 5:13:04 AM PDT
by
ElectricStrawberry
(Anyone that would dare protest peace-weenies by themselves is a friend of mine)
To: basil
I don't see TX listed anywhere in that list. Of course, the hildebeast is afraid of us---LOL! If I were her, I would be!
88
posted on
07/21/2003 10:00:37 AM PDT
by
Mr. Silverback
(I had to give up jogging, the ice keeps falling out of my glass.)
To: radu
Be grateful you were asked to stand across the street. It would've taken forever to wash the stench of the enemy off if you'd been at close quarters for very long. Yeah, sort of like when your dog has a run-in with a skunk and you have to bathe him in tomato juice 6 or 8 times.
89
posted on
07/21/2003 10:03:18 AM PDT
by
Mr. Silverback
(I had to give up jogging, the ice keeps falling out of my glass.)
To: BostonianRightist; ElectricStrawberry
Now thats some funky freepin!
90
posted on
07/21/2003 10:13:45 AM PDT
by
Mr. Silverback
(I had to give up jogging, the ice keeps falling out of my glass.)
To: Mr. Silverback
Be grateful you were asked to stand across the street. It would've taken forever to wash the stench of the enemy off if you'd been at close quarters for very long. Yeah, sort of like when your dog has a run-in with a skunk and you have to bathe him in tomato juice 6 or 8 times.
Yuck! I recently went through just that ordeal with two of our cats! NOT fun! For them OR for me. LOL!
Yep, that's a great comparison you came up with.
91
posted on
07/21/2003 10:37:19 AM PDT
by
radu
(May God watch over our troops and keep them safe)
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20, 21-40, 41-60, 61-80, 81-91 last
Disclaimer:
Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual
posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its
management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the
exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson