AP: Clarkies help Deaniac shout down Bush supporters @ Arkansas college

[pruner]

Republican, Democrat Protestors Square Off

Monday November 10, 2003 4:00pm

Little Rock (AP) - About 40 Democratic protesters squared off against College Republicans down the street from the building where Bush is speaking at a fund-raiser.

The groups stood yelling and chanting at each other in a designated "free-speech zone" further down on President Clinton Avenue in downtown Little Rock.

About 35 volunteers and staffers from retired General Wesley Clark's campaign headquarters arrived to back up a lone Dean supporter who was being heckled by the Republicans from University of Central Arkansas.

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http://www.katv.com/news/stories/1103/109762.html

[slinkerwink]

1. that's great they helped the deaniac!

woohoo!

[Renew Deal]

3. Breaking News: Deaniac switched to Clarkie.

More after commercials for Herpes Cream.

[Renew Deal]

2. Good, remember... The militant pukes are the real enemy.

:grr:

[IndianaGreen]

6. I'll bet all of those repukes are chickenhawks!

Good show for the Clarkies!

[robsul82]

4. Here comes the calvary...

...telling of how the ticket's going to shape up, dontcha think? ;)

Later.

RJS

[Renew Deal]

8. VP Dean would be proud

;)

[robsul82]

10. Yeah yeah yeah...

...but Vice President Clark is just gooey with emotion right now. ;)

Later.

RJS

[Renew Deal]

16. I am waiting for the day that we have the nominee. I am fired up to kick

republican ass out of washington.

:pals:

[JNelson6563]

39. I look forward to it too

It'll be great when we've settled on one team and all set our sights on the real enemy.

To tag-teaming the fascists! :toast:

Julie

[IndianaGreen]

17. I think you meant to say "Here comes the cavalry."

Calvary is a religious name for the hill in which Christians believe Jesus's crucifixion took place.

[robsul82]

19. And I'm a really good speller too...

Honestly.

:cry:

Seriously, hehe, thanks. I AM a good speller, damn it.

Later.

RJS

[HFishbine]

5. Now that just warms my heart

Clark supporters coming to the rescue of a Dean supporter. Yeah, baby!

[Melinda]

7. THAT'S What I'm Talkin' 'bout!!!

DEMOCRATS FIRST!! Thank you Clark supporters!! :loveya:

[incapsulated]

9. Good Story

United against the common enemy!

:)

[proud patriot]

11. We can do great things when we work together

:hi:

[tlb]

12. Everybody else on campus probably wishes both sets of clowns

would just go far far away. This is 100 loud people out of the entire student body. I doubt either made many converts.

A contest to see who can shout down the other group may give each side a sugar high but to those passing by, how dumb they all must have looked.

Interesting though there was only one Dean supporter. Does that show how Dean has only minimal supoort there, or that his supporter were grownup enough not to be drawn into this.

[Art_from_Ark]

30. For your edification

This incident did not happen on campus-- it was in downtown Little Rock. The University of Central Arkansas, where the repuke hecklers came from, is in Conway, 30 miles north of Little Rock.

[robsul82]

13. Throughout the threads and in the streets...

...Deanies and Clarkites have found a little common grace in this race, not to be TOO flowery. Wonder why. ;)

Later.

RJS

[tedoll78]

14. You see..

this (and the 2 shots of amaretto I've just had) makes me feel warm all over!

Deanies and Clarkies, changing the world together! Hell - Kerryites and Kucinitizens, Braun-ies and Edwardians, Sharptonites and Gephardtians, and even Liebermaniacs ROCK!

And we rock even harder when we keep our collective eyes on the real enemy. :P

[eleny]

15. Great!

Translate that to NYC during the convention!

[IndianaGreen]

18. Boston. The Dem convention is in Boston

The GOP is in NYC in order to exploit 9/11 once again!

[eleny]

21. If there's going to be disruption, let it be at the GOPfest

[usregimechange]

20. That is what we ought to be doing!!!!!!!

Yes, I am talking to many DU Clarkies and Deanies. Unite!

[VolcanoJen]

22. There is one truth: We're all in this together.

Way to go Clarkies!!! Way to get our brother's back!!

Let's keep this trend going,
Jennifer

[robsul82]

23. I don't know why anyone's surprised, honestly.

Like I said before, previous threads have shown that Dean and Clark supporters have somewhat become Dean AND Clark supporters. For some reason, Deanies and Clarkies feel a kinship in this that's evident with no one else. Now there's a little of that in the real world.

Dean AND Clark. There's nothing else like it.

:toast:

Later.

RJS

[Frances]

24. I like Dean and Clark and Kucinich and Anybody But bush

I really like it when we work together.

[Chomskyite]

34. That's me

I've given money to both candidates and plan to continue to do so.

[RevolutionStartsNow]

25. Great story!

After all the Dean-Kerry animosity on the board today, it's nice to read a story like this.

Very cool of those Clark people to do this. "W is for Wes" -- LOL.

[usregimechange]

26. Let's kick this up for a while

:kick:

Keep kicking! don't stop.

[jsw_81]

27. Good

I have a feeling we're going to get a Dean/Clark ticket, so let's learn to work together now. I am, however, worried about this "free speech zone" nonsense. How close were they to Bush's rally? A mile? Did anyone see them?

[FrenchieCat]

28. Clarkies helped a Deanie......

That's what I call the New Patriotism! :grouphug:

[A HERETIC I AM]

29. I thought the WHOLE COUNTRY was a "free Speech Zone"

whats with this administration and this kind of bullshit? ;-->The groups stood yelling and chanting at each other in a designated "free-speech zone" further down on President Clinton Avenue in downtown Little Rock.

I read an article about a woman that was confronted by police in Texas near a Bush event and they told her she had to move to the "Free Speech Zone". She replied, "The entire United states of America is a free speech zone and i am not moving!"


This hasnt been common practice with the Secret Service, has it been? I never heard of such a thing with Clinton or any other president for that matter. Anyone have any info?

[Nlighten1]

31. It is only a completely free country in our books

the real world application of freedom is different to the ruling class.

[elperromagico]

32. See?

We can all work together to beat Bush!!!

[Myra]

33. Yeah! Solidarity!

Go after the enemy, not each other.

[sventvkg]

35. Me vs. A Bunch of Chickenhawk college Repubs.....Me.No contest

IT wouldn't be fair....I would have kicked the shit out of the first 5 or 10 and the rest would have run away....These people have no heart or courage...

[drfemoe]

36. I hope someone starts asking

what "free speech zones" are. Newsweek needs to do a cover story on "free speech zones".

http://www.bordc.org/index.html

http://www.democraticunderground.com/articles/02/09/06_brave.html

[dbt]

37. Arkansas is the BUCKLE of the Bible Belt, too.

It is VERY telling for people to turn out here in protest of bu$h and to shout down the Hitler Youth. This should be one of the last places on Earth where dissent manifests; it oughta be absolutely safe ground for bu$h.

SOMEone's in serious trouble.

:evilgrin:
dbt

[Art_from_Ark]

41. Remember, though, Arkansas is Clark's home state

and Little Rock is still a mostly Democratic town.

Now, if that happened in Benton, Crawford, Sebastian, Baxter, White or Boone counties, THEN it would be cause for Bu$h to be very worried.

[Padraig18]

38. Awesome!

Dean/Clark, Clark/Dean in '04! :thumbsup::hi:

[JNelson6563]

40. Good lookin' out Clarkies!

Rock on!

Julie

[jumptheshadow]

42. This is what it's like in real life

In real life, my Deanie friends and I agree who the real enemy is. We meet for brunch. We have a lot in common. We like each other.

You'd never know that sometimes from this board!

Nice story.

[Bread and Circus]

43. Clarkies shouted down a bunch of Bushies at the Detroit...

Debate outside the Fox Theatre. Only thing was,
it wasn't a "Free Speech Zone". The cops escorted
the Bushies away but they also took our signs.

I don't know about you, but I think the "Free Speech Zone"
stuff is more fascist bullshit.


We ended up taking our signs back (from where the cops
placed them) but we had to hide them.

Overall, I thought it was quite the scene having cops
suppress free speech of Democratic supporters at a
Democratic debate. All we wanted to do was cheer Clark.
Instead they called us demonstrators and protesters.

The only thing we protested was the collection of Bushies
that cheered their pathetic battle cry "Bush is gonna win!"
However, no one could hear them with our crescendo of "Clark,
Clark, Clark..."

'twas fun.

[drfemoe]

55. THIS IS THE STORY

that must be told .... asscroft or ***H needs to explain why and when part of our country became the "NO FREE SPEECH ZONES" .. cannot have one without the other ...

this is the story ..

[mmonk]

44. sane people need to stick together.

[wndycty]

45. Deanies. . .

. . .I may give you guys a hard time here on the DU, but I got your back when it comes to taking on GW!!! Its sort of like football practice, where teammates kick the crap out of each other, but are unified against the opponent.

This is great.

[HFishbine]

46. Ditto

Right back atcha!

[wndycty]

47. Now granted. . .

. . .the coach (whoever the nominee is) will probably have to call a team meeting and we might all have to mend some fences, but after the convention (maybe sooner) its game on!

[elcondor]

48. Great job! But does anyone else find

it a little ironic that the "free-speech zone" was on President Clinton Avenue?

[in_cog_ni_to]

49. Now, THAT is solidarity!

It's the way it should be. We all have the same goal, right? We all want the squatter out of Al Gore's house. We need to stick together and THIS is how it's done. Thanks for the post!

[chaska]

50. The US IS a free speech zone

http://www.gjf.org/gjf_main.html

[ElsewheresDaughter]

51. i feel all warm and fuzzy....thanks for the post

[KittyWampus]

52. Thanks Pruner -You Made My Day!

I'm trying really hard to change my attitude and this post will help alot. :)

[frank frankly]

53. kick

a kick for solidarity!!!

[Room101]

54. "free-speech zone" What a fascist nightmare for us

FYI America is a Frees speech zone, Brown shirts you make me sick.