So----I just got home from protesting the McCain-Palin rally. What was yelled at us:

[WinkyDink]

"Get a job!"
"Go back to Russia! (one was "Cuba!")
"Democrats and Liberals hate Free Speech!" (WTH?!)
"I'm not voting for a Muslim!"
"Obama supports terrorists!"
"Get a brain! Vote McCain!"
"Communists!" "Socialists!"
"Here's some change; how much do you want?" Accompanied by an out-stretched hand. I always shouted to them to give me their quarters, but they never did. Heh.

Meanwhile, the guy next to me, with the 2 "Eight is Enough" signs, kept cracking me up. He'd chant, "ATTICA! ATTICA!" Bwah! Or, "Come on over; it's not too late!"

My sign said, "EPIC FAIL".

There about 6 "Nader" young men near me, as well.

And Dana Milbank walked around with a sign reading, "I need a hug," so we all hugged him!

[WA98070]

1. Dana Milbank? ...blink, blink...wtf?

[WinkyDink]

6. Erstwhile reporter on the KO Show. He was working both lines. :)

[WA98070]

27. Know who he is...but a sign? "I need a hug"....weird, he's so weird.

[MaineDem]

33. He USED to be on KO's show

Not any more.

[WinkyDink]

35. Hence, "erstwhile". :)

[MaineDem]

44. Duh, I totally missed that!

:blush:

[livetohike]

2. Thank you for your service

:patriot:

[madmax]

3. Thanks for being there.

:hug:

You deserve it. :toast:

[Bobbieo]

12. Palin and her followers are trailer trash - No class at all!!!

Thank God, they brought her out when they did as it gave everyone a chance to see through her. Her ratings are dropping every day.

[MaryEllen9399]

24. and they are racist too nt

[riqster]

32. I lived in a trailer park for a time

...and gotta tell you, it's an insult to trailer trash, comparing them to the Palinites.

[Adelante]

4. Is that true about Dana Milbank?

That's hilarious :D

[WinkyDink]

7. Would I make that up?! He had a camera guy with him, too!

[Adelante]

17. I love it

:)

[VolcanoJen]

28. That is AWESOME! Dana's article in the WaPo is illuminating, a must-read.

Here it is for those of you who may have missed it yesterday; he exposes the Palin crowds for what they are.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/06/AR2008100602935.html

[rvablue]

31. Sorry , but I find the "I need a hug" sign impossible to believe

Millbank has written some pretty lame stuff this election, but he is still a professional.

I'm glad you protested. Just can't buy the sign thing.

[WinkyDink]

36. Are you calling me a LIAR?? Seriously?? Maybe it just said, "Need a Hug."

But it was hand-drawn, on a stick, and he carried it!

[rvablue]

47. Alright, I hear you..........

it just seemed totally bizarre to hear a WP reporter carrying around a sign at a protest.

Maybe he's hoping it will prevent one those crazed Palinbots from shooting him or something.

Sorry, just worked in the biz before and sounded weird. I'm convinced now and maybe I'll get a chance to see it in person if he comes to their thing in VA on Monday because I plan on going to protest too.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

46. Really? You must have missed when he showed up dressed as

a hunter on Countdown after Cheney shot his "friend". Not to mention that the way he left NBC was in completely unprofessional. He's a douchebag overall.

[cui bono]

50. How did he leave msnbc? I thought they stopped asking him on. n/t

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

53. He wrote some bullshit column twisting Obama's words. I think the next day

Olbermann was going to ask him about it. All of a sudden he's hired by CNN and apparently a lot of people at NBC were taken by surprise because they didn't even know he was leaving.

[cui bono]

55. Ah. I knew about his botched article but not the CNN part. Thanks. n/t

[kath]

54. Here's why he was carrying the sign, IMO -- the Repugs have been whipping up the crowds into an

anti-press frenzy as well as a racist frenzy. Milbank wrote an article a day or two back (linked to above) which described this, including the detail that while the crowd was being verbally abusive toward the press, someone called a black media sound-man an "uppity ni**er" then told him to "sit down, boy".
So, he's riffing on the anti-press feeding frenzy.

[The Wielding Truth]

5. How many protesters were there?

[WinkyDink]

10. Ouch. About, finally, maybe 2 dozen. Some Firefighters For Obama, Lehigh U. kids, others.

[GAtomboy]

8. Lucky you

I almost wish that white trash "hockey mom" would come and do a rally in GA so I could protest her ass!

LMFAO
"Democrats and Liberals hate Free Speech!"

Just how dumb are these people?!?!

[FatDave]

9. You hugged a bonesman!

[WinkyDink]

14. Well, I shook John Kerry's hand, too. :)

[Lorien]

11. Brave of you to go among the brainwashed zombies

the "get a job"! remark always cracks me up. Most of the Dems I know are among the hardest working people in this country; it's not unusual for us to put in 60-80 hour work weeks. The repugs I know, by comparison, hardly work at all and constantly whine that if "they" (women, blacks, hispanics, immigrants, the government, liberals...you name it) weren't in the way or making their lives unhappy THEN they would get a real job! Nobody projects like a deadbeat repug.

[BrklynLiberal]

34. That brings to mind all the young repukes who were soooo for the war in Iraq, but were all still

in college. When asked why they didn't join the military to show their support, they all had some stupid excuse like "I can serve better by staying in school". The name "f*cktard" just seems so appropriate for these guys.

[ronnykmarshall]

13. They need new things to yell.

Go back to Russia/Cuba is soooooooo last century.

[GrizzlyMan]

15. You are a true patriot!

Thanks for your service.

[ErinBerin84]

16. oh god, Dana Milbank.

oh yeah, and thank you very much :) And thanks for the recap...sounds like some horrible people there.

[NYC_SKP]

18. Did you happen to hear what was said just before Palin said,....

"Now, what does that have to do with anything?"

the crowd went wild, it was just a few minutes before McCain came up.

Did you hear what was said, or have a guess?

Thanks!

And thanks for going there to represent the good side.

[WinkyDink]

20. Oh, I'm sorry, don't mean to mislead! I stood on the OUTSIDE! No tix for non-R's!

[patrice]

19. Thank You!!

:patriot:

[WinkyDink]

21. My poster also had the "McC Hugging Bush" photo and the "Palin Nazi Salute" photo.

[jsmirman]

22. Why are you protesting him instead of ignoring him? *

nm

[WinkyDink]

26. Why are you posting here instead of ignoring me? ;)

[stillcool]

41. that was good...

it sounds like you had some fun, and all for a good cause. :toast:

[jsmirman]

49. Because I don't think I agree with the tactic and it concerns me

why wouldn't we prefer to just let this wind up train wreck proceed to its natural course? And what are we protesting? Their right to hold a rally? I know there are things they stand for to protest, but the disturbing element that this interferes with their right to free speech and assembly makes me very uncomfortable.

[AllentownJake]

23. How many of you?

[RiverStone]

25. Cool y'all did that! And BTW, the folks that drank the kool-aid are way beyond reason!

Lock-stepping idiots - (almost)impossible to have a rational conversation.

[VolcanoJen]

29. Here's a sign you might want to copy for your next rally!

:rofl:



Thank you, WinkyDink!!!! HUGE Kick and Rec!

[Tatiana]

30. You are a true patriot. Thank you so much for your service! n/t

[Lucy Goosey]

37. Thank you for doing that.

Also, add me to the "Milbank, WTF?!?!" chorus.

[crispini]

38. Dana Milbank?

LOL. That's hysterical. Hope you got pics.

[WinkyDink]

39. One. With a 35mm.

[WinkyDink]

40. Local paper on-line:

About 18 protesters holding signs and chanting "U.S.A" stood opposite the walkway were people were entering the arena.

Paul Pagoda, of Lower Saucon, walked a half mile to enter the protest line with two homemade signs saying "8 is enough."

Lilly Gioia of Easton, member of the Business of Professional Women of the Lehigh Valley, held a sign that said "Vote Democrat."

"Obama is committed to equal pay for women and McCain is not." Gioia said.

http://www.mcall.com/news/local/all-mccain1008-cn,0,1318727.story

More:
http://photos.lehighvalleylive.com/gallery/4424/McCain-Palin%20rally%20at%20Lehigh

[ramapo]

42. This crap is so old

Except for the Muslim comment, you could well have been at a 1968 Nixon rally (substituting names of course). I wonder how old these losers were. There is no end to ignorant thinking (or is that an oxymoron?).

[ej510]

43. Go back to Cuba?

And most Florida Cubans vote ready!

[Left Is Write]

52. I kind of like "Go back to Russia!"

I'd have been forced to answer, "I would, but I was worried Palin would be keeping an eye on me over her backyard fence."

[seabeyond]

45. "Democrats and Liberals hate Free Speech!" (WTH?!)... my favorite. n/t

[Rocknrule]

57. Because Republican "free speech" = "KILL EM ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!"

[rvablue]

48. Just one more thing

and my intention is not to question you again. I take that back.

But I do think that you should email this to the HuffPo citizen journalist thing.

I used to be a reporter and I think it is interesting and unusual and should be shared that he is carrying a sign for a hug and traveling with a cameraman.... maybe they are doing it for protection after what he wrote about the other day.

[Left Is Write]

51. Yeah, you hate free speech so much you're exercising it at some peril to yourself.

Way to hate the free speech there! :eyes:

I wonder if the ones who hurled "Socialists!" at you like a dirty word have heard McCain's plan to buy up bad mortgages.

[smoochpooch]

56. Get a job? They're the ones going to a political rally on a Wednesday morning! Sheesh. n/t

[daisychains]

58. Isn't Obama majorly leading in PA?

I saw some poll(s)recently. Well, you were at a McCain rally so I guess it's not surprising what was displayed. Ugh.

[SoxFan]

59. That's it? Amateurs!

Pfff! You got off easy!

Try running for office and winning and you'll hear every name in the book. I was called a "Nazi" a few days before I was to visit my two Jewish nieces out in Iowa. Classic stuff.