"To the delight of the overwhelmingly white crowd" (God, I LOVE google)

[SoCalDem]

While wandering again, I stumbled on this gem from 1998 WaPo..

enjoy :)

(and notice how the "freeps" USED to be attended )
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/clinton/stories/foes110198.htm


Clinton Foes And Friends Rally on Mall

By Gabriel Escobar
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, November 1, 1998; Page B01

Accusers and defenders of President Clinton descended on Washington yesterday, holding simultaneous protests on the weekend before midterm elections and addressing the scandal that has consumed the capital since January.

The anti-Clinton forces, gathered on the grounds of the Washington Monument, drew a much larger following as several thousand people apparently heeded the call sent out on the Internet just three weeks ago. The showing delighted organizers, who estimated the turnout at 4,000 and said the cyberspace cry for political action set a new standard for grass-roots organizing.

"What a wonderful crowd. I can't believe it. Look at all these people!," said Jim Robinson, the founder of Free Republic, an anti-Clinton organization that has flourished on the Internet and that sponsored yesterday's event. In his brief remarks, Robinson touched on the central issue for those at the anti-Clinton rally, who for more than six hours loudly and emphatically demanded that the president be removed from office.

"We in America are not going to stand for this. Impeach him, indict him, try him and send him to Leavenworth," Robinson said. To the delight of the overwhelmingly white crowd, he paraphrased Clinton's now famous denial of an affair with Monica S. Lewinsky: "I want to point my ugly finger at him. Mr. President, I never believed you. Not once. I never did and I never will."

The pro-Clinton gathering drew only several hundred people, most of them black supporters who were bused in from New York and Chicago. Organized by the National Coalition of Concerned Clergy, it relied on the drawing power of black ministers and was led by the Rev. John J. Barfield of Philadelphia. The demonstrators marched from the Capitol to the Ellipse, where a late afternoon rally was held.


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[genie_weenie]

1. Blah blah blah everyone hates the ruling power UNTIL

the "correct" kind of people assume the Mantle of Leadership...

[wicket]

2. Remember in the 2000 primaries when the freeps hated Bush

:rofl:

[muntrv]

3. Now rimjob can't muster a bigger pro-war crowd than the anti-war crowd.

[SoCalDem]

4. They are the party of the empty tent:)