Looks like there’s going to be a party across the street from the party tomorrow:
As President Bush visits an Eden Prairie house to raise money for Norm Coleman, area residents will gather on Tuesday, August 21, at 1:30 pm at the Bryant Lake Regional Park, directly across the lake from the house, to protest President Bush’s fundraiser, a reward for Senator Coleman’s obstruction in Congress, including his support of the Bush Administration’s war in Iraq.
Hundreds of residents and concerned citizens will carry plastic backscratchers during the protest to illustrate Bush’s reward for Coleman’s unwavering support by headlining a big-money fundrasier in Eden Prairie on Tuesday.
What: Eden Prairie Residents Scratch Their Own Backs While President Bush Scratches Norm Coleman’s Backs with Big Money Fundraiser
When: Tuesday, August 21, 2007 at 1:30 pm
Where: Bryant Lake Regional Park, Swimming Beach
6800 Rowland Rd, Eden Prairie, MNWho: Rick Hanson, Military Families Speak Out
Reade Bailey, Eden Prairie Resident
Donald McFarland, Minnesota Director, Americans United for Change
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I’d sure like a plastic back scratcher right about now.
This is wonderful. I hope you get the Liberate Palestine people and the 9/11 was an Inside job people and the anarchists and other fringe groups that typically show up at these kind of protests.
Chris = Tool
Chris does a GREAT JOB representing his party.
Don’t forget that, moonbats.
The last thing the GOP wants to do is to liberate Palestine? Wow, I’m speechless. The level of ignorance on display in that thought is enough to divert the path of light. Evidently anyone who protests is either a anarchist or thinks there’s something funny with the whole 9/11 thing and how “convinient” it was for the administration, or wants to liberate Palestine. Got it, I’ll keep that in mind next time I dust off the old Birkenstocks and head down to protest some damn thing or another.
Chris, why are you so upset about the protest? Are you opposed to protesting in general? Or just when the protest is directed at those you support? Do you think everyone has an obligation to support EVERYTHING the current leadership does? Freedom of speech and freedom of assembly are guaranteed in the Constitution. Do you think that’s a bad thing? Why do you feel the need to make fun of anyone who feels an obligation to speak out against the administration? Would you have ridiculed our Founding Fathers? They did far worse than carry backscratchers to a protest.
I’m really curious about how old you are. I heard an interesting discussion on The View one morning between Rosie and Elizabeth (no, not the blow up) and it was quite revealing. Elizabeth said she spent her formative years during the Reagan years - when the U.S. was regaining stature in the world - and she said she believes that we have an obligation to support the administration and be a cheerleader for America no matter what. Rosie grew up during the Vietnam War and Watergate and feels we have an obligation to question what our government does and try to change the things that are wrong. I mention that, NOT TO GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO OFF ON ROSIE PLEASE, but I really did think it was interesting in terms of how it shaped two very different views of the U.S., its government and the obligations of its citizens.
Chris can’t come up with a legit comment so he creates a strawman to knock down.
“Evidently anyone who protests … thinks there’s something funny with the whole 9/11 thing … ”
Well, Dick, according to the Rasmussen poll conducted earlier this year, 35% of individuals in your party believe that the President knew of the 9/11 attacks before they happened. So, yeah, there is a factual basis for the assertion that those who protest the war also believe something funny happened with 9/11.
Max, I cannot speak for Chris, but I don’t think he opposes the First Amendment right to freedom of expression. Rather, he is calling out the underlying beliefs and rhetoric of these protesters, which are neither mainstream (although, sadly, I might now disagree given the Rasmussen poll results cited above) nor beneficial in the long-term to this nation’s interests.
I never said I was opposed to protesting. I just think it’s really funny that a bunch of whackos show up at these things.
I am opposed to protesting for the simple fact that the people that protest have nothing better to do. These people complain about the economy being in rough shape under Bush? Solution: Get off your smelly granola eating, birkenstock wearing ass and get a job instead of thinking of the next great slogan to go on a sign!
I just wonder if you people will be in a thither when Bill Clinton comes to give Ciresi or Franken a $1000 per plate fundraiser? I love how you stooges all say that the Republican party is for the rich while you all put up candidates worth hundreds of millions, if not billions of dollars. In 2004, the “Billionaires for Bush” clowns protested all of the President’s appearances. Wasn’t John Kerry an actual billionaire (by marriage anyway)? Mike Ciresi is a billionaire and Franken is worth tens of millions if not more.
Chris - fair enough. Just don’t be upset when others make the same comments about the right-wing whackos that routinely show up at abortion clinics (Operation Rescue) and military funerals (Fred Phelps, et.al)
Now, gopgal - do you really think everyone who is opposed to Bush’s policies in Iraq is also smelly and unemployed? Given that we’re talking about 60-70% of the population, that’s an awfully high unemployment rate. Gee, maybe the economy is in worse shape than I thought. Or maybe you just think protesters are smelly and unemployed. Does that include ALL protesters (see comment to Chris above re: Operation Rescues and Fred Phelps) or just those you disagree with?
“I am opposed to protesting for the simple fact that the people that protest have nothing better to do.”
Now, there’s an interesting take on the First Amendment.
I suppose King George thought much the same in 1776, or slaveowners in the 1860’s: couldn’t those rabble rousers find anything better to do with their time? Sometimes, protesting is the “better” thing to do.
You don’t need to that far back to find a similiar sentiment. 1939 Berlin is a good place to look for the origins of gopgalbot’s post.
Max,
You said, “Chris - fair enough. Just don’t be upset when others make the same comments about the right-wing whackos that routinely show up at abortion clinics (Operation Rescue) and military funerals (Fred Phelps, et.al).”
The difference between the Liberate Palestine people and the 9/11 Hoax people and the other left wing nut jobs versus Fred Phelps and Operation Resuce is that Fred Phelps and Operation rescue aren’t players in or welcome in the Republican party. I’ve been to three national conventions, many Bush-Cheney events and other Republican gatherings and I can assure you I’ve never seen an Operation Rescue person or Fred Phelps.
And Richard’s sentiments have their origins in Moscow circa 1922.
I will never and have never backed up or joined any protest of any kind. Fred Phelps and Operation Rescue consist of hate filled human beings who as far as I am concerned are no better than the smelly hippies who are protesting in Eden Prairie right now.
And Chris is right, these two groups you try to tie to the GOP are so far out of the mainstream that they are not welcome in the Republican party and they know it.
OK, forget focusing on OR and Phelps - there are plenty of other situations where conservatives have staged protests (you can Google them). Are they all smelly and unemployed too?
What I don’t understand is your need to ridicule someone for peacefully protesting just because you disagree with them. Actually, I’m not surprised - it has a direct correlation to the level of discourse on most political blogs.
And Randy: “I suppose King George thought much the same in 1776, or slaveowners in the 1860’s: couldn’t those rabble rousers find anything better to do with their time? Sometimes, protesting is the “better” thing to do.”
Amen. I’d add George Wallace and other segregationists of the ’50s and ’60s to the list of those complaining about the rabble rousers of the time. Those civil rights protesters like Martin Luther King Jr. were probably smelly and unemployed, too, right gopgal??
“Dissent is the truest form of patriotism.”
-Thomas Jefferson
Plus it’s fun. All the tie-dye and sandals. I can’t wait for the RNC, now that’s going to be fun. Polygamists for Romney. Transvestites for Guiliani. I’m really looking forward to seeing how big and where the free-speech zone is.
Careful guys about extolling those protesters who spurred the American Revolution, Abolition Movement, and Civil Rights movement — many of them were motivated by their ardent belief in Christianity, and we know that church and state should never mix.
Uh, actually, Dick, I am looking forward to the anti-war nutters that will come here to protest the RNC. Those are the folks who will represent your side of the aisle to the nation next year. Should be a good way to acclimate the country to what the Democrat Party is all about.
Be careful what you wish for. Those “anti-war” nutters represent 70% of the population now. I’m looking forward to the reactionary fascist pukes who will undoubtably try and do something to censor the protests. Good luck with that.
Dick says: “Those “anti-war” nutters represent 70% of the population now.”
As one of the original 30% of people who did not agree that we should have invaded Iraq at the time or under the circumstances we did, I have the authority to speak for us and the 40% newcomers that the human detritus that shows up with back scratchers does not represent us.
Wow, Swiftee - we’re in agreement on something! I still have my ‘Say No to War in Iraq’ sign in my attic.
I posted mine online in 2004…but the attic is OK too I guess.
Swiftee is all in favor of Bush being charged, standing trial, being convicted, and serving out the rest of his days in jail for war crimes and crimes against humanity. Bravo.
No Dick, that isn’t what I said…but your asshat dance illustrates why I would never join a “peace” protest either.
Well, not to get into a pissing contest
but my sign was up in my yard before the Iraq War started - fat lot of good it did…
wtm — Weren’t Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, John Adams, and George Washington part of the American Revolution? Are you serious when you say they “were motivated by their ardent belief in Christianity”?
Or are we thinking of different people?