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YCT Protesting Ted Kennedy Friday(11/7) at Texas A&M
Texas A&M YCT ^ | 11/6/03 | Texas A&M YCT

Posted on 11/06/2003 6:36:54 AM PST by DrewsDad

YOUNG CONSERVATIVES OF TEXAS
Texas A&M Chapter
http://yct.tamu.edu/

JOIN YCT IN PROTESTING TED KENNEDY'S RECEIPT OF BUSH AWARD FOR "EXCELLENCE IN PUBLIC SERVICE" FRIDAY AT TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY IN COLLEGE STATION

CONTENTS

1) News Advisory
2) Itinerary for Protest
3) Tips for Joining YCT at Protest

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1) News Advisory

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 6, 2003
CONTACTS: Matthew Maddox, YCT-A&M Chairman, (713) 256-7951
Sarah Davis, YCT-A&M Executive Director, (979) 324-5225


YCT TO PROTEST SEN. EDWARD KENNEDY FRIDAY NOV. 7TH AT TEXAS A&M
Kennedy to receive ?George Bush Award for Excellence in Public Service?


College Station, TX- The Young Conservatives of Texas A&M today officially announced plans to protest an appearance by Sen. Edward Kennedy on the Texas A&M University campus on Friday, November 7th. The out-of-the-ordinary protest will begin at 1:00pm and continue through the evening in Rudder Plaza. The public is encouraged to join. YCT is selling t-shirts through its website commemorating Senator Kennedy?s visit to Texas A&M.

YCT-A&M Chairman Matthew Maddox stated, ?As conservatives, it is our duty to inform other students of Senator Kennedy?s shameful record of public disservice. He has conducted himself in a manner, both politically and personally, that the vast majority of Texans find highly objectionable. We would be remiss not to publicly take a stand and voice our displeasure with Senator Kennedy?s actions.?

YCT-A&M Executive Director Sarah Davis noted, ?YCT categorically disapproves of Ted Kennedy and his policies. Not only does he promote a socialist agenda, but he also is a supporter of heinous partial-birth abortions. He was instrumental in blocking the judicial nomination of Texan Priscilla Owen and has applied a religious litmus test to confirming judicial nominees. In recent weeks, Kennedy has sunk to a new low, calling President George W. Bush a liar and falsely accusing him of fraud and bribery of our allies in connection with the liberation of the Iraqi people.?

Davis continued, ?It is difficult to ignore the poor example that Kennedy, who was expelled from Harvard for cheating, has set for the very students before which he is to speak. Since that time, he has a record of reckless drinking habits and was behind the wheel in the 1969 drowning death of Mary Jo Kopechne.?

Maddox added, ?While YCT certainly respects former President H. W. Bush and his role in selecting the recipient of this award, we have too much respect for Texas A&M, the state of Texas, and the current President of the United States to not make it clear the Ted Kennedy does not represent Aggie Values.?

YCT State Chairman David Rushing observed, "The two previous recipients of this award are Mikhail Gorbachev and Helmut Kohl so Kennedy regrettably has the distinction of being the first American politician to receive this honor. While we understand the Bush Foundation's desire to be non-partisan, if they wanted a Democrat, they could have chosen Sen. Zell Miller or former Sen. Sam Nunn. If they had to have a liberal, they could have chosen someone with personal integrity like former President Jimmy Carter. The choice of Ted Kennedy as the first American to receive this honor simply cannot be justified under any objective standard."

In addition to the members of the YCT Texas A&M chapter, YCT chapters from around the state will be joining in the protest. Among the chapters that will be represented at the protest are Stephen F. Austin, Southern Methodist University, University of North Texas, University of Houston, and Baylor University.

YCT has chapters at Texas A&M University, West Texas A&M, Baylor University, the University of Texas, Texas Tech University, Southern Methodist University, and Hardin-Simmons University. For over two decades, YCT has advanced conservative values at Texas college campuses and beyond.

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2) Itinerary for Protest

Itinerary- Friday, Nov. 7th

Noon- Set up in Rudder Plaza

1:00pm- Start protest

---TK look alike
---Drinking music
---Banners
---Event t-shirts
---Life vests

4:45pm- Toast to TK as he arrives

---glasses of grape juice

5:00pm- TK speaks, we keep protesting. Tickets are sold out, but YCT has a few.

6:00pm- Sing to TK as he departs

---"Ted the Magic Driver"

6:05pm- Keep protesting for while after

7:00pm- Shut down

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3) Tips for Joining YCT at Protest

l Check out this campus map to find your way to Rudder Plaza.

2 Arrive as early as possible.

3 We want to put our best foot forward. This means we must maintain proper decorum with passers by, not direct negative comments toward Bush, and respect the university officials/police. Hopefully, they will also respect our First Amendment rights.

4 Bring money for event t-shirts, or better yet, order them online at yct.tamu.edu so that we know in advance how many to have on hand in what size.

5 Bring posters/banners. These should be directed at Kennedy only. Signs should focus on Kennedy?s left-wing legislative policies including pro-partial-birth abortion, blocking highly qualified judicial nominees based on a religious litmus test, promoting socialism, calling Bush a ?liar,? accusing Bush of bribing our allies, and claiming the war was ?made up in Texas?. Signs can also mention Kennedy?s personal faults, such as driving Mary Jo into the river, being expelled from Harvard for cheating, and excessive drinking.

6 Bring flotation devices. This is a key to our passive street theater, reminding the public that Kennedy was never held to account for the drowning death of Mary Jo K. A life vest, a life preserver, water wings, or an inner tube with a horsey on the front are all suitable.


TOPICS: Activism/Chapters; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: award; bush; kennedy; protest; tedkennedy; texas; yct
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Here is the T-shirt:


1 posted on 11/06/2003 6:36:54 AM PST by DrewsDad
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To: "Tony" Aguilar; 13th warrior; 1L; 1riot1ranger; 2bfree; 2_4texas; 375 H&H; 43for8; 4truth; ...
Join the Aggie YCT in FReeping Kennedy Friday 11/7 and give him a Big Texas Welcome.

Sorry for the short notice. I just got this last night. I know it will be tough to make it out of town during a workday, but be there if you can. It sounds like a lot of fun.

2 posted on 11/06/2003 6:43:25 AM PST by DrewsDad
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To: DrewsDad
Hey Dad - go get 'em! Wish I could be a fly on the wall at this one. Please give us a follow-up report...we want all the details.
3 posted on 11/06/2003 6:46:45 AM PST by LakeLady (Inquiring minds want to know more and more and more.....)
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To: DrewsDad
Please take some photos and post here later!!!
4 posted on 11/06/2003 7:16:08 AM PST by fishtank
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To: DrewsDad
Mary Jo Kopechne did not drown. She died from asphyxiation, waiting to be saved while the fat drunken bastard Kennedy was trying to save his fat ass back at the cottage. The man is a disgrace.
5 posted on 11/06/2003 7:29:54 AM PST by lonerepubinmass
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To: DrewsDad
Please take me off your ping list. Thanks.
6 posted on 11/06/2003 8:01:04 AM PST by gcruse (http://gcruse.typepad.com/)
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To: DrewsDad
LOL. Great T-shirt design. I too recieved the above email alert. Sure wish I could make it but alas, duty calls.
7 posted on 11/06/2003 8:22:47 AM PST by Ron H. (I'm a RLCTX.net Conservative)
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To: DrewsDad
Thanks for the heads up...not sure if I can make it.
8 posted on 11/06/2003 8:31:23 AM PST by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: DrewsDad
---"Ted the Magic Driver"

LOL !

I hope there are pics. Please ping me back here when they're up, if so. Thanks !

Ted Look-a-like contest ??? LOL ! ...

I HOPE NOBODY looks like this:


Source of pic


Senator Teddy, wearing his controversial neck brace, leaves St. Vincent's
Church with his wife, Joan, after the funeral Mass for Mary Jo Kopechne.


9 posted on 11/06/2003 8:39:39 AM PST by MeekOneGOP (Check out the Texas Chicken D 'RATS!: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/keyword/Redistricting)
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To: yall



10 posted on 11/06/2003 8:40:17 AM PST by MeekOneGOP (Check out the Texas Chicken D 'RATS!: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/keyword/Redistricting)
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To: DrewsDad
Freep that creep for me. By the way, one of Ted Kennedy's old pals landed an job with Governor-Elect Schwarzenegger. Read it and weep:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1016081/posts
11 posted on 11/06/2003 8:41:21 AM PST by Saundra Duffy (For victory & freedom!!!)
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To: DrewsDad
as props go... neck braces, or white towels around the neck made to look like neck braces, would add to the message...

chanting vociferously "Where's Mary Jo" would embolden me, were I to be there...

the T shirt is great, so is the life vest idea... well done Aggies!

12 posted on 11/06/2003 8:48:27 AM PST by railsplitter (with extreme prejudice- destroy the enemy... foreign and domestic)
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To: DrewsDad
Gig'em

Aggies!

13 posted on 11/06/2003 9:21:56 AM PST by Dick Vomer (More galaxies have died and dwarfs sucked since President Bush declared an end to hostilities.)
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To: DrewsDad
Gig'em

Aggies!

14 posted on 11/06/2003 9:22:42 AM PST by Dick Vomer (liberals suck....but it depends on what you mean by the word "suck")
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To: DrewsDad
See, that just goes to show you that Aggies aren't all bad and utterly depraved. I'd almost be willing to join them if I wasn't what would be considered by any state outside of the great state of Texas to be 3 states distance. Sigh!

Woody.
15 posted on 11/06/2003 9:23:06 AM PST by CCWoody (Recognize that all true Christians will be Calvinists in glory,...)
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To: DrewsDad
Gig'em Aggies! Whoop!
16 posted on 11/06/2003 10:19:28 AM PST by secret garden (bless your heart)
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To: DrewsDad
NTX Chapter ping! Freep at A&M tomorrow!

Join the Aggie YCT in FReeping Kennedy Friday 11/7 and give him a Big Texas Welcome.

17 posted on 11/06/2003 10:38:55 AM PST by Ms. AntiFeminazi
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To: 07055; a history buff; Aguilar Tony; antivenom; basil; B-Chan; Ben Chad; B.O. Plenty; bowieknife; ..
NTX Chapter ping! Freep at A&M tomorrow!

Join the Aggie YCT in FReeping Kennedy Friday 11/7 and give him a Big Texas Welcome.

Oops. Guess it would help to actually put you in the ping list. lol. Stop laughing DrewsDad. :)

18 posted on 11/06/2003 10:42:14 AM PST by Ms. AntiFeminazi
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To: Dick Vomer
I’m a student at Texas A&M University and a member of the Young Conservatives of Texas A&M. I want to encourage y’all to make the trip to College Station, if possible, and protest Ted Kennedy’s appearance on Friday. If you live in Houston, the drive is only about 1.5 hours. We really need your support! Thanks!

Sara
Class of 2007
GIG ‘EM!
19 posted on 11/06/2003 11:04:50 AM PST by sarasanaggie
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To: Ron H.
Great T-shirt design

How about a beach/pool towel . . .

20 posted on 11/06/2003 11:31:50 AM PST by TLI (...........ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA..........)
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