Posted on 08/16/2004 10:27:53 PM PDT by RonDog
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Last Thursday afternoon, HUNDREDS of happy, smiling, flag-waving patriotic Americans gathered outside a "private, secret" fundraiser at the Santa Monica airport to welcome President Bush back to Los Angeles, for his first visit to southern California since March 2004.Two very highly repected sources independently calculated that over FIFTEEN HUNDRED people overwhelmed the intersection of 31st Street and Ocean Park Boulevard in Santa Monica, just north of the hanger in which President Bush, Laura Bush and Governor Schwarzenegger appeared at a private fundraiser which had not been widely publicized until a few days before the event -- with the crowd outside roughly divided into half pro-Bush and half anti-Bush.
On a Thursday afternoon.
In Santa Monica.
image courtesy of Chris Haas
image courtesy of Thomas U. Fenady
We took on the "cancer from A.N.S.W.E.R." -- in the heart of the "People's Republic of Santa Monica" -- and we WON!More importantly, we showed Mr. Karl Rove that southern Californians have a hunger to actively support the reelection of President George W. Bush that will not be satisfied until the Bush-Cheney '04 folks schedule an official RALLY here - soon!
If we can get five or six hundred raving Bush supporters to show up outside a fundraiser on such short notice - on the chance that they might see the Presidential motorcade go by...
...just think what kind of crowd that we could attract if the folks knew that they could actually HEAR the President speak, and if they had a just little more ADVANCE notice of his visit!
FREEP REPORT: FReepers defend America's honor from leftist scum in Santa Monica
dfu on the scene | 8-12-04 | dfu
Posted on 08/12/2004 10:23:54 PM PDT by doug from upland
It was a great day in the leftist stronghold of Santa Monica, CA as a contingent of true Americans, led by the FReepers, defended America's honor and came face to face with human scum.
The President and Mrs. Bush along with Arnold made a visit to Santa Monica this afternoon. Ah, yes, Santa Monica, CA. The city with rent control and regulations that would have made an Eastern Bloc Soviet stooge proud. The city with homeless peeing on the sidewalks. The city whose business policies are trying to run business out of town. In California, it is Berkeley South.
We surprised the scumbags today with a force of several hundred on their home turf...
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Using democrat math that looks to be at least 50 thousand. Good work.
WOW! WOW! WOW! In Santa Monica, no less! There is hope for us all! Thanks so much for posting these.
Thanks for the great pictures. Nice to see the four fine ladies with the B-U-S-H shirts! Obviously, there are a lot of smart women in the country; we just need a larger proportion of them to be smart, and W will win in a REAL landslide!
What a great turnout! Way to go Santa Monica! (one of the prettiest cities in Southern California!)
Nice pics. Republicans are always such a happy group.
Whooppee!!!
TED HAYESThere were certainly MANY MORE whose names I have forgotten, or may never know.Shane Smith, Chris Haas and ALL of the Santa Monica College Republicans
Shirley Jewett, Gary Aminoff and ALL of the members of the San Fernando Valley Townhall Conservative MeetUp
Ronn Pickard, for his EXTRAORDINARY advice on strategy, tactics and execution
Jeffers M. Dodge, Jeanne, and ALL of the members of PopUpUSA.com
Genevieve Peters, and ALL of the members of LAforBush.com
Art Plourde, and ALL of the members of the Manhattan Beach Townhall Conservative MeetUp
Pastor Wiley Drake with his LIVE remote broadcast (and bullhorn)
"Lonestar" Jesse with his cowboy hat and bullhorn
Pat, Bucky, Mac and ALL of the "Citizens for Homeland Defense"
Ethan Musulin and ALL of the ProtestWarriors
Maily Nguyen, Elizabeth Lam, and ALL of the members from "Free Vietnam"
and
"behind the scenes" help and advice from:
Megan Badasch, Edee Blevins, Jessamine Campbell, Harry Eicher, Jill Hay, Steve Frank, Randy Herrst, Austin Dragon, Lynne Brennan, and Rod Manser.Plus, of course, FReepers like:doug from upland - on the bullhorn, and on the RADIO
rockitz - with his "Liberate Santa Monica" sign
doodlelady - with her "Arnold terminating Kerry" poster
Joy Angela
bellas_sister
BunnySlippers
ARA
SoCalPol
KiloLima
and
Jesamine - who FReeps somewhat LESS, now that she is a big shot with the Party. :o)
THANK YOU, everyone!!!
Outstanding Photos!
Come November, we will see that California is in play. I predict that GW will spend a bunch of time there in October and make the Dems. fight real hard for it. I think a lot of the swing states are already swinging toward W, giving him time to make the Dims defend CA.
Thanks for the great pictures...Special thanks also to the many PHOTOGRAPHERS who helped to document our success for posterity...
...so that we can share these wonderful images with the WORLD......including, but not limited to:
Chris Haas
Gary Aminoff
Shirley Jewett
Duane Buckley
Lora Smith
Ari Greenwald
Harry Eicher
Thomas U. Fenady
Jeffers M. Dodge
Nice to see the four fine ladies with the B-U-S-H shirts!Here are a few MORE "Women for Bush" images:Obviously, there are a lot of smart women in the country; we just need a larger proportion of them to be smart, and W will win in a REAL landslide!
Jesamine - who FReeps somewhat LESS, now that she is a big shot with the Party. :o)Ooops!
Obviously, that SHOULD HAVE BEEN Jessamine.Sorry, big shot. :o)
BRAVO BUMP!
You guys were noticed -- big time!
That's a nice looking group you've got there.
The sign with Arnie holding the Kerry-in-a-bunny-suit drawing is hilarious. Is that person a Freeper?? Do you guys promote FR out there?? (Obviously thats not the point of course)
Wow that is awesome! That`s the best way to shut these idiots up, take to the streets just like they do and overwhelm them in numbers! Make them look like the losers that they are.
"Lonestar" Jesse with his cowboy hat and bullhorn...Our corner had the benefit of a five foot tall transformer box...
...which could be used as a "soap box," as it were......for the folks on OUR side to stand on...
...so that they could TOWER over the crowd...Here are a few of the "natural leaders" who assumed command of that platform:...and intimidate the "bad guys."
image courtesy of Thomas Fenady
image courtesy of Gary Aminoff
image courtesy of Chris Haas
image courtesy of Gary Aminoff
WOHOOOOO!!!! ... ALRIGHT CALIFORNIA!!
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The sign with Arnie holding the Kerry-in-a-bunny-suit drawing is hilarious.But, of course!Is that person a Freeper??
Actually, that poster required the efforts of TWO very talented FReepers!Check our our pre-FReep thread here:
President Bush in Santa Monica: THURSDAY (8/12) - "Support Our Troops" rally 3pm to 5pmFReeper IPWGOP created the original artwork:
And then FReeper doodlelady used that image as the basis for creating her MARVELOUS sign:
It is nice to be associated with such CREATIVE FRiends. :o)
hahahaha
WOW! WOW! WOW! In Santa Monica, no less! There is hope for us all!Well, there WAS some opposition. :(
A reasonably large group with the "cancer from A.N.S.W.E.R." was eventually joined by a whole host of oddballs, misfits and wackos, including some of the the regular gang from "Code Pink."Overall, we spanked them...
...but we **were** unable to prevent Code Pink from hanging their goofy "pink slip for Bush" from that balcony across the street from OUR raly:
I *knew** that they would attempt to hang a banner like that on that balcony...
...so I had talked with the property manager for that office building - TWICE prior to the rally.He assured me that NEITHER side would be allowed to hang ANY banners from his building.
But, as it happens, the OWNER of the building is apparently a flaming Bush-hater, and HE countermanded the order from his property manager. :)That is one of the downsides to defending the President" behind enemy lines" - there are too many local enablers.
Overall, we spanked them...LOL!
I jsut checked RAT headquarters (aka indymedia), and they are in full-scale denial over there:
Busses!Bush attended a fundraiser last Thursday in Santa Monica. The event was held at the Santa Monica Airport in hanger #8 (Gunnell Aviation). A large crowd of people who oppose Bush and his policies came out to protest the visit. Also a large but smaller group of Bush supporters, bused in by party operatives, staged a counter protest.
We don't need no steenking BUSSES!?!
What is "a large but smaller group of Bush supporters..." anyway?Sounds like a Kerry "flip flop" to me. :o)
...including pictures from the Presidential motorcade, which some of us **did** see......"up close, and personal."
...Outside Santa Monica airport, hundreds of demonstrators jammed the sidewalk awaiting Bush's arrival. The crowd appeared to be fairly evenly split between supporters of Bush and Democratic nominee Sen. John Kerry.Before the Santa Monica fund-raiser, the president and first lady Laura Bush paid a call on Nancy Reagan at her home in Bel-Air. After a visit of about an hour, the three emerged from the house, and the president told reporters that he and his wife were "honored to pay our respects" to the widow of former President Reagan, who died in June.
"I'm so glad you came," Reagan said.
After visiting with Reagan, Bush and the first lady taped an hourlong interview with CNN's Larry King at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel...
Thanks, RonDog!
Awesome photos, RonDog. This thread's a keeper. I'll be at The Grove on Sunday registering voters.
Re: post #21, GREAT caricatures!
Great pics.
Wonderful **smiling** and normal people!!
Re: post #21, GREAT caricatures!Here is a better shot of the OTHER HALF of this creative duo, doodlelady - in red, white and blue, at the CENTER of attention...
...which is a good thing, as one of our objectives was to reward Governor Schwarzenegger for campaigning with the President:
Wonderful **smiling** and normal people!!Well...
...at least on OUR side.See also THIS related thread:
Here's why Bush will win in California:
Anti-Bush mother trains child to BITE Bush supporters
Legal XXX blog ^ | August 13, 2004 | Christopher
Posted on 08/14/2004 1:21:41 PM PDT by RonDog
Check out THIS strange incident, as reported by a law student who attended our rally last Thursday to welcome President Bush to Los Angeles
8/12/2004
Pics From Bush in Santa Monica Today
I went to the Bush fundraiser in Santa Monica today. Here are some pictures and a short report. I got there to 31st and Ocean Park Blvd about 2pm. The gathering was officially scheduled to start at about 3 and go until 5pm. Here's the scene as I arrived...
-- snip --
A lady I was standing next to was BITTEN by the child of an anti-Bush lady.
Apparently she was having her kid go around trying to BITE people with Bush stickers...CLICK HERE for the rest of that BLOG REPORTCLICK HERE for the rest of that DISCUSSION THREAD
What is "a large but smaller group of Bush supporters..." anyway?
Sounds like a Kerry "flip flop" to me. :o)
Exactly my thought! Why someone less charitable than I MIGHT accuse them of spinning the facts.
And our women are better looking!
...from the extraordinarily "fair and balanced" local newspaper, the Santa Monica Mirror.Note that this is the ENTIRE collection of the rally images currently posted on their home page.
See if you can determine WHICH SIDE of the "fairly evenly split" pro-Bush/anti-Bush event was NOT represented by their coverage. :o)
Copyright © 2004 by Santa Monica Mirror. All rights reserved.
Questions or comments? publisher@smmirror.com
Hint: Even the RABIDLY partisan folks at www.la.indymedia.org had a few pictures of OUR rally. :o)
A Glimpse of What Life Might be Like Under a John Kerry Regime
[A.N.S.W.E.R. rally in Santa Monica]
www.mensnewsdaily.com ^ | August 14, 2004 | Ray Blumhorst
Posted on 08/14/2004 9:55:42 PM PDT by RonDog
A Glimpse of What Life Might be Like
Under a John Kerry Regime
August 14, 2004
by Ray Blumhorst
What would life be like under a John Kerry regime? Some aspects of policies under a Kerry administration appeared to be in clear display earlier this week in the behavior and words of his supporters on the streets of a little town in California called Santa Monica. Santa Monica is well known for its liberal politics and the predominately liberal lifestyles of its inhabitants. Thursday, August 12, 2004 President George W. Bush came to Santa Monica airport for a political fund raising event, and was greeted there by California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, and other Bush supporters. I did not personally see President Bush, although at one point, from my vantage point, I did see cars come to a stop on the inland bound side of Ocean Park Blvd. At the same time all the cars were absent from the ocean bound side of Ocean Park Blvd. A few minutes later an excited lady ran back to us saying, “I saw him,” and “He had his window down and waved to me.” It was our President she was referring to. That was pretty much the political highlight of the afternoon, but by no means was it the only political event worth noting.At 2:45 P.M. in the afternoon I arrived near the beginning of the re-elect President George W. Bush rally. There were already some people with signs on the street corner of Ocean Park and 31st so I drove a short block to pay parking and hurried back to join the throng of Bush supporters already there. There were some Kerry supporters across the street, but all in all things were polite and civil, that is, until some Kerry supporters decided to come to our location and start standing in front of our signs with their signs vilifying the president. The leader of the Bush supporters decided at that point to led us to the east, although I was not pleased that we had ceded the spot where traffic heading inland would first see the rally. As the afternoon wore on, the intolerant and abusive character of many of the Kerry supporters (and some people driving by) began to come out like exorcised demons out of the head of a possessed person. It was not an easy afternoon to be a Bush supporter, but I wouldn’t have missed the opportunity for the world.
Over the course of the afternoon Bush supporters in Santa Monica were spit at, jostled, cursed at, gestured to obscenely, heckled, bullied, shouted at, lied to, and otherwise abused. I did not observe anything like that from the Bush supporters. It struck me at one point, that for a city that so prides itself on tolerance there really wasn’t much just a tyranny expressed in irrational “Bush hating” contained in their own one sided views. There group certainly didn’t appear to be any kind of a tent, big or otherwise, that was welcome or inclusive to the people they were prejudging and excluding with a furious anger and hatred. Signs and placards vilifying President Bush where prominent among the Kerry supporters everywhere and in my opinion expressed there biased perception of reality more than an objective and factual assessment of all factors making up current and historical events in our world.
At one point, a lady standing next to me said, “You know, I don’t see a single American flag on their side, and we have hundreds over here.” Later, another lady bravely went to the other side and inquired about this. She came back and told us that one person had told her, “We are ashamed of America, and its role in the world under George W. Bush.”
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A large crowd of people who oppose Bush and his policies came out to protest the visit. Also a large but smaller group of Bush supporters, bused in by party operatives, staged a counter protest.
How funny is that? They are the ones who bus people in and they claim we did it.
What beautiful People, they have in Santa Monica! :-)
Great job, all of you!
I'm always looking for recent pictures of support of President Bush to take to Walter Reed Hospital and Bethesda. Some of the wounded still believe that WE are against the war and against them. I always take pictures in that I've printed out, that show support for our troops, and/or support for Pres. Bush.
GO Santa Monica. You rock.
I put this one on my profile pictures.
Next time, *flick your Bic* underneath the banner; it'll come down real fast.
Positively inspirational!
Didn't notice too many American flags or VIETNAMESE flags on the anti-Bush side.
Bush is behind in California by double digits-about 17 points. Kalifornia and NY are a lost cause. He needs to spend his time elsewhere. Some states are beyond repair.
I really think all Republicans should leave those kind of states. It's gettting bad in certain states.
LOL! I love the Arnold "Girly man" poster ! hahaha!
Great Job!
Great Thread with Great Photos!
Thanks for the ping!
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Protest at Bush Fundraiser
