Posted on 04/15/2009 2:51:50 PM PDT by rwnj.org
I heard an estimate on WLW of 7,000. My ballpark guess would have pressed higher than that just. The square was jam packed and people were filling Vine Street as well, so it was clearly a large crowd. Though I did see some people dressed as if they were there from work, the majority of people seemed dressed to be there for the long haul.
I personally saw a handful of counter-protesters (probably 8 or 9 total). I heard (but did not see) what sounded like 20 or so at one point chanting O-ba-ma, but they were quickly drowned out by some chanting of U. S. A. One of the counter-protesters I saw was chanting White Supremacy. I guess she thought Robert Byrd was coming or something. One carried a sign that said Republicans Fore Sell Cry Babies. At least he spelled cry babies correctly. Most of the others were content to chant O-ba-ma. I saw a couple get asked questions like What has Obama done that you like? and watched them only come up with answers similar to Youre a racist. For the most part the protesters ignored the counter-protesters.
After a few speakers, the group marched from Fountain Square to City Hall. I noted quite a few people looking out of office windows watching and a few even giving thumbs up to the crowd as they marched by. A petition to reject stimulus money was handed over when we arrived at City Hall. The crowd stayed around for a while, chanting (USA) and singing (God Bless America).
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Nothing but a RACIST B****
It says, “I’m Ignorant”
Looks like olde english to me. Are the ACORN people also paying their taxes today and can’t help their seminar callers/protesters.
Are those devil horns? White devil horns? Another RACIST.
A simple literacy test for citizens to gain eligibility to vote would have prevented the election of zero.
But then half the Dem politicians wouldn’t qualify to cast a vote for themselves. :)
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