Hilla-Polooza Comes to Philadelphia Monday June 23rd at Noon, FReeps On!

[Doctor Raoul]

Hillary Clinton will make a local appearance Monday, June 23, 12:30pm.

Borders, 1 S. Broad St. 215.568.7400. http://www.borders.com

From the Borders site:

Here's the store on Broad Street on the south side of City Hall.

Meet Hillary Rodham Clinton
Living History
June 23, 2003 12:30 PM
Location: in store.
1 S. Broad
Philadelphia, PA
Phone:215.568.7400

Click Here for a map and a link to get door to door directions to this Borders

The paper described this event as "FREE" but if you're not buying Hillary's book, it's "No soup for you" time.

Figure on meeting there around 11{30 am to work the line.

[WSGilcrest]

Just a thought...

Heard this on Boortz the other day: Some anti-war types were protesting outside of a vets home. An old man comes out of the vets home with a bag of french fries and spreads them on the ground around the protestors and then leaves. Didn't take long for the "flying rats" pigeons to arrive and poop all over the protestors.

[CyberAnt]

ROTFLOL! I sure hope this is a true story - this has made my day!!

[Byron_the_Aussie]

[buffyt]

Yeah, free. I have been to a lot of book signings and if you don't buy the book you don't line up and meet the author. Except the late Barbara Olson. She was at a party that was also a book signing for her, at the home of a friend in Houston. She mixed with the crowd all evening. She was just so lovely, so lovely..... Gracious, beautiful, charming, warm, genuine. She was the OPPOSITE of Hildabeast!

[TonyRo76]

Hilla-Polooza

Guaranteed to attract hordes of Hilla-polosers!

[AGreatPer]

Monday (24 hours): Plenty of sun. Highs in the upper 70s and lows in the mid 60s.

[Doctor Raoul]

ping, FReep Mail me.

[fatima]

Here's a bump,wish I could go.Freepmail me on where you are meeting at 11:30.

[AGreatPer]

Will be a last minute decision if I can go.

If my son comes, would you sign off on "community service" rendered?

[Temple Owl]

I can't make it, but here's a FReep BUMP. Good luck, have fun and keep us posted. Thanks again.

OWL

[Doctor Raoul]

I may not be there till 12:00-12:15 or so. Don't worry just check in with then police on duty and let them know that you want to hold some protest signs. Look for plainclothes officers with a "Police" or "Civil Affairs Police" armband on and approach them if they're there. They're a bunch of good guys and they'll work out something agreable to all parties.

It's easy to talk to the police, start of with "Good afternoon, Gemtelemen/Ladies..." Let them know that you're conservatives and have NO plans for civil disobedience. That's also a good ice breaker because most protesters are left wing and most left wingers are violent to more or less of an extent.

A spot across the street or down the block where you're visible but out of the way of pedestrians and traffic is good.

Or just wait for me. There will be plenty of FReeping to go around.

[Doctor Raoul]

For school? Guess we could call it "a practical exercise" for civics class.

[mickie]

Good luck tomorrow.
Just found out about the book signing. Have a noon app't in DE. so I can't make it.
Maybe next time.......

[AGreatPer]

Any chance you can meke it?

[tgslTakoma]

PA ping, for Philly FReep on Monday at noon.

I won't be in Philadelphia, but will meet Her Heinous later in the day, when she arrives outside Baltimore for another book-signing.

Here's hoping that a bunch of you can make it a FReep double-header day for Hillary!

[Mo1]

Monday (24 hours): Plenty of sun. Highs in the upper 70s and lows in the mid 60s.

Update on the weather

[Badray]

Good wishes from Pittsburgh. I guess we'll have to 'welcome' her here someday too.

[mickie]

Beautiful day here in Philly area..........great turnout for the Shillery FReep!

[bvw]

Hillary Freeped in Philadelphia. Fatime, Fatima's daughter, Doctor Raoul. We stood at the south side of the streat and held up signs and Doc Raoul keep up the spirit with his 25 watt megaphone. I estimate the line about 150, maybe 250 total over two hours. No sight of her lowness. I did get to meet a few of the Secret Service Philly office and we were cheered on by many lunchtime urban pedestrians.

A few hot and bothered libs approached us. Including one Baby Huey-sized retired Marine in a wife-beater who was in among us very quick-like and ranting at Doc Raoul. Fortunately as he put his hands on Raoul -- Don Giordano, the WPHT 1210-AM radio host, defused the situation with a microphone and quick repartee. With the "glare" of the BigTalker's mike upon him he backed off and denied harrassing the erstwhile Doc Raoul.

He was nutz. We were essentially surrounded by obvious plain-clothes police and secret service, and maybe four, five undercover I'd guess. Still -- in a crowd damage can be done quickly, and the sidewalk we were on was crowded. So Don Giodano, radio host and quick-thinker, deserves a round of applause from us all, and here's a thanks to him -- hoping he reads it -- from me.

[bvw]

See report above.

[bvw]

Last I saw Doctor Raoul he was headed to Freep her Royal Lowness in White Marsh, Mary's Land.

[fatima]

Thanks for the report bvw,It was nice to meet you and Doctor Raoul and another freeper on her lunch break,-I forgot her name-if your reading this ,here is a hug.A very small crowd for the shrill and as soon as I got there I was interviewed by Fox news on a different subject,then a local paper,the reporter said to me "doesn't everyone lie in their memoirs".I also had my picture taken many times,they like my sign-"Hillary where's Bill" supplied by the good Doc.Many people tapped me on the shoulder and asked me to turn around so they could see our sign and they all laughed.We did have a few in your face people on our side,the one was a young woman who could not get over the fact that we had a sign that Bill had been accused of rape.She claimed to be a reporter I think ,and was asking the Doctor many questions,he gave answers-she didn't like them.She claimed to council rape victims,I didn't believe her and she jumped from the Doctor over to bvw with the same questions.The Hillary crowd on the other side of the street liked the Doc.and seemed to be in agreement with him and were just there to read about the sex.It was a small crowd,500 tickets were available and I counted 150 at the most there.The crowd was mostly 30 to 50 year old woman,maybe she paid them to be there,no-way she sold 500 from what I saw.The pro-lifers arrived and set up in front of and standing next to the crowd standing in line.I was suprised that the cops let them but there they were.The crowd booed them and a few of the women were hot with them but the cops,CIA,and the plainclothes men were there so that was OK.On our side of the street all were glad we were there except for a few.My 17 year old daughter,Mary, went with me and I was happy she was there.I found out later that the pro-lifers may have been from generation life. Before the Doctor got there we had people leaving the bank offering us cigars,thanking us,telling us we were right on.Doctor forgot his camera and so did I,sorry,fatima and fatima's daughter.PS Hillary supporters are wimpets.

[RonDog]

A few hot and bothered libs approached us. Including one Baby Huey-sized retired Marine in a wife-beater who was in among us very quick-like and ranting at Doc Raoul. Fortunately as he put his hands on Raoul -- Don Giordano, the WPHT 1210-AM radio host, defused the situation with a microphone and quick repartee...

EXCELLENT report, bvw!

See also, from http://www.thebigtalker1210.com/personalities/domgiordano.shtml:

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[bvw]

Hey! I knew he was Dom Giordano. I just called him "Don" as a sign of respect ... yeah, that's the ticket.

[RonDog]

GREAT FReep report, fatima!

See also, from www.nbc10.com:

Fans Not Disappointed With Hillary's Book Signing Book Reveals Details Of Clinton's Time In White House

POSTED: 4:16 p.m. EDT June 23, 2003

UPDATED: 5:19 p.m. EDT June 23, 2003

Hundreds of people lined up at a Philadelphia bookstore at the crack of dawn Monday.

They weren't waiting for the latest Harry Potter novel -- former first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton was in town promoting her new book -- "Living History: Hillary Rodham Clinton."

The lines stretched around the block and the books were selling fast as people from the Delaware Valley waited patiently for a little bit of living history because the New York senator's memoirs detail her time in the White House.

The tome is at the top of the New York Times Best Seller list and describes the night President Bill Clinton told his wife about the Monica Lewinsky affair. The book also discusses her husband's impeachment proceedings and her race for the Senate.

At the Borders bookstore in downtown Philadelphia, sales of Clinton's book are keeping pace with the newest Harry Potter novel.

"You can attract kids to read. You can take them away from the TV and the video games if they have something they are excited about reading, so I'm all for Harry Potter and the kids who read those books," Clinton told reporters.

Clinton's book has sold more than 600,000 copies nationwide in its first week.

Many people at the Philadelphia Borders store started to line up at 5 a.m. for a ticket to get in.

"We came around 5:30 because this is a very brave, brilliant woman," said Joanne Mahle, of Abington, Pa.

The book signing was by ticket only and 450 free tickets were doled out at 8 Monday morning. But Clinton fans who did not make the cut still bought the book and stuck around for a glimpse of the author.

"The little bit that I've read of things she has done that's been inspirational to me," said Mark Coberly, of South Philadelphia.

"We came around this time and didn't get a ticket. Hopefully (we will) see her as she enters the store," said Marla Zipkin, of Wynnewood, Pa.

Outside the book store the crowd grew as the hours wore on and protesters took the opportunity to voice their opinions to the senator about everything from city contracts to abortion rights..."

[RonDog]

:o)

[Angelwood]

Thank you for the report on the Philadelphia freep of Hillary's book tour. Hillary also was blessed with a contingent of FReepers at White Marsh in Baltimore this evening. FReepers are Everywhere (Hillary is signing books)! Let's keep on freeping on!

[fatima]

Angelwood,I was looking for a protest and got people in agreement on our side who just wanted a book signed ,and to be able to kill babies and everything else you can have.No Passion.

[RonDog]

See also, the VIDEO (FReepers visible towards the end) - posted at WPVI-TV 6:

Hilllary Hoopla in Philly

Philadelphia, PA June 23, 2003 — Hundreds of people turned out to meet Hillary Clinton today during a visit to Philadelphia.

 VIDEO: Hillary in Philly

Her fans lined up outside the Borders Book Store on Broad Street.

The former first lady and Senator from New York was inside to sign copies of her book: "Living History" -- her personal account of the Clinton presidency.

Even though Hillary Clinton has her share of critics...they weren't in this line today...

[fatima]

"I'm all for Harry Potter and the kids who read those books," Clinton told reporters. Gosh,in school report will give you great results on oral sex. as taught by Bill,use the girls,Hill-Bill used them-you use them.

[Doctor Raoul]

The other FReeper was "warf".

[Doctor Raoul]

That reporter is SO bad they could actually benefit from same mentoring from Jason Blair.

The "City Contract" protesters were people from Osage Avenue who lost their homes during the "Move Fire" and no live in city constructed homes on the same block.

We loaned they the megaphone for a while.

[fatima]

Thanks Doc ,I saw your pic and met you in honor of my sister.and you are the pro-tell me about Baltimore,the lines,the love-point me to the thread.Mary was low but having fun pushing this high and it is so great to see our young people there.

[WARF]

Hi, it was nice meeting you all. I wish I could of stated longer but my lunch almost over. My name was Antoinette. Have great day!