Gore on 20/20 tonight with Baba Wawa...mentions VP protests in 2000! WTG freepers!!

[ironman]

We had some huge crowds. Here a two links. Not all of my photos are still on the server.

Photos: DC Chapter FReeps the Veep 11/24/00
Photos: Mega Freep At the Veep's House 11/25/00

[Miss Marple]

I don't think they called off their dogs at all.

Jesse Jackson's protest fizzled, probably because he ran out of DNC money.

Also, I think it really frightened them that we were able to get spontaneous volunteers. We had never done that before. They were used to having the streets to themselves.

[LO_IQ]

they organized busloads of people that came and stood outside the house

The other night I had the rare opportunity to sit in (just to listen) a meeting of Florida Democratic operatives and organizers who had worked on the campaigns of House Representatives in Florida, from Katharine Harris’s opponents to Clay Shaw’s rival. (Don’t ask me how I got in, let’s just say that my wife is Democrat)

The group had two camps: the Chicken Little types: “This is terrible, we screwed up badly” and the Eternal Optimists: “We’re only a couple of seats away from a majority in the Senate.”

One of the Chicken Little crowd raised the issue of Tom Delay bussing “paid volunteers” to House districts with competitive races to help with the get-out-the-vote effort. He was contradicted by one of the Eternal Optimists group who said:

You don’t need to bus paid party workers to distant districts. You just hire them locally.

These bussed people were unpaid passionate Republicans who were very glad to help with the Republican take-over. We failed to energize our base, and we should not assumed that Republicans were as demoralized as we were.”

(Best of my recollection of the exchange)

I guess Democrats were surprised at the spontaneous Republican vigil outside Gore’s residence, so they have to concoct these stories about being orchestrated.

[immadashell]

'"GORE: I was scared that the truth was not going to come out."

He still is.'


Bill Sammon's book "At Any Cost" tells you why. Everyone can thank Bill by buying his books - they're VERY WELL documented.

[Media Insurgent]

There's nothing sweeter than to see leftists come unglued when someone uses their own tactics on them. I'm sure the Gores have/had no problem with hippies standing outside the White House chanting "Hey, hey LBJ, how many kids did you kill today?" or screaming for Nixon's impeachment. I bet a lot of those people were bussed in back then. Some of them were probably affiliated with "churches" too.

I have a theory that liberals get absolutely terrified when they see conservatives get riled up to the point of protest. Not only do they think they are the only ones with the right to get up in someone's face about an issue, but on a subconscious level they realize that they have overplayed their hand. Much of liberalism/socialism involves taking advantage of the productive elements of society while we are either not paying attention or just allow them to do it out of some vague feelings of guilt or the idea that it's inevitable anyway. When we finally get roused to anger, they see that their scam is in danger of ending. It's like the goose that lays the golden eggs is mad as hell and chasing them across the barnyard.

Kudos to all Freepers who protested! Knowing that you rattled Gore but good, makes me think that you may have put a damper on his desire or ability to push things further than he did.

[dead]

Not only do they think they are the only ones with the right to get up in someone's face about an issue, but on a subconscious level they realize that they have overplayed their hand.

Very good point. I’ve freeped Hillary a few times and you can almost see the rage and fear in the eyes of the liberals.

They’re like “That’s our tactic! How dare you steal it?”

[Howlin]

That was it!

[katykelly]

A full-frontal, pregnant, nude self-portait? First I've heard of that. Those people are deranged.

[immadashell]

"Shouldn't that have been their first CLUE that the people weren't with them, when they realized they had to import crowds?

They found out it was too tough to import dead people and mental hospital inmates. Their buddies in Florida were even too stupid to find the bus depot.

[Charles Martel]

Perhaps what Ms. Gore actually witnessed was the "dogs" calling Al and saying either "We pass" or "Send more money". :-) I'm not surprised that they'd try to spin things to make Al look like the self-sacrificing hero.

As for Karenna... we'd better watch her. She seems to have all the worst traits of both parents - and she has political ambitions.

[Howlin]

Bob Shrum. Don't forget him.

[Howlin]

Bump for taping!

[Angelwood]

The DC Chapter of Free Republic organized the protests at the VP's mansion on the grounds of the Naval Observatory during the aftermath of the 2000 Election. We showed up the first time on Thursday evening two days after Election Day (just a handful of us) and the Gore team hastily called upon some college students to show up as a counter and distributed Gore/Lieberman campaign signs for them to hold up. Someone even called the DC Police and reported a group of vandals who were jumping on cars -- us. Imagine our surprise.

From that night, we quickly organized other vigils/protests and passed out the DC Chapter Rules for Protesting to keep order as others equally outraged by Gore's and the democrats' attempts to steal the election in Florida joined us. We brought extra signs and sign-making materials, passed out buttons and flyers, and made many new and lasting friends.

The Saturday after Thanksgiving, when 1,000 plus people showed up in a chilly, drizzling rain, Al Gore was on the phone trying to find John Sweeney in order to get some union reps out to counter us. Unfortunately, as we learned from the book published by Washington Post reporters, Sweeney doesn't carry a cell phone and was unreachable. Too bad for Al Gore.

C-Span sells a tape showing some of the protesting on this same Saturday. The voiceover at the beginning mentions a few dozen protesters assembled in support of George W. Bush across from the VP's mansion, but then pans the crowd and it is apparent that there are many people gathered there and the opposite side of the street has about 40 Gore supporters. The corner had people 12 deep on the front lawn of the Vatican Embassy and the line of protesters stretched all the way down Massachusetts to a bend in the road. The signs were creative, clever, witty, humorous and we all smiled as we shouted, "GET OUT OF CHENEY'S HOUSE."

The Gores are trying desperately to rewrite history and make themselves into the victims...again.

[Miss Marple]

As God is my witness, I am telling you the truth. This was a video set up by Gore's campaign as a tour of their home in Tennessee. It was shown to the entire convention, and unfortunately (or fortunately, I guess) only those watching the complete epic coverage on C-SPAN saw it.

I will never forget it.

Plus there house was decorated in 70's junk. The bedroom had this ugly Mediterranean king-size bed with a humongous headboard. The house was very gloomy.

[AmishDude]

Maybe you're right, but then you're seeing the press cover protests and ignoring the (larger) counter-protest. It's difficult to cover a counter-protest at the Naval Observatory without having to at least describe why the original protestors are there in the first place.

[Interesting Times]

All-day parking in downtown DC -- $12.

One (1) Radio Shack bullhorn -- $29.95.

Learning that Gore and family are still whining and lying about the protests two years later...

Priceless.

[Howlin]

The one fact that they ALWAYS leave out of their little stories about Florida is that Al Gore landed a PLANELOAD of lawyers in Florida before DAWN Wednesday after the election.

Mind you, all the winning and conceding was done during the wee hours of the morning, but they STILL had enough time to land a planeful of their shills before the sun came up in Florida. Talk about organized!

[Fred Mertz]

Thanks for the factual summary, Angelwood. But it was my idea in the first place, right?;^)

[Howlin]

I'm not surprised that they'd try to spin things to make Al look like the self-sacrificing hero.

Exactly. And I agree about "the girl." She's dangerous.

[Howlin]

Yes, I remember that. We had a live thread and people were astonished!