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Amid a wall of noise, some quiet voices- Columnist slams NY FREEP of Freaks
Pittsburgh Post Gazette ^ | Monday, August 30, 2004 | Dennis Roddy

Posted on 08/29/2004 10:20:16 PM PDT by pittsburgh gop guy

There actually were Bolsheviks at the march yesterday. More properly, there were Bush supporters who dressed as Bolsheviks. They had put together some brilliant signs, illustrated in Soviet realist style, showing John Kerry wielding a worker's hammer, depicting Marx, Lenin, Engels and Kerry in heroic profile. The signs were emblazoned "Communists for Kerry," and "The next generation building communism for America."

"We're just spoofing," one of the men told me. They'd linked up on Free Republic, the ultra-right-wing Internet site and, well, when these people link up, stuff like "Communists for Kerry" is one of their more polite ideas. They slipped into the march and nobody seemed to notice, object or recognize that they weren't actually communists and weren't actually for Kerry. Many of the signs yesterday said, "Bush Lied," but when his supporters do it, it still works.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Editorial; Front Page News; US: New York; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: anarchists; antiamerican; antiwar; commies; communists; communistsforkerry; freep; freepers; marxists; nyc; nycprotest; protest; rnc; rncprotest; scum; unamerican
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To: Billthedrill
Oh, man ... that was GREAT!!! What's really telling about those pics is that the spoofers are the ones with the twinkles in their eyes, and the liberals are dour and humorless. That tells me who's winning, who's hip, and who's going to connect with the younger generation. Good riddance, liberalism.

Anyone who has not done it yet, click on the link in post 9. DO IT!!!

61 posted on 08/30/2004 12:44:27 AM PDT by Finny (God continue to Bless President G.W. Bush with wisdom, popularity, and victory.)
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To: pittsburgh gop guy
It would be a hoot if we could plant about twelve marchers with signs that said "WORLD COMMUNISTS PARTY FOR KERRY." This would be real street theater men in soviet style military uniforms with short cropped haircuts and jackboots. They would have to be at least six feet tall. On their arms would be the hammer and sickle banners. Two of the men would carry an eight foot banner saying: "Official Sponsor of Communist For Kerry Rally."
62 posted on 08/30/2004 1:05:34 AM PDT by jonrick46
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To: DB

We could try for "ULTRA" with a star, Or maybe a "V".


63 posted on 08/30/2004 1:31:07 AM PDT by rock58seg (Native New Yorkers forget 9/11/2001. Texans remember the Alamo, 3/13/1836)
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To: ahadams2

You expect people who do *this*

"After shouting at a knot of Republicans who stood outside Madison Square Garden, the marchers shouted at a billboard. Fox News had taken out a big ad on the corner and the marchers screamed "Fox lies" at it for a while. Turning the corner by Macy's Department Store, they discovered a huge video screen streaming the Fox News report. They yelled at it, too, until a roar of approval went up as Fox broadcast the protesters live. They watched themselves on TV, then moved on."

to recognize the stinging wit of an excellent satire?....LOL!

I laughed myself sick reading that part.
I mean, sure, I've spat the obligatory curse at the chair leg I banged my toe on or the hammer that mashed my finger, but I have *never* stood for a protracted amount of time and simply screamed at an inanimate object.

*whew*
I'm still giggling....;)
[in retrospect, perhaps it would have done me some emotional good if I'd screamed at a fencepost after Gore pulled his FL crap]...LOL!


64 posted on 08/30/2004 2:14:41 AM PDT by Salamander (If you're happy and you know it, clank your chains.)
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To: pittsburgh gop guy
UNGRATEFUL

PIGS

PARASITES


65 posted on 08/30/2004 2:28:45 AM PDT by ppaul
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To: pittsburgh gop guy; sauropod
They slipped into the march and nobody seemed to notice, object or recognize that they weren't actually communists and weren't actually for Kerry.

Where's Mr. Clue? He's needed here, to introduce Mr. Roddy to Mr. Point.

66 posted on 08/30/2004 4:25:16 AM PDT by hellinahandcart
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To: pittsburgh gop guy; hellinahandcart; NYC GOP Chick

Poor Nora Williams. *sob*


67 posted on 08/30/2004 5:25:10 AM PDT by sauropod (Hitlary: "We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good.")
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To: Lil'freeper; big'ol_freeper; Happygal

This is hilarious.


68 posted on 08/30/2004 5:38:15 AM PDT by sauropod (Hitlary: "We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good.")
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To: sauropod

Nora should have kept her stupid ass at home and left my city alone. I despise these cretins.


69 posted on 08/30/2004 5:43:38 AM PDT by NYC GOP Chick (Kerry is a Sitzpinkler!)
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To: All

"It was the last coherent sound from that corner of the march. Afterward, there was only the sound of whistles. Once there was a message. Now it is simply anger with a volume knob."

Doesn't that say it all.


70 posted on 08/30/2004 7:06:51 AM PDT by Hoodlum91
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To: pittsburgh gop guy
After shouting at a knot of Republicans who stood outside Madison Square Garden, the marchers shouted at a billboard.

And I wonder if they influenced the billboard to rethink its position? Man, what a bunch of mental incompetents...

71 posted on 08/30/2004 7:12:23 AM PDT by cspackler (There are 10 kinds of people in this world, those who understand binary and those who don't.)
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To: pittsburgh gop guy
They'd linked up on Free Republic, the ultra-right-wing Internet site

Sounds....so...UN-progressive.

However, unlike liberals who have to invent new names for themselves every 4 years or so (liberal=progressive, homosexual=gay, pro-choice=pro abortion), I know of no one who isn't proud of being an ultra-right-winger or a Christian fundamentalist.

72 posted on 08/30/2004 7:18:21 AM PDT by N. Theknow (Kerry Kool-Aid: Changes flavors with every sip.)
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To: kb2614
I prefer uber-ultra-super-mega-right-wing. I wish the lefties would get it right. ;)

Great comment -- I'm with you!

73 posted on 08/30/2004 7:19:49 AM PDT by 68skylark
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To: pittsburgh gop guy
Many of the signs yesterday said, "Bush Lied," but when his supporters do it, it still works.

Um... the folks dressed as bolsheviks were fakes, but it's not a lie -- the Communist Party of the USA has endorsed Kerry for President.

74 posted on 08/30/2004 7:22:36 AM PDT by kevkrom (My handle is "kevkrom", and I approved this post.)
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To: Billthedrill

Solidarity with vanguard forces bump!

Great link in your post. ;^)


75 posted on 08/30/2004 7:46:54 AM PDT by headsonpikes (Spirit of '76 bttt!)
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To: pittsburgh gop guy

(Dennis Roddy can be reached at droddy@post-gazette.com or 412-263-1965.


76 posted on 08/30/2004 7:48:51 AM PDT by mhking
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To: Finny
Oh, man ... that was GREAT!!! What's really telling about those pics is that the spoofers are the ones with the twinkles in their eyes, and the liberals are dour and humorless. That tells me who's winning, who's hip, and who's going to connect with the younger generation. Good riddance, liberalism.

That's a great point. Humor often wins people over.

77 posted on 08/30/2004 7:50:53 AM PDT by The Toad
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To: pittsburgh gop guy

"ultra-right-wing?"


I thought we were super-giga-doubleplus-rightwing.


78 posted on 08/30/2004 7:52:49 AM PDT by Petronski (Sometimes I'm just too damned cranky.)
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To: pittsburgh gop guy

ultra-right-wing? Me? No way!


79 posted on 08/30/2004 7:53:13 AM PDT by isthisnickcool (Strategery - "W" plays poker with one hand and chess with the other.)
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To: isthisnickcool

Seems the pistgazette thinks you are


80 posted on 08/30/2004 7:56:25 AM PDT by Dawgmeister
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