The crowd beginning to grow before the show.
Posted on 10/03/2004 12:39:27 PM PDT by Loopy Picklefink
Michael Moore visited Orlando today, he came to the University of Central Florida(UCF) to try and spread his lies and propaganda to college students. It was outside, on a huge green lawn. The heat was unbearable, it should not be this hot in Florida in October! I went, I didn't see any other FReepers, but was in good company with many other protestors from UCF, ROCK (which I learned stands for Rebuilding on a Conservative Kornerstone), and a couple of others from the area. Being Michael Moore, and the fact the event was held on a liberal campus, we were of course very outnumbered by the number of leftists who came to see Moore. The majority of them were people from the campus, but there were many lefties of all ages who came to see their man speak.
When I got there, there were maybe 7 of us there. Soon, more and more started showing up, and the group grew. We had around 30 overall I think. At the same time, the lefties were picking up in number, and started to notice us standing behind them. They started coming over, some laughing, some curious, some wanting to argue, but the majority of them stared and were TAKING PICTURES. It felt like we were in a zoo, on display. Not that I minded, I just smiled and held my sign high and proud (It said, by the way, "No Moore. More Bush!") I think we're going to be all over the internet tomorrow with the number of pictures these people took. We had a few people get in our face screaming, but overall the left was very civil compared to the Kerry rally we were at a week or two ago. Some just had honest questions, and wanted to talk. One of the funniest exchanges I thought, was when a man went off about "tax cuts for the rich", and how we were "rich white people" and don't care about the poor etc. This was funny, because the majority of the people there were college students...who aren't usually rich!
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Moore's speech itself was one of the best parts for us. Everyone started moving foward and pushing their way into the crowd. We held our signs up high when he came up. When he was getting ready to come on stage, one of the security guys got on the mic and said "I need everyone to move back 10 feet so Michael can come through!" I nearly died. He was saying it for security reasons, but our side was cracking up.
Moore begins talking, I don't remember what he said at first. He gave a "shout-out" to "all my Republican brothers and sisters out there!", and welcomed us, and thanked us for being there, which apparently was supposed to make us mad.(?) During the first few minutes, our side yelled out a couple of things here and there, but I doubt he could hear. Finally, when he became unbearable, some of the guys on our side started up a "Bull Sh*t!" chant, that got surprisingly loud for our small group, enough for it to interupt Moore. I think this made him angry, because he kept trying to egg us on, and started talking more about Republicans after this, and making up ads for the Republican party to run that were of course making fun of us. Another chant later on was "Moor-on!" which also got very loud, where he had to stop again. We also made some loud "boos!" when he told lies about Bush, and chanted "4 more years" a few times.
I have never wanted to barf so much at a speech in my life. Moore went all out on the lies. He gave the normal DNC talking points on Bush and Iraq, the economy, and taxes. Then he started talking about Kerry, and how he doesn't flip-flop. Then making fun of Bush in the debates. He accused us of stealing the election(what's new) and encouraged all the people there to register and vote.
The biggest lie of all....."Bush is going to reinstate the draft!" I could not believe he said that. Even most democrats know now that is a lie, but he had the nerve to use that to sway voters! That man is so disgusting.
First the Lefties:
The crowd beginning to grow before the show.
"Hey, let's go make fun of those Bush people!"
"Wow! Hey Bob, real life republicans! Let's take pictures!
Some of the first people there.
They had some funny signs.
"Hey guys....let's take pictures in front of the Bush supporters and make the loser sign and thumbs down sign with our hands! Wouldn't that be so cool?"
I loved the pink Kerry sign.
Police intervention! (Actually, I didn't even notice him until I was looking at the pictures afterwards)
We got lots of media attention
I made the pink sign on the right...I got this girl to hold it for the picture.
My favorite picture. After the rally, the girl on the left came over trying to bait us with insane arguments. She starts going off about the environment and how Bush doesn't care yadayada. All the while, her leftist buddies have trashed the entire lawn and have shown no respect for the environment their party supposedly love so dearly. Great irony there!
Rumor is, Kerry is in some parade here today. Can't these people leave our state alone for more than a few days?
Ping! Wish you guys coulda made the freep! Next time ;-)
AHAHAHHA ya'll are so great!!
I love that "Meet the Stupid White Man" HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
Great job! You young people are the hope of this nation. Keep it up!
GREAT JOB! What a wonderful group of young people! My kids are all in their 20s and are all very conservative too!
GREAT JOB! THANK YOU for your hard work!
Who paid this slug $40,000 to visit and speak? Is your college part of the state system?
Thanks for sharing. Great job.
I really live your point about the envirowhackos.
Wonderful Job!
The left never expected the right to protest. Just wasn't done in the past.
btw, I hope that when you conservative students become Congressmen, you have more cojones than the current crop of elder wimps on the GOP side of the isle.
Compromise is essential, but rolling over and playing dead for the minority party is stupid.
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Great job guys! You give us hope for the future.
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I'd like ta meet who's holding that sign.
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You guys are great. Thanks for being there.
I don't know what the whole story is...but it goes something like this. He said he doesn't want to charge students so he told them he was coming for "free", but UCF still ended up having to pay $5000 for security, stage, setup, etc.
The problem with this began when Joe Scarbarough was scheduled to come(this Wednesday), and the school was refusing to pay for any of the expenses. Yet, they had no problem paying for Moore. I think they ended up getting some money from the school for the event, but I don't know if they were able to get matching funds or not.
and yes, UCF is part of the state system.
Thanks for the report and thanks for the FReep! You all did a great job!!
Loopy--You are FANTASTIC!---Thanks for your patriotism, energy,and an all around FReeper extrodinaire!! We love you!
Great pictures!!
I worked at the Airport Saturday-and on my way,-
I saw the set up for-a John Kerry-rally sometime that afternoon--at Freedom High School (Could be a grade school?)---Since when do politicians have access to our Public Schools!??
Will call Orange Co School Board Monday-- I didn't know this was "standard Operating proceedure??!!
That sign didn't go over that well...in that some of the lefties were coming over and asking if the guy holding the sign was a stupid white man. One lady came up and asked to shake the guy's hand...I could tell she was up to no good, but he did it anyway and she starts screaming "Hey everyone, I just met a stupid white man!" How original...
HAHAHAHAH that SHOWS they knew what it meant.... but wanted to try and dog him on it....it was GREAT I still love it and you folks are the BEST!!....how I wish I were well enuff to help !! woohoo
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