Swift Vets and POW's for Truth Rally in Raleigh, NC Oct.30,2004

Oct. 31, 2004 | Petes Sandy Girl

[Petes Sandy Girl]

Hello everyone! I'm a newbie here and since finding Free Rebublic I have been inspired! I was very fortunate to hook up with a great group of folks and participate in a rally! The rally was hosted by Bob Chamberlain, whose wife "had to literally peal me off the ceiling when John Kerry started spewing his lies about Viet Nam". Bob has sponsored several rallies and I wish that I had found him and Free Republic sooner! We met in Raleigh, NC across from the UNC campus.

Bob listens to one mans point of view, then proceeds to give him the real facts! Bob is a Viet Nam veteran and a wealth of information. He came prepared with flyers, business cards ("John Kerry is unfit to be President, Learn about John Kerry's record at:") complete with his web site, signs for us to carry and a huge billboard in the back of his truck. (Thanks Bob!)

You can visit Bob's website at: Betrayed Viet Nam Vet

While there in Raleigh, I had the great privilege of going to the local Republican headquarters. Richard Burr's campaign bus pulled up and he and his entourage filed out. As you can see in the picture below, Elizabeth Dole (in the red dress; beautiful lady!) was in attendance as well as the Republican endorsed Judicial Team; John Tyson (for Supreme Court Justice), Paul Newby (for Supreme Court Justice), Barbara Jackson (for Court of Appeals), Alice Stubbs (for Court of Appeals), and Bill Parker (for Court of Appeals). Remember fellow North Carolina residents, the Judicial nominees race is bi-partisan, meaning that there will be no "R" beside their names to indicate that they are endorsed by the Rebublican Party. Memorize their names or write them down. You ARE allowed to carry this list into your polling station and use it to remind you.

I also had the privilege of meeting Lee who drives a taxi in Raleigh. A staunch Bush supporter, Lee's taxi is decorated inside and out with placards, stickers, decals, Bob's web site on the bumper and even her drivers badge has a picture of our fearless leader, GW! You go girl!

Some pics of fellow Freepers. Freeper's Rock!! Ya'll are the greatest!!

We enjoyed a great response to our rally. Lots of "honks for Bush", "honks for our troops", thumbs up signals from those who drove by, and even a car that stopped and gave us bumper stickers with "WHO WOULD OSAMA VOTE FOR" printed on them! Of course there were a couple of incidents (picture below) of the other sides view of our rally. Mainly the "one finger intelligence" bird flipping, the thumbs down Michael Moron look alikes and the clueless, soon to be over educated, young folks who were not even born until after the Viet Nam war.

Oh well, you can't please everyone!

"Clueless, soon to be over educated", young man who once he started cussing NC Lady (freeper), was asked to leave unless he had a permit to protest. Notably, his sign was posted on the back of a cardboard Budweiser case box! To his credit, I will add, after he left, he did come back and apologize to her for being ugly. Maybe there is hope for the younger generation!

[Petes Sandy Girl]

I hope that I have done this right! It's taken me about 3 hours to put this together with learning the HTML here at FR and using image shack as the host of my pics. It's been quite a well rounded experience for one weekend, wouldn't you say?! A special thank you to all who made this such a great event! I had a blast!

[Petes Sandy Girl]

PING!

[LegalEagle61]

Thanks! The pictures were great, excellent joB!

[AmericanMade1776]

Great pics, and great job!

[SheLion]

Thank you so much for sharing this with us! Good going!

[oberon01610]

great pics just a couple of days until we win

[Raquel]

Great post!

[NCjim]

Thanks a lot for the pictures! A small point - so nothing bad happens next time you visit the Raleigh campus - grin...

UNC is in Chapel Hill. NCSU is in Raleigh, where you were. Some of us who are NCSU Wolfpack alumni do not take kindly to our Alma Mater being referred to as UNC as in your first picture!

[Saratogamema]

Hi: Read your post, you did "right." Went to your linked website which was a new one for me and then sent all of this along to everyone in my e-mail file. Good Job. God Bless.

[SolomoninSouthDakota]

Thanks for posting those pics. And welcome to Freerepublic, it's a state of mind. God Bless your efforts. We're gonna win this!

[AQGeiger]

UNC is in Chapel Hill. NCSU is in Raleigh, where you were. Some of us who are NCSU Wolfpack alumni do not take kindly to our Alma Mater being referred to as UNC as in your first picture!

Not to mention, anyone carrying a pro-Bush sign in the vicinity of UNC is not likely to make it home without a few bruises. It's a liberal wasteland here.

[kayak]

Great job! And welcome to FR!

Helpful info here, including a downloadable and printable card with the (R) judges on it.

http://www.ncgop.org/

Also, on the left, click on GOP Candidates for a list of those running for office by county.

[viaveritasvita]

Welcome to FR. Excellent pics. Great commentary, too.

God bless America.

Bush by a landslide!

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[Diva Betsy Ross]

Cool thanks!

[infogeekmom]

Should I fear for the life of my crazed right wing extremist Republican 18-yr old daughter who drove her Jeep covered in W-04 and Bush-Cheney stickers to Chapel Hill for homecoming/Halloween weekend?

[Petes Sandy Girl]

Please accept my sincerest apology NCjim. Maybe a "mod" can change that for me? I'm not sure how to contact a "mod", so if you could, I would greatly appreciate it.

kayak, thank you for including the link!

[MS.BEHAVIN]

GREAT job!!!
Welcome!
Ms.B

[NCjim]

No problem - just thought you'd like to know. While I was at NCSU my cousin was at UNC - they are the biggest of rivals. We used to trade jokes. All in good fun, of course.