Just got back from Sarah Palin rally in Richmond.

[arcadian]

David Swanson and I interviewed a lot of McCain/Palin supporters in the parking lot. We decided not to go in and hear Sarah Palin speak as we had been in the parking area interviewing people in line for quite a while. We realized that the people weren't to keen on us telling them the facts around John McCain, the Iraq War, 9/11, Sarah Palin and you name it. In fact I don't think we would have gotten in, we had the line pretty roiled up and I saw a few people report us to the authorities. So look for some good stuff coming out soon, tonight hopefully, on http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/ and on the political video forums here. David was great and he is a fantastic debater.

One McCain/Palin supporter threatened us that 'we could be "dropped" and nobody would no where we were'. Got some great stuff, about an hour and 20 minutes worth. Stay tuned.

[yardwork]

1. Did you get the death threat on tape?

[arcadian]

4. Sure did.

n/t

[yardwork]

41. Good. Secret service should receive a copy of that.

[thecrow]

18. OMG what death threat?

[arcadian]

21. Some guy told us that we could disappear and nobody would know.

n/t

[Lex]

22. the one the OP described

about being "dropped" I assume.

[NJCher]

2. thanks for your gutsy work

I am looking forward to more!



Cher

[gratuitous]

3. I'll just say

Heh, indeedy.

[Ichingcarpenter]

5. thanks look forward to your report n/t

[Cybergata]

68. How can Obama lose with . . .

Hypnotoad on his side!!!!

I love it.

[Lex]

6. Glad you are okay and got back safely.

Those are some scary mofos at those McCain/Palin hatefests.

[arcadian]

7. I can't tell you how many times we were called socialist communists.

n/t

[Lex]

8. I bet they couldn't write a whole paragraph about what socialism OR

communism is. Idiots.

[Wednesdays]

25. Sure they can.

"They're uppity fags who want to raise our taxes, burn our flag, coddle and surrender to terrorists, and turn all our children into sex slaves." :eyes:

[Blue_In_AK]

13. Kind of ironic

when a lot of the more conservative Republicans in Alaska have called Sarah a "socialist" for giving us all an extra $1200 this year with our permanent fund checks to defray energy costs.

[arcadian]

15. We asked people if they thought that was a socialistic policy.

n/t

[Blue_In_AK]

23. And what did they say?

That always seems to be everybody's big complaint against Alaska (especially among some Democrats here on this very board) that we're nothing but a bunch of lazy socialists up here, and why do WE get to have a Permanent Fund when no other state has one (other than Wyoming, someone told me).

[arcadian]

31. I can't recall exactly, it seemed every issue they were flip flopping.

Most just didn't know what to say except, that they thought Obama was a socialist and that he'd be performing abortions in the Oval Office.

[roguevalley]

28. if you have the threats and others on tape, send it to Olbermann and

Rachel. They will use it.

[arcadian]

34. Will do, thanks.

n/t

[KurtNYC]

46. but socialism is only for Wall Street and large banks

:sarcasm:

[DainBramaged]

49. These fucking people don't know how to spell either word, let alone understand them

[reggie the dog]

60. I voted Communist "PCF" and Socialist in our last elections

here in France.....

[bvar22]

64. The real irony is that Palin is more of a Socialist than anyone running from either Party.

Palin Raised Taxes on the Oil Companies in Alaska and has used this money to finance the State budget AND give a dividend check to every Alaskan.
This is the same thing Chavez has done in Venezuela!

The really rude part is that Americans in the other 49 states are paying for Palin's "generosity" through higher prices at the pump, but don't expect the Media to point that out.......or the Democrats.

[Ikonoklast]

9. Did it lower your IQ?

I'm afraid to get too close to that big a mass of stupid and get sucked in by its gravity.

[bertman]

12. LMAO at "that big a mass of stupid". How true!

Edited for accuracy.

[AlCzervik]

10. Can't wait to read it and i'm glad you made it out in one piece.

[arcadian]

11. Wait til you see it!

It's great stuff. We interviewed a mom and her son who is going off to Iraq soon, He blamed the "Twin Towers" on the Iraqis.

[CarlFrank]

14. How many?

The freepers reported upward of 40,000 attendees to hear her in Richmond. Could there be 40,000 wackos in Richmond? What is your estimate?

[arcadian]

19. No way. It wasn't even in the raceway.

It was outside in the parking area. Probably around 6000, which is what they expected for Arthur Ashe center. Possibly as high as 10,000 but I doubt it.

[CarlFrank]

30. What the freepers say

Very funny. Here is the Freeper link
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2104513/posts

For instance:

"WOOOOOHOOOOO

She’s gonna fill that damn place!!

take that you little Bambi Pukes!!!!!"

[yardwork]

43. Bambi Pukes? We are "little Bambi Pukes?" LOL!

I don't get it. What are the freepers trying to say now? I sort of get Bambi as an insult... wait, I don't. And Pukes is what we call them.

[jonnyblitz]

54. it comes from mispronouncing Obama's name (OBAMBI)

I have seen wingnuts call him that. :crazy:

[yardwork]

57. LOL! They're making fun of themselves for not being able to talk!

[HughBeaumont]

71. Uh, didn't Bambi save Faline twice from danger and the other animals after a forest fire?

Bambi was courageous. Unlike flipper fish McClown, who asks "how high" when Bewsh and the Fundies tell him to "Jump".

[nxylas]

48. This comment was even better

"the television station is saying only 1,000 there and maybe another 1,000 expected.

more local bias?

that is from around noon."

Bwahahaha, my gut tells me that at least a million people attended, whatever the fact nazis in the liberal media say.

[Greyskye]

58. "my gut tells me that at least a million people attended..."

Yeah? My gut tells me that you can't count without using your fingers and toes. :eyes:

[Mariana]

62. "Fact nazis." WTF?

:crazy:

[nxylas]

73. Local newspapers are all fact, no heart

If some Freeper wants to believe that hundreds of thousands of people attended a Palin rally, who are the elitists at his local paper to tell him that it was only 1000?

[lynnertic]

65. Welcome to DU! If Palin's campaign reports 40K, assume 20K

or less than 10K.

[rvablue]

16. Were there any Obama supporters/protestors there?

I was thinking of going but decided against it as the Henrico cops kinda scare me. I just figured I would't be let onto the grounds.

Thanks for going and asking the questions and putting up the videos...I'm so curious to see it.

[arcadian]

20. No, we were indeed strangers in a strangeland.

But, David and I are both Virginians and we don't take any shit from anybody on our native soil. ;-)

[Lex]

24. This North Carolinian thanks you for being brave

and diving into the abyss of stupidity and hatefulness so it can be seen for what it is.

[stoge18]

35. You're now on my list of favorite Virginians

Right up there with Dave Matthews! Thank you for having the strength and courage to enter the belly of the beast. I look forward to the video.

:dem:

[RadicalTexan]

45. As a Texan, I say, "SOLIDARITY!"

We have a fine tradition of thoughtful, justice-loving Southern American patriots.

:patriot:

Thanks for doing the dirty work. We'll drag these people into the eighteenth century sooner or later.

[done_left_austin]

17. Thanks!

Thanks for the work. By the way, there's a freeper thread that the Virginia rally opened with a new "song" - and I use the term loosely - by Hank Williams Jr. The song is plain atrocious. Please rate it if you have a youtube account: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S81brjpteDk

[Captiosus]

36. Hank was actually at the McCain Virginia Beach rally

Played the song live.

Our local public access channel was down there covering the rally just as they covered the Obama rally up here in Newport News.

Wonder how many people showed just to see Hank. :rofl:

[beac]

40. Just don't watch it all the way through.

beyond the sheer insult that it is the the eardrums, you don't want to give it a higher viewcount. Rate down and run away! ;)

[HCE SuiGeneris]

26. K & R

[d_b]

27. k&r

[EFerrari]

29. Holy f. I'm so jealous I wasn't with you guys.

Will keep an eye out.

I'm asking Frank Schaeffer to talk to DU about the radical extremist evangelicals behind Palin.

Go, us!

:woohoo:

[arcadian]

33. That's almost everybody there.

We asked what people's main issue was and almost all said, abortion. Oh yeah, this is great, David talked to some 19 year old kid with a Liberty University shirt on and was asking him why he didn't join the army if he thought Iraq was such a glorious war.

[EFerrari]

37. Get this: This morning, Frank said he was for Obama because of abortion.

He said the number of abortions would go down and that women, families and children would get better care under an Obama administration.

:hi:

[yardwork]

44. That's the truth that dare not speak its name.

[The Hope Mobile]

50. That's so true. I have a graph somewhere that shows that abortions always go down during dem

administrations, because employment goes up and the economy's always better.

[tonyj1600]

32. Shocking Palin Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1exiyBYnJ00

[Lochloosa]

53. Welcome to DU tonyj1600. Funny video.

:toast:

[lpbk2713]

38. K&R and thanks.

We owe a lot to people like yourself who are willing to take chances for the right reasons.


:thumbsup: :hi: :thumbsup:

[rvablue]

39. Some reports are estimating a 20,000 crowd

but I don't buy it.

How many people do you think attended? I know RIR is a big place but I just find it hard to believe that they got that kind of a crowd in the middle of the day on a work day.

Were the majority of people old? young? middle-aged?

I know I should be patient and just wait for the video, but I'm so curious!

[Gregorian]

42. That's what I call heroic.

Really. I look up to you guys. One of these days I just might be in your league.


Good for you.

[Rainbowreflect]

47. You are truly brave!

[sellitman]

51. Are you two still in the Richmond area?

Im staying here (Richmond ) two nights. I'd love to meet you two and tip a few.

PM me if you can.

Kevin

[Blue_Tires]

52. yeah, they were here in Virginia Beach today, too

didn't have the stomach to go...

[felinetta]

55. These people are HATRIOTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[chalky]

74. Hadn't heard that term before. Do believe I'll be adopting it.

:)

[dixiegrrrrl]

56. why was the video on downingst taken down?

I just popped over to the page, the first video is now taken down.

[codjh9]

59. "... report us to the authorities." Yeah, what do you think we allegedly have, free SPEECH? n/t

[bigtree]

61. I hope the SS can make some arrests for the threats

great work

[Mariana]

63. I don't think that's their job. The local police, on the other hand,

ought to be very interested.

[SammyWinstonJack]

66. That's a whole lot of stupid! Faux snooze watchers! A whole lot of stupid!

It's very frustrating! GAWD! GAWD! GAWD! :banghead: :argh:

[Solly Mack]

67. Thank you both!!! You're both saints

[Fluffdaddy]

69. Wow.................Just wow

[onfiredem]

70. Please be very careful, the republicans are nuts right now

[newtothegame]

72. Death threats? Man, ridiculous. :( n/t