New York Anti-Letterman Rally Draws Dozens

[Stephanie]

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New York Anti-Letterman Rally Draws Dozens
By Roy Edroso
Tuesday, Jun. 16 2009 @ 5:37PM

We dropped by that Fire David Letterman protest across the street from the Ed Sullivan Theater. The Daily News says there were about 50 people there, but we put it closer to 100 if you include the rubberneckers. Indeed, there were about four or five times as many protesters as reporters and cameramen, who competed for pearls of wisdom or lunacy from the crowd. "I have a conservative blog!" one nice young man in a button-down shirt offered. "Women are being debased, Christians are being degraded! Anything's funny now!"



The protesters with the best hair -- we got a sense they were organizers -- seemed to draw the the most media attention ("I can assure you," said one such, "I am not getting paid for this") while the proles milled in the protest pen and had little debates with passers-by, e.g., "What was the deficit when Clinton left?" "What is it now with this guy?" etc.

"Where's the mainstream media?" asked one lady of no one in particular. "Where's CNN? NBC? Only Fox!" Actually we saw a woman from Air America but decided not to point her out.

There were also a few counter-protesters just a few feet away, doing funny voices and making fun of the folks in the adjacent pen. "Why can't I be in their cage?" asked one. "You're with the lunatics," replied a protester, "where ya belong!"

(These are the counter-protestors)


Back and forth went the enlightened Socratic dialogues -- "If he had said anything like that about my daughter," "He said 'knocked up,' he did not say 'rape'!" -- and some of them, we're sure, are still going on, perhaps over a lovely dinner at Ruby Foo's.

More photos at link


From the NY Daily News:

[marshall]

1. At least they know how to label themselves

Surprising self analysis.

[Stephanie]

3. That is the counter-protestors

[Cha]

43. LOL...I thought that was

very clever of the counter protester.

[roguevalley]

48. I believe that Keith said the idiot with the website who saw the little

crowd fled in a taxi when he got there he was so embarrassed at turnout.

[CreekDog]

2. Dozens

and 1 is a supporter of Letterman apparently.

:rofl:

[Tangerine LaBamba]

4. Ed Schultz theorized

that they couldn't be New Yorkers, "probably here on vacation."

I agree..................

[shadowknows69]

5. Was that first girl a former groupie for Twisted Sister?

Dozens huh? BWAH HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA. I'll bet CBS is drawing up the pink slip now Dave. Better get your resume in order. :rofl:

[mascarax]

9. I know! That's what I thought...

was just going to post about whether Dee Snider had anything to say on this dead issue.

[Sebastian Doyle]

12. She could be one of the band members

Her hair color and makeup are bad enough to pass for one of the guitarists. :rofl:

[dorkulon]

6. Let the ridiculous over-coverage begin.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,526684,00.html

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2009/06/16/2009-06-16_fire_dave_crowd_lines_up_to_protest_lettermans_palin_joke.html

[texasleo]

7. Ironically, there were more people out there on the day of the infamous joke.

They were outside to greet Howard Stern.


:toast:

[rvablue]

8. "I see idiots from my house."

:rofl:!!!!!

[frylock]

14. that guy is my new GOD!!!

:rofl:

[regnaD kciN]

21. Best. Sign.Ever.

:yourock:

[flvegan]

25. Best counter protest sign ever.

[Bravo Zulu]

10. Dave ought to spray them,

with that hose he has rigged up on the telephone pole over their head!

[Stephanie]

11. He should see if they float

[Johonny]

13. when making a fool of yourself

is it a good idea to demand MSM coverage?

[EFerrari]

15. "I'M A RIGHT WING LUNATIC"

:rofl:

[Jazzgirl]

16. What a big crowd! Dozens huh?

Well....I guess David should be very afraid......

[kath]

17. It's a HUGH protest!!1! I'm SERIES!1!!1

[RufusTFirefly]

18. What's up with that one lady? Did she go shopping first?

Looks like a bag for a bookstore. But it doesn't look like she bought any books. What a shock.

[name not needed]

19. I'm sure she's got a book burning to get to once the protest is over.

That or bibles to chuck at the gay/minority/not like us gawd fearing "christians" family next door

[ColbertWatcher]

27. She brought her kids. n/t

[bvar22]

20. Letterman will be missing a huge PR bonanza.....

...if he doesn't spotlight this ridiculous protest on his show tonight.

[Ilsa]

22. 50 people there? Wow, I'm really sceered for Dave, who continues to have top ratings. nt

[dflprincess]

23. Olbermann showed someone holding a sign that said

"We are all Palins"

The person holding it looked a tad inbred.

[ColbertWatcher]

26. See my post #24 below. n/t

[ColbertWatcher]

24. The woman in the top picture brought her kids ...

Susan Wynalek, right, of Coltsneck, N.J. , her daughter Stephanie, center and son Brett participate in a "Fire David Letterman" rally to protest his jokes about Sarah Palin and her family across from the Ed Sullivan Theater, Tuesday, June 16, 2009 in New York. http://www.daylife.com/photo/0fNbbyC2Ri6ks

[dflprincess]

30. I half agree with the kid's sign

"We support Sarah - NOT"

[ColbertWatcher]

32. LOL! n/t

[TahitiNut]

36. It's nice to see they took time off from trolling on DU and got some fresh air and exercise.

:evilgrin:

[Wind Dancer]

38. LOL!

Oh my goodness - that was priceless!!!!

[Hissyspit]

28. On tonight's Letterman show, he's doing "Top Ten Things Overheard at 'Fire Letterman' Rally"

[ColbertWatcher]

33. BWAHAHAHAHA! n/t

[Hissyspit]

50. VIDEO and Full List HERE:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=385&topic_id=325478&mesg_id=325478

[Stephanie]

54. Too funny! Top Ten >

THE "LATE SHOW" TOP TEN
"Things Overheard at the ‘Fire David Letterman’ Rally"

10. “David who?”

9. “Well, it was nice of CBS to provide the catering.”

8. “We should have done this years ago.”

7. “What idiot turned Broadway into a pedestrian mall?”

6. “Isn’t there always a crowd demanding Letterman be fired?”

5. “March around the potholes, people.”

4. “Can we also get CBS to bring back ‘Gunsmoke’?”

3. “When does Cheney get here with the waterboarding gear?”

2. “He should apologize for that hairpiece.”

1. “Thanks for coming, Regis.”

[Initech]

35. Letterman > all

[Cha]

44. That should funny..

Letterman is getting a lot of attention and he's not going to be fired.

[Bravo Zulu]

46. The top ten should be hilarious,

go Dave!

[CitizenPatriot]

29. wow, those right wing lunatics sure know how to protest!

How many porta potties do you think they ordered? You know how the overestimate their crowds. I'm guessing a potty per person.

Or, a potty per slogan o' sh*t ("we're all palins!"-- speak for yourself, right wing loon!).

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[myrna minx]

31. There are dozens of never nudes too.

:rofl: There are DOZENS of us!!! DOZENS!

[Initech]

37. Do these effectively hide my thunder?

:rofl:

[myrna minx]

41. Oh Tobias.

:rofl:

[Initech]

34. I see idiots from my house all right.

And that of course means the pro-Palin people.

[Arugula Latte]

39. Ooooh! I'm sure Dave is shaking in his boots!

:rofl:

[Arrowhead2k1]

40. So fucking pathetic OMG. It's like the "pots and pans" protest all over again.

:rofl:

[Mr. Sparkle]

42. lol, that sad mob couldn't organize a piss up in a brewery

I would hazard a guess and say that all those protesters are from the far far right and are daily listeners to limbaugh and hannity.

[saltpoint]

45. "The Letterman 50," storming the streets of New York, angrily demanding

Letterman's head on a platter, flashing cardboard posters suggestive of their moral outrage.

Fifty fierce, noble citizens. That's what we're up against, everyone. I honor the Good Fight as much as anyone, but against 50 anti-Letterman protestors, my knees go weak.

[kath]

52. One report said only about 15 protestors, vastly outnumbered by press people - BWAH!

[Stephanie]

53. In NYC, no less

You'd think out of 6M they could get a few more to come out.

[sniffa]

47. Where's Harriet Christian?

[sniffa]

55. A caller to Stephanie Miller said Harriet was there

:rofl:

[RagAss]

49. Wheel out the Brazen Bull !

[4lbs]

51. More people lined up at the Hello Deli to be seen on his skit. Also Letterman joked about these

protestors in his monologue and "Top 10".