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madfloridian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-17-08 05:49 PM
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A "spontaneous manufactured event." Shades of the 2000 recount.
 
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And they are going to do it again on May 31
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gristy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-17-08 06:28 PM
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1. In a march in Washington a few years back, when we were protesting the war,
there was a counter-protest group that "infiltrated" our group en-mass with very large signs. I and many others had been "deputized" with nothing but an orange vest and some simple instructions. We were told to surround the group and simply shout them down. Didn't matter what we yelled, but to yell our heads off. The reaction of the targeted folks was clear. They wilted. They wilted simply because of the noise. Their chants couldn't be heard. It was so loud they couldn't even think. That we were all in orange vests helped too, I think. We marched all of them across the street without touching a single one.

There were 150 people in this "spontaneous manufactured event." An equal number of democracy-loving folks in orange vests and vocal cords intact could put a serious wrench in any planned May 31 "protest".
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madfloridian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-17-08 06:38 PM
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2. Might be an idea....if this stuff keeps up.
They have said they will do it all the way to the convention. Take counter measures, have counter folks handy. Might work. Infiltrate the ones who are infiltrating us.
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Muttocracy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-17-08 09:16 PM
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6. good for you and a great story. nt
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glowing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-17-08 07:30 PM
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3. Yes, someone was paying some big bucks to have buses take people
from Florida to Washington for this protest.. Sad only 150 Clinton supporters felt the need to go.. most of us who received the e-mails understand what is going on. Do you think they ever sponsored free buses to go and protest the war or Bush's assencion to the throne.. it was very obvious what was happening to us... and we are just as pissed at Clinton trying to steal Floirida as we are at our State officials mostly Repugs who helped with DINO's to engineer this madness in the first place.
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bluesmail Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-17-08 07:51 PM
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4. The Brooks Brothers Rioters
:mad: :mad: :mad:
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Snarkoleptic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-17-08 08:20 PM
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5. Astroturf...when grass roots become too difficult to achieve.
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Muttocracy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-17-08 09:16 PM
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7. :-)
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madfloridian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-18-08 12:16 AM
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8. There must be someone who can stop the protest on May 31.
There is no need for it. It will be most divisive. I keep seeing the dissension around us here in FL, and it really needs to stop. People are acting like this out of loyalty...there are some leaders like Wasserman Schultz, Bill Nelson, or Corinne Brown who said stop it..stop this protest.

I keep remembering there is a lawsuit pending against the DNC again..

It is not even a rational lawsuit, and the people filing it do not even believe in it. None the less they plan to take it to the Supreme Court by August.

What an interesting turn of the worm. Sometime next week, we may have democrats suing democrats for carrying out a very democratic policy of advancing minorities. Steinberg and DiMaio acknowledge with a grin that their reverse racism accusation will ruffle feathers, but hope the conservative judiciary will be delighted to strike a blow against affirmative action and rule in their favor. Their only objective, they claim, is to see all of Florida's delegates seated based on the January 31st primary election.


They joke about their own lawsuit, yet they will go ahead with it if they can. And the protest on May 31 also is coming. Florida needs time to heal.

Someone can step up and say enough.

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madfloridian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-18-08 12:54 AM
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9. Another "spontaneous manufactured event" from 2000.
This one will never be forgotten.

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gristy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-18-08 02:31 PM
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10. Two dozen people wearing T-shirts with that picture and text on it
Mixing it up with the "protesters" on May 31. That would be the end of that. :D

Tell me again, where is this protest? I'm starting to think some more about this.
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madfloridian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-18-08 10:49 PM
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11. I like the way you think.
DC, May 31, in front of the DNC...buses leave FL the day before, I think. Not sure of the time.

Cause I ain't going.

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gristy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-19-08 12:14 AM
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12. Excellent. Just need 22 more people to not go and we won't have a quorum.
;)
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