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2004-09-17 Home Front: Politix
Kerry visit? Wrong place...
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Posted by OldSpook 2004-09-17 4:27:56 PM|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 Size: 200 people (several groups of 25-40)
Activity: Protesting Kerry, Promoting Bush
Location: About every intersection (all corners of the intersection) near the highschool, and a bunch more at the major intersections east and west of the school
Unit: Almost all Young people! (College aged, maybe a few high schoolers)
Time:1430MDT(2030Z)
Equipment: "Bush Country Signs", large (1m x 3m) banners with Bush Cheney campaign Logo, "Yard sign" type signs with "W", "Youth for Bush", etc
Posted by OldSpook 2004-09-17 4:36:26 PM||   2004-09-17 4:36:26 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 I bet we don't see the protesters on and MSM outlet.
Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2004-09-17 4:43:09 PM||   2004-09-17 4:43:09 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 NARR: I was going to late lucnh + early trip home. So I headed south out of Buckley AFB on Tower Road, going to Buckley Road and Iliff Ave - there are a ton of fast food places there (bad for the heart, I knwo). Also a Starbucks in a strip mall there to get a iced coffee for the drive home south. Plus its easy to get back to the toll road from there - straight shot - which will help me miss a lot of the Denver 5pm Friday rush traffic.

As I got to Tower and Iliff, I saw a crowd of people waving signs. I though to myself "Sheesh, roll up the windows, I dont want to get into it with Kerry-ites." To my surprise they were all BUSH signs or else mildly Anti-Kerry. And they were all college aged kids!

Ad I turned and drove past the high school (forgot that it was in my line of travel), I passed even more of them at every intersection along the way, to the school, and then on my way to lunch at the Wendys there (choices: Tacobell Wendys McDonalds Burger-King KFC Subway and a wings place we somtimes hit for night crew snacks up there). All of them were "Pro Bush" groups!

During lunch I saw maore people walking down toward the area, so after finishing lunch, I decided to drive around the block before hitting Starbucks. And the crowds (Bush) had grown quite a bit.

Now I'm getting my iced coffee beverage from Starbucks and typing you guys a sitrep before heading south.

One more to follow...
Posted by OldSpook 2004-09-17 4:45:10 PM||   2004-09-17 4:45:10 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 What was Kerry thinking?

A quick google search shows that their mascot is a jet fighter!

And its so close to the base and all those DOD contractors [I saw Lockheed, Raytheon and Northrop Grumman buildings out there) and retirees who want to stay close to that gorgeous BX and Commissary, (where I went today), so I'd say a great number of those kids parents who are related to Buckley or else stationed there.

It would be like Bush going into UC-Berkely.

What were they thinking?

Well, going to scan the board and run back home.

Im racking up bigtime minutes on the wireless today. Thank goodness for Laptops and WiFi hotspots.
Posted by OldSpook 2004-09-17 4:50:15 PM||   2004-09-17 4:50:15 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 SPOD:

you're probably right. Nice bunch of kids though, all smiles. Makes me feel a lot better about the future if that many young people want to get out and be heard - and be nice about it.
Posted by OldSpook 2004-09-17 4:51:39 PM||   2004-09-17 4:51:39 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Aurura, CO?
Hahahaha
Downtown Denver i'd understand...

Who is the advisor he hired who is 0-7 and wants to be 0-8.

Money wasted.
Posted by BigEd 2004-09-17 4:53:37 PM||   2004-09-17 4:53:37 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 They are called the "Raiders". My first HS (moved away) was the Raiders, but we had some guy in a pirate hat, like Texas Tech Red Raiders. But this HS is different.

FYI here is that Highschool's home page

Notice the HUGE "loaded for bear" F-16 they have as a mascot? (heh heh).

That the kids there have that as a mascot should have told the Kerry campaign something.

Also, Bush comes to town and fills an outdoor concert arena. Kerry comes to town and fills a HS gym. What a difference.

Thats it on here for now. Driving past there on my way out to the toll road.
Posted by OldSpook 2004-09-17 4:58:51 PM||   2004-09-17 4:58:51 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 Had to drive back just to post this!

The funniest "sign" so far?

A MICROSOFT WORD BOX being waved at people in cars with Kerry stickers!

I'm going to be laughing all the way home now!
Posted by OldSpook 2004-09-17 5:10:25 PM||   2004-09-17 5:10:25 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 LOL. Thanks for the liveblogging, OldSpook. You are blogging in your pajamas, right?
Posted by Seafarious  2004-09-17 5:16:44 PM||   2004-09-17 5:16:44 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 

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of the Kerry-Edwards Campaign

Posted by BigEd 2004-09-17 5:34:03 PM||   2004-09-17 5:34:03 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 Wow. I can just picture the scene, because I used to live right there (at 11th Ave. and Buckley Road).

If Kerry wanted to find supporters, he should have held a rally at 44th and Federal.
Posted by Dave D. 2004-09-17 6:03:00 PM||   2004-09-17 6:03:00 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 Home again home again jiggity jig.

Headed out for entertainment and dinner.

Nothing on the local news downhere about the Bush Partisans up there.

Figured media here would just ignore them. The Kerry thing (so far) is just mentioned in an audio piece with a Colorado Map background, no video. I guess its a non-event - for Kerry and the Pro-Bush kids.
Posted by OldSpook 2004-09-17 7:13:21 PM||   2004-09-17 7:13:21 PM|| Front Page Top

#13 OS---Seen any "Athletic Supporters for Kerry/Edwards" signs? That was always a popular gag at Berkeley in the 60s.
Posted by Alaska Paul 2004-09-17 9:13:43 PM||   2004-09-17 9:13:43 PM|| Front Page Top

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