19th September 2008

Notes from a rally

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The dotter and I arrived right on time, with our sign in the car.  (The sign said “My mama ♥ Obama”, with an Obama with red, white, and blue hair hand-drawn by the dotter.)  Half-an-hour later, OmegaDad arrived, straight from work.

We spent 2 hours by the side of the highway, waving our signs.

The dotter met Sharee, a young teenage cheerleader (she was very nice, but dayum she was perky and dayum she just kept chattering and chattering and chattering), and the two of them spent the final half hour doing cheers together.  So now we have the dotter wandering around the house chanting “O-B-A-M-A!  Hurray!  Obama!  Today!”, complete with cheer moves, splits and jumps, and we expect we will be hearing it for a long time to come.

We ended up with about 70 people.  For Suburban Alaska, a big-time McCain/Palin stronghold, that was fantastic.  I was expecting maybe 12.

Within the first five minutes, we had a “F*** that n*****!” shouted at us.

One guy kept shouting from his car, “His middle name is Hussein!  His middle name is Hussein!”.  We had a couple of people shout out, “He doesn’t salute the flag!”.

About 20% of the people who honked their horns at us were non-supporters giving us the thumbs down or the finger.  Or devil’s horns.  That last one puzzles me.  Is Obama the anti-Christ?  (This is a serious question–do some people think he is?)

But we had an amazing number of folk who honked their horns and gave us thumbs up, a few who leaned out their car windows and hollered their support, some big-rig drivers who blew their air horns for us, and a few people who drove home, got their Obama signs, and then drove by again to show their support.

There were also the McCain/Palin supporters who drove home to get their signs and drive by again to show their non-support, and one brave couple who went home, got a McCain/Palin T-shirt, and stood on the corner in the chilly drizzle to counteract us.

The local newspaper apparently was there, and some photographers.

All in all, it was fun, except for the very few asshole-ish drive-bys.

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There are currently 9 responses to “Notes from a rally”

  1. 1 On September 20th, 2008, preTzel said:

    I’ve heard that some believe he is the anti - Christ and that if he is voted in to office the world will end. What amazes me is all of these people that are predicting it are avid bible - thumpers and yet the bible clearly states that no man will know the hour, the day, or the time. So how do they know? They don’t. It is one more thing to say.

    I did read on my local news website that about 40% (that’s HUGE) of democrats (white) will not vote for Obama simply because he is black. They won’t vote a black man in to office because they view blacks as “lazy” and “violent”. I don’t know about you but I have family members that fit in to both of those categories, simultaneously, and are white.

    It sickens me that we are in the year 2008 and such bigotry and hatred still exists. It’s sad and speaks volumes about how this country has failed to evolve, be more open minded, and accepting.

  2. 2 On September 20th, 2008, Lisa said:

    I know it’s seriously not funny, and that’s probably why I think it IS funny, because it’s some weird coping mechanism, but come on weird Suburban Alaska Republicans, the devil? For some reason the idea of suburban Republicans flashing devil horns at Obama supporters is beyond ludicrous to me so therefore it must be hilarious! Maybe they’re flashing the devil horns because they’ve all been possessed and they’re showing their own allegiance to the devil? But, as they say, you can’t argue with crazy!

  3. 3 On September 20th, 2008, Mrs Figby (aka Halcyon Mama) said:

    People are such idiots. Seriously. The anti-Christ? His middle name is HUSSEIN? For God’s sake people, get a grip.

  4. 4 On September 20th, 2008, WrapAroundSam said:

    You do realize that some folks can’t disagree with anyone or anything and do it in a civil manner. I dislike Obama but for his philosophy not his religion, race, middle name or any other asinine reason. Like it or not, that’s what makes this the greatest country in the world. We can do exactly what we feel and say we have the right to choose who we like or dislike for whatever reason and not be arrested for doing so.

  5. 5 On September 20th, 2008, you know where you are with said:

    http://walternatives.wordpress.com/2008/09/19/anchorage/

  6. 6 On September 20th, 2008, noreen said:

    I wish I could have joined you.

  7. 7 On September 20th, 2008, Jean said:

    I’m proud of you. Now get your Sbrother to vote.

  8. 8 On September 21st, 2008, Julie Pippert said:

    I often wonder if people get home and feel sick and stupid after sounding so sick and stupid, KWIM? I don’t mean that quite as mean as it sounds. It’s just wow, some of the hatred and ignorance is so ickified, and I know how sick I personally feel when I do something ugly or stupid. And I just wonder…do they?

    So awesome you went to a rally. I’ve been meaning to ask you about the feeling around you, since Palin was announced as McCain’s running mate. I got a little distracted, though.

  9. 9 On October 26th, 2008, OmegaMom said:

    [...] how I asked here whether Obama is supposed to be the anti-Christ, because some folks were giving us rally-ers the [...]

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