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RAZD
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Message 1 of 9 (727275)
05-16-2014 10:17 PM


'It's a very dismal turnout'
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If you missed last night’s show, you might not realize that today was intended to be a momentous day in the history of the United States — at least according to some strange right-wing activists with grandiose ambitions.
The initiative was called Operation American Spring — the American version of the Arab Spring — which according to organizers, was supposed to deploy 10 to 30 million Americans, all of whom would descend on our nation’s capital for an unprecedented protest, which would force America’s elected leaders from office, effectively overthrowing the government.
Operation American Spring, billed as a Friday morning multi-million patriot march on Washington, D.C., to oust leadership from the nation’s capital — from President Obama to House Speaker John Boehner — has proven woefully below expectations.
It’s a very dismal turnout, said Jackie Milton, 61, a Jacksboro, Texas, resident and the head of Texans for Operation American Spring, to The Washington Times. He said hopes were high when he arrived in Alexandria, Va., a day or so ago and found motels and hotels were sold out for 30 miles around.

Is the far right so lost in their own echo chamber that they truly prefer mass delusion to reality?
The other half of the demonstration was a group supporting Bundy -- the welfare cowboy that refuses to pay subsidized grazing fees.
And this is the great white "hope" -- the angry white men -- of the republican party?

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05-17-2014 8:54 AM



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RAZD
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Message 3 of 9 (727295)
05-17-2014 10:03 AM
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05-17-2014 8:54 AM


A Spectacularly Awesome Turnout for the Patriotic Operation American Spring
http://www.forwardprogressives.com/...ration-american-spring
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Millions upon millions of proud Obama-hating Americans took some time off from watching Fox News to descend upon Washington D.C. in an effort to force President Obama and other elected officials from office. Well, maybe not the 30 million that event organizer Harry Riley claimed would show up ...
Yes, there were dozens upon dozens of dedicated patriots there to show their overwhelming support for everyone who hates President Obama — even though most of them can’t even name five facts about him.
Will this massively successful historic event bring about real change? It will if these dozens of people have anything to say about it. But there’s one message that these people have made perfectly clear — they love our Constitution so much that they’ve gone out of their way to stage this rally showing that they don’t understand anything about it.

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Message 4 of 9 (727299)
05-17-2014 11:17 AM
Reply to: Message 1 by RAZD
05-16-2014 10:17 PM


My favorite line so far is that 30 million was a typo. They meant to say 30 milling people.

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Message 5 of 9 (728185)
05-24-2014 8:05 PM


Not a laughing matter
The 10-30 million patriots WERE there but, now it comes out, something made them all disappear!
Millions Reported Missing.
The Obomber Administration has got to be responsible. But what black muslim magic is this?

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Message 6 of 9 (728186)
05-24-2014 8:07 PM
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05-24-2014 8:05 PM


Re: Not a laughing matter
The Rapture

What if Eleanor Roosevelt had wings? -- Monty Python
One important characteristic of a theory is that is has survived repeated attempts to falsify it. Contrary to your understanding, all available evidence confirms it. --Subbie
If evolution is shown to be false, it will be at the hands of things that are true, not made up. --percy

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Message 7 of 9 (728200)
05-25-2014 11:53 AM
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05-24-2014 8:05 PM


Re: Not a laughing matter
Millions Reported Missing.
I just came back from a visit to eastern North Carolina, and the streets seem to be pretty full. We still seem to have all of our right wing nuts. Lots of trucks with old McCain/Palin stickers and Rebel flags. Anyone notice anyone missing?
Edited by NoNukes, : No reason given.

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Message 8 of 9 (728209)
05-25-2014 3:22 PM
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05-25-2014 11:53 AM


Re: Not a laughing matter
I guess that's part of the mystery. No one knows where they went to and now no one knows where they came from. Insidious stuff going on here.

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RAZD
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Message 9 of 9 (728402)
05-28-2014 8:30 AM
Reply to: Message 8 by AZPaul3
05-25-2014 3:22 PM


Final throes
Operation American Spring Officially Ends -- It Was Pathetic
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Operation American Spring Officially Ends It Was Pathetic
Rolling Thunder snubs OAS
Operation American Spring officially ended today with a whimper instead of a scream, as the Rolling Thunder motorcycle rally rumbled through Washington, DC to commemorate Memorial Day, ignoring OAS entirely.
The annual Ride for Freedom was made up of some 6,000 motorcycle enthusiasts of all ideological and social stripes. The Operation American Spring organizers had desperate hopes that the bikers would join them and bring their movement back from the dead. However, nothing that took place in the rally had any connection to OAS, the Facebook-driven push to impeach Obama and his criminal administration by a few dozen far-right malcontents that was supposed to culminate in an occupation of the Capitol District by tens of millions of Americans.
In reality, a few hundred patriots (at most) milled aimlessly around the Mall for a few hours before going home to engage in a maelstrom of finger-pointing that included the traitor Glenn Beck, the conservative media and alternative news groups and commentators, and, of course, the Obama administration, which allegedly blocked their social media access and perhaps even held rain dances to deter the tens of millions of patriots from coming out in the morning showers.
Or was that tens of milling Americans ...?
It's nice that these nutters tried non-violent protest. The problem is that their "audience" is mostly gun nutters of the Cliven Bundy ilk.
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