11-06-2012, 06:20 PM
I was really hoping that I would be able to get through election day in this sleepy little town without witnessing the craziness that accompanied the first presidential election I was here for.
Nope. Not going to happen. Outside of the Post Office were a pair of people with a table, and lots of signs trying to convince the public that President Obama knew and was complicit in the 9/11/12 attacks in Libya that killed American Ambassador Chris Stevens.
They have gone all out. They procured some Obama posters, and took the time to oh so delicately (in black sharpie) give Obama a Hitler Mustache. They have signs saying "Impeach Obama! 9/11/12 HE KNEW".
The woman who was working their little "Booth" tried to talk to me on my way in, and on my way out. Apparently, the look on my face of "really?" on that way in was not enough to deter her. And on the way out she tried again, "Come on over, join the fun"
I looked at the growing police presence and back at them, and said "You don't want to hear my opinion" and walked away.
After I picked up my lunch, I drove by again, hoping to snap some photos of their silly little booth, but I'm fairly confident that every cop in Shelby was there by that time. Parked in front, parked across the street, and standing around, obviously discussing what they could do.
Obviously, they can't tell them they can't demonstrate, it's a public sidewalk, and they have the right to gather and "do their thing", but I'm pretty sure that the police are going to make them move their awesome obstruction to somewhere where it isn't obstructing the curbside parking, and the sidewalk all at the same time.
Now, so far the craziness hasn't hit the N word level of the 2008 post election trip to McDonald's (that's a crazy story there.), but we'll see tomorrow what happens. Yes. When Kaine (Lurker, knows Frag and I and a few others) and I went to lunch the day the results were announced in '08, we were greeted with a litany of crazy talk over lunch, most of it racially motivated, culminating with a man staring at the TV and saying "That damn ***** stole the election."
I just... /facepalm.
Nope. Not going to happen. Outside of the Post Office were a pair of people with a table, and lots of signs trying to convince the public that President Obama knew and was complicit in the 9/11/12 attacks in Libya that killed American Ambassador Chris Stevens.
They have gone all out. They procured some Obama posters, and took the time to oh so delicately (in black sharpie) give Obama a Hitler Mustache. They have signs saying "Impeach Obama! 9/11/12 HE KNEW".
The woman who was working their little "Booth" tried to talk to me on my way in, and on my way out. Apparently, the look on my face of "really?" on that way in was not enough to deter her. And on the way out she tried again, "Come on over, join the fun"
I looked at the growing police presence and back at them, and said "You don't want to hear my opinion" and walked away.
After I picked up my lunch, I drove by again, hoping to snap some photos of their silly little booth, but I'm fairly confident that every cop in Shelby was there by that time. Parked in front, parked across the street, and standing around, obviously discussing what they could do.
Obviously, they can't tell them they can't demonstrate, it's a public sidewalk, and they have the right to gather and "do their thing", but I'm pretty sure that the police are going to make them move their awesome obstruction to somewhere where it isn't obstructing the curbside parking, and the sidewalk all at the same time.
Now, so far the craziness hasn't hit the N word level of the 2008 post election trip to McDonald's (that's a crazy story there.), but we'll see tomorrow what happens. Yes. When Kaine (Lurker, knows Frag and I and a few others) and I went to lunch the day the results were announced in '08, we were greeted with a litany of crazy talk over lunch, most of it racially motivated, culminating with a man staring at the TV and saying "That damn ***** stole the election."
I just... /facepalm.
nobody ever slaughtered an entire school with a smart phone and a twitter account – they have, however, toppled governments. - Jim Wright