{"id":377,"date":"2004-08-04T01:24:52","date_gmt":"2004-08-04T05:24:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.test.bradblog.com\/?p=377"},"modified":"2004-08-04T01:24:52","modified_gmt":"2004-08-04T05:24:52","slug":"goonies-cronies-waffles-or-pancakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=377","title":{"rendered":"Goonies, Cronies, Waffles or Pancakes?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>(NOTE: This entry guest blogged by Bryan)<\/i><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/archives\/Goonies.jpg\" hspace=\"6\" vspace=\"3\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\"><br \/>\nThose gun-toting fascist liberals were at it again, promoting free speech and not turning people away from their rallies due to race or political affiliation.  A handful of Republicans have been spotted over the past few days at Kerry events, carrying signs that read &#8216;Flush the Two Johns&#8217; and &#8216;Waffles are for Breakfast, not for President&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>The Waffler, a credible source named Brian who allegedly attended a Milwaukee rally last evening and held the purposefully hunger-inducing Waffle sign, told Rush Limbaugh earlier today that they were not confrontational with anyone.  \u2018Again, we were not confrontational with anyone,&#8217; Brian recalled, \u2018but we did have several of these compassionate liberals ask us if we wanted to have our legs broken.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>While all the conservatives were left physically unscathed, thank goodness, it is the notion of this quiet threat that troubled me most.  I would have thought the conservatives, who are now used to hearing compassionless and inane questions at rallies, the kind that end in, \u2018Which boat did you come over on?&#8217; and \u2018Will you sign your name here, for privacy&#8217;s sake?&#8217; would be ready for some back and forth, some good ol&#8217; trash swapping.  Yet the idle threats seemed not to deter Brian, who remained aggressive in his freedom, and passive with his tongue.<\/p>\n<p>From the Rush transcript:<\/p>\n<div class=\"media\">RUSH: So they threatened you. Did they imply or state that you would be safer if you just leave?<\/p>\n<p>CALLER\/BRIAN: Absolutely, sir, to which I just stood my ground and remained silent.<\/p>\n<p>RUSH: And are you walking today or are you in a wheelchair?<\/p>\n<p>CALLER\/BRIAN: I&#8217;m absolutely walking, and believe me, I&#8217;ll walk down to plenty John Kerry rallies.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Other GOP members could not contain their freedom of restraint, and despite continued intimidation by the liberal extremists, began to chant \u2018Four more years!  Four more years!&#8217;  Yet it was the Kerry camp that would ultimately have the last word, and the first overplayed sound byte.  It was Mr. Kerry&#8217;s wife, Mrs. Kerry, who turned the crowd against the protestors, crying, \u201cThey want four more years of hell!  Three more months!  Three more months!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Later, to democratic cheers, John Kerry took his turn on the podium, and turned lemons into a lemon juicer.  \u2018These guys have to get megaphones and they want to drown out people in America. We don&#8217;t want to be drowned out. We got our individual voices and we&#8217;re going to speak for America. I want to thank George Bush for sending the goons here tonight to excite us to do a little more work.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><i>(The Kerry campaign could not be reached for comment, but Sean Astin&#8217;s publicist confirmed that in fact Goons was in no way a pop-culture reference to Astin&#8217;s 1985 hit, &#8216;The Goonies&#8217;.  When pressed, his publicist did concede that John Kerry bore a slight resemblance to heartthrob Josh Brolin, but declined to publicly endorse either candidate.)<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Despite a ripper of an opening, the remainder of the evening was fairly uneventful.  There was no mid-game breakout, no Republican vs. Democrat smackdown, and no one was served in the political dance-off, save the Constitution.  It was all policy issues, state of the union chatter, plans for America&#8217;s future, blah bidi blah blah.  At the end of the long rally, all attendees must have felt something missing.  If only both sides could have sat down that evening over a good plate of waffles and hashed it all out.  I know they&#8217;re only for <i>breakfast<\/i>, but&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(NOTE: This entry guest blogged by Bryan) Those gun-toting fascist liberals were at it again, promoting free speech and not turning people away from their rallies due to race or political affiliation. 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