HILARIOUS photo of pro-Bush protesters in Springfield, Ohio last night!!

[VolcanoJen]

Look at the orange sign... do we have a new "moran"?

And, keep in mind that these kids are members of the Wittenberg College Student Republicans. :eyes: I hope, for her own sake, that the gal holding up the flip-flops on the right isn't studying art...

This photo is from the "Midnight Rally" in Springfield, Ohio, where Kerry and Edwards appeared just after Bush's RNC nomination speech.

[canuckybee]

1. damn, a child who was left behind !

[Fionn]

71. I'd be surprised if it wasn't intentional.

Kind f an an amalgamation of four more years and * for Pres?


Still, it does look stooooooopid.

[okieinpain]

86. doesn't look stupid to me. actually it's pretty good.

[Southpaw Bookworm]

2. Springfield where?

If I might ask?

[VolcanoJen]

3. The "Midnight Rally" in Springfield, Ohio

The one from last night, just after Bush's speech.

I'm going to edit my subject line to include that... thanks, Southpaw!

[rocktivity]

40. If you like to see what happened at the rally, Southpaw

you can go to http://www.cspan.org

:headbang:
rocknation

[Southpaw Bookworm]

53. Thanks for the info! n/t

[Scairp]

63. Outside of Dayton

My old stomping grounds.

[TransitJohn]

76. It's over by Shelbyville

Downstate from Capital City. You know, west of Ogdenville.

[opihimoimoi]

4. "Four President?" OMG, I just know he don't know the answer for 7 x 9

[RandomKoolzip]

5. It's funny, but....

Almost every shot I see of young republicans looks like a picture of every overprivileged little asshole I went to high school with. They all look like the shitheads who beat up on the freshmen and bragged about date-raping cheerleaders.

I mean, look at these people!! Is this the face of America YOU would choose? Smug, white, rich, and overfed?

[VolcanoJen]

7. Well, if they're going to Wittenberg College....

... there's a much-better-than-average chance that they're very well-off kids.

Wittenberg is one of the most, if not the most, expensive private colleges in Ohio.

[Darth_Kitten]

11. Well off, and STUPID........

I thought they were hicks, not well off kids. ;) :P

[Lydia Leftcoast]

"Well-off" and "stupid" are not mutually exclusive

In fact, in my college teaching experience, they seemed to go together a lot.

[Darth_Kitten]

25. LOL I agree!!!

:hiya: :D

[Pert]

20. Subject field must not be blank

1. University.
2. Not really. We just earned good scholarships.
3. Witt is actually pretty cheap for me.
4. This University also happens to be really liberal.
5. The surrounding area is mainly farms (aside from Yellow Springs).
6. Those are the only people who turned out for that.
7. I know the girl with the large flipflops (center) and the chick to the right. Their combined IQ is smaller than my shoe size.
8. I'm friends with the guy second from the left.
9. Vote Badnarik.

[VolcanoJen]

30. Fascinating.

Well, I went to Ohio University; I'm more a public state college kinda gal, especially when you live in a great state like ours with so many excellent state universities. Wittenberg is a prestigious school, but was certainly out of my financial reach, even with scholarships.

Please tell me the kid with the orange sign isn't an English major, and then tell me the chick with the big flip-flops on the right isn't an Art student, and I'll feel better. :-)

Welcome to DU, Pert! I'm sure you won't be surprised to learn that our crowd here is voting for John Kerry, not Michael Badnarik.

[RandomKoolzip]

59. No Shit!

Welcome to DU!

PS. Stay away from the big vat of Kool-Aid!!!

[vivalarev]

23. They're from Ohio...enuff said!!!

i know its a swing state and all, but Ohio is, in my opinion, the worst stae i have ever been to. from the people, to the places, Ohio sucks!!! I apologize to the few Ohio people on this board that I may offend, but you have to admit, there is not one good thing about your state, and Ive been there more times thatn ol' georgie boy can count on his hands and feet.

[RandomKoolzip]

28. Woah, you are totally off-base, bucko!

Not only are a lot of my family from Ohio, but my favorite band, Guided by Voices, is from Dayton. In fact, I could make a list right now of all the great bands that have come from Ohio right now off the top of my head:

The Raspberries
Rocket From the Toms
The Dead Boys
Pere Ubu
Devo
Tin Huey
Poobah
Granicus
EdfromOhio (from fIREHOSE)
The Rubber City Rebels
Crissie Hynde
The Ohio Players
etc. etc.

Uh, not to mention the Air industry was insituted there.

Your comments are totally off-base, sir.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

38. The Rasberries?

Weren't they a bubble gum band in the 70's? As to Crissie Hynde she dissed Ohio big time in one of her songs.

Don't get me wrong. I've never been to Ohio so I'm not putting it down or praising it. Just making an observation.

[RandomKoolzip]

52. The Raspberries were great.

At least I think so. Probably the first Power-Pop band, if one doesn't count Badfinger.

And Chrissie Hynde dissed the corporate fucks who destroyed Akron ("My City Was Gone") not the state herself.

I've only been to Ohio once, but a lot of my family is from Hamilton, Ohio, and GbV is from there, so I get a little defensive.

ALSO:

The Strapping Fieldhands
Mike Rep
Thomas Jefferson Slave Apartments

Not to mention lots of doo-wop and R&B from Cleveland. And "WKRP in Cincinatti," dammit!

[Waverley_Hills_Hiker]

47. GBV sucks, There are/have been better bands from Dayton.

really...tired Kettering suburban rock.

[RandomKoolzip]

56. (grabbing respirator)...I'm gonna ignore what you said.

ACCURSED MOUNTEBANK!

One simply does not dis GbV in my presence. Ask Loonman, another DUer who's been involved in a Gbv vs. the Cure dissing match with me for over a year now.

And they're from NORTH RIDGE anyways!

Okay...I'm cool...calming down......

[spooky3]

62. McCoys ("Hang on Sloopy"), Buckinghams

[BillZBubb]

74. Joe Walsh!

Now of the Eagles.

[VolcanoJen]

31. LEAVE OHIO OUT OF THIS

There are more than a few Buckeyes on these boards, and I could go on and on about the reasons I love Ohio.

Ohio had nothing to do with these morans and their signs and flip-flops. It's not our fault, it's theirs. :-)

[vivalarev]

41. Sorry Jen...

From my experience, I just dont like Ohio. Thats not to say that there are some great people who live there, Im sure there are but....everytime i have been to Ohio, upon leaving your great state, i have always, and i mean always, asked myself, "what the hell was that about?".

Im sorry if i offended you, but i have never had a good experience in ohio. as a matta fact, i have never been there and not had an (excuse my language), fucked up experience there. i guess middle america is just way different than the coasts.

[Waverley_Hills_Hiker]

48. people lapse into clinical depression when moving here.

True!

I had a psychiatrist freind who told me this. The adjustement is that severe....might have something to do with the endlress gloomy weather.

[Waverley_Hills_Hiker]

45. I agree,,Ohio does well & truley suck..Right Wing America all the way

...ok, there are some Dems around, but in realtime I have met very few.....this is easily the most GOP and right wing place Ive ever lived...& that includes Kentucky!

[VolcanoJen]

50. I find the Ohio-bashing abhorrent, but...

... at any rate, I guess you've not spent a lot of time in northern and northeastern Ohio... the Cleveland/Akron/Canton/Youngstown area. About as working class yellow dog Dem as it gets.

Down in southwestern Ohio, it's more Republican, but not by that much, really. People have certainly been more vocal about their Democratic leanings around here lately, and I see about the same amount of Kerry/Edwards yard signs as Bush/Cheney.

The Buckeye State has a lot going for it, and I'm proud to call it my home. I've spent many, many happy years here, and hope to spend many more.

[vivalarev]

58. Im not even talking politics per se....

im talking about crazy people, weird situations, unprovoked conflict, and just crazy backwoods, deliverence bullshit you only see in movies.

just so you know, im from jersey, so im used to being bashed, but sometimes it is deserved.

[Name removed]

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[Kukesa]

49. We walked past these kids when we left the rally --

talk about a bunch of losers. We thanked them for coming and they were speechless and shocked that we were being "nice" to them.

They truly didn't know what to say to us. Hopefully, they're not majoring in English or Journalism or even Political Science.

Maybe Home Economics? Yeah, yeah, that's it -- Laura must be their idol.

Losers, believe me, losers. :thumbsdown:

[Parche]

6. young morons

Lets draft them next year when John Kerry is President
Just for the hell of it
And send them to Thule Greenland

[iwantmycountryback]

35. Exactly

Kerry's first presidential action.

Putting all the rich white boys who supported the war in Iraq.

[AngryOldDem]

84. Sounds Like A Fine Idea To Me!

<<<Putting all the rich white boys who supported the war in Iraq.<<<

I'll drink to that. If they support Bush so g-damned much, they should take off their preppy clothes and put on uniforms -- right now. (That suggestion shut the Little Darlins' up at the Cheney protest in Dayton last month.)

[against all enemies]

8. "We're White and we're write".

These assholes would look great in some desert camo. wonder if the smiles would be as big then. This is the future of our country?

[Darth_Kitten]

9. Maybe he's an inglash majure..........

:evilgrin:

[AlCzervik]

10. Huge turnout, was that taken with a wide angle?

[VolcanoJen]

12. LOL!!! OUR side definitely had a nice turnout, of course...

Check out this photo! :D :D :D

[AlCzervik]

14. now thats what i'm talken bout!!!

naysayers and eeyores take heart!

[cardlaw]

13. Hmmm

maybe he was referencing four more years.

[VolcanoJen]

15. Probably, but in the realm of things, it's moronic.

I'd suggest writing "Bush/Cheney: FOUR MORE YEARS!" on your sign if that's the message you're trying to convey.

Or, kill two birds with one clever stone by writing "Bush 4 President!" Then, maybe political message boards like this one won't spend the next few days pointing and laughing at you. Just a thought.

And that's the last piece of advice I'll offer to any Bushie between now and November 2. :-)

[cardlaw]

43. Just

giving him the benefit of the doubt. He probably didn't mean "four more years" though. That would be a little too clever for a young Repub.

[rocktivity]

16. At least they outnumber the porta-potties

On edit: A moran is born.


:headbang:
rocknation

[kcwayne]

17. I am looking forward to seeing these sorry sacks of shit

on the evening news wiping sand out of their eyes from some hell-hole outpost in the deserts of Iraq.

[Eric J in MN]

18. I'ts a pun. He's for Bush and for "four" more years (nt)

nt

[VolcanoJen]

19. See Post #15

:D

ON EDIT: Plus, puns are supposed to be funny.

[rocktivity]

42. If that's what he meant, that's what he should have written

Either Bush 4 President or Bush "Four" President.

Quotation marks would have showed it was a play on words, not an underline.

:headbang:
rocknation

[Renew Deal]

21. I was wondering if this was NY.

These kids wouldn't have made it 2 minutes without getting a 100 person mob.

[kodi]

22. laugh on funny boys and gals. the bush draft will eat your ass right up

.

[Darth_Kitten]

24. I wrote the college's english department.

Hello,

At a recent John Kerry and John Edwards rally, a few students later identified as "Wittenberg College Student Republicans" held up Bush and Cheney signs. One somewhat creative (and hopefully sober?) individual even made up his own sign, "Bush four President". I am curious, shouldn't a college student know how to spell properly? What does that say about the class of students allowed to "study" at Wittenberg College?

It's bad enough we are subjected to some confused and unattractive Wittenberg females holding up "flip flops" in a desperate effort to impress their fellow republicans, but that pathetic massacre of the english language by that limited young gentleman is a travesty.

:evilgrin:

I am evil. :)

[VolcanoJen]

26. Darth, that is hilarious!!

You are incredibly evil! }( :-) }(

Now, send a letter to their Art Department and ask them to explain the chick on the right, wouldja?

[SeanOhio]

27. OH GOD!

I go school with ALL of those kids--and I know them quite well! Oh, if this gets spread around like "Get a Brain Morans" . . .

[Darth_Kitten]

36. Tell them we said hello.....

and that they are presently being talked about in a dismissive yet quite hilarious manner by the fine folks here at DU!!!!!

:hi:

[lasttrip]

65. when are they enlisting?

[Pert]

81. Thanks.

I continue to weep for humanity.

[Darth_Kitten]

29. Thanks, I aim to annoy and/or confuse..........

:hi: I am waiting for my response from the college. :)

LOL maybe I just might write the Art Dept. :) ;)

[SeanOhio]

33. Haha

I was there--I shook hands and spoke with John Kerry for exactly 3.4 seconds. He saw my Wittenberg shirt, asked what I studied, and said great. It was so cool. I also loved when our county commissioner, a man who was paralysed in Vietnam when a sniper shot him in the back, held up his Purple Heart and praised those who have been injured in combat.

I was in the blue ticket area and had great views and took great photos.

[Darth_Kitten]

37. Too bad some of your fellow students don't act and think like you do...

:)

[ronnykmarshall]

32. Ewwww! I see stupid white people!

[iwantmycountryback]

34. Proof education isn't that good

Bush FOUR President!!HAHAHA

I'm comforted by the fact his supporters really are dumb.

[David Zephyr]

39. All White Kids.

No news here.

[Waverley_Hills_Hiker]

44. Nice pix of the city building in the backround...

...Thats a great piece of architecture.

[spanone]

46. What kind of acid are these poor bastards on? Wait till they are drafted.

p.s. the 'new' moran. I like the sound of that.

[Kukesa]

51. Yeah, we told them to send us an email from Iraq,

and they didn't get it -- they REALLY didn't get it.

I'm tellin' ya, these kids were losers.

[SpaceCatMeetsMars]

79. That is so funny

It reminds me of protesting the Iraq war last year, this girl drove up in a big pick-up truck and screamed, "Why don't you move to CANADA if you don't like it here!!!"

My husband laughed and said, "OK, why don't you join the army and go to Iraq if you support the war so much?" She couldn't think of a comeback to that and just got this furious look on her face and drove away in a big huff.

[AngryOldDem]

85. Worked in Dayton....

...as I just posted, that rejoinder worked at the Cheney protest, when the wise asses came out of the convention center talking garbage to the veterans and union guys they walked past.

Kids shut the hell up real quick and picked up their pace...away from us.

[Bluebear]

54. Oh my, where are all the minorities from the convention?

[VOX]

55. Outstanding catch, Jen. Even if the guy is trying to be clever, he missed!

No matter how you slice it, the use of the word "four" on that sign is **lame**.

Possibilities:
1) Bad spelling (a la "Moran"). This is not good, obviously.
2) Trying to be clever, as in "four years." Well, someone should have informed that guy that it doesn't work -- it still reads like a mispelled word.

Lose-lose.

:toast: :bounce: Thanks, Jen, for a walk on the lighter side! :bounce: :toast:

[mondo joe]

57. Idiot kids who never cared about anything but themselves

I shake my head.

[WillyBrandt]

60. not a looker in the bunch

[JLucas4092]

61. Art Department?

Come on, we know Republicans don't understand the arts.

Them not understanding English is a little bit of a surprise however.

[RandomKoolzip]

64. Right.

The whole literary tradition is just filled with great republican writers. Why there's uh....Ann Coulter. And, uh.....SEAN HANNITY! And, um, uh....somebody help me out here......

[JLucas4092]

80. Touche'

Still, with all of them demanding that it be the only language spoken in this country, you would think that they themselves would be able to speak it.

[mongo]

66. This is destined to become a classic.

We missed the sign last night. I asked Sara if she wanted to go heckle the protesters - but after 5+ hours on our feet, we just wanted to get some food and drive home...

Ya know, it is the hardest to see young people supporting Bush.

[AngryOldDem]

83. If They Are Well-Off...

...as most of Wittenberg is, they are supporting Bush out of sheer self-interest. Gotta protect Daddy's money...

[Kathy in Cambridge]

67. Quick! Drug Them and Sterilize them!

What a bunch of scary freeptards!

[BurtWorm]

68. For mour yeerz! For mour yeerz! For mour yeerz!

:eyes:

[UdoKier]

69. Aww... look at all the little white suburbanoids...

...never been anywhere, never worked for a living, don't know a damn thing about anything.

What I'd give to spend a day being THAT blissfully ignorant.

[Darth_Kitten]

70. Update...............

Received some replies back from the University. One letter is being forwarded to the President of the University ;) and the other was answered by a KERRY supporter!!!!!! :bounce:

Nice person reminded me that there were WAY more people from the University who showed up to support Kerry than there were anti-Bush people. They just got their picture taken because they were all together, and the Kerry folk were off helping others and being busy, etc.

Not what I expected...... haha :D

[canuckybee]

72. I'm impressed that they replied ! Way to go !

[Radio-Active]

75. he underlined the word "four"

I think he was being clever.

FOUR more years
Bush FOUR President..

I tell you, it's hard, HARD, to keep up with such witty republicans

[Kingshakabobo]

77. FOUR years is all Bush is getting

....and more than he desreves..

And isn't Bush already President? The kid is a nit wit

[Citizen Daryl]

78. Wealthy White Children Of Privilege For Bush

:evilgrin:

[TrustingDog]

82. Bush (200)4 President is how I read it.