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Anti-Gun Rights Delegate to Speak @ McLean Community Center 10/30

Headcount - Do You Think You Will Attend?

  • Definitely!

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Will Try.

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Sorry, unable to make it.

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • I think it would be a waste of my time.

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Total voters
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nakedshoplifter wrote:
15 people attended, including three of us, the candidate Mrs. Vanderhye, two hosts, and Jim Solo. The remaining persons in attendance all were either recognized anti-gun zealots seen at previous meetings or obvious gun control supporters. I did not see anyone who seemed to be an undecided voter seeking information from the candidate on the issues before the election next Tuesday. When I walked into the room with another VCDL member Jim Solo pointed us out to the people he was chatting with and a lady from that group came over to ask us our names and where we lived (this is at the beginning of the audio). We offered to help set up some chairs and the meeting started. I think the audio speaks for itself, no further explanation necessary. Nothing special happened but they did not seem to appreciate our being there tonight. At the end of the audio file the VCDL member who was with me invited Jim Solo to come to a VCDL meeting. He asks "Even if we're unarmed"?

Here's the audio file: http://vaguninfo.com/misc/vanderhye.mp3
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What's your opinion, NSL? Does Vanderhye have a chance to win the election? Does she have something goin' on?



Did you get any video?
 
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nakedshoplifter wrote:
15 people attended, including three of us, the candidate Mrs. Vanderhye, two hosts, and Jim Solo. The remaining persons in attendance all were either recognized anti-gun zealots seen at previous meetings or obvious gun control supporters. I did not see anyone who seemed to be an undecided voter seeking information from the candidate on the issues before the election next Tuesday. When I walked into the room with another VCDL member Jim Solo pointed us out to the people he was chatting with and a lady from that group came over to ask us our names and where we lived (this is at the beginning of the audio). We offered to help set up some chairs and the meeting started. I think the audio speaks for itself, no further explanation necessary. Nothing special happened but they did not seem to appreciate our being there tonight. At the end of the audio file the VCDL member who was with me invited Jim Solo to come to a VCDL meeting. He asks "Even if we're unarmed"?

Here's the audio file: http://vaguninfo.com/misc/vanderhye.mp3
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So the McLean 32 is really 8 people? Or did Jim Solo lie in too?
 
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Er, I dunno Hank. I'm no mathematician, statisticianor poly sci major, but I'd say that 8 people in attendence isn't exactly a surge of support. Just spit balling here.
 
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bohdi wrote:
Er, I dunno Hank. I'm no mathematician, statisticianor poly sci major, but I'd say that 8 people in attendence isn't exactly a surge of support. Just spit balling here.
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Hmmm, 8 does seem pretty low. How does that attendancecompare to one of the many "Let's go get 'em boys, they can't do that to Danbus without seeing our guns too!" expeditions?

Did you get any video by any chance?
 
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Thats like 5% of our side that turned out in Manassas the first time. Like 2% of Bloomberg gun giveaway.
 
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HankT wrote:
bohdi wrote:
Er, I dunno Hank. I'm no mathematician, statisticianor poly sci major, but I'd say that 8 people in attendence isn't exactly a surge of support. Just spit balling here.
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Hmmm, 8 does seem pretty low. How does that attendancecompare to one of the many "Let's go get 'em boys, they can't do that to Danbus without seeing our guns too!" expeditions?

Did you get any video by any chance?
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As previously stated, I'm no mathematician, statistician, so I haven't done the analysis on that. However, since you broached the question, I would like to invite you the opportunity to provide the answer. Sounds like you already have it figured out. Then again, I think the two types of interactions are completely different and it would be an apples to oranges comparison, but that's just my opinion.

Of course I don't have any video, for the same reasons why you don't have any video. You didn't go, you couldn't have taken any. I didn't go, therefore I didn't take any.

So how does it rate on the old train wreck scale?
 
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Well, that was a shocking outing. I went out not to protest or to represent any organization, just to listen and chat.

Every protest I've seen before has had a few individuals ready to spit fire, but I've never seen a meeting organizer come so close to losing control. First just before 21 minutes into the above audio, then as she shut down the meeting and bolted. Is that usual behavior?
 
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stryth wrote:
Well, that was a shocking outing....Is that usual behavior?
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Sadly, yes. They were actually on pretty good behavior last night.
 
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Wow... that was a trainwreck caused and continued by their own talkingheads.

"We welcome you here but you can't ask questions because your opinions differ from ours."

It's time to bring out the interrobang.

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Why didn't they let the person invited to speak... speak instead of jumping on "you three" over and over again?
 
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