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(46,337 posts)
Fri May 16, 2014, 02:05 PM May 2014

Freeper reaction to the "Operation Spring" no-show...

They are calling it a "false flag" to make the Tea Party look stupid. They don't realize the Teabaggers don't need any "false flag" to look stupid, they do just fine by themselves!

Operation American Spring falls flat: ‘This is very disappointing,’ Texan says
The Washington Times ^ | 5/16/14 | Cheryl K. Chumley

Posted on ?5?/?16?/?2014? ?12?:?21?:?51? ?PM by Oliviaforever

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 Boeher — 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.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3156818/posts

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Freeper reaction to the "Operation Spring" no-show... (Original Post) Archae May 2014 OP
Oh yeah, like the TP needs this to look stupid... Blue Owl May 2014 #1
+1 Initech May 2014 #65
The only tears I am shedding are from laughing so hard. appleannie1 May 2014 #2
They has a sad shenmue May 2014 #3
LOL underpants May 2014 #4
#AmericanSpringexcuses bigtree May 2014 #5
"This meth ain't gonna make itself!" redwitch May 2014 #20
"Saw black person. Ran away." secondvariety May 2014 #26
Bigtree...THANK YOU! doxydad May 2014 #34
You should start a thread... Ilsa May 2014 #44
LOL1 cyberswede May 2014 #45
"Are being LANDLOCKED!!i1one1!!!i" Hugin May 2014 #57
.... Cali_Democrat May 2014 #6
There were people out there with the full intention of over-throwing the government. Baitball Blogger May 2014 #7
Some of them are calling it a false flag. Arkana May 2014 #8
+1 freshwest May 2014 #13
FILTHY LIBS HAVE ACCRUED PTO!!12 frylock May 2014 #35
So that stops them from ousting a government they 'think' is tyrannical??? Springslips May 2014 #60
These people are very creative at denying reality CanonRay May 2014 #9
Indeed. Rmoney in a landslide! MillennialDem May 2014 #10
I'll give credit- a few of them acknowledge that an event supporting an overthrow of gov't Mike Daniels May 2014 #11
Yeah, and saying there's probably going to be violence deutsey May 2014 #14
Nor the spectre or kind of attention nilesobek May 2014 #55
FOX will be harshly criticized for acting like the "liberal Jew media" and not covering them. nt kelliekat44 May 2014 #31
Part of the problem: okaawhatever May 2014 #12
Bunch of Putzes thinking everyone thinks like them. n/t Fantastic Anarchist May 2014 #15
Whew, hadn't been there in a looong time underpants May 2014 #16
I love this gem: Fantastic Anarchist May 2014 #17
When FOX News opts to ignore your GOP-fest Mike Daniels May 2014 #22
This one has me rolling! Fantastic Anarchist May 2014 #18
Uhhh, no, Teabagger Idiot!! I'm sitting right here in D.C. only a few blocks from the Mall. Liberal_Stalwart71 May 2014 #21
D.C.? D.C.?? HubertHeaver May 2014 #42
I don't get it. Maybe I'm slow today. LOL!! Liberal_Stalwart71 May 2014 #67
some days are like that. HubertHeaver May 2014 #68
I remember the folks in WI sleeping outside on the ground in the middle of winter, without tents. winter is coming May 2014 #63
Among the few conservative places I can temporarily stomach this was always called a false flag. Shandris May 2014 #19
They sound like idiots. arcane1 May 2014 #24
Every time they open their mouths, they sound like idiots! Shandris May 2014 #27
I bookmarked that one for later viewing arcane1 May 2014 #29
He's frothing at the mouth, practically! nt Ilsa May 2014 #50
TB Flag Tierra_y_Libertad May 2014 #28
Oh I LIKE that one! Shandris May 2014 #30
.... Louisiana1976 May 2014 #39
Yeah, bookmark and save. Thanks! nt Bernardo de La Paz May 2014 #40
NSA wouldn't need an op like this to figure out who wants to see Obama turned out of office. winter is coming May 2014 #64
Not much dedication shown, coming from people with such strong views. QuestForSense May 2014 #23
LOLOL Joey Liberal May 2014 #25
Those poor racist paranoids! caseymoz May 2014 #32
Operation Chaos --- Part Deux lpbk2713 May 2014 #33
"Tea Baggers don't need any false flag to look stupid, they do just fine by themselves!" blkmusclmachine May 2014 #36
Hee hee! Archae May 2014 #38
That was a true classic. Written by Al, his impression of a DEVO song is almost better than DEVO! AAO May 2014 #52
I guess sedition and fomenting insurrection is less popular than they thought. Chan790 May 2014 #37
LOL Lucinda May 2014 #56
That's because it's not being held in RimJob's basement ProudToBeBlueInRhody May 2014 #41
its their party, they can cry if they want to. dembotoz May 2014 #43
My fave AAO May 2014 #46
aw none of us work, AAO, don't you know? Skittles May 2014 #59
You knew it was a fail when they forget the shitters.... Historic NY May 2014 #47
One could wonder if any of the RWingers with more than 3 braincells are finally getting Rex May 2014 #48
In fact, there were 25 million people on the National Mall but the liberal media didn't report it struggle4progress May 2014 #49
"BINGO!"??? SleeplessinSoCal May 2014 #51
Can't waste a good vacation day on ending tyranny and restoring America arcane1 May 2014 #53
omg MFM008 May 2014 #54
Why would a false flag lower attendance? Motown_Johnny May 2014 #58
How's this for cognitive dissonance.... Springslips May 2014 #61
Also Springslips May 2014 #62
So..... RichGirl May 2014 #66

appleannie1

(5,067 posts)
2. The only tears I am shedding are from laughing so hard.
Fri May 16, 2014, 02:13 PM
May 2014

In some ways it is sad to know people can be that dumb.

redwitch

(14,944 posts)
20. "This meth ain't gonna make itself!"
Fri May 16, 2014, 03:18 PM
May 2014

And my other favorite so far "My water broke and I can't find my beer".

LOL!

Ilsa

(61,695 posts)
44. You should start a thread...
Fri May 16, 2014, 04:59 PM
May 2014

"Couldn't get parole officer's permission to leave the state."

"Still working on signs. Cardboard ain't got spellcheck."

cyberswede

(26,117 posts)
45. LOL1
Fri May 16, 2014, 05:01 PM
May 2014

"Saw a rainbow in the sky on the way over and got spooked. Thought gay agenda had gone airborne."

Baitball Blogger

(46,743 posts)
7. There were people out there with the full intention of over-throwing the government.
Fri May 16, 2014, 02:30 PM
May 2014

They own the agenda. Anyone else would be tagged a traitor, but they just get to look stupid.

Arkana

(24,347 posts)
8. Some of them are calling it a false flag.
Fri May 16, 2014, 02:33 PM
May 2014

Others are going "WELL YOU SEE WE CAN'T PROTEST LIKE THOSE FILTHY LIBS CAUSE WE HAVE JOBS".

I so desperately want to touch the poop and ask them "What about those fucks at the Bundy ranch? Ya think they have jobs?"

Springslips

(533 posts)
60. So that stops them from ousting a government they 'think' is tyrannical???
Fri May 16, 2014, 10:34 PM
May 2014

Good thing the founding fathers were unemployed or: "Sorry dudes, I'd love to help out with the revolution and all, but I have to clock in at the ole Mic-a-dees at 5:30 to set up the fry vat. Catch ya later. Peace,"--- George Washington.

Mike Daniels

(5,842 posts)
11. I'll give credit- a few of them acknowledge that an event supporting an overthrow of gov't
Fri May 16, 2014, 02:39 PM
May 2014

probably isn't the best PR maneuver if you're looking to draw millions of people.

I'm pretty sure it's why FOX News has pretty much passed on giving any coverage or promo time to the event.

deutsey

(20,166 posts)
14. Yeah, and saying there's probably going to be violence
Fri May 16, 2014, 03:01 PM
May 2014

isn't exactly going to bring 'em in by the busload either.

nilesobek

(1,423 posts)
55. Nor the spectre or kind of attention
Fri May 16, 2014, 05:25 PM
May 2014

these poor, misinformed and misled people (evil whackjobs?), will no doubt receive from the various DC security forces.

okaawhatever

(9,462 posts)
12. Part of the problem:
Fri May 16, 2014, 02:43 PM
May 2014
said Jackie Milton, 61, a Jacksboro, Texas, resident and the head of Texans for Operation American Spring, to The Washington Times.


If your event is being covered by the Washington Times, you're already f%$ked.

Fantastic Anarchist

(7,309 posts)
17. I love this gem:
Fri May 16, 2014, 03:07 PM
May 2014
What difference does it make whether 500 or 5,000,000 show up, the media will make it seem like only 5 showed up.


Said like there's just no other conceivable explanation like:

Maybe it's like only 5 did show up.

Mike Daniels

(5,842 posts)
22. When FOX News opts to ignore your GOP-fest
Fri May 16, 2014, 03:20 PM
May 2014

perhaps you need to consider it's not the media but your message that has a problem.

Fantastic Anarchist

(7,309 posts)
18. This one has me rolling!
Fri May 16, 2014, 03:11 PM
May 2014
I think I first read about Operations American Spring about a month ago and projections were up to 30 million folks showing up and the organizers has more than a million commitments to show up.

It could be the weather which at one time was raining in DC and it is still only 68 degrees and only partly sunny.

But today is Friday and it seems they plan to continue through the weekend.




I remember when Occupy protesters actually came out in blizzard-like conditions. I'm not talking 68 degree weather. Partly sunny? I thought the "Patriots" were manly men.

Too fucking funny.
 

Liberal_Stalwart71

(20,450 posts)
21. Uhhh, no, Teabagger Idiot!! I'm sitting right here in D.C. only a few blocks from the Mall.
Fri May 16, 2014, 03:19 PM
May 2014

It stopped raining this morning around 10:00.

It is now right around 68 degrees, if not 70, and it's GORGEOUS outside!

No one showed up to your modern day KKKlan rally, so deal with that!

winter is coming

(11,785 posts)
63. I remember the folks in WI sleeping outside on the ground in the middle of winter, without tents.
Fri May 16, 2014, 10:54 PM
May 2014

btw, fuck Scott Walker and his puppetmasters, the Koch brothers.

 

Shandris

(3,447 posts)
19. Among the few conservative places I can temporarily stomach this was always called a false flag.
Fri May 16, 2014, 03:14 PM
May 2014

Referred to over and over as an NSA Honeypot, most I saw never thought it was going anywhere anyways. So this is consistent with what I expected.

Now, FR isn't a place I frequent (or ever even load), so they might not have been saying that. Just that I heard this LONG before today. Like...maybe 2 days after it was first posted or something to that effect? Certainly everyone I know IRL thought it was.

 

Shandris

(3,447 posts)
27. Every time they open their mouths, they sound like idiots!
Fri May 16, 2014, 03:50 PM
May 2014

Did you see the vid with the one yelling at the camera? Priceless.

"Where ya at?!"

 

arcane1

(38,613 posts)
29. I bookmarked that one for later viewing
Fri May 16, 2014, 03:53 PM
May 2014

I'm at work so I haven't been able to get the kicks that are sure to come later

winter is coming

(11,785 posts)
64. NSA wouldn't need an op like this to figure out who wants to see Obama turned out of office.
Fri May 16, 2014, 10:56 PM
May 2014

And I wouldn't expect the truly dangerous would see a point in standing around on the Mall, holding a sign.

QuestForSense

(653 posts)
23. Not much dedication shown, coming from people with such strong views.
Fri May 16, 2014, 03:34 PM
May 2014

I was glad to see, however, that Jackie knew the word "dismal" and also used it quite well in his sentence.

caseymoz

(5,763 posts)
32. Those poor racist paranoids!
Fri May 16, 2014, 03:56 PM
May 2014

They want their delusions to be reality so bad. This is the most embarrassing thing for them since Mitt Romney lost. Though the Cliven Bundy thing might soon prove even more so.

When the right wing crashes against into facts, again and again.
 

blkmusclmachine

(16,149 posts)
36. "Tea Baggers don't need any false flag to look stupid, they do just fine by themselves!"
Fri May 16, 2014, 04:02 PM
May 2014
Iz we edukated yeht?
 

AAO

(3,300 posts)
52. That was a true classic. Written by Al, his impression of a DEVO song is almost better than DEVO!
Fri May 16, 2014, 05:07 PM
May 2014
 

Chan790

(20,176 posts)
37. I guess sedition and fomenting insurrection is less popular than they thought.
Fri May 16, 2014, 04:08 PM
May 2014

They should count their blessings. They probably escaped notice...if 100 of them had shown up, DC MPD would have hauled them in under national security concerns to be questioned by federal agents from the alphabet-soup agencies. (FBI, CIA, NSA, DIA, USPP, DHS, OCI, FPS, USSS, DHSOIG, HSI, ICE...when you're talking about overthrowing the government and fomenting an insurrection on US soil, everybody gets a crack at you. Also, I got bored...that's barely scratching the surface of US Federal LE agencies.)

Been there, done that...they'd like to avoid it. After one of my idiot friends liberated research animals in college from a US Army lab on campus, I had to spend the better part of 18 hours explaining that I had no idea he was an idiot and that he wouldn't have told me because he knew I'd have told them since my life's ambition was to be a US intelligence asset.

♪There's a man who leads a life of danger
To everyone he meets he stays a stranger
With every move he makes
Another chance he takes
Odds are he won't live to see tomorrow

Secret Agent Chan
Secret Agent Chan
They've given you a number and taken away your name. ♪
 

AAO

(3,300 posts)
46. My fave
Fri May 16, 2014, 05:01 PM
May 2014

To: Oliviaforever

Unfortunately or fortunately however you look at it the people that need to go to an event like this have jobs or other responsibilities. The progressives that attends rallies of the left have nothing else to do or get paid for attendance.

6 posted on 5/16/2014, 12:30:37 PM by mosaicwolf (Strength and Honor)
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Historic NY

(37,451 posts)
47. You knew it was a fail when they forget the shitters....
Fri May 16, 2014, 05:03 PM
May 2014

and were scrambling to find friendly restrooms..


http://www.operationamericanspring.org/forum/showthread.php/3110-Bathrooms

Warning: Many of the restroom locations listed above are actively frequented by homosexual men looking for anonymous gay sex. Beware of your surroundings at all times.

Naronos, Basically everything on the west side of Rock Creek Park in Washington D.C. is very Pro Pro Gay, so it is everywhere. Now I must tell you I do "NOT" know this from practical experience I must say!!! I have lived and worked in D.C. my whole life though and I do have some basic knowledge of the areas workings. Normally the D. C. gays will not bother you but some of them do look very funny! Just ignore them and they will leave you alone.

 

Rex

(65,616 posts)
48. One could wonder if any of the RWingers with more than 3 braincells are finally getting
Fri May 16, 2014, 05:04 PM
May 2014

a clue as to this tremendous farce that is called the Tea Party? Nobody showed up, because this is all a farce created by the Kockroaches.

struggle4progress

(118,296 posts)
49. In fact, there were 25 million people on the National Mall but the liberal media didn't report it
Fri May 16, 2014, 05:05 PM
May 2014

Fortunately we have photos to prove it

SleeplessinSoCal

(9,123 posts)
51. "BINGO!"???
Fri May 16, 2014, 05:06 PM
May 2014

Freepers' explanation:

"
'The people that need to go to an event like this have jobs or other responsibilities. The progressives that attends rallies of the left have nothing else to do or get paid for attendance.'

Bingo.

Also kinda like jury duty."



and those "jobs" the militias left to join Cliven would be . . . ?

 

arcane1

(38,613 posts)
53. Can't waste a good vacation day on ending tyranny and restoring America
Fri May 16, 2014, 05:11 PM
May 2014

And for some reason, having this on a weekend didn't cross anyone's mind?

MFM008

(19,818 posts)
54. omg
Fri May 16, 2014, 05:18 PM
May 2014

im laughing so hard on some of this stuff im a mess, tears, the whole bit. . They had this on a friday because fat, white, teatardy, skinheaded,rednecks dont work . Even the Kroak brothers didnt bus them in for this one. Look how many have the fat hauling scooters, maybe it was a march for fat hauling scooters.

 

Motown_Johnny

(22,308 posts)
58. Why would a false flag lower attendance?
Fri May 16, 2014, 07:00 PM
May 2014

They put the word out and clearly tried to get people to attend. What difference would it have made if the person trying to organize a conservative rally was a liberal?


Even the excuses don't make sense.



And they wonder why we think they look stupid.




Springslips

(533 posts)
61. How's this for cognitive dissonance....
Fri May 16, 2014, 10:50 PM
May 2014
False flag operation?

We were wondering the same thing this morning. Nobody heard of it until a day or two ago.

The fellow on Savage yesterday just sounded like the stereotype the left has for a Tea Party’er...a retarded, drawling hick.



RichGirl

(4,119 posts)
66. So.....
Fri May 16, 2014, 11:29 PM
May 2014

The Washington Liberals were so intimidated by the big bad Tea Baggers that they booked every hotel in Washington...so they wouldn't have any place to stay. Unbelievably stupid!

They organized to over throw the government...but it drizzled....wasn't sunny enough...geez!

They will never get a sizeable turnout to any event because people who NEED guns basically live in fear. They are too scared to do anything but sit behind their computers. They all agree to go...to look like big shots, but nobody shows up. Really pathetic bunch.

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