Obama Train Decends on Orange County
Cindy on March 18, 2009 at 9:59 pm
Today I took our two boys to the neighboring city of Costa Mesa, CA to try and catch a glimpse of President Obama’s motorcade. Although his route was undisclosed, I figured we’d pick a spot to park, walk a little toward the OC Fairgrounds, and hope that he passed by. Although I did not vote for Obama, nor agree with his policies, I thought that that it would still be a historical day our boys would remember forever if we caught sight of him, it sure proved to be true.
We found a nice curb to sit and hang out on, just the three of us and about six other strangers. Within an hour Airforce One flew directly overhead heading toward Long Beach. It was about then that we began noticing S.W.A.T. officers on buildings around us and that our crowd had grown to about 50. A while later dozens of police officers and secret service arrived, as cones were set in the streets and caution tape was neatly wrapped around trees. Approximately two hours after arriving, news crews from four different channels, and a crowd of approximately 80 people were gathered on our corner.
An police officer approached a section of approximately 20 protesters and told them that there would be “nothing to see” where they were. The officer claimed that there was a better place on the front facing street of the fairgrounds for them. Those protesters chose to stay right where they were however as they were suspicious about why the officer would offer such advice without prompt. Within 20 minutes of that officer’s advice we understood why. Suddenly we were in a “secret-service lock down area” and told that we couldn’t leave “until after the President arrived”. Turns out, their suspicions were spot-on.
Waiting in the brewing pot for the President to arrive gave both sides ample time to bicker and banter, where tempers rose and foul language was exchanged within full view of the t.v. cameras. By 3:40pm four decoy helicopters, and Marine One, landed directly on the corner perpendicular to us. The blades from the helicopters whipped our hair wildly around and deafened every noise around us. The boys’ eyes were as wide as watermelons.
From behind the barracade of some 30 OCTA buses, President Obama exited Marine One and entered his limsosine. Shouts of both jubilation and condemnation surrounded us on all sides.
The town hall meeting began at 4:00pm, and the boys and I left around 4:40pm once things on our little corner became too profane and combustive. We arrived home just in time to catch the 5:00pm news and see the three of us and our little corner on t.v.
The news reporter noted gleefully that it was a “quiet day in Costa Mesa” and that even the “five protesters” he counted “didn’t dampen the Obama reception in Orange County”.
After that, the reporter hopped right back onto the Obama Train and headed out of town.
(Caption above each picture)
S.W.A.T. officer on roof behind us
Marine One landing on adjacent corner
The “five” protesters
(Below picture added 3/21)
Some of the protestors (from behind), Obama-supporters facing us on opposite corner.
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All this fuss over Obamatuer is odd. I would never expect this hysteria in the O.C. for a pro-death baby killer and quasi-socialist. I guess being the first black president (half-black actually) has its perks. The questions he received at the town hall meeting were ridiculous – fawning sycophants serving up softball questions.
March 19, 2009 @ 5:31 amI heard the first comment asked of him at the Town Hall Meeting was, “Are you going to run again?” (or something close to that).
Gee, don’t go too deep now.
March 19, 2009 @ 7:27 amThanks, Cindy. I missed it, but now feel a little like I was there :). The hysteria is a little odd for a guy with a falling approval rating who hasn’t actually done anything yet – other than spend lots of money of course!
March 19, 2009 @ 7:39 amNice report. Why am I not surprised that the TV news reporter downplayed the protest…
On a personal note, my 5 year old daughter’s pre-school class had a field trip to the fairgrounds (actually the farm) scheduled for Wed. We had signed permission slips weeks ago. Then Monday it was abruptly canceled because of Obama. No tears, but it irritated me.
March 19, 2009 @ 9:33 amIt was blatantly ridiculous John, he stood not 20 feet in front of us (well known reporter) and said those words. They spliced and cut the footage so that everything appeared calm and peaceful (footage filmed earlier when it was the nine of us) when he spoke.
Of course, I have seen the media up close and personal in action before as you well know, and to say they are one-sided is putting it mildly.
March 19, 2009 @ 10:48 amThese reports are irrelevant. Those of you who have spent lots of time reporting on Obama banging his head and interacting with domestic terrorists and other goofy stuff are really missing the substance boat here. Why?
This story reveals another major scandal that appears to have esaped Obama’s administration. What could possibly be next?
* Tax deliquents appointed to cabinent posts (Treasury, etc.!)
* Bailout money to overseas banks
* Bailout money to bonuses
* Companies in major tax defaults
It is a disgrace and the President should resign instead of going on Leno. To say this is absurd is to give it more honor than it deserves.
March 19, 2009 @ 11:51 amI think your chances are somewhat slim that Obamatuer will visit this blog and follow your commnads Rick.
March 19, 2009 @ 12:26 pmAbsurd? This is socialism in the making. Get used to it. As the cover of newsweek told me, “Were Are All Socialists Now.” It’s official now.
March 19, 2009 @ 3:12 pmIt is bad, it is incompetence, it is malfeasance, and it is actionable political ineptitude. The Bush administration was hardly better, but in 2 months this administration has proven to be at least as bad, and maybe worse economically.
Ladies and Gentlemen, I present to you what I have suggested all along – politics, the cesspool system that blames each other so that citizen lemmings can feel good about their side while remaining blissfully blind to the scope of the problem.
Bush or Obama – flip a coin.
March 19, 2009 @ 3:37 pmForget Bush or Obama Rick, I’ll take the coin. Because when Obamateur is done with us and we’ve all received his “change you can believe in”, then all I’ll have left is spare change. So give me that coin – I’ll add it to my collection.
March 20, 2009 @ 3:34 amWhat a waste of jet fuel
March 20, 2009 @ 6:18 amAs the father of an autistic child, I am deeply offended by Obama bin Biden’s comment concerning the Special Olympics belched forth while he visited with Jay Leno. Had Bush made a comment like this, the MSM would have it as it’s lead story. But, as usual, Obamatuer’s lap dogs in the MSM are giving him a pass on this one.
By the way, anyone catch the CBO’s estimates of our Messiah’s deficit numbers for the next decade. His spending spree will make Bush look like a miser. I’ve told all of Obamanation’s supporters that if you thought Bush stunk, wait till you get a full whiff of this guys sorry excuse for leadership.
March 21, 2009 @ 9:22 amThe protestors look pretty organized.
March 21, 2009 @ 10:06 amIts a shame about the field trip I always loved walking through those gardens.
I have just about stopped watching even Fox news and my favorite conservative comentators, it just keeps getting worse and worse and I just don’t want to hear how bad it is getting.
All I can do is pray and send stuff to my people when I see something that I can’t help but voice my opinion on. There are so many RINOs I am not sure if it matters to even do that.
America is a stout country, its people are hearty, most love this country. I just don’t understand what some are thinking and how they rationalize what they are doing. Do they run their own bank accounts and credit lines like they are running Americas?
It all comes down to one thing…”If My people, who are called by My name…” You know the rest
MW
Must have been exciting! Were there more than five protesters? The picture doesn’t seem to indicate a large and coordinated group.
March 21, 2009 @ 8:30 pmThe greatest protesters to Obamateur are the financial/business community folks who have responded to the Messiah’s asinine economic policies by watching the DOW drop 2,000 points under his regime. The Obamanation sycophants have nothing to offer when confronted with facts.
March 21, 2009 @ 8:50 pmDavid,
Yes, there were indeed more than five, and I am sorry that my photograph doesn’t do a better job of showing that. There were probably 30-40 protesters (the corner I am pointing my camera towards was the protesters corner, everyone on that side was anti-Obama, chanting and such) and that many arguing with them on the opposite corner. Everyone else was just watching and filming. It was definitely not organized. Most people showed up and just picked a corner to associate with. Many called their friends and had them make and bring signs that they’d distribute to anyone who wanted to join in.
It was very exciting. Something our boys (13 and 10 years) will always remember.
I will add a few more pictures, although they won’t do the scene justice either. It was too interesting to focus on quality picture taking.
March 21, 2009 @ 9:27 pmWell, David, I added the best picture I could find, which at least show different protester faces to show that there are many more than “five”.
The rest of my photos have our boys in them so I won’t be posting those.
March 21, 2009 @ 9:58 pmThe problem is the OC Fairgrounds is huge and has a lot of entrances, and the streets were all blocked off. Further, the parking around the fairgrounds is restricted to residents, so many protesters came and had trouble figuring out where to go. We spent a good 45 minutes getting parked and in place.
We were in a different area with about 30 or so protesters, and about 20 minutes before we left a cop told us there was a designated protest area. It would have taken us about 1/2 hour to walk there, as we would have had to circumnavigate the fairgrounds and certainly couldn’t take our car there as we wouldn’t have been able to park anywhere. The paid fairgrounds parking wasn’t available to protesters, unless they got there very early (before the attendants knew to turn them away) or lied about having friends inside with tickets.
I’m convinced the late release of information on the speech was deliberately designed to inhibit organization of protests.
I would post a link to the photos of our little protest in OC Register, but whenever I try to post a link on here the whole post disappears.
March 21, 2009 @ 11:29 pmObama runs his show like the old boys in the USSR. He controls the media, people wanting to protest, he’s trying to make friends with the wrong people (the Iranians gave him the “middle finger” in his pathetic attempt at cozying up to them), etc.. He’s also got the universities, unions, lawyers and T.V. and the MTV crowd in his hip pocket. All he needs now is to dismantle our economic system and he’ll have completed the job.
March 22, 2009 @ 9:12 pmThat is hilarious, Jim.
March 23, 2009 @ 1:59 amUnfortunately, we have a system in place that protects this guy regardless of what he does – true freedom wouldn’t allow that.
March 23, 2009 @ 10:40 amSounds a lot like a certain church that we once were a part of, Jim.
March 23, 2009 @ 9:24 pmExactly.
March 23, 2009 @ 9:41 pmNow, now boys. Don’t get snarky.
March 24, 2009 @ 11:36 am