Karl Rove in KC - graphic pictures (No we didn't get to arrest him.)

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Sat Apr-10-10 03:37 PM
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Karl Rove in KC - graphic pictures (No we didn't get to arrest him.)

Edited on Sat Apr-10-10 03:38 PM by proud2BlibKansan

No we didn't see him and no we didn't get to arrest him. Darn. On my way there I passed by the Marriott Hotel and saw a big bus pull up in front and people in suits get on. So I wondered if that was where the war criminal was staying. Then later I saw that same bus pull up behind the Sprint Center where he was speaking so I gathered they snuck the war criminal in the back door.

But that's okay cause we got to see his fans. And oh boy. All white. Most at least 50. Plenty of walkers and wheelchairs. What a crowd.

First face I saw when I got there was this guy. He looked familiar. I thought I had maybe just seen him around town. But then we realized this is the guy who testified as a character witness at Scott Roeder's sentencing hearing last week. I even said "Aren't you the guy I saw on TV last week?" And he said "Yes, that was me." Then he started preaching to me about the evils of abortion and I walked away.

Then the bus pulled up.

And the local right wing radio station set up a booth.

And the Phelps clones were across the street. This isn't the Phelps family; it's a church here in KC that imitates the Phelps crew. Loved how this picture was framed.

Then the crowd started arriving. In their flag desecrating shirts.

What is it with these teaklanners and red? I have never seem so much red in my life. Color of blood. Nice impact.

We called this one the suburban hooker. She arrived in a big SUV that dropped her off and she walked around like she was looking for her date. Bizarre.

We were standing right in front of the arena holding our signs and the folks arriving to see the war criminal walked by us. Some ignored us, most shook their heads and laughed and a few flipped us off. Then there were those who wanted to take our picture. We always smiled and held up the peace sign. I held up three fingers and said "Read between the lines!" No reaction so I guess it was too deep for them.

This guy must not know that St Ronnie of Ray Guns is DEAD.

This guy was really mad. He stood there and yelled at us for quite awhile.

Huh?

Ok, in case you are wondering why some of these folks were angry, (one guy even called the cops to turn us in) here are our signs:

One lady came up to us and was angry because "I have my grandchildren here!!" And we told her that bringing her grandkids to see a war criminal is far more offensive than any of our signs.

In case you were wondering, yes the teaklanners had signs. There were three of them. This is my favorite:

After I took her picture, I told her she had a misspelled word on her sign. She said no she did not. I said "Yes, I teach elementary school and that word is on the 2nd grade list." She gave me a funny look and her friend turned to her and said "Oh. she's right! It is spelled wrong! You should have left out the apostrophe!!"

The woman with the sign gave her friend an even funnier look which I interpreted to mean she didn't know what an apostrophe was. I had to walk away cause I didn't want to laugh at her.

Now I am sure you are also wondering about the racial makeup of the crowd. We did ask several of the teaklanners where all their black friends were. We also reminded them that KC has a lot of Hispanic people and surely they could have invited some to join them. Or Asians. Then finally we saw this guy. He was dressed in red so I was thinking we finally found the one African American guy who was attending this event. But we found out he worked there at Sprint Center:

And this guy was walking by and took our picture:

Now for the numbers. Sprint Arena holds 20,000. Today's event sold a grand total of 3000 tickets. They were priced from $45 to $150. I guess there is no depression in La La Teaklan world! At least not for 3000 people.

We left as soon as the event started and the sidewalk cleared out. On my way back to my car, I passed by this parking lot which is right across the street from Sprint Center and usually fills up immediately when there is an event there. This is probably my favorite picture of all.

And this lovely truck was around the corner as I drove home: