Anyone have solid info on the "rent-a-mob" following Kerry around?

[BeachBuckeye]

Word has it that this is an organized group (actually two or three groups) hired and given their marching orders in the same way Tom DeLay did with the Miami rioters in 2000? Any facts? All I'm getting this morning are pretty solid rumors but no irrefutable evidence yet.

[wishlist]

1. Dems need get pics of them and compare from event to event

Sounds like a RW strategy to have the same bunch going around disrupting all of the events.

[snippy]

4. Excellent idea. n/t

[stanwyck]

10. Have them work for us

publicize them. Videotape them. Take their pictures. Get audio. They're assets. Show America what kind of people the Bushies are. We have an innate sense of fair play. The civil rights movement was helped by main stream America seeing people attacked by police dogs, police, and the hate-contorted faces of racists. Pictures are emotional. They'll do more than our works ever will. Cover this country with the white, male bullies and their hate speech. Cheney uttering the "f" word will pale in comparison. Show America what Bush's fine Christian supporters look like when they're pushing, cussing, and screaming hate. Show their faces. Make them work for us.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

12. Right on, stanwyck. Ju-Jitsu

I wanted to quote some particularly potent portion of your post, but it is so well thought out and written that I endorse and commend the entire posting.

Wind them up and let them foam at the mouth.

Show the foam!

(maintain personal safety)

[blm]

16. I agree with you 100%

I also agree that Kerry should invite them to speak onstage and allow their voices to be heard by ALL America. Let THEM become the next day's story.

[cthrumatrix]

2. taking a picture might show "nothing" if they have no souls .....creepy

maybe kerry can invite them up so ALL the crowd knows who they are

[DeepModem Mom]

5. Yes -- maybe Kerry should invite them up, and ask them to introduce...

themselves.

[argyl]

9. Kerry'd be accused of being "Clintonesque", and it's a great idea.

[DeepModem Mom]

3. Glad you're getting rumors -- follow up, and expose these antidemocratic..

Cheney-ers!

[LuminousX]

6. Cameras

Time to get lots of pictures and do some comparisons. I also wonder what would happen if I disrupted a Bush campaign speech... oh wait, I'd be arrested. Funny that. You can always tell who truly loves Freedom more, the one willing to show tolerance to dissent or the one willing to lock up everyone who makes his life slightly difficult.

[prolesunited]

7. Even if they aren't actually paying them

I think their is documentation that supporters are being bused in.

You can also contrast the actual support for each candidate by the fact that Bush events are ticketed, people have to sign loyalty oaths, and police routinely arrest and detain people who protest or carry signs. There are news stories on all of these events.

In comparison, look how deftly Kerry and Edwards are handling them:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=731804&mesg_id=731804

Are you going to discuss some of this Saturday on your show?

[BeachBuckeye]

11. Yes, we will discuss it

I would like to get some more "hard" evidence though. I do have a couple of "first hand" reports but I would like more than that.

[lebkuchen]

8. Videotape the events

and cross reference for the cops. If anything, the thugs will scare off.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

13. Cross Reference via DU or specialized site

Collect and collate pictures of faces through a central site, but take care to respect privacy and the right to dissent. A few people coordinating can check the faces for correlations. Then only the faces of those who repeatedly show up at the rallies should be published.

[LoZoccolo]

14. Where can we get a schedule of Kerry campaign stops?

We can start there, and then post requests for people in those areas to take pictures of the alleged rent-a-mob the day before or so.

This is a good idea and I'd like to do this. PM me BeachBuckeye if you need me for anything in the course of this.

[Feanorcurufinwe]

15. I started a schedule thread

not complete but:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=597115&mesg_id=597115