Gathering of Eagles in DC Today! (Updates with Links & Photos)

Update 9/16/07 - Watched C-SPAN taping of Gathering of Eagles Rally. To all involved, who participated (Move America Forward, Gathering of Eagles, Eagles Up, FreeRepublic.com and all others) and especially who came to the rally--two thumbs way up! Great job yesterday standing up to the cut, run and surrender crowd.

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The difference between us (the Patriots) and them (the hate-America crowd) or "what SeeBS, ABC, NBC, CNN won't show you."

(NOTE: It has been brought to my attention that the photo which was here of Code Pinko with the sign "supporting the murder of our troops" is a photoshopped fake. I apologize to all who were offended by this and hereby remove the photo from this post.)

Leftists don't believe Islamofascist terrorism exists.

(photo from FreeRepublic.com)

Patriots fly the flag....

(photo from Wake Up America)

...plus show REAL support and respect the men and women fighting to preserve our freedoms overseas.

(two photos from FreeRepublic.com)
(photo from Wake Up America)

For more links and photos of today, visit Wake Up America, The Barnyard, NZ Bear at Victory Caucus, Michelle Malkin, This Ain't Hell. One note, C-SPAN will show coverage of the Gathering of Eagles tomorrow (Sunday the 16th) starting at 9:35 a.m. Pacific Time. It will run approximately 2 hours and 30 minutes.

Cat Moy writes on Move America Forward's Daily File that the Gathering of Eagles pro-troop supporters was a:

...7,000-person strong contingent of red-blooded Americans on the Capitol Mall. The respectful gathering contrasted with the anti-war crowd that carried signs saying “f**k Bush” and other enlightening phrases. About 5,000 losers marched from the White House to the Capitol where a group of the held a die-in. They carried names of America’s heroes who gave their lives, despite pleas from the parents and families of those soldiers who asked that they not dishonor the troops.

Like I and many others have said before, the Moonbats don't honor or support the troops. Code Pinkos proved that at the top of the page.

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Today is the day! Right now, as I'm writing, patriots from across the country are standing up to the pro-terrorist, anti-American, anti-military cut & run crowd (ANSWER, Code Pinko, WCW, MoveOn.org) with one message which was summed up best by a priest giving the invocation:

"Surrender is not a word in our vocabulary."

Michelle Malkin is live blogging GOE right now. I'll post more links and photos as they become available.

Our friends from Move America Forward, who left on September 3 have made it to DC after a successful cross country caravan. Yesterday, our friend Melanie Morgan plus Lt. Col. Buzz Patterson, Gold Star Mom Debbie Lee and Blue Star Mom Debbie Johns went to "Dirty Harry" Reid's office to confront him not just for saying the "war is lost," but his slander of Gen. David Petraeus.

But Reid refused to meet with the group, instead sending his spokesperson Jim Manley. Reid's flunky ordered the news cameras out of the office, said “the one thing we all agree on is that we all support our troops,” then said the discussion was over (photo from MAF Daily File).

Well Mr. Not-So-Manley, people who "support our troops" don't declare the war lost, attack their general and their Commander in Chief. I'm sure if Mama Moonbat Cindy Sheehan had gone to visit Reid, the red carpet would have been rolled out for her, Ditry Harry would have come out of hiding and the press invited.

Mr. Reid, how dare you ignore a Gold Star Mother who has lost her son in this war! You are contemptible beyond belief and it's YOU and your treasonous party who is politicizing and dividing this nation.

Quotes from the GOE rally:

Deborah Johns: "Cindy Sheehan doesn’t speak for me. She has never spoken for me. And she will never speak for me! We are winning this war. Now let our troops finish their job."

Debbie Lee (Gold Star Mom "Dirty Harry" refused to meet with): "You can’t ‘take’ someone’s life who gives it…and Mark willingly gave his life….God redeployed Mark to heaven.”

Chris Hill: “All across the country people are yelling at the television sets when they see Code Pink. They are looking for us. Yell loud enough so they can hear us. Yell loud enough so our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan can hear us....It’s time for us to yell back…We’re not taking it anymore."

Pete Hegseth from Vets for Freedom: “I figured I’d seize this opportunity to quote a man best known for his $400 haircut. He claims there are two Americas in this country. For once, he’s right. There are two Americas…on display here today. One America here today to desecrate our war memorials…those who want to retreat from the battlefield teeming with Islamic extremists. On the other hand, there are those who are here to defend our memorials, who understand the threat we face. This America. Our America…We cannot let a bunch of sign-waving, slogan-chanting protesters…speak for us.”