Disciple of the Devil Man
My wife, myself and then eleven year old daughter had attended the campaign rally for President Bush at the Target center, a few years ago. Because we anticipated a great deal of parking problems we decided to take the bus, I believe it was the 5H at the time. The rally was too loud, but was interesting. When we got on the bus to return home a fellow near us starting speaking in a very loud, agitated voice!
He had some documentation about his service in Vietnam and how he had to shoot at people etc. and was showing this to other passengers. He then started really getting agitated about Bush and the Iraq war! He stood up and started walking around cursing Bush and pronounced that he is the Devil!
About this point in time I was very thankful I did not have any pins, buttons, campaign banners etc. on my person that would i.d. me as a disciple of the “Devil Man”! The prospect of being dragged to the front as display item 1A for his seminar on Bush loomed before me.
The prophet then went forward to get off the bus and warned everyone that the Bush was the “anti-christ”! He warned us all to not vote for this “demon” and then took off. All the passengers sat with heads bowed as though in church, and gave thanks the prophet was soon to be taking his leave. I’m sure some may conclude he may have had a point.
Dec 14th, 2007 at 10:15 pm
Huh, who would have guessed that Garrison Keillor rides the bus…..
Dec 14th, 2007 at 10:17 pm
Oh, and for the record…I attended the same rally. I rode the Hiawatha line to it (as I always do while going downtown Mpls). Yes, there are Republicans who support and love mass transit.
Dec 15th, 2007 at 9:58 am
Well, he’s got the message right, but perhaps his method of dissemination needs a little work. Why do we know that democrats are sexy? Who ever heard of getting a good piece of elephant?
Dec 15th, 2007 at 11:24 am
>>>>>Yes, there are Republicans who support and love mass transit.
Dec 15th, 2007 at 11:24 am
(suckers.)
Dec 15th, 2007 at 10:26 pm
Todd, I liked the quip! But you never know who out there may have found a good piece of elephant. No one I know…hopefully
Dec 17th, 2007 at 11:46 am
Isn’t the First Amendment great? It allows everyone to have an opinion and to state it in public except those who are not democrats. For the record I am an independent because I can’t stand either party or the jerks who “represent” the people.
Dec 17th, 2007 at 10:40 pm
Hey Mel. Does anyone every refer to those people they absolutely hate as “a big elephant”?
Dec 20th, 2007 at 9:31 pm
1st amendment rights - what about public nusance? I’ll use a line I heard on the 54 bus “Sorry man, but I ain’t interested in hearing no preachin today!”
Jan 3rd, 2008 at 12:14 pm
Well, he had a point.
Feb 23rd, 2008 at 11:43 pm
And, what he did was not only violating Metro Transit policy as applies to political or religious sermons aboard public transit vehicles with trapped audiences, it violated a state law known as “Interfering With Transit”, a misdemeanor. The driver is distracted by the nutcase, cannot operate in a safe manner, and has to DEAL with the nutcase in a verbal enforcement capacity instead of getting the folks where they want to go. Plus the transit customers’ peace is interrupted, of course.