Help Feed George Bush
Posted: October 10th, 2004 | Author: themarkpike | Filed under: Stuff |“Do you wanna help feed George Bush?”
To the inebriated concertgoer, that is what “Do you want to help defeat George Bush?” sounds like.
The tipsy trustafarians replied, “Hellll nah.. I wanna starve the [insert expletive]” and kept walking by.
The Republicans would only hear the words “George Bush” and would give me high-fives. I willingly accepted them.
Occasionally, people would understand what I was saying. We signed up several hundred volunteers.
Drunk people signing up for things on clipboards is not a pretty sight. Filling in the blanks becomes an epic struggle and phone numbers are easily forgotten or written illegibly.
I encountered my fair share of hecklers as well (eg: Flip-Flop, Kerry Sucks, You Look French… i made the last one up). I wasn’t allowed to talk ish back, but I knew I didn’t need to. I had the trump card. These people just paid $50 for a mediocre concert, and all of their money was going to progressive political causes (MoveOn PAC and America Coming Together). My comeback was simply, “I hope you enjoy the show!” and I would whisper to myself, “… and thanks for the paycheck”.
I asked my friend if she would ever pay $50 for a show if it was being put on by a political group for neo-conservative causes. I think the Beatles was the only morally acceptable answer.
I was there, and was probably one of those drunk kids signing up for who knows what! Although I was there to support the cause and wouldn’t mind helping out if I were called.
Just thought it was funny that people were saying the things they did.