Veterans For Murtha is sponsoring a large rally tomorrow (Saturday) at 11 AM in Johnstown's Central Park.
http://www.vetsformurtha.org/...
Among the scheduled speakers: Jack Murtha, Max Cleland, Bob Kerrey, Ed Rendell, Wesley Clark, and Hugh Shelton.
I can tell you that Max Cleland is already here.
More below.....
I had the pleasure of shaking Senator Cleland's hand just after he arrived at a pre-rally rally held this evening in the historic wooden ballroom of Windber's Recreation Park.
A small crowd of about 200 people gathered in the ballroom to greet Max. The crowd was made up of Veterans from all of America's conflicts, some active duty military, local supporters, and...yes...military contractors from the area who have benefited from their Congressman's support.
I sat at a table with the owner of the company that built the guidance system that helped to take out the highest ranking member of aQ to date. Also at our table was a Marine Corp 1st Sgt, getting ready to retire after 25 years...soon after he runs in the marathon. He's back from Iraq, and had some good stories to tell about UAVs. Oh, and a photographer from Getty sat with us, too. (I think he was delighted by the conversation. He let on that he is not assigned to cover the anti-Murtha swiftboaters rally scheduled for Sunday.)
After getting something to eat, Max addressed us. He thanked us for being there and said that we were going to make it our business to make sure that nobody ever gets swiftboated again.
That was the extent of the rally. We were just passing time and shooting the breeze before the real rally, seems like.
Shirts were handed out to the veterans for tomorrow.
I wish I could have frog-marched a few wingnuts into this event, tied them down, and force fed them a dose of reality. Real American BEING real Americans. That' what I saw tonight.
If you are anywhere near Johnstown, please attend the rally tomorrow. Don't miss this bit of history if you can help it.