Wow, what an exciting day for me. My first protest rally and my first diary. My son and I went to Costa Mesa to protest outside Sarah Palin's fundraiser. By the time we got arrived, there was already more than a 100 people protesting. At the height of the rally, there was probably close to 300. Everyone there was so excited about Obama (except perhaps, the Ron Paul wingnuts). People ranged in age from infants to the elderly.
We got flipped off 4 times and given a thumbs down three times. Once, the front passenger gave us a thumbs up and the back passenger flipped us off. We decided the front passenger must have been giving us a sarcastic thumbs up, which is a difficult concept to convey. By and large, the vast majority of people were on our side. For every nasty gesture, we got at least 10 people cheering us on, with cars honking and fists pumping. We tried to figure out who was on our side by the cars they were driving.
Luxury sedan = not on our side. Prius = our side. It worked without fail.
I think the thing that surprised me most is that there was not a single person outside supporting McCain/Palin. No protest to counter our protest at all. Most of the people I talked to felt that while Orange County will still probably go for McCain, no one seems to be happy about it. They are "holding their noses" while they vote for him.
My son took some of these pictures and some are mine. He's probably going to write a diary too, so some may look familiar.