Roaches hate the light . . . .
Joshuah Bearman: How They Do, Part III:
The trick with Republican staffers running dirty tricks, we discovered, is to turn cameras on them. They wilt like shrinking violets. Stephen Elliott and I are out here with a documentary crew, and when the film started rolling, the GOP’s bogus Gay Pride parade came to a quick end.
“Don’t film me,” the ringleader said when we stuck to them. “I’m expressing my freedom of speech.”
“And we’re going to film that expression,” Steve said. “What’s wrong with that? Gay pride, right? Unless your boss down at GOP headquarters doesn’t want you to turn up on TV.”
“I’m asking you nicely not to take pictures of me,” the ringleader said. Steve was emboldened, and pressed further. “You can ask me not nicely,” I said. “You’re creating news by posing as a Democrat and we’re capturing that. We’re not going anywhere.”
It’s not in Steve’s nature to throw down the gauntlet, but he smelled weakness, and called their bluff. By that time, the other guy in their operation had retreated to the far side of the parking lot, where his John-Kerry-and-his-gay-friends-want-to-adopt-your-children-bullshit sign wasn’t just a yellow speck in the distance. It looked like he’d lost his nerve.
These creatures need to be exposed for what they are: bring your camera if you’re going to polling place where there is a potential for voter intimidation or outright fraud.
Official Site of Author Stephen Elliott:
The lesson to all people in polls in swing states: bring cameras, especially video cameras. Don’t listen to them if they tell you not to film them. If you see voter intimidation it’s important to catch it on tape.