A follow up to reporting on the Santorum Sewickley fundraiser and counter protest

Blue State heard that some of the protesters went with video camera in hand to detail the event, sort of a "red carpet interview", a la the Oscars. There should be some footage, including interviews with both those protesting the Santorum fundraiser, and those attending the Santorum fundraiser. No, nothing so juicy as surveillance footage, unless the FBI has some we're unaware of. Merely, Q&A's with both sides of the fence. Sounds fun, frankly.

One of the interviewers, a skilled writer for such magazines as GQ and National Geographic , Men's Health, and many others, interviewed many people, both those attending the fundraiser and those protesting the event.

He also spoke with, in his words, "a fashionably dressed, attractive young woman in her 20's". He asked if she was able to pay the $1000 to attend the event, and her reply was "It's taken care of." He pursued it, to find out that her way was paid for by her boyfriend’s family. Will video footage of the event and counter-event be available soon?

By the way, we don't generally publish anonymous comments, but one was quite prudent to publish. Upon mentioning the event in the blog 2 items earlier, Blue State received an r-mail from "Anonymous", within hours of our posting.

It read, "Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "Quite a show tonight in little Sewickley, PA - anti-Santorum protest set while Bush is visiting to raise money": stating, "i went to the bush fundraiser and your protest sucked".

First, it was not "our protest". We just reported the event. Secondly, we hope that this was actually NOT one of the attendees of the Bush/Santorum event. We hope Bush and Santorum's supporters actually show more intelligence, both gramatically and strategically. As we heard it was a Santorum fundraiser, not a Bush fundraiser/rally, as "Anonymous" states. Additionally, there is a shift key for capital letters. And finally, Blue State wonders what would cause a protest by those from the other side to not "suck" (poor choice of words, Anonymous)? Would not "sucking" mean not being so peaceful? Not having families present? Shouting down the other side more? Bringing in people from outside of the town? Would getting arrested cause it not to suck?

Blue State would like to take a poll to find out when a peaceful protest rally doesn't "suck".