The cold war in Des Moines just turned hot - a bunch of rabid College Republicans crashed a Joan Jett/Janeane Gareafalo rally for Howard Dean at Drake University fifteen minutes ago.
Joan was just getting started on her first number when about 30 Young Repubs stormed in with signs, banners and chants of "GEORGE BUSH" - and that explained why the Fox News crews were covering a Democratic event.
I had brought a corps of Stormers up from HQ as advance reinforcements with plenty of signs, planning to just run a normal rally and flyering operation. Little did we know...
We managed to hold them off just at the entrance, with a jillion Dean signs and banners I'd pre-emptively requisitioned from HQ providing visual blockage. It was a media circus with at least ten camera crews running over the Bushies and Stormers alike. Janeane provided comic relief by posing for pictures amidst the chaos.
Thankfully, the forces of good retained control of the sound system and began drowning out the Repubs... Joan broke into a spontaneous rendition of the Star Spangled Banner, which quickly shut the Rethugs up.
They dispersed after being pressed towards the door by a Stormer throng, and immediately Janeane began cracking jokes at their expense.
I'm sure the footage will show up on network news shows everywhere... be assured that we Deanies and Stormers kicked their wimpy Republithug asses, regardless of which clips get shown.
I snagged a classy souvenir: a Joan-and-Janeane-autographed Dean sign.
I've got two more days in Iowa and if the last three are any indication... it's only going to get weirder. Stay tuned.