San Francisco Chronicle plays matchmaker for anti-Prop. 8 protesters

By Michelle Malkin  •  May 26, 2009 01:55 PM

The San Francisco Chronicle’s Joe Garofoli is providing a helpful public service for angry, anti-Prop. 8 demonstrators looking for companionship. He’s just published hook-up instructions from “progressive techies” on how to locate the nearest protest (hat tip: JWF):

For those not in San Francisco or LA to celebrate/mourn Tuesday’s Prop 8 ruling, the progressive techies over at CREDO Mobile offer a way to find the nearest pro-same sex marriage rally by using SMS.

Here’s how: “Just text in the word RALLY along with your zip code to our CREDO shortcode: 27336 (it spells out CREDO on a non-smartphone).”

The CREDOers walk us through it:

1. Go to “compose SMS”

2. Key in the shortcode 27336 where you would normally put a phone number.

3. Type in the following to the message area:rally 91102

4.If live in Fresno and you text that we’ll SMS you the following info:

Prop 8 Rally in Fresno Tue.@6pm. Meet at Fresno City Hall, 2600 Fresno Street. Questions: ca-fresno@marriageequality.org -CREDO Mobile & Courage Campaign

If you live in Bakersfield and you text rally 93306 into 27336 you find out there are actually three rallies:

Prop 8 Rally in Bakersfield Tue@5pm. 3 locations: Mall View & Mt. Vernon, OR Outback Steakhouse Stockdale Hwy, OR Rosedale and Coffee. Questions: wlwedd@aol.com

Nope, the paper did NOT provide similar services for Tea Party activists. But Garofoli — an Anderson Cooper wannabe, apparently — provided plenty of derisive commentary about “teabagging.”

Bias? What liberal bias?

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  1. #707494
    On May 26th, 2009 at 2:02 pm, JammieWearingFool said:

    Thanks for the HT, Michelle. BTW, it’s an absolute meltdown in the comments in some of the related stories over there.

    Next time Howie Kurtz is tut-tutting bloggers for some comments left on their sites he can have a look at the filth streaming in over there.

  2. #707502
    On May 26th, 2009 at 2:11 pm, letget said:

    If all these gays are so upset at the out come of the court ruling, get their funds together and buy the state of CA and they do as they dang well please.
    L

  3. #707508
    On May 26th, 2009 at 2:13 pm, walterc said:

    And let the games begin.

    I’m guessing again, that the targets will be Mormons, Catholics, Jews. . .Black Christians and Muslims will be avoided.

  4. #707518
    On May 26th, 2009 at 2:18 pm, Socky said:
  5. #707523
    On May 26th, 2009 at 2:22 pm, Pasadena Phil said:

    This is what should be replayed over and over again. Whether you “like it or not”, you lost. Deal with it.

  6. #707549
    On May 26th, 2009 at 2:57 pm, 24Klady said:

    Socky – that’s danged scary. I’m always writing the critters and get fumed when their answers fail to even come close to what my quiry was about. I’m sending your link to everybody – including my gardener. If the writer made no threats (other than not supporting him for future election), used no profanity or slurs against his person or family – there is simply no excuse on the senator’s part.

  7. #707560
    On May 26th, 2009 at 3:10 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    Bias? What liberal bias?

    To which I would add, “Newspaper, what’s a newspaper?”

  8. #707564
    On May 26th, 2009 at 3:12 pm, Pasadena Phil said:

    “Bias? What liberal bias?”

    I just listened to a White House spokeswoman reply to a reporter asking her if they expect Sotomayor’s confirmation to go smoothly. It was interesting that she chose to frame her answer in terms of “the usual right wingers” instead of Republicans. In fact, she referred to Republican senators as being fair minded.

    Speaks volumes about what is wrong with Republicans being at war with their conservative base. They are now hiding behind the Democrats’ skirts while leaving the actual attacks to non-elected has-beens like Colin Powell.

  9. #707565
    On May 26th, 2009 at 3:12 pm, ArizonaNeanderthal said:

    It is going to come to more drastic action anyway–let the Left rail-let their newspapers and TV stations fail. Prepare for the day of greater action.

    Joe Garofoli? When the San Francisco Chronicle folds he can get a job at a bath house-or the Supreme Court I imagine.

  10. #707589
    On May 26th, 2009 at 3:27 pm, rightisright said:

    PP, does Mayor Newsome remind you of ODopey, like he does me, only white? O, oh, can I say that word, white, or am I a racist?

  11. #707602
    On May 26th, 2009 at 3:41 pm, bradley said:

    Teabagging in the streets. I can see it now, revealed in its entirety on Rachel Maddow’s and Keith Olbermann’s shows tonight. With interviews and closeups of angry REAL teabaggers. Hmm.

    Maybe Keith Olbermann could hold a class on exactly HOW to teabag properly, and call it a “public service” too. Get lots of “street cred” in San Fran for that one.

  12. #707617
    On May 26th, 2009 at 3:52 pm, 24Klady said:

    rightisright #10
    You can only say ‘white’ if you’re a hispanic female that’s just been nominated to the Surpreme Court, and only if it points out how lacking in values and ethics those ‘whiteys’ are.

    My old English teacher would just slap me for the construction of that last paragraph. ;)

  13. #707663
    On May 26th, 2009 at 4:32 pm, dan708 said:

    If the protesters behave with the same violence as before, they will be doing themselves more harm than good. MLK, Jr understood that non-violent struggle wins more converts than a kick to the head. I guess we’ll find out if Cali’s gays learned that lesson.

  14. #707763
    On May 26th, 2009 at 6:16 pm, vickisoup said:

    We did the same thing for tea parties. So what. Let the gays have their protests and honor them the way that we requested they honor the tea parties. Each has our own passionate position.

  15. #707821
    On May 26th, 2009 at 7:39 pm, Tazed and Confused said:

    find the nearest pro-same sex marriage rally by using SMS

    Note to Beloved Great Leader…
    program missle guidance system link to SMS code RALLY/27336…

  16. #708015
    On May 27th, 2009 at 3:35 am, William said:

    Aloha Guy,

    Aloha!

    Maui no ka oi!

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