By invitation from President George H.W. Bush’s “Points of Light Institute” President Barack Obama will be attending an awards ceremony honoring outstanding civil service. The event will take place today, October 16th on the Texas A&M campus at Rudder Theater from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

The group “Texas A&M’s Young Conservatives” is organizing a protest. In attendance will be members from area TEA Parties as well.
The protesters have been issued their permits and assigned a spot where they can congregate.  

That spot is well out of sight of President Obama, those attending the event, and one would imagine the media.

As the attached campus photo shows, Obama will be appearing in the area indicated by the red square, whereas the protesters will be behind a parking garage and another building as indicated by the yellow highlighted area.

The A&M administration is apparently striving to avoid bad press like it received in October of 2008, when the Texas A&M Young Conservatives held an “Anti-Obama Carnival” on the tradition steeped campus in College Station.

During the “Carnival” people were given eggs to throw at a photo of Obama, then a candidate for President.  It caused quite a stir on campus. 

Ashlea Sigman of KTBX in College Station reported part of the story like this: 

“The conservatives' anti-Obama carnival came with a 'socialist on a stick Obama ring-toss,' and a board with the candidate's picture on it that the group offered to let students throw eggs at called 'throw away your nest egg.'

“Conservatives say they just wanted to get people's attention, then hand them a pamphlet about Obama's economic policies.

"'And in an intelligent fashion we'd like to discuss his policies cause its not Barack Obama the man that we have the problem with. It’s his socialist, liberal polices that we are concerned with,' said Jay Cunningham of Texas A&M's Young Conservatives of Texas group.”

Last year they were called trouble makers, today hundreds of thousands of nest eggs later, some would call these Young Conservatives prophetic.

To learn more about the protests visit “Texas A&M’s Young Conservatives” HERE.

The Houston TEA Party is deeming this a “Facebook” event, as well and has posted the following:

“Official Facebook Event: “Texans Against Obama’s Socialist Agenda – A&M Protest”

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=169129200148

“Ralph McBride is organizing a bus, tickets are $30 E-mail him at rhm1975@gmail.com or call him at 409-466-7063”

Gig'em Conservatives