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National Fart-In? Philadelphia Woman Organizes DNC Protest That's A Real 'Gas'

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Sometimes, the only way to pick a presidential candidate is to hold your nose and vote. It's a trick that might really well-serve those attending the Democratic National Convention next month in Philadelphia, as demonstrators are planning to -- with apologies to Monty Python -- fart in the general direction of the party's bosses and its presumptive nominee.

You will not want to be downwind from Cheri Honkala on the last night of the convention.

"We're going to have everybody eat a bunch of beans," Honkala explains. "And then we're going to surround the Democratic National Convention and have a national fart-in."

You read that right -- a 'fart-in.'

To those like her fellow Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaigners who lean far to the left of the party's base, Honkala says it's their duty to pass gas en masse.

"Because that's pretty much how we feel about the Democratic party, its policies, and what's happening in our country these days," she says. "We'll have people inside the convention as well as plenty outside."

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Even Vermont Senator and Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders is invited to bring his wind instrument to add to the malodorous melody.

"Bernie, eat beans with us and join us in the fart-in," Honkala says. "We're also inviting [Green Party presidential candidate] Dr. Jill Stein. We're hoping that farting is not against the law yet -- it might well be soon. But it was the only thing we could think of that's not considered illegal these days."

To those who'd rather Honkala hold it in than letting 'er rip, they'll get no sympathy from the activist from Kensington. She says when it comes to advocating for the poor, hungry, and homeless, the party and presumptive nominee Hillary Clinton are full of "rhetorical flatulence."

Honkala is planning to lead an anti-poverty march on opening day of the convention despite being denied a protest permit.

 

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