This is just ridiculous. This lady was on public property trying to go into the McCain event that was public. Then McCain’s secret service people ordered this guy to tell her that shes trespassing. They even gave her a ticket. A 61 yr old women all because she wanted to bring a sign in the place that said McCain=Bush. Shouldn’t McCain want people like her to come to the event to sway her to vote for McCain. I guess things really change when you have Bush and Karl Rove people working for him. At the end of the video this women makes a good point that why would republicans be angry with this sign when they voted for Bush twice. Shouldn’t they be happy that McCain=Bush?
video was courtesy of Progress Now Action
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Also, now she need to get a lawyer and claim free speech. Plus there is a such thing as the freedom to protest. This need to go all the way the Supreme Court and for this to become big news. This is just one of many cases that have happen under President Bush.
i agree she should really sue
Only commited supporters are allowed at McCain rallies. It always sounds as if they have someone with “Applause” and “Boo” signs, so the audience will give the appropriate responses at the appropriate times. It just like his phoney grins that are written into his speeches. It’s a hoot to watch McRobot.
I don’t get it. If republicans are SO proud to be republicans and support the war, why are they so embarassed to be associated with Bush? Oh yeah, it doesn’t poll well. To all those who think McBush is such a Maverick, well that was the OLD McCain of 2000, this new version is the OLD OLD, GRUMPY OLD McBUSH!!!
what a lovely lady. She kept her dignity. I hope she sues the pants off them!
I agree with all of these comments. How ridiculous. McCain=Bush. She was only speaking the truth!
As a denver resident, I am outraged and embarassed. She should fight this all the way.
I voted twice for Bush and will be voting for McCain. McCain = Bush and will be Bush’s 3rd term. Now what is wrong with that? They both share the same major policies. Spread the word!
McBush 2008
WOW! i cant believe that’s possible in America! this looks like Belarus, or Zimbabwe (just without the physical intimidation). This should go around the world, so people can see what America has become in the last 8 years. Freedom of speech – my a$$!
I think McCain should call her and personally apologize.
Sue, I hope that you are kidding. If you seriously see nothing wrong with these failed policies after 7 years, wow.
I am seeing nothing about this on any media outlet. Trust me if this happened at an Obama rally, it would be on 24/7, i.e. Women in Islamic head gear not allowed to appear behind Barrack Obama at speech.
Unfortunately, I have seen these types in too many venues to agree with any of you. This lady was obviously not there to ask questions of McCain to ascertain why he is different than Bush and what HIS policies are. This type comes to disrupt and holler out at specific times only to interfere with the purpose of the meetings which is to gain information from candidates to make informed decisions. These radical left wing anti-war people are simply there to cause disruption and get their mugs on the next MSM show. I say let them stay outside holding their stupid talking point signs. It’s funny that I never see moderate or conservative folks making asses of themselves at Obama functions on the MSM programs. Perhaps they have a little more decorum and realize that it is inappropriate to be rude and make fools of themselves.
If this had happen at an Obama Rally it would be all over the news and Hannity would have talked about the lady getting a ticket for a solid hour.
Sounds and looks Facists to me! I hope she sues and wins a ton of money from the super facists!
“Also, now she need to get a lawyer and claim free speech. Plus there is a such thing as the freedom to protest. This need to go all the way the Supreme Court and for this to become big news. This is just one of many cases that have happen under President Bush.”
Please tell us where in the Constitution of the United States of America are the words “Freedom to Protest”.
“Sounds and looks Facists to me! I hope she sues and wins a ton of money from the super facists!”
First, the word is spelled F-A-S-C-I-S-T.
Second, learn what the word “fascist” means so you can use the word properly. Using it for “shock value” does nothing more than show your ignorance.
Mark, are you the hall monitor for this blog? Just post your idea of the article and move on. And yes, you do have the right to protest. Maybe we all need to read the entire Constitution along with the Bill of Rights to be more informed.
McCain is even using a Bush strategy to win:
http://thebruceblog.wordpress.com/2008/07/07/john-mccain-admits-inhaling/
score 1 for robert. And I agree please comment on the article and not go off on a tangent. I actually deleted Mark’s last irrelevant post about race and KKK…yeah I don’t know where anyone would get race from in this post either.
I also want to say that I agree with most of the posts here. If this was Obama then this would be all over the news kindof like the Muslim women in detroit. Obama actually called and apologized to them personally even though it wasn’t his fault or the campaigns policy.
In this case it was higher officials working for the McCain campaign that requested this women to leave a public area and not come into a public event. McCain should apologize or at least pay her ticket.
Is the secret service running McCains’ campaign?
Mark said, “Please tell us where in the Constitution of the United States of America are the words “Freedom to Protest”. Perhaps not in those exact words, but the Bill of Rights, First Amendment, reads:
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
Note the last clause.
After living in Egypt for the last 2 years and seeing people from all over the globe, I have found that the rest of the world sees America as laughing stocks with no credibility. This is all because of George Bush. And these foreigners blamed US citizens because we voted for him TWICE. Now the other countries are starting to believe that US citizens are finding the truth about Bush and realize that we were lied to. But if America votes for McCain… you can forget it! We will be hated even more and people will have Zero-Respect for the US if we make the same mistake again by putting McCain in office. America used to once be the greatest country in the world. People respected the US and held US policies in high regard. Now, thanks to these last 7 years, America is a totally laughing stock. And the US will have no credibility and no respect if we follow along the same path as we have by voting for McCain, which would definitely be a 3rd term for Bush. I listened to foreigners from all over the world, from Germany and France, the UK and Russia, from Spain and Italy and South America and more, and none had anything good to say about the US. Each person says that by the US voting for Obama is there any hope for change.
Save America… vote Obama ‘08!!!
Lori wrote, “This lady was obviously not there to ask questions of McCain to ascertain why he is different than Bush and what HIS policies are. This type comes to disrupt and holler out at specific times only to interfere with the purpose of the meetings which is to gain information from candidates to make informed decisions. These radical left wing anti-war people are simply there to cause disruption and get their mugs on the next MSM show. ”
We will never know if this woman was there to “holler out at specific times” since she was not allowed to enter the event. However, it is plausible that she was there to ask McCain questions. Maybe she was there to ask McCain why he insists on distorting Obama’s taxation policies. Americans that earn over approximately 230K annually will experience increased taxes under Obama’s policy. Americans that earn less than that will not have experience a SINGLE tax increase. Somehow, we’ve got to dig our way out of the hole that W placed us in. Taxing the upper economic echelons is sounds about right to me. Life aint fair GOP, so just deal with the mess that your boy W got us into. Go to the Obama website and view his economic policy rather than trusting McCain deliberate distortions and the advice from MSM.
Um. I was an Obama supporter and they didn’t let me bring in Pro-Obama signs either. The fact is, it isn’t right for people to go in and disrupt other people’s events. It wasn’t a public event. It was a private event in a public area. Obama’s people throw out protestors too. The media just doesn’t want to cover it. NObama ‘08. He’s the worst person to ever run for president. He’s not trustworthy with his constant flip-flopping. The ultimate panderer in history and if elected, will be the worst president in US history.
OMG Will. Your post is so full of mistakes, I wonder if you are being serious. First, I don’t see what you are trying to say in your first sentence. Second, people were lining up to get in so it Was a public event. In order to be private it would have been by invitation only. Third, would you like to show and example where anyone from a Barack Obama rally or event was ever thrown out? I am sure if this indeed happened, the righties would have been all over it. Fourth, you language at the end is so full of hate I doubt anyone reading your post would give it much of a thought.
Exotic election says “Is the secret service running McCains’ campaign?”
Where else would the secret service get their info from. Protesters have come into mccain events before so why should this be any different. What I think now is that since the McCain campaign has hired old bush and rove advisers now they are taking a communist approach to politics that I don’t like.
VOTE OBAMA
Tom Obama I actually deleted the end of his post because it was so hateful. Unfortunately he didn’t read my comment disclaimer at the top of the page under QUICK NOTES. I value free speech but not racially biased free speech especially if race has nothing to do with this post.
But i do want people to know that I think Will’s comment is so irrational its just ridiculous
You said it, same people that spew hate and poison are the ones behind McCain.
nearlynormalized… you hit the nail on the head!
If McShame was the maverick that he claims to be…he wouldn’t be so afraid of controversial questions or statements. I am so glad that Obama did not fall for the trick of 10 Town Hall Meetings together. McShame don’t do PC’s, can’t read/see and watching him speak is like watching paint dry! We will make sure that this gets on U-Tube for our young people to see why they should follow their hearts and vote for Obama! McShame needs to retire!
I am so sorry being a resident in Denver I have never been more imbarrased by our police department. Being a reupublican myself i fail to see the harm. Thank McCain. He is relly setting a bad example for us.
So much for freedom of speech…
Bush has always tightly controlled those who are allowed into his events. Even went so far as to have attendees sign loyalty oaths–even when he was running for a 2nd term and was on our payroll, speaking in public places. Seems that the Bush cronies running McCain’s campaign are going to use the same tactics. So much for free speech in this country!!!!!
Actually I guess the Secret Service can legally do this according to U.S. code, and has been used before in such cases…
TITLE 18 > PART I > CHAPTER 84 > § 1752
§ 1752. Temporary residences and offices of the President and others
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person or group of persons—
(1) willfully and knowingly to enter or remain in
(i) any building or grounds designated by the Secretary of the Treasury as temporary residences of the President or other person protected by the Secret Service or as temporary offices of the President and his staff or of any other person protected by the Secret Service, or
(ii) any posted, cordoned off, or otherwise restricted area of a building or grounds where the President or other person protected by the Secret Service is or will be temporarily visiting,
in violation of the regulations governing ingress or egress thereto:
(2) with intent to impede or disrupt the orderly conduct of Government business or official functions, to engage in disorderly or disruptive conduct in, or within such proximity to, any building or grounds designated in paragraph
(1) when, or so that, such conduct, in fact, impedes or disrupts the orderly conduct of Government business or official functions;
(3) willfully and knowingly to obstruct or impede ingress or egress to or from any building, grounds, or area designated or enumerated in paragraph (1); or
(4) willfully and knowingly to engage in any act of physical violence against any person or property in any building, grounds, or area designated or enumerated in paragraph (1).
http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/18/usc_sec_18_00001752—-000-.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
typically in the past, they have been allowed to bar women like this one from the event, but she was as free as a bird to sit outside the door.
nearlynormalized,
yep, there’s no hatred among Obama supporters none at all!!!! There has never been a hateful word uttered among his friends, mentors, colleagues and supporters.
ROFLMAO
Looks like this was a complete setup to make McCain look bad. Hmmm, why would McCain = Bush be bad? YA , RIGHT!
Hey jcrue that’s typical GOP/rascist tactic isn’t it? Antagonize people and when they respond negatively point a finger and yell about how hateful they are.
8 years of Bush, Iraq war, economy in the crapper, China owning most of our debt, health care expenses, loss of jobs… I would say most of the folks who didn’t vote for Bush have been greatly antagonized….even some who did vote the chimp in chief are pretty agitated. So yes we hate the GOP.
Obama ‘08
First…why are the Secret Service Agents getting involved in this? It was NOT a security issue…it was purely an attempt at “political image/staging control”.
Government employees are not supposed to engage in political activities while on the clock.(except for security)
We, the taxpayers, are paying the salaries of those Agents to protect the Senator, not to act as his image consultants.
If Sen McCain wants someone kicked out for strictly political reasons, he needs to have his paid staff or volunteers do it. This was Fraud , Waste and Abuse of taxpayer funds. It should also be seen as an abuse of their power/authority.
Secondly…why are the police so casual about suppressing this woman’s Freedom of Speech? I hope she rapes all of them in court…July 23rd, right…let’s see.
What’s funny is that this is a good example of the old saying, “That shoe pinches on the other foot”,
I’ll bet none of the people who are so outraged today said a word when the Clinton Gestapo not only banned but arrested and beat up peaceful political protesters at his public town hall meetings and rallys. How soon they forget…
Both situations were and are deplorable, but both are a sign of our times and show our willingness to bash opposition when it collides with our worldview.
All McCain has to do is apologize like Obama did with the Muslim women at his rally even though it wasn’t his or his campaign fault. I do think that this is coming from McCain’s top staffers to do something like this, but all McCain would have to do is apologize.
As far as Clinton Gestapo I don’t know much about the situation especially if it happened like 16 years ago. The issue is that if this happened to Obama then it would be all over the News and since its happened to McCain the MSM has went to sleep.
Why are people’s rights to peacefully protest getting taken away???
This government is getting more and more corrupt.
Thank god for public blog communities for spreading news of the injustice, since we all know the TV doesn’t do the best job of reporting the truth.
When she goes court, I cannot imagine that the judge would seriously find her guilty of an offense. After Bush’s notorious fleecing of Cindy Sheehan at Crawford, clearly Bush PR = McCain PR.
according to obama she is too old anyway so by the time her lawsuit comes around obama & his henchmen will be running the courts & it will be thrown out…
of course, obama was throwing muslim women out of his events…ok he didn’t throw them out, just out of camera view…
Obama never apologized for the picture of Che in his HQ, and while Obama may= Che, or Fidel, McCain doesn’t = Bush. The old lady was a troublemaker and if she was 21 instead of 61 you wouldn’t be trying to tar McCain with her antics.
The fact that so many respondents think she should “sue” is indicative of their mind-set.
this blog post rocks i already digged it. As far as fiddle and creeping over hear you are wrong.
creeping your stupid Obama doesn’t have control of the courts get over your stupid conspiracy theories.
And fiddle mike who care about Che and mccain does =bush.
This is sad and scary! It says it all that McCain = Bush is so negative that McCain’s people would force the woman to give up her sign or leave! Regarding the post about the Muslim women at Obama’s event being removed from the photo op, Obama DID personally call them to apologize. Besides, if the right-wing wasn’t constantly spreading lies about Obama not being a Christian, his people wouldn’t have felt compelled to act in such a manner.
Andrew Says:
July 8, 2008 at 11:16 am
Sue, I hope that you are kidding. If you seriously see nothing wrong with these failed policies after 7 years, wow.
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Andrew, I believe Sue is being facetious; unless, of course, she is one the angry Hilliary diehards!
Either way, I think it is hillarious!! Who in their right mind would want four more years of this administarations destruction of America and world peace? Like the majority of Americans, the world wants a better leader than the president. I voted Repuplican until 2008. I am so sick of seeing our troops killed and injured, I am sick at heart at the maltreatment of our soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. I am sick and tired of soldiers having to live in virtual pigsties at different military hospitals upon ther return—toilets overflowing, peeling paint, leaky pipes, leaky roofs, etc, and expect them to be grateful!! These folks put their lives on the line, and their comrades continue to do so, many more will get injured, many more will get killed. The Iraq War was an unnecessary war, one in which we should have never engaged. A war which Mr. McCain wants continued engagement. This war has broken our economy, has caused increased fighting between the different factions, and has empowered Iran and Syria to provide the enemny with weapons and ammunition. Do we really want McCain in the White House?? The man is downright dangerous to our country! Mr. BLack, one of McCain’s top people stated if there was an attack on U.S. soil, it would benefit McCain in the race for the Presidency!! I am certain Mr. Black was not just speaking off the top of his head; I am absolutely certain, it has been a subject of serious discussion within the upper echelons of the McCain campaign, and that would include McCain! Absolutely insane and selfish thinking. What about the thousands of deaths and injuries from such an attack? Not to mention the massive destruction of property and resources?? What about the pain to famililies of victims? What about the pain and sorrow such an attack would bring to ALL Americans?? McCain and Black are not concerned about our people, all they are concerned about is that such an attack would be BENEFICIAL TO MCCAIN!! I really hope the rest of America looks at this closely as the words Black uttered are representative of McCain, his campaign and the Repubs. I did not hear any Repubs denouncing Black!!
When several abortion protestors came to a large Obama rally and began yelling from the back of the room, Senator Obama politely asked them not to shout and told them if they would wait, he would be happy to discuss the issue with them. The protestors continued their yelling and the audience began the “yes we can” and “Obama, Obama”. Senator Obama held his arms out and hushed the audience, then said these people had the right to voice their views and told the group they had five minutes to speak their mind, after all, this is what America is all about —-Free Speech. The protestors, went on for a couple of minutes and left peacefully. Can you imagine the chaos had Senator Obama “forced” or “ordered” them out?? Kudos to the good Senator of Illinois for handling a potential “riot” in such an understanding and gracious way!!
wow thats a great story i wish there was tape so we can show how a real candidate handles protesters and the public. Maybe McCain can take notes
fiddlemike: You refer to the lady as “the old lady was a troublemaker….”. Gee fiddlemike, This 61 year old ladly is “THE OLD LADY”?? What does that make McCain?? He is 71, soon to be 72!! By YOUR standards that would make McCain a REALLY OLD MAN! Amazing, isn’t it??
no taser? pssh that public relations blunder is lacking
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FYI The lovely Rachael Maddow featured this on Countdown on MSNBC tonight. Lets hope this is the start of something good.
Yes, I just saw it on Countdown – and a good interview followed! Another reason Countdown is one of my faves!
Yeah I saw it too, finally at least one show mentions this
How can they be so heartless!
Land of the sheep, home of the slave…When are Americans going to wake up to the fact that their forebears fought and died for the liberties they had, and that are being destroyed without protest by an out of control adminsitration following an imperialist doctrine the founders overcame?
The real blame lies at the door of common Americans who would rather read about Britney Spears and go to a sporting event, rather than keeping abreast of the activities of their government. The same goes for us in The UK and indeed all of Europe.
Republicans are commies.
What do you expect?
We came here as refugees because we cannot express our minds in public. To see this in America is disgusting. Are we all the same? Oh my God what has happened to my country.
God forbid someone would want to ask McCain about something he didn’t like in a public town hall meeting. I don’t recall Obama booting people off the property because they were Republicans holding a sign. What’s going on here, is that John McCain has so much shady activity in his past he’s trying to keep it covered up. Those laws that Gothicicecream was talking about don’t even come close to applying to that lady. She wasn’t causing any trouble, and that meeting was open to the public, not just Republicans who like John McCain. For a guy that has flip flopped 61 times on his policies, so the GOP will back his campaign, I’m sure there’s alot he don’t want to talk about. He’s blowing his chances of winning all by him self.
“After living in Egypt for the last 2 years and seeing people from all over the globe, I have found that the rest of the world sees America as laughing stocks with no credibility. This is all because of George Bush.” -Like America’s Interests should be it’s popularity around the world. If so, we would have ended a longgg longggggg time ago. (Should we have not written the declaration of independance just because just because England seen the colonies as a laughing stock?) No Credibility? Wow, there are some really reallllly stupid people in this world then, at least 1/4, and they all visit Egypt.
Reminds me of when Obama’s people were blocking the shots of Bill O’Reilly’s camera-men.
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