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Hillary 'Goon Squad' Victim Goes Public
NewsMax ^ | 10/22/02 | Limbacher

Posted on 10/22/2002 4:09:24 PM PDT by Tumbleweed_Connection

On Monday NewsMax.com detailed the story of Clinton campaign insider Patrick Halley, who revealed that "goon squads" were recruited to suppress protests at events for New York Sen. Hillary Clinton. Now, one Clinton "goon squad" victim has come forward to tell his story.

The incident took place at New York City's Israeli Day parade at the height of Mrs. Clinton's 2000 campaign for the Senate, where, by all accounts, the-then first lady was roundly booed by the crowd as she stoically marched from block to block.

A member of the conservative Web site FreeRepublic.com, dressed for the occasion as the Devil, joined the crowd to add his voice to the protest. He recounted the episode Tuesday:

"To suppress opposing views in the crowd the Clinton campaign had people on both sides of the street walking the route with Hillary - but behind the barriers. They were carrying professionally printed pro-Clinton signs."

"Before she passed," he recalled, "they shoved me back and got in front of me, holding their signs in front of mine. However, my signs had a 3 foot handle and I raised them up."

At that point, recounts the FreeRepublic protester, "I was poked in the eye by a finger inserted to the eyehole in my mask."

In his recently released book "On the Road with Hillary," Mr. Halley details his eight year stint as Mrs. Clinton's advance man, where one of his most important jobs was stifling protests like those staged by FreeRepublic, using even physical intimidation when he deemed it necessary.

"Less genteel souls," Halley explained, sometimes referred to his protest-busters as "goon squads" - although he preferred the term "etiquette squads."

"I was proud of the fact that not one of them had ever been arrested," he boasts in the book.

Every now and then, Halley said, even he would have to throw a punch or two.

During a trip to Moscow while Mrs. Clinton was first lady, the advance man recalled:

"A photographer blocked my way and, trying to get a picture of Hillary in her limo, pushed me. I hit him square in the face so hard I thought I'd broken my hand. His nose exploded in an eruption of blood and I was able to shove him out of the way and jump into the lead car."

When it came to his protest busters, Halley says he "never advocated physical confrontation and always insisted that the etiquette squad stay within the boundaries of the law."

But in the next breath he confessed, "Sadly, but inevitably, things sometimes got a little frisky, but my recruits knew how to handle themselves.... I had heard rumors that they had been very adamant about defending themselves when set upon by protesters."


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Free Republic; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: freerepubliccom; goonsquad; hillary
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1 posted on 10/22/2002 4:09:24 PM PDT by Tumbleweed_Connection
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To: Tumbleweed_Connection
"Ladies and Gentlemen, the Democratic Party is proud to present to you the next President of the United States!"
2 posted on 10/22/2002 4:11:56 PM PDT by IncPen
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To: Tumbleweed_Connection
Sadly, but inevitably, things sometimes got a little frisky, but my recruits knew how to handle themselves....

Frisky is a way of life in Clintonia.

Michael M. Bates: My Side of the Swamp

3 posted on 10/22/2002 4:12:59 PM PDT by mikeb704
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To: Tumbleweed_Connection
Too bad the lame stream media will never give this news the time of day.
4 posted on 10/22/2002 4:13:35 PM PDT by demkicker
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5 posted on 10/22/2002 4:16:07 PM PDT by Slyfox
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etiquette squad

That is rich and how Orwellian.
6 posted on 10/22/2002 4:18:57 PM PDT by Liberty Teeth
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7 posted on 10/22/2002 4:20:18 PM PDT by South40
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A member of the conservative Web site FreeRepublic.com, dressed for the occasion as the Devil, joined the crowd to add his voice to the protest. He recounted the episode Tuesday:
"To suppress opposing views in the crowd the Clinton campaign had people on both sides of the street walking the route with Hillary - but behind the barriers. They were carrying professionally printed pro-Clinton signs." ...

8 posted on 10/22/2002 4:25:56 PM PDT by Tumbleweed_Connection
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9 posted on 10/22/2002 4:41:39 PM PDT by South40
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To: Tumbleweed_Connection
Hitler used similar tactics to disrupt the rallies of his enemies. His "goons" later became known as Brownshirts, and blossomed into the Gestapo and the SS.

So Hillary is not without her precedents ...

10 posted on 10/22/2002 4:42:53 PM PDT by IronJack
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To: Tumbleweed_Connection

Hillary-Watch.org

THE HILLARY WATCH has been formed to monitor how she votes in the Senate, what legislation she sponsors, what she says, from whom she raises money and so on. In short, THE HILLARY WATCH will make sure that she honors her promises to New York and remembers that she's there to serve us ? not to be self-serving.

More Hillary Watching

"Hillary Watch" is a compilation of news articles regarding the former first lady and current junior senator from New York, Hillary Clinton. I am a firm believer that she intends to seek the presidential nomination of the Democratic Party in 2004, regardless of her public assertions to the contrary. The mission of Hillary Watch is to publicize and document her (or her husband's) political activities, personal behavior, and any other relevant information.

Public Enemy #1

This lady has tasted power. She loves it. She wants more power. Absolute power. She wants to be president. She wants to run the show ? really run things, from the Oval Office, and "get this country moving again," as challengers always say. It's written all over her ? and she has the wherewithal for a strong run. She has ego unsurpassed and guile supreme.

11 posted on 10/22/2002 4:48:43 PM PDT by lsee
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I had heard rumors that they had been very adamant about defending themselves when set upon by protesters."

What is it with Clintonistas? Lying comes to them as naturally as breathing.

12 posted on 10/22/2002 4:50:44 PM PDT by dirtboy
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To: Tumbleweed_Connection
Ping
13 posted on 10/22/2002 4:53:57 PM PDT by dirtboy
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My husband and I showed up to protest HC whenever she would come to Cincy for fund raising. We never saw her goon squad, but the last time she was here, as she went by in her limo, we held up our signs and she raised her hand and either gave us the finger or shook her fist at us. It happened so fast but we both saw it along with a few other people that were standing there.

I know at least one person here at FR called my husband a liar when he recounted the story here but my neighbor had no trouble believing me when I told her about it. Her son was a marine guard at the WH for Bush Sr. and clinton.
14 posted on 10/22/2002 4:55:29 PM PDT by muggs
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To: Doctor Raoul; Physicist
let's try that ping thang again
15 posted on 10/22/2002 5:02:22 PM PDT by dirtboy
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To: Tumbleweed_Connection
At the time of the incident, there was a tread on FR that had a picture of Mrs Clinton standing in the middle of the street, waving to the crowd. It was one of the creepiest pics I*ve ever seen.

Does anyone know where I could find it? Better yet, post it on this tread if you can.

16 posted on 10/22/2002 5:29:19 PM PDT by Ken H
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To: Tumbleweed_Connection; All
Don't overlook the history:

http://web.archive.org/web/200 00614012750/http://www.ijot.co m/DonAdams/index.htm

http://web.archive.org/web/*/h ttp://ijot.com/DonAdams/index. htm

Teamster Trio To Be Sentenced Today For Beating Clinton ...
... and conspiracy, for the October 2, 1998, mob beating of Clinton protestors Don
Adams, and his sister, Teri Adams, during a presidential fundraising trip to ...

Thank You Rush Limbaugh (Rush discussed Don Adams,John Morris ...
... Thank You Rush Limbaugh (Rush discussed Don Adams,John Morris, Freepers&Fund'sWSJ
11-26 Article)!! Crime/Corruption Announcement Keywords: LIMBAUGH,ADAMS,MORRIS ...

Three More Teamsters Plead Guilty In Don Adams Case [Free ...
... Three More Teamsters Plead Guilty In Don Adams Case Crime/Corruption News Source:
Self Author: Teri Adams Posted on 09/12/2000 12:12:17 PDT by TAdams8591. ...

Three MoreTeamsters Plead Guilty in Don Adams Case,Thread 2! ...
... Three MoreTeamsters Plead Guilty in Don Adams Case,Thread 2!! Crime/Corruption News
Keywords: ADAMS,TEAMSTERS, JOHN MORRIS Source: Self Author: DonAdams Posted ...

Bill & Hill's Pal Union Boss Arthur A. Coia Forced To ...
... The Don Adams Defense Fund. PO Box 306. Cheltenham, PA 19012. 11 Posted
on 10/01/1999 20:13:47 PDT by po'boy [ Reply | To 8 | Top | Last ] ...

Last of the Molly Maguires (ATTENTION!! re:The Man who had ...
... Last of the Molly Maguires (ATTENTION!! re:The Man who had Don Adams Assaulted--TAdams8591)
Crime/Corruption News Keywords: JOHN MORRIS, DON ADAMS Source: Time ...

Of Guns and Goons [Free Republic]
... Teamster beatings at the anti-Clinton rally was to press assault charges against
Don Adams, one of the protesters who was beaten up; Mr. Adams ultimately was ...

17 posted on 10/22/2002 5:29:20 PM PDT by backhoe
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To: backhoe
Who are is he referring to here?
18 posted on 10/22/2002 5:55:41 PM PDT by Tumbleweed_Connection
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To: Tumbleweed_Connection
HEY AG ASH CAN:

This sounds like the RICO statutes might be applicable. A group organized and funded to deprive citizens of the U.S. of their RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH!

Oh, sorry I forgot the law doesn't apply to the Democraps (Hitlery in particular), or many of the other pimps of the election industry.
19 posted on 10/22/2002 6:02:46 PM PDT by leprechaun9
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To: Tumbleweed_Connection
Hey, was the guy in the Devil outfit our own Dr. Raoul???
20 posted on 10/22/2002 8:18:58 PM PDT by Antoninus
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