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San Francisco woman hauled away for interrupting president
San Francisco Chronicle ^ | 9/3/04 | Carla Marinucci

Posted on 09/03/2004 12:15:22 PM PDT by MikalM

New York -- It was more than a shock to end up on the floor of Madison Square Garden, five rows from the president, with a protester on top of me -- and security guards struggling to contain her. But that happened Thursday night at the front of the California delegation section when -- in the middle of Bush's speech -- June Brashares, 40, of San Francisco, an activist with Code Pink, stood up on her chair and unfurled a banner that read, "Bush lies, people die."

Just minutes before, the blue-suited Brashares had been in the crunch of delegates and press in the aisle when former Gov. Pete Wilson graciously offered his seat with a prime sight line to President Bush. Brashares was wearing an alternate delegate pass, and I stepped aside to let her sit down.

It was 50 feet from the president and three rows behind Gerald Parsky, the chairman of the California delegation and chairman of the UC Board of Regents.

Brashares looked grateful and said her feet were killing her. During the speech, she started to stand up on her seat numerous times, holding onto cardboard signs of support for the president. She waved a tiny American flag...

(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: California; US: New York
KEYWORDS: bayarea; california; codepink; gopconvention; gwb2004; left; lefties; liberal; newyork; protest; rnc; rncconvention; sanfrancisco
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1 posted on 09/03/2004 12:15:23 PM PDT by MikalM
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2 posted on 09/03/2004 12:16:31 PM PDT by MikalM
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I never heard what they can charge her with. Does anyone know?


3 posted on 09/03/2004 12:17:37 PM PDT by TXBubba (aka TXBubbette)
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To: MikalM

feel the hate...


4 posted on 09/03/2004 12:17:39 PM PDT by danneskjold (All balloons, what the hell! There's nothing falling! What the f%#@ are you guys doing up there?)
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To: MikalM

Ahhhh, the picture of tolerance.


5 posted on 09/03/2004 12:17:44 PM PDT by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
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To: MikalM

People did die: Ba'ath party members and the Taliban. With a little luck, they'll keep dyin'.


6 posted on 09/03/2004 12:18:02 PM PDT by SpaceBar
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To: MikalM
Please click here to send letters of support to Ms. Brashares
7 posted on 09/03/2004 12:18:50 PM PDT by MikalM
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I never heard what they can charge her with. Does anyone know?

Disturbing the peace?

Trespassing?

8 posted on 09/03/2004 12:18:57 PM PDT by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
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...ZOT! This little troll was tossed, but how did she get there in the first place; makes me worried about SS security around our POTUS


9 posted on 09/03/2004 12:19:40 PM PDT by meandog ("Do unto others before they do unto you!")
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To: MikalM

Free speech for me, thee gets shouted down, even in a private assembly.


10 posted on 09/03/2004 12:19:41 PM PDT by thoughtomator ("With 64 days left, John Kerry still has time to change his mind 4 or 5 more times" - Rudy Giuliani)
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To: MikalM

Would the pink lady care to comment on the terrorists who shot little children in the back in Russia?


11 posted on 09/03/2004 12:20:01 PM PDT by OldFriend (WAR IS THE REMEDY OUR ENEMIES HAVE CHOSEN)
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"This is the third day in a row that Code Pink has penetrated the convention,'' she said. "My question to President Bush is, if he can't secure his own convention, how can they bring security to their own nation?"

Well I think these people are wrong and maybe dangerous. Her question is actually somewhat reasonable.

12 posted on 09/03/2004 12:20:04 PM PDT by 68skylark
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Medea Benjamin, co-founder of Code Pink, told The Chronicle later that she was elated with Brashares' success in getting a national platform, even for a few seconds.

"This is the third day in a row that Code Pink has penetrated the convention,'' she said. "My question to President Bush is, if he can't secure his own convention, how can they bring security to their own nation?''

'Cuz we're not allowed to kill you like we kill the terrorists.

13 posted on 09/03/2004 12:21:08 PM PDT by Cogadh na Sith (--Scots Gaelic: 'War or Peace'--)
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Kerry Lied Veterans Died!, I love how libs make up their snappy one liners to yell around, but yet can never back up their statements.


14 posted on 09/03/2004 12:21:14 PM PDT by AlexPKeaton04 (Moore and Kerry Please move to France)
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To: Puppage

being a disrespectful moron?


15 posted on 09/03/2004 12:22:22 PM PDT by HawaiianGecko (Use in a well ventilated area)
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To: 68skylark

These people are just me generation people who are throwing a temper tantrum because they can't have everything their way. They haven't accepted the way the constitution works. And they don't realize that they won't win over swing voters with their chosen method of trying.


16 posted on 09/03/2004 12:22:34 PM PDT by kjam22 (What you win them by, is what you win them to)
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To: HawaiianGecko

Well, sure. There's that, too.


17 posted on 09/03/2004 12:23:42 PM PDT by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
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To: Cogadh na Sith

Hear - Hear - Darn good point. We need an 'A' and a 'B' season on these vermin.


18 posted on 09/03/2004 12:24:04 PM PDT by HawaiianGecko (Use in a well ventilated area)
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To: 68skylark

Apparently they dressed nice and "borrowed" credentials from other delegates, who were implored not to loan/give them out.

But I think everyone was searched before entering MSG. Maybe they should have read all the signs/banners.


19 posted on 09/03/2004 12:24:41 PM PDT by eyespysomething ("...you're not fit to be a prison guard at Abu Ghraib, much less commander in chief.")
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"Well I think these people are wrong and maybe dangerous. Her question is actually somewhat reasonable."

It's idiotic. Convention security revolved around keeping out weapons and explosives. Extending that to people with legitimate passes would have made for a very quiet four nights.

20 posted on 09/03/2004 12:25:06 PM PDT by Bob J (Rightalk.com...coming soon!)
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