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Florida GOP Workers Claim Intimidation by Labor Protesters
Associated Press ^ | 10/05/04 | By Mike Schneider

Posted on 10/05/2004 5:30:32 PM PDT by I'mPeach

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1 posted on 10/05/2004 5:30:32 PM PDT by I'mPeach
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To: I'mPeach

INTIMIDATION is all the DemocRATic party has to offer.


2 posted on 10/05/2004 5:34:52 PM PDT by teletech (Friends don't let friends vote DemocRAT)
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To: I'mPeach

The goon squads are out. And still nothing is done by our "government"!


3 posted on 10/05/2004 5:36:37 PM PDT by DakotaGator
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To: teletech

I'm thinking about what a typical "both parties are the same" committed independent voter airhead would say. "The Republicans do this too".


4 posted on 10/05/2004 5:40:01 PM PDT by lasereye
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To: I'mPeach
It was a peaceful action

Not once you came through the door. Protest outside on the public sidewalk. Goons.

5 posted on 10/05/2004 5:41:07 PM PDT by Flyer (Prosecute Vote Fraud!)
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To: lasereye
I'm thinking about what a typical "both parties are the same" committed independent voter airhead would say. "The Republicans do this too".

When was the last time you heard of a democRAT party worker getting their head slammed into a glass door? Hmmmm! Both parties DO NOT do this!

6 posted on 10/05/2004 5:42:58 PM PDT by teletech (Friends don't let friends vote DemocRAT)
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To: DakotaGator

In the RAT-run cities like Miami nothing will be done about it. And just like the voter fraud going on there, it won't make an MSM news or Don I'man-ass report either. The sad thing is cops there are likely to be some of the ones doing the protesting.


7 posted on 10/05/2004 5:44:42 PM PDT by DaBroasta (Stop the hate--vote Republican)
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To: I'mPeach
"It was a peaceful action and (Republicans) turned it into something raucous for publicity," Booth said.

How believable is that?

8 posted on 10/05/2004 5:46:17 PM PDT by Moonman62 (Federal Creed: If it moves tax it. If it keeps moving regulate it. If it stops moving subsidize it.)
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To: DakotaGator

This is the USA.
WE are the government!
The only way to stop a bully is often a judiciously administered slap upside the head.
So be judgemental when you defend yourselves from intimidation tactics...
How many union thugs threatening you does it take before you break out the Ruger?
I vote 2, but I am female, and so less tolerant of threatening behavior by belligerant thugs than many posters.


9 posted on 10/05/2004 5:46:52 PM PDT by sarasmom
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To: I'mPeach

The union thugs don't represent the views of the rank and file. America's unions have been hijacked by marxists. They get installed in running the union, take the worker's dues money, then spend the cash as they like completely disregarding their members. Union heads find a few goons like this and give them a free hand in smearing the reputation of the rank and file, the majority of which would be appalled at these kinds of actions. It's important to look at who is running this union and force them to explain themselves. If there are any journalists who aren't still living in the 1970's they should call the union head on the carpet for this.


10 posted on 10/05/2004 5:48:55 PM PDT by orangelobster
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"...about three dozen protesters crowded into the second-floor office of the local Bush-Cheney headquarters where three elderly volunteers, two interns and a campaign staffer were working at the time..."

36 vs 6? ...isn't this the same ratio of liberals vs conservatives on a typical Chris Matthews panel discussion?

11 posted on 10/05/2004 5:50:54 PM PDT by I'mPeach
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To: I'mPeach

They need to have a digital camera available at every HQ. Snap pics of the intruders and prosecute them. Period!


12 posted on 10/05/2004 5:50:59 PM PDT by Aeronaut (Sincerity is everything. Once you can fake that, you've got it made. -- George Burns)
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To: I'mPeach

Florida has some of the better concealed carry laws.


13 posted on 10/05/2004 5:51:01 PM PDT by gitmo (Thanks, Mel. I needed that.)
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To: gitmo

That's exactly what I was thinking.


14 posted on 10/05/2004 5:52:19 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (hoplophobia is a mental aberration rather than a mere attitude)
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To: I'mPeach
Union have resorted to thuggery too many times this election cycle. Maybe if local officials found out that tazers were being issued at campaign headquarters they might earn their keep and stop this.
15 posted on 10/05/2004 5:52:25 PM PDT by crazyhorse691 (I volunteer to instruct JFK on the meaning of a purple heart!!)
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To: I'mPeach

Keep your digital camera and video handy.


16 posted on 10/05/2004 5:52:42 PM PDT by A CA Guy (God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: Aeronaut
"They need to have a digital camera available at every HQ..."

Now there's a good idea!

17 posted on 10/05/2004 5:54:00 PM PDT by I'mPeach
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To: gitmo
"Florida has some of the better concealed carry laws."

Now there's a better idea!

18 posted on 10/05/2004 5:55:06 PM PDT by I'mPeach
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To: I'mPeach
"36 vs 6? ...isn't this the same ratio of liberals vs conservatives on a typical Chris Matthews panel discussion?

Heh!

19 posted on 10/05/2004 5:55:57 PM PDT by F16Fighter
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"Countered South Florida AFL-CIO president Fred Frost: "It was as civil as it gets.'"

"Debra Booth, president of the Central Florida AFL-CIO, described the protest as "peaceful'"

If there are any union members in florida here, you may want to contact these people to let them know what you think.

Debra Booth - Central Florida AFL-CIO (407) 649-8557

Here's an e-mail for Fred Frost's branch
info@sfaflcio.org

And here's an email for journalist Mark Schlueb at the Orlando Sentinel newspaper.
mschlueb@orlandosentinel.com.


20 posted on 10/05/2004 6:02:57 PM PDT by orangelobster
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