Code Pink tells WR Soldiers to "Get Lost"

SMASH ^ | 9/12/06 | SMASH

[Citizen SMASH]

This past Friday I went back to Walter Reed, hoping to get some more interviews with the Code Pink protesters. But Bruce Wolf, the Code Pink bouncer, is on to my game.

Bruce: Sir, please leave... I’m not trying to be fascist or something...

SMASH: No, hopefully not! Nobody wants that...

Bruce: But it’s making people feel uncomfortable... We’re not here to do interviews... What we’re thinking about, to be really honest, are the soldiers. You know, whether you believe us or not, that’s what we’re here for... when soldiers come out, we like to talk to them, because we know that they need to… I mean, it’s healthy for them. They can say whatever they want, but just to be able to speak their minds. We have no problem with that. We communicate, and they can tell us what’s going on. But, that’s 'cause we’re here for them.

So I leave the protesters alone.

Bruce tells soldiers to "get lost."

About an hour later, two wounded soldiers from Walter Reed, P.D. and Mason, go down to talk to Code Pink. I catch them as they're headed back, and ask how they were received by the protesters.

Mason: They wouldn’t even talk to us! How are they supporting us, if they won’t even talk to us, or look us in the eye?

P.D.: The general attitude was, they were kind of pushing us out. Wouldn’t talk to us. Just blowing us off.

SMASH: Had you identified yourselves as soldiers from Walter Reed?

P.D.: Oh, yeah...

Mason: Oh, yes sir. We had told them all about our background. I served in Iraq. He served in Afghanistan and Iraq. We were patients at the hospital. That we were just curious... But that did not seem like a good answer to them.

P.D.: They were closed-minded. They have their beliefs, and they won’t even open their minds to what we believe.

SMASH: They weren’t interested in dialogue?

P.D.: Exactly.

Mason: The majority of ‘em, ninety-nine percent of ‘em, didn’t even look us in the eye. Wouldn’t even turn and acknowledge our presence.

P.D.: Yeah, they wouldn’t even turn around and look at us.

SMASH: Do you feel that they’re being sincere when they say they support the troops?

P.D.: I don’t feel they are.

Mason: One or two, maybe. But the majority, no. Not at all. I mean, if you really support the troops, as we said before, you’d turn around and talk to us. Acknowledge us. You know, all these people here (indicates the pro-troops rally), we walked out, and they said "thank you," you know, "how are you feeling?" Those guys (indicates Code Pink) say, "Don’t talk to them." That guy (indicates Bruce) literally came out and said, "Don’t talk to them."

Is this what Code Pink calls "supporting the troops?"

Much more, including audio, at the link.

[Just A Nobody]

Lest we forget this one...........................

[onevoter]

Gee, Bruce looks like a hard-working, All-American kind of guy, doesn't he? Probably living off our tax dollars while he harrases our soldiers.

[bmwcyle]

Bruce really hates you now. I just don't think he knows the inner you. That might be a good thing.

[stevie_d_64]

"Bruce" looks a lot like Jerry Garcia...Not that I have pictures on the wall to compare the two too...

I'm absolutely incensed about this...Who the hell do these people think they are???

Protesting and disrespecting the sacrifice these men and women have made???

Right outside one of the places where they need to be healed from those wounds???

Where they shouldn't have to pass this slime right where they need to feel the support of this country???

These Code Pink people don't know what sacrifice is, what pain is, how hurtful their mear presense is to those who need total support and comfort...

I know I am preaching to the choir, but what are we to do???

The irony is incredible, part of me wants to violate the Consitutional rights these slime have and have disrespected, and that I swore an oath to support and defend with my life as well...

But I know I can't, and that they wouldn't listen to reason, or chiding at the most anyway...

I mean I figure I'm a fairly mature and reasonable person...One who values the freedoms in this country and would protect with my life...And one who respects those who have given it ALL for us...

These people are just flat out the enemy, plain and simple...And they hide under the protection of our good graces and spit in the face of those who try to protect those rights...They deserve neither protection or respect...

I joined up in FR (and my local chapter) because I was looking for an outlet to see if there were any other people in this country who felt as betrayed as I was by these type of disrespectful people...

I'm glad I found a few...

But I only feel there is so much one can do, and not do to effectively deal with slime like this...

I don't think I'd be very nice to any of those people outside Walter Reed who represent Code Pink...

Just an absolute gathering of the filth we somehow must "tolerate", because of the core freedoms the folks right across the street from them have protected "for them"!

/rant

[stevie_d_64]

Is this one of them outside Walter Reed???

Or somewhere else???

[LtKerst]

Those guys (indicates Code Pink) say, "Don’t talk to them." That guy (indicates Bruce) literally came out and said, "Don’t talk to them."


Code Pinko..."We support the troops who will Trash the Govt."

[trooprally]

Thanks JANB

That sign makes this thread just that much more poignant.

[Mr] T

[SuziQ]

Is this what Code Pink calls "supporting the troops?"

Just a guess, but I'd bet if those soldiers had walked up to the Code Pink folks bitching about the war and the President, they'd have been welcomed with open arms.

[KingofQue]

I guess you have to disembowel them, set them on fire and hang them from a bridge to earn Code Pink's respect.

[darkwing104]

Looks like Code Pink has a blatant disrespect for people's right to free speech. I guess that makes them fascists.

[Just A Nobody]

Is this one of them outside Walter Reed???

Yes, yes it is!

[mickey blue eyes]

why don/t these go to some of Vfw post and protest with some of the younger menbers of the post and they will send them back with their heads up their butts

[Froufrou]

And we trash hero's funerals.

[scan58]

Who's "we"?

[vrwcagent0498]

I'm a chick too.

I'll be happy to smack her. :)

[vrwcagent0498]

Hi, Smash.

This is "Lady Heather"

Glad this made it to Free Republic! Lots of good people here.

[sasha123]

Code pink mission:

"With an emphasis on joy and humor, CODEPINK women and men seek to activate, amplify and inspire a community of peacemakers through creative campaigns and a commitment to non-violence."

(Is that the funniest thing you've every heard??")

So, Citizen Smash, Did you ask Code Pink where the heck was all their joy and humor?

[Toby06]

Good. That's a worthy cause. You can hget away with it, i (nor any guy) can't. I'd hate to see a single conservative run afoul of the law for such a worthless POS like a code pinko member.

[Doctor Raoul]

Bruce is OPEIU Local 2 representative. They don't hold it much anymore, but OPEIU Local 2 is listed as a sponsor of the Walter Reed protests called by Code Pink.

You'll also see Bruce marching in Worker's World Party sponsored anti-war/anti-America marches carrying the OPEIU Local 2 banner.

Thank you ALF-CIO for stabbing the troops in the back.

[sarasmom]

No "dude" or "chick" in the USA should ever feel free to mouth off gratuitous insults to any USA DOD combat veteran to his/her face, without expecting sure and certain immediate physical repercussions.

Any non-combat veteran in the vicinity is morally obligated to smack them down first, physically, and failing that, the combat veteran is obligated to do so his/her self.

All volunteer force.
The rules of engagement have changed, along with the coarsening of our society.
Too bad a female vet wasn't handy to do the honors, to satisfy the PC continguent...but we are few and can't be everywhere, at all times.