Posted on 04/10/2008 7:27:56 PM PDT by radar101
Previously posted was an item,"John McCain visits Prescott:"
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1997696/posts
On April 5 I attended a support rally in Prescott for Sen. John McCain.
I carried a sign with a photo of a war-torn child from Iraq and an anti-war sign from Moveon.org.
Local police told me I had a right to be in the crowd and close to the stage.
Three Navy/Army men were in front of me. I told them I loved them and I support them 100 percent - just not this war based on lies. They thanked me for my gratitude and belief in democracy.
Right away McCain's security force asked to leave. I told them that I had spoken with local police and had a right to be there. They told me it was disrespectful to be there and asked me to leave.
When McCain appeared and I held my signs up, at least three men surrounded me and blocked my signs with theirs. Then the crowd turned hostile. Someone called me a bitch and told me to get "the f---" out of there. Another ripped the photo of the child from my hands, and others pushed me through the crowd while hurling threats and foul comments.
They were not allowing people to express their democratic freedoms. They were allowing only perfect crowd-pleasing supporters within this sphere of influence that our so-called democratic media would report on.
So do we live in a democratic society? I think not. The word empire comes closer to mind.
K.R. Russell
You failed in the marketplace of ideas, hapless fool
Tell me you are kidding, even if you aren't.
OMG how horrible that they said bad words to her. BooHooHOOO such bad bad people. Grow up lady!(and I use that term losely!)
I went to a Bush event in 2004. Tickets for the event had to be requested in advance (they were free, but you had to know where to get them), and the color of your ticket determined where you were allowed to stand at the rally.
My son and I had blue tickets, which allowed us into the civilian zone closest to the president. No one was allowed to approach any closer unless they were Secret Service or police or members of the President’s entourage.
“I call bravo sierra”
I think you called this one correctly.
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He’s lucky I wasn’t there, I would have shoved his sign up his ass.
It’s about time.
Every time I have ever tried to talk to a “Liberal”,
As soon as I voiced any opinion that differed with their worldview, I was Demonized, Marginalized and Silenced as best they could. They have even gone so far as sticking their fingers in their ears and Going Nah, Nah, Nah, Nah.
So you see Rational Debate Does not matter to a Liberal.
No point in trying to be evenhanded with them they will never reciprocate.
No, we live in a Representitive Republic, moron. Go get an education. Spoken to the author.
You had a right to your signs...You also have a responsibility to thank the military which has fought to protect your rights and freedoms...So if you are ever at another rally with your signs amd you get your ass kicked in, just consider it’s the military way of saying ‘You’re welcome’...
zI’d say this idjit is lying about most of it.
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No doubt they will let others do it, but "others" weren't there were they?
(It's a sarcastic comment based on the proven track record of the McCainiacs to let others hit back "dirty" with "dirtier" every single time.)
My little contribution to the comments at the article:
Leftwingers such as you are all about “Free Speech,” but only if it is YOUR speech. Example: Those mean other people who wanted to have their signs seen in front of yours. How DARE they, right? Because, of course, YOUR message is so much more important and therefore deserves “more equal” (see Animal Farm) recognition. You and your fellow travelers also just can’t seem to keep from embellishing, can you? Specifically referring to the bit about having the “right” to be “close to the stage.” Because, of course, you are more important than the other people there who might want to be close to the stage, too, right? It really does reflect a complete egocentrism and arrogance that is very common on your side of the political spectrum.
not.
Oh no they wouldn't. They have been much worse. When protesters have appeared at their events, they get beat up.
At this particular event ANYBODY could get close to the stage and/or the guard rails that lined the way to McCain’s bus. You didn’t have to be a campaign worker, you just had to get there early enough.
I was at this event, but I did not see or hear the particular disturbance that was mentioned in the article.
But I did hear (from the other side of the crowd) somebody loudly calling out in the middle of McCain’s speech “Out of Iraq” quite a few times. Then the heckling stopped, but I don’t know how or why.
Some wounds only a latte will heal.
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