Posted on 09/03/2008 9:46:21 PM PDT by kristinn
One of Barack Obama's elite fundraisers from the anti-American group Code Pink attempted to storm the stage last night during Republican vice presidential nominee Alaska Governor Sarah Palin's acceptance speech at the GOP convention in St. Paul.
Jodie Evans, one of a group of about 500 top financiers who have bundled tens of thousands of dollars for the Obama campaign was seized by the Secret Service after she had made her way to side of the stage and and started to yell at Palin.
The Washington Post reported on the incident:
10:45 p.m. A pair of Code Pink activists just got to the very edge of the stage and were a moment away from apparently running on stage, right by the Kentucky slot on the floor next to a host of McCain's most senior staffers.
Secret Service men grabbed them at last minute and literally dragged them out.
--Paul Kane
Evans has bundled between $50,000 and $100,000 for Obama as well as contributing the maximum $2300 to Obama's presidential primary campaign. She co-hosted Obama's breakout Hollywood fundraiser at the start of his campaign in February 2007.
As a bundler, Evans has been given perks that include regular briefings by top campaign staffers on policy and private meetings with Obama and his vice presidential candidate Joe Biden.
Evans is infamous in conservative and military family circles for publicly endorsing the terrorists in Iraq against the American soldiers who toppled Saddam Hussein and have fought to keep free Iraq from falling to the hands of Al Qaeda and other terrorist groups and nations.
Evans has worked with state sponsors of terrorism including the governments of Castro's Cuba and the the late Saddam Hussein. She has also met with Venezualan dictator Hugo Chavez and has professed her "love" for him.
Evans has led Code Pink's campaign against the Marines in Berkeley where the group has called the Marines "assassins" and Evans herself has compared the Marine recruiting center in Berkeley to a porn shop.
Code Pink issued a press release a short while ago bragging about their attempt to disrupt Palin's speech:
Co-founders Medea Benjamin and Jodie Evans, who were given their tickets to the speech by a Republican delegate who was frustrated with the Republican party and Sarah Palin, caught the attention of Palin with their banners and shouting about 15 minutes into her speech. Palin stopped talking for a moment to turn to look at them.
After another moment, security then grabbed Benjamin and Evans and escorted them one at a time out of the St. Paul Xcel Center, where they were held until the end of the Palin’s speech and told they would be arrested if they tried to reenter. They were told they’d committed an arrestable offense but they were not charged.
“Sarah Palin is not a woman’s choice,” said Jodie Evans, co-founder, moments after being released. “That’s it.”
CODEPINK is a nonpartisan women’s peace group. They vehemently oppose Palin’s pro-war, anti-environment, anti-choice positions. More details to come. For questions, please call Jodie Evans at 310-913-4821.
Obama has rejected several requests from troop support groups that he renounce Evans for her support of the terrorists in Iraq.
The only interruption I noticed in the speech is when that commie code-PINKO was escorted out. Whoever let the trash in should be escorted out as well and have their (media) credentials revoked.
Roger Simon is a douchebag.
You have to worry about people like that blowing themselves up as suicide bombers.
They could be crazy and selfish enough to do it.
Looking at them, it is clear they have little to live for, so we have to be ever vigilant.
And I agree it is a war. Remember the protest of, I think, Condi Rice where the protester almost hit her. It was a while ago, and a little fuzzy. But the truth is these people are like ants. They just move to another place and attack again, trying to give their “cause” some attention in the process.
And yeah, there is no reason for them to return to the US after meeting with commies and enemies to the United States. They are treasonous and proud of it.
(I just got out of a college which is far more conservative than most, but still had a good share of libs. They ate this Sheehan stuff up. But hopefully they will be too “pre-occupied” on election day).
The Pink Mafia in all its glory.
The libs are getting desperate...PING!!
“...They were told they’d committed an arrestable offense but they were not charged...”
And why won’t they be arrested? I thought freedom of speech ended at the threshold.
I suppose they could have been forged, but could have been lost or stolen too. I am assuming they have bar code (they did four years ago in NYC).
We were really impressed with security. They had one of the protesters in hand and were hustling her right along.
We were also impressed by a gentleman who had a very large (homemade) sign get between the cameras and the security guards. Depending on the camera angle of the broadcast you were watching, you may not have seen the woman being hurried out of the hall.
C-Span only gave a mini-second before coming back to Palin.
No doubt.
“...I loved when they showed the youngest daughter holding the baby and licking her finger to fix his hair...”
Absolutely priceless. I haven’t seen anybody do this since my mom was trying to get one of my brother’s flyaway stickup hair parts to lay down before going into church.
But to see a 7-year-old do this was just precious. She really tends to her little brother.
— Jane
“...Evans has bundled between $50,000 and $100,000...”
A good step toward campaign reform would be to outlaw bundling.
— Jane
For questions, please call Jodie Evans at 310-913-4821.
I called this number, and talked with Jodie, she forgot to hang up the phone and I am now listening to her and a (foreign accent) guy talking.
I am taking notes am still on the phone listening to them. I think she forgot to hang up the phone.
Hmmm.
Thanks for the ping. We saw the Secret Service drag her out, but didn’t know who she was until later. Sarah Palin wasn’t flustered.
She'd make a great press secy. for McCain...her and Piper!
bttt!
Was she carrying a baseball bat? Because I see there’s a DUmprat out there who wants to attack Gov. Palin with a bat:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x6926838
Normally I wouldn’t offer a link to such a place, but this one actually expresses a desire to commit violence: “Gosh .. I am so dying to crack the skull of Palin with a baseball bat, she is a wretched monster.” I copied the page, since they’ve already changed it slightly.
I am still on the phone. I think she forgot to hang up the phone, listening to her talkk to this foreighn guy. She just got a call (cell) said she is 8 min away for there. SAid sghe’d be there at 12.15
Her and the guy just said something about Russia, bringing up old fears.
I SWEAR, I am listening on Jodie’s phone right now.
The Washington Post says CODEPINK is nonpartisan. That's a laugh. Also notice they say she is anti-environment.
ooops did she not like what she said I loved it
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