Posted on 03/10/2011 8:12:22 AM PST by Dengar01
Breaking on Fox News from Mike Tobin at the Wisconsin State Capitol in Madison.
Protesters have trapped GOP lawmakers in their offices shutting down the vote at 11 AM and have threatened violence and are trying to enter their offices.
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
The people of Wisconsin are guaranteed the right of their elected representatives to vote. That’s in the U.S. Constitution.
I wonder if Mr. Smug ever gave any thought to the “monkey see, monkey do” aspect of the Madison protests. This a blueprint that could be coming to D.C.
But then again, maybe that’s what he wants.
Phenomenal and insightful post!
Or abolished.
Breaking news is the one area where CNN beats the snot out of Fox. Of course, once the event has settled down CNN gets into their Marxist spin.
In my opinion Walker is being derelict in his duty. He made a stand, the Republicans cast their vote and the Governor should be ready to do what it takes to protect them and see this thru. I’m very disappointed in how he has let this situation get this out of hand.
I hear you. Thank God for Free Republic and the rest of the new media that are reporting the actual facts.
And woe to any who try to shut us down.
it’s a disgrace
State house been taken over by force.
Lawmakers are threatened and the media want to show Lohan FFS this country has gone plain nuts
We have anarchy and for some a revolution in place and they show Lohan, what’s next sheen
I’ve sent mail to FOX telling them they’re a disgrace in how they are ignoring this and that Hollywood stars going to court is hardly important when we have lawmakers trapped in their offices.
Meanwhile the run away AWOL Dems who have not been doing their jobs are telling these college kid communists and thugs to do this violence while I bet the AWOL Dems can get back to the state house
Maybe it is high time for the tea party and other groups to protest these media HQ’s and demand truth
We have a take over of a Govt building by force for crying out loud.
RE: These psycho thugs are SAYING they will harm the GOP lawmakers!!!
I saw one thug wearing his SEIU shirt crawling through one of the windows!
And meanwhile, Glenn Beck is sitting back (somewhere) and saying “I told you so”.
Another spot-on call by Beck. God help us, what else is he right about?
When the Memphis, TN police and firemen went on strike in the late 70’s the local Guard unit was called out. Arson and vandalism of fire equipment continued. Unit was later replaced with a unit from another, rural part of the state. Arson and vandalism stopped cold. Seems the local unit was about 50% fire and policemen at the time.
If you call in the Guard, make sure it is a unit from a rural area with high unemployment.
It's not too far out of hand yet. He has to let things evolve before he can call in the troops. That's the law AFAIK. I suppose he *could* have the troops lined up in advance but that isn't such a good idea either because that just causes the professional mercenary protesters to start throwing things and fighting right away. That's bad, too.
This way a few protesters get let in by bad cops, they get hauled away by good cops, and the protesters and bad cops get their punishments. At least that's how I think it goes down.
Awesome!
I've got AFN News on and it's MSNBC's turn (they do two-hour rotations among the three major cable networks.) They're not even talking about this!
Chris Larson (DemoRat still hiding in Illinois) is lying on channel 4 in Milwaukee WTMJ now, saying they had no out of state people here and it is the will of the people of WI to stop this.
Don’t you mean...taxpayers vs. communists?
It’s been a long time coming, but yes, now it’s here.
Time to deal with it and them.
PING!
I’m ashamed to say that I had to flip over to CNN because FoxNews’ coverage was abysmal.
I’m fuming here.
it’s a take over by force on a Govt building and lawmakers are trapped because of threats.
The mayor has ordered the police to stand down, some cops are giving away exit plans to these student radicals and the media ignore most of this.
I swear if I was a law makers there right now, I’;d get a live camera say from FOX, CNN what ever and walk out right through these protesters, if attacked I’d sue them , the group they’re with and the mayor for no protection
I know some are saying bring in guns etc but if a lawmaker shoots one of these radical fools then it plays into their hands we have to play the game and the victim here like they do and let it show how we’re now being attacked , how they’re violent
The public hates violence and it will lose sympathy for any of these protesters
WHERE IS THE GOP TOO in DC?
They should be demanding that these thugs be booted out and let their fellow lawmakers do their job
Where’d you find this? Fox is currently focusing on Libya...
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