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Video: Hecklers try to climb onstage at Ryan event in Iowa ("Are you going to cut Medicare?")
Hotair ^ | 08/14/2012 | AllahPundit

Posted on 08/13/2012 2:52:33 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

If only his party affiliation were different, this would be a shining lesson for the media in how a rotten tone set at the top can drive the rank-and-file over the edge. Ah well.

Handled with aplomb by the candidate, but still uncomfortable to watch:

Ryan had barely begun speaking when a woman shouted, "Are you going to cut Medicare?"

Two women rushed the stage, and one was apparently arrested by three Iowa State Patrolmen after getting on stage with a banner.

"Woah...hey...alright...she must not be from Iowa," said a dumbfounded Ryan as the woman got on stage.

The officers bounded out from behind the stage to pull her down, saying "She just punched a volunteer."

As the boss emeritus notes on Twitter, USA Today describes the crowd reaction today as "spirited." More from Jim Geraghty, who's seen the Democrats run enough plays over the years that he can predict their defensive set for Ryan:

In the national media narrative – perhaps best illustrated by the shorthand of Jay Leno’s monologue, which presumes that the audience has the barest-bone familiarity with national figures – every Republican figure is reduced to one of three things: Old, stupid, or evil.

George H.W. Bush: Old. Dan Quayle: Stupid. Newt Gingrich: Evil. Pat Buchanan: Evil. Bob Dole: Old. George W. Bush: Stupid. Dick Cheney: Old and evil. John McCain: Old. Sarah Palin: Stupid...

Because Paul Ryan isn’t old, we will see an effort to paint him as either stupid or evil. You and I know that painting Paul Ryan as stupid is like trying to paint Bill Clinton as chaste. But we have also witnessed the rapid definition of an unknown Republican figure four years ago, and we know that right now, every Democratic official, commentator, talking head, and more than a few reporters awaken this morning with a new mission in life: define Paul Ryan.

He’s got to be evil, if only by process of elimination. The angry spectacle here makes me wonder whether hecklers might play a part in O’s strategy to define Ryan out of the chute over the next few weeks. The people in the clip appear to be freelancers — they’re the same progressive group that heckled Romney in Iowa last year — but that doesn’t mean the next hecklers have to be. Remember, according to no less than Nancy Pelosi, the people who showed up at the Democrats’ health-care townhalls in August 2009 to complain were astroturfers whose job was to create a false perception of popular opposition to ObamaCare. (Three years later, popular opposition to ObamaCare is a political fact of life.) This is how the Democratic leadership thinks. They’d like nothing more, I’m sure, than to see some irate protesters getting in Ryan’s face over Medicare at one of his events so that the media has a piece of useful viral vid to run with, and we already know how low Democratic campaigns are willing to stoop to harass Republican candidates. So why not send out some boisterous hecklers, to convince undecideds that this Paul Ryan character they’re hearing about is evidently so evil that average Americans might be driven into a sputtering rage by hearing him talk about premium support? It’s sound optics and efficient demagoguery. O’s inner circle might not be good at governing, but they’re good at that at least.

Exit question from the Obama campaign’s Tumblr account: “In case you missed all the excitement this weekend: Meet Paul Ryan, who is actually the worst.”

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2012veep; heckler; medicare; paulryan; rudedems; ryan
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To: God luvs America
"their candidate of choice has already slashed $700 million" Billion! It's $700 Billion
21 posted on 08/13/2012 3:15:48 PM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (Celebrate Republicans Freed the Slaves Month.)
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To: Kenny

That’s what I would like to know..its scary knowing a whack job like that can come within inches of a VP candidate


22 posted on 08/13/2012 3:18:08 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: GOPJ

These rabblerousers are clearly trying to provoke an angry response from Romney and Ryan, but they have handled it with humor.

They are also trying to provoke a violent confrontation with R/R supporters. They’ll try to start something and someone they know will be videotaping it, then they’ll send it far and wide on the social media and make the claim that R/R supporters are haters.

Anyone attending rallies needs to remind themselves to stay calm.


23 posted on 08/13/2012 3:19:06 PM PDT by randita (Paul Ryan is "Mr. Smith goes to Washington.")
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To: JLAGRAYFOX
Shades of 1930s Germany and the “Hitler” “Brown Shirts”.

These are the Obama "Brown Shorts".

24 posted on 08/13/2012 3:19:36 PM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (Celebrate Republicans Freed the Slaves Month.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Doesn’t Ryan get SS protection? My God, of all people, Ryan needs it. He’s already driving the Dems nuts and the campaign hasn’t even really started.

But if that dude in the suit on stage who didn’t move an inch is ryan’s protection, we’re screwed.


25 posted on 08/13/2012 3:21:40 PM PDT by Kenny
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To: the invisib1e hand

That was terrible. You couldn’t even understand what he was trying to say for the hecklers.
Why is Obama never interrupted like this?


26 posted on 08/13/2012 3:26:08 PM PDT by patriot08 (TEXAS GAL- born and bred and proud of it!)
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To: GOPJ

“LOL - the guttersnip punched a volunteer? It’s going to be an interesting election”


Another lesson in “civility” from the Dems. The corrupt MSM turns a blind eye as usual.


27 posted on 08/13/2012 3:31:04 PM PDT by Starboard
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To: SeekAndFind

That Nineteenth Amendment might need another look-see.


28 posted on 08/13/2012 3:32:43 PM PDT by JennysCool (My hypocrisy goes only so far)
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To: SeekAndFind

Commies are famous for assassinating candidates. Hope they have plenty of security.

Pray for America


29 posted on 08/13/2012 3:48:10 PM PDT by bray (Take out the commies in November!)
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To: SeekAndFind

I’m sure she only wanted to show him her vagina.


30 posted on 08/13/2012 3:49:34 PM PDT by outofsalt ("If History teaches us anything it's that history rarely teaches us anything")
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To: Sarah Barracuda
Those formerly employed as the security team should soon be replaced by a security team who will taser any unauthorized person who tries to get on the same stage as Romney or Ryan. No warning.

And extra batteries should be available if the taser batteries run down from repeated use.

31 posted on 08/13/2012 3:56:10 PM PDT by Carl Vehse
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To: SeekAndFind

Ryan To-Do List:
crush our enemies,
see them driven before us,
hear the lamentation of their women.
pick up gallon of milk


32 posted on 08/13/2012 4:02:14 PM PDT by tumblindice (Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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To: bray
Precisely.

That would be the only 'legit' way the election could be postponed or canceled: the demise of the candidate. If I were R/R, I'd hire some topnotch private armed security to augment the SS. Perhaps there's some SAS or Mossad looking for something to do for the next 3 months....

33 posted on 08/13/2012 4:09:11 PM PDT by thescourged1
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To: Sarah Barracuda

Very insightful.

Not saying who, but a lot of good patriotic Americans are ready for a good turkey shoot, if the libs really want to go there.


34 posted on 08/13/2012 4:15:29 PM PDT by X-spurt (It is truly time for ON YOUR FEET or on your knees)
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To: randita
It only happens if they can frame it and then spoon feed it to the sheeple.
If they don't cover it, it didn't happen.
35 posted on 08/13/2012 4:18:06 PM PDT by John 3_19-21 (Turn off the Idiot box.)
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To: Soul of the South

I would go on to say “And for you, I also won’t cut Weight Watchers!”


36 posted on 08/13/2012 4:32:13 PM PDT by Enten (I don't have islamophobia...I do have islamonausea)
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To: SeekAndFind

Wait! wait! wait! climbing on stage and medicare seems to be a bit off. Oh those young entitlement moochers


37 posted on 08/13/2012 4:37:41 PM PDT by ronnie raygun (bb)
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Please visit The 300 FReepers with a quick $50 for FR FReepathon Challenge Thread!!
Or donate here. Let's wrap this up.



38 posted on 08/13/2012 5:21:16 PM PDT by RedMDer (https://support.woundedwarriorproject.org/default.aspx?tsid=93destr)
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To: Enten

LOLOLOL!


39 posted on 08/13/2012 5:23:52 PM PDT by RedMDer (https://support.woundedwarriorproject.org/default.aspx?tsid=93destr)
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To: bcsco; Charles Henrickson

What are their DUmmie screen names? If they think rushing onto a stage helps their cause, they must really be DUmmies.


40 posted on 08/13/2012 5:25:46 PM PDT by PJ-Comix (Beware the Rip in the Space/Time Continuum)
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