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Occupy protesters, conservatives clash at CPAC conference (freeloader children get in)
The Hill ^ | 2/10/12 | Josh Lederman

Posted on 02/10/2012 3:02:47 PM PST by Libloather

Occupy protesters, conservatives clash at CPAC conference
By Josh Lederman - 02/10/12 01:33 PM ET

A brief altercation broke out between Occupy Wall Street protesters and conservative activists at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Friday.

A group of Occupy protesters who infiltrated the hotel by registering and paying for the conference blocked a television screen where an overflow crowd was watching Mitt Romney address the convention, their mouths taped over to symbolize being silenced.

There was a brief clash between the protesters and conference-goers, who booed and yelled while shoving them out of the way. Security was summoned to the scene and escorted out the protesters, to the applause and cheering of the conservative activists.

"Occupy a job," they shouted.

No one appeared to be seriously injured.

Outside the conference, hundreds of protesters were blocking the street in front of the hotel, sitting in the road, chanting and drumming. A heavy law enforcement presence is on hand, and police were warning both protesters and journalists that they would be arrested if they ventured onto private property.

The protesters appear to be mostly union-organized, carrying banners signifying public worker unions, an elevator mechanics union and a steel workers union. They have erected a giant inflated "fat cat," dressed in a suit, strangling a gangly man. A group of men dressed in baseball uniforms have lined themselves in front of the blow-up cat with shirts reading "Tax Dodgers."

Unlike other Occupy protests that have taken place in Washington, D.C., and across the country, there appears to be deep racial undertones to the one taking place at CPAC. About a hundred African-Americans gathered around a man standing on an upside-down recycling bin while he shouted about ancestry into a megaphone and chanted, "Our DC, our America."

At the entrance to the hotel, CPAC attendees stood gaping at the crowd below and taking photographs on smartphones.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: conservatives; cpac; occupy; occutardation; occutards; protest
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"Occupy a job," they shouted.

Won't have to if they go on permanent freeloader status in mom's basement.


1 posted on 02/10/2012 3:02:57 PM PST by Libloather
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To: Libloather

“Occupy a job”....rofl, love it!


2 posted on 02/10/2012 3:07:06 PM PST by WhyisaTexasgirlinPA (Congress touched me inappropriately, they should be put on administrative leave immediately)
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To: Libloather

They look pretty well fed.


3 posted on 02/10/2012 3:08:46 PM PST by gundog (Help us, Nairobi-Wan Kenobi...you're our only hope.)
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To: Libloather
"Tax Dodgers."

Tim Geithner at CPAC? Conservatism is infectious.

4 posted on 02/10/2012 3:09:45 PM PST by throwback ( The object of opening the mind, as of opening the mouth, is to shut it again on something solid)
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To: throwback

They are terrorists and must be taken to Guantanamo.No Trials


5 posted on 02/10/2012 3:11:11 PM PST by tpuskett
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To: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA

“The protesters appear to be mostly union-organized, carrying banners signifying public worker unions, an elevator mechanics union and a steel workers union.”

There ya have it. Union-backed from the obamaturd thug machine.


6 posted on 02/10/2012 3:11:54 PM PST by max americana (Buttcrack Obama is an idiot)
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To: Libloather

Did Anne Coulter get booed off the stage yet?


7 posted on 02/10/2012 3:14:35 PM PST by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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To: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA

“Occupy reality...”


8 posted on 02/10/2012 3:15:03 PM PST by Noumenon ("I tell you, gentlemen, we have a problem on our hands." Col. Nicholson-The Bridge on the River Qwai)
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To: Libloather
Ha! I bet they didn't even pick up litter. No wonder they're loosing.. in a they're winning kind of way, that is.

9 posted on 02/10/2012 3:24:35 PM PST by I see my hands (The old sod ne'er shall be forgot.)
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“their mouths taped over to symbolize being silenced.”

Apparently they don’t see the hypocrisy in their actions.


10 posted on 02/10/2012 3:25:44 PM PST by lowbridge (Rep. Dingell: "Its taken a long time.....to control the people.")
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To: Libloather

I am soooo GD sick and tired of these maggot infested occupy hippies and bums. Sheesh, enough already!


11 posted on 02/10/2012 3:26:45 PM PST by Marathoner (In the 80s we had Reagan, Johnny Cash and Bob Hope. Now we have Obama, no cash and no hope.)
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A group of men dressed in baseball uniforms have lined themselves in front of the blow-up cat with shirts reading “Tax Dodgers.”
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Hmmmmm....

41 Obama White House aides owe the IRS $831,000 in back taxes — and they’re not alone
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2010/09/congress-taxes-irs.html

General Electric Paid No Federal Taxes in 2010 (and sits with Michelle Obama for speech)
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/general-electric-paid-federal-taxes-2010/story?id=13224558


12 posted on 02/10/2012 3:26:48 PM PST by Irenic
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...

Thanks Libloather.
Unlike other Occupy protests that have taken place in Washington, D.C., and across the country, there appears to be deep racial undertones to the one taking place at CPAC. About a hundred African-Americans gathered around a man standing on an upside-down recycling bin while he shouted about ancestry into a megaphone and chanted, "Our DC, our America."

13 posted on 02/10/2012 3:27:18 PM PST by SunkenCiv (FReep this FReepathon!)
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To: max americana

Probably being paid as well


14 posted on 02/10/2012 3:37:25 PM PST by WhyisaTexasgirlinPA (Congress touched me inappropriately, they should be put on administrative leave immediately)
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To: Noumenon

Another good one


15 posted on 02/10/2012 3:39:00 PM PST by WhyisaTexasgirlinPA (Congress touched me inappropriately, they should be put on administrative leave immediately)
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To: Libloather

They came to vote for Ron Paul.


16 posted on 02/10/2012 3:50:09 PM PST by Blogatron (Brought to you by The American Frog Council; 'Frog - The other green meat')
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To: Libloather
OWS IS RUNNING YOUR COUNTRY!

Sucks to be you! :P

Now go pay your taxes - OWS needs the money. :)
17 posted on 02/10/2012 3:57:15 PM PST by Tzimisce (Never forget that the American Revolution began when the British tried to disarm the colonists.)
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To: Libloather
OWS IS RUNNING YOUR COUNTRY!

Sucks to be you! :P

Now go pay your taxes - OWS needs the money. :)
18 posted on 02/10/2012 3:57:50 PM PST by Tzimisce (Never forget that the American Revolution began when the British tried to disarm the colonists.)
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If they had tape over their mouths then beat the crap out of them. They couldn’t scream for help like that.

Occupy a hospital bed you losers.


19 posted on 02/10/2012 4:10:51 PM PST by Jack Burton007 (This is Jack Burton in the Pork Chop Express, and I'm talkin' to whoever's listenin' out there.)
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To: Libloather
The protesters appear to be mostly union-organized, carrying banners signifying public worker unions, an elevator mechanics union and a steel workers union

Could have made that the second sentence and the article would have been much shorter.

20 posted on 02/10/2012 5:06:16 PM PST by GVnana (Newt 2012 - He Speaks for Us)
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