Bush critics blocked from presidential events

[AllegroRondo]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=2270&e=3&u=/krwashbureau/_bc_bush_dissenters_wa



In Denver, three people say they were booted out of a presidential event last week even though they never uttered a peep, apparently because their car bore a bumper sticker denouncing the war in Iraq.


In Fargo, N.D., last month, local Republicans developed a blacklist of more than three dozen residents, including a city commissioner, who were to be banned from Bush's visit.

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Young and his friends, Karen Bauer and Leslie Weise, had barely gotten in the door before they were unceremoniously shown the exit by a man who refused to explain his actions. They thought he was a Secret Service agent because he had an earpiece and an official-looking lapel pin.


Young said he was later told by Secret Service officials that he and his friends had been ejected by a local Republican volunteer who'd been spurred to action by the bumper sticker on their car: "No More Blood for Oil."
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[The Backlash Cometh]

1. Can you imagine what they would have done to Clinton if he had done this?

[Lab2112]

11. RE: Can you imagine what they would have done to Clinton...?

<sarcasm>
Why, Republicans everywhere would have supported President Clinton
weeding out the opposition at taxpayer-funded public events. No one should question The Great Leader, after all, regardless of political
affiliation. It would be treason otherwise, after all.
</sarcasm>

Should a Democrat become President in the near future, watch how quickly the Republican zealots change their tune if their own ox should be
likewise gored.

Somehow, hypocrisy is too mild a word to describe this lot.

LAB

[xultar]

2. Now, this is the story we need to get Dem Leadership on.

I don't expect them to say anything about T.S. but
This is the story.
This is what we need to get our leadership all riled up about.

[HereSince1628]

3. We need to get a GAO ruling, if the WH is using tax dollars

for travel expenses to private partisan parties then the GOP needs to reimburse the nation.

I'd love to bankrupt their asses coming into the midterms. Imagine electing a representative without millions of dollars from the republicans from outside the districts...

That would be sweet...me thinks THIS is an issue for the DNC and the leaders in DC.

[merwin]

4. You know it's never going to happen though...

Republican controlled federal government will immediately stop any efforts to investigate ANYTHING, unless of course, the people being investigated are democrats.

[HereSince1628]

6. Actually, the GAO is the best bet

There is no need to have a committee chair approve of the investigation. The GAO can go on its merry way without that sort of support.

A finding of criminal behavior can be handed (publically I dare say) directly to the Dept. of Justice.

The whole purpose of the Goverment Accountability Office is just that...accountability.

[merwin]

7. What was the last thing that GAO actually investigated though?

I mean more than just a "yep, they did something wrong. Nope, we're not going to do anything"

[HereSince1628]

8. The GAO is the only investigative arm

to whom the Democrats can appeal. The Executive branch isn't going to investigate, neither house of Congress will investigate.

Unless you are giving up or advocating armed conflict there really isn't another avenue to follow.

[UpInArms]

5. does this WH denial remind anyone else of the "Mission Accomplished"

denial?

White House officials say they have nothing to do with the exclusions, which they blame on overzealous supporters.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/10/20031028-2.html

THE PRESIDENT: Nora, I think you ought to look at my speech. I said, Iraq is a dangerous place and we've still got hard work to do, there's still more to be done. And we had just come off a very successful military operation. I was there to thank the troops.

The "Mission Accomplished" sign, of course, was put up by the members of the USS Abraham Lincoln, saying that their mission was accomplished. I know it was attributed some how to some ingenious advance man from my staff -- they weren't that ingenious, by the way. But my statement was a clear statement, basically recognizing that this phase of the war for Iraq was over and there was a lot of dangerous work. And it's proved to be right, it is dangerous in Iraq. It's dangerous in Iraq because there are people who can't stand the thought of a free and peaceful Iraq. It is dangerous in Iraq because there are some who believe that we're soft, that the will of the United States can be shaken by suiciders -- and suiciders who are willing to drive up to a Red Cross center, a center of international help and aid and comfort, and just kill.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A10976-2003May3

Still, it's also impossible to agree with the banner that was draped near Mr. Bush on the carrier deck, proclaiming "Mission Accomplished." Aides say the slogan was chosen in part to mark a presidential turn toward domestic affairs as his campaign for reelection approaches.

[liveoaktx]

9. Minority Report

Minority Report

[Megahurtz]

10. What a genuine dictator.

Seig Heil!

[Dharma_Bum]

14. BUSH YOUTH it is

[kaitykaity]

12. Imagine how weak and pitiful Bush must be, that he can't

handle even the sight or thought of opposition
and criticism in the same room with him.

[Dharma_Bum]

13. ... him and his cronies are quick

to coin 'treason' or treasonous ideals on simple, quiet protesters.
That's good 'ole Dub'ya

[kaitykaity]

17. Give them time, they might step over the line and

try to put somebody in jail for dissenting.

Welcome to DU, DB.

:hi:

[AllegroRondo]

15. Is this Bush's doing, or his handlers?

Does he intentionally ask for no dissent at these town hall meetings, or do his lackeys feel it is their 'duty' to see that there is none, and he is in the bubble?

[kaitykaity]

16. I think he had a breakdown after the '01 inauguration

when protesters were able to get in his face and threw
eggs and he wasn't able to take the traditional stroll
down Penn Ave.

I don't know though. This stuff sounds to me like more
of absolute power corrupts absolutely, but what do I
know.

[DemBeans]

22. yes, he's pitiful, but...

I think the real reason they have their goons throw out anyone who isn't a Bush lackey is that they don't want the public seeing any signs of discontent among the serfs toward their dictator*. They have to keep this fake aura of support around their puppet at all times, or the thin veneer of invincibility will crack and public dissent will grow. It's all psy-ops, all manipulation.

*assuming, of course, that the media would dare show a snippet of anyone who actually questioned der fuehrer to his face...not likely.

[kaitykaity]

23. Welcome to DU, DemBeans.

:hi:

Not a lot I can argue with there.

There was a post earlier about how Smirk smirk
was edited out of a story about Schaivo. Goes
along with your theory.

smirk's smirk gets edited (Schiavo)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=3387220

[DemBeans]

24. Thanks!

And thanks for the link - it's ridiculous how carefully groomed his image is, or how many people fall for it.

I love this place - it reminds me of the discussions that take place within my own (very liberal) family.

[kaitykaity]

26. I love this place too.

Something big happens, I always come here. Listen
to Air America, come here. Without the two of 'em,
I'da been insane a long time ago.

Pull up a chair, but be careful. This place can
be addicting.

:evilgrin:

[Lars39]

18. So somebody ran a check on the license tags to match the name

up with the ticket holders? Who gave the information to these goons?

[AllegroRondo]

19. I'm guessing its lower tech

someone probably just saw them get out of the car.

[Lars39]

21. Not like there's a whole lot of people at these events, either.

:)

[Whoa_Nelly]

20. Didn't Hitler use the citizenry to keep out dissidents?

Did Mussolini do that as well?
How long before there is real persecution of those who dare defy the Wizard of Idiocy?

[PMSmom57]

25. Are we Back in the Age of McCarthy?

I am so tired of the constant blacklisting of anyone who doesn't think like our current RULER. Do we still live in a democratic society? Doesn't sound that way does it. Considering our current RULER was elected on the platform of fear, should we really be surprised? When will the people realize the dark path ahead. This is about so much more than the war in Iraq, and we really need to wake up.

[Rex]

27. So by the actions of the SS goons, can we conclude that

they believe in blood for oil???

[grannylib]

28. See previous thread at link below. This is such a common tactic by these

fucking cowards; I cannot believe that the mythical liberal media (i.e., the Poodle Press) is not just jumping ALL OVER THIS!
Golly, wonder why not??
The Halfwit's Protector's did the same thing when he showed up here campaigning (grinnin' and lyin' is more like it...what a putrid little excuse for a world leader he is)
Can anyone think of ONE THING the imbecile has gotten right?? Anything???