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Sun Jun 17, 2012, 09:28 PM

Grassy Knoll (4,358 posts)

Mitt Romney Ohio Campaign Stop Interrupted By Protesters

Source: Huffingtonpost

TROY, Ohio -- Protesters shouted throughout Mitt Romney's campaign appearance in Ohio with House Speaker John Boehner.

Romney on Sunday gave an abbreviated campaign speech from the bed of a pickup truck in Boehner's hometown of Troy. A small but noisy group of protestors shouted throughout his speech, which lasted about six minutes. The protesters shouted, "Romney go home!"

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/17/mitt-romney-ohio-protesters_n_1604420.html

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Mitt Romney Ohio Campaign Stop Interrupted By Protesters (Original post)	Grassy Knoll	Jun 2012	OP
I grew up near Troy. That's a pretty conservative area of Ohio. But I still don't like	s-cubed	Jun 2012	#1
I agree and agree :)	jaysunb	Jun 2012	#2
Well, its war	magic59	Jun 2012	#7
then you'd be kicking your own	Jerry Frey	Jun 2012	#9
The video linked downthread looked entirely civil to me.	MADem	Jun 2012	#15
Lots and lots of Ron Paul supporters in the Troy area.	FarPoint	Jun 2012	#20
Please remember that Romney admits to sending people out to heckle Axelrod	K8-EEE	Jun 2012	#23
Exactly right.	GoCubsGo	Jun 2012	#26
Looks very appropriate and civil to me...	FarPoint	Jun 2012	#8
I agree...	awoke_in_2003	Jun 2012	#12
I love it	Scairp	Jun 2012	#16
Where did these protesters come from?	INdemo	Jun 2012	#18
What goes around ,comes around...	amerciti001	Jun 2012	#3
Welcome to du...	awoke_in_2003	Jun 2012	#13
Seems like when we act like adults we lose. We've been acting like adults for	Liberal_Stalwart71	Jun 2012	#25
Yup, but I have one quibble with what you just said.	GoCubsGo	Jun 2012	#27
And they will say this justifies their bus-circling thing	jberryhill	Jun 2012	#4
bus-circling, like when Nixon circled the White House with transit busses	Kolesar	Jun 2012	#17
Uh, no...	jberryhill	Jun 2012	#21
How fracking childish ... eom	Kolesar	Jun 2012	#22
No doubt it's the short bus.	GoCubsGo	Jun 2012	#28
Preventing, yeah right	Iliyah	Jun 2012	#5
This "Let's be polite," and "Take the high road," attitude of democrats is one of the reasons	TheDebbieDee	Jun 2012	#6
The meek shall inherit the Earth, six feet of it!	Bozita	Jun 2012	#10
He's NOT the President. He's NOBODY but an empty suit with a shitload of ill-gained money.	truthisfreedom	Jun 2012	#11
There will be more!!!	hrmjustin	Jun 2012	#14
No national coverage of this on the TV machines?	citysyde	Jun 2012	#19
no interruption was mentioned on local tv...	IamK	Jun 2012	#24

Response to Grassy Knoll (Original post)

Sun Jun 17, 2012, 10:05 PM

s-cubed (1,132 posts)

1. I grew up near Troy. That's a pretty conservative area of Ohio. But I still don't like

preventing someone (even a robot) from speaking.

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Response to s-cubed (Reply #1)

Sun Jun 17, 2012, 10:09 PM

jaysunb (8,005 posts)

2. I agree and agree :)

That area is definitely not a liberal bastion and I hope this kind of rude behavior will stop on both sides.

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Response to jaysunb (Reply #2)

Sun Jun 17, 2012, 10:26 PM

magic59 (429 posts)

7. Well, its war

Class warfare and the right wing thugs aren't pulling any punches. Its time for the left to kick some fascist azz.

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Response to magic59 (Reply #7)

Sun Jun 17, 2012, 11:35 PM

Jerry Frey (32 posts)

9. then you'd be kicking your own

Decide for yourself - neo-liberalism.

http://napoleonlive.info/economics/class-warfare-facts-3/

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Response to jaysunb (Reply #2)

Mon Jun 18, 2012, 01:00 AM

MADem (87,290 posts)

15. The video linked downthread looked entirely civil to me.

If RMoney/Robme wants to have a "rally" a half a block from the Dem HQ, he deserves to get a little pushback.

He has money, we have people.

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Response to MADem (Reply #15)

Mon Jun 18, 2012, 07:45 AM

FarPoint (2,385 posts)

20. Lots and lots of Ron Paul supporters in the Troy area.

Last edited Mon Jun 18, 2012, 07:48 AM USA/ET - Edit history (1)

They could of been there; disruptive and all... telling the republicans to go home...the Democratic group just seems to be targeted as disruptor's via assumption in the Huffington Post article...no supporting evidence to the claim that the Democratic group was unruly.

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Response to jaysunb (Reply #2)

Mon Jun 18, 2012, 10:44 AM

K8-EEE (15,667 posts)

23. Please remember that Romney admits to sending people out to heckle Axelrod

So obviously he approves of heckling? Hard to feel bad for him....

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/mika-brzezinski-condemns-romneys-support-of-axelrod-hecklers-its-rude-and-childish-actually/

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Response to K8-EEE (Reply #23)

Mon Jun 18, 2012, 01:20 PM

GoCubsGo (13,176 posts)

26. Exactly right.

Normally, I don't condone this sort of behavior. However, these people also likely were high-fiving each other when that asshole heckled the President on Friday. If you're going to dish that kind of shit out, you better be prepared to take it yourself.

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Response to s-cubed (Reply #1)

Sun Jun 17, 2012, 11:12 PM

FarPoint (2,385 posts)

8. Looks very appropriate and civil to me...

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Here is a local news link to the Democratic protest.

http://www.whiotv.com/videos/news/troy-democrats-respond-to-romney-rally/vcMt8/

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Response to s-cubed (Reply #1)

Mon Jun 18, 2012, 12:48 AM

awoke_in_2003 (18,751 posts)

12. I agree...

Let te robot make an ass of himself

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Response to s-cubed (Reply #1)

Mon Jun 18, 2012, 01:05 AM

Scairp (2,253 posts)

16. I love it

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Maybe it's a sign that Ohio is finally waking up to the right wing Republican bullshit. And the hell with letting him speak. Why, so he can tell more bald-faced lies about almost every topic he talks about? Fuck him. This was great!

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Response to s-cubed (Reply #1)

Mon Jun 18, 2012, 07:08 AM

INdemo (3,160 posts)

18. Where did these protesters come from?

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The media probably, Fascist News, will be comparing this to the White House ordeal..saying its worse or whatever....

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Response to Grassy Knoll (Original post)

Sun Jun 17, 2012, 10:09 PM

amerciti001 (150 posts)

3. What goes around ,comes around...

As to the belligerent A**hole that Neil Munro displayed when the President of the United State was speaking, this works both ways. I agree that Romney should go home-in others, he needs to crawl back under the rock that he came out from under.

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Response to amerciti001 (Reply #3)

Mon Jun 18, 2012, 12:49 AM

awoke_in_2003 (18,751 posts)

13. Welcome to du...

But someone should try to act like adults- hopefully, it will be us

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Response to awoke_in_2003 (Reply #13)

Mon Jun 18, 2012, 12:49 PM

Liberal_Stalwart71 (14,170 posts)

25. Seems like when we act like adults we lose. We've been acting like adults for

Last edited Mon Jun 18, 2012, 01:33 PM USA/ET - Edit history (1)

three years now, and look what's happened?

When the Teabaggers act like petty, racist children, they get nonstop, media-friendly coverage, an American populace that have largely been duped by their ideas, and record filibusters and obstruction in the halls of Congress.

Frankly, I'm sick of being the grown up here. We continue to lose elections as a result. I'm not suggesting that nastiness is the key, but we need to be more forceful, less softspoken and milquetoast. It's not doing us any favors.

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Response to Liberal_Stalwart71 (Reply #25)

Mon Jun 18, 2012, 01:32 PM

GoCubsGo (13,176 posts)

27. Yup, but I have one quibble with what you just said.

Not once have the Teabaggers ever acted like anything remotely resembling adults. We keep hearing them spew "Elections have consequences!" BS regarding the 2010, despite their never ever having accepted the consequences of the 2008 election. It's all their childish "It's my way or the highway" crap, regardless of what is the will of the people. These bullies don't understand what it means to act like an adult. The only cure their antics, if there is any, is giving them a taste of their own medicine.

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Response to Grassy Knoll (Original post)

Sun Jun 17, 2012, 10:10 PM

jberryhill (30,167 posts)

4. And they will say this justifies their bus-circling thing

Trying to shout down a speaker is not an exercise in free speech.

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Response to jberryhill (Reply #4)

Mon Jun 18, 2012, 07:07 AM

Kolesar (29,536 posts)

17. bus-circling, like when Nixon circled the White House with transit busses

...during the big peace rally?

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Response to Kolesar (Reply #17)

Mon Jun 18, 2012, 08:58 AM

jberryhill (30,167 posts)

21. Uh, no...

Last week's horror was this:

http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/06/romney-campaign-bus-circling-honking-at-obama-supporters.php

Romney’s campaign bus — adorned with the words “Conservative. Businessman. Leader” today repeatedly honked at and took several laps around a group of Obama supporters before a campaign speech to be given by President Obama in Cleveland today, according to a tweet by CBS White House correspondent Mark Knoller.

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Response to jberryhill (Reply #21)

Mon Jun 18, 2012, 09:56 AM

Kolesar (29,536 posts)

22. How fracking childish ... eom

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Mon Jun 18, 2012, 01:33 PM

GoCubsGo (13,176 posts)

28. No doubt it's the short bus.

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Response to Grassy Knoll (Original post)

Sun Jun 17, 2012, 10:21 PM

Iliyah (2,504 posts)

5. Preventing, yeah right

I find no corporate media spouting this huh? No corporate media claiming that he is a coward? Nope. The bus knew and was afraid.

2008 - Barry confronted a women who refused his hand, but he not knowing still cared about her.

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Sun Jun 17, 2012, 10:25 PM

TheDebbieDee (8,434 posts)

6. This "Let's be polite," and "Take the high road," attitude of democrats is one of the reasons

that repukes step all over progressives and liberals with impunity.........They KNOW that at the very worst we'll only complain about the the way we're treated.

I get so tired of being affiliated with a group of weak-kneed people who seem so powerless that no one thinks twice about disrespecting them............

We should stop being so nice - we should heckle their stupid candidates and ridicule their stupid positions. We should pointedly ask the questions that the media won't. And if their candidate won't answer, we should KEEP asking those questions.

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Response to TheDebbieDee (Reply #6)

Sun Jun 17, 2012, 11:57 PM

Bozita (26,949 posts)

10. The meek shall inherit the Earth, six feet of it!

Good post.

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Response to TheDebbieDee (Reply #6)

Mon Jun 18, 2012, 12:25 AM

truthisfreedom (17,692 posts)

11. He's NOT the President. He's NOBODY but an empty suit with a shitload of ill-gained money.

Fuck Rmoney.

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Mon Jun 18, 2012, 12:51 AM

hrmjustin (10,690 posts)

14. There will be more!!!

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Mon Jun 18, 2012, 07:31 AM

citysyde (74 posts)

19. No national coverage of this on the TV machines?

I bet Fox News won't mention something like this, now, will they?

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Response to Grassy Knoll (Original post)

Mon Jun 18, 2012, 11:58 AM

IamK (956 posts)

24. no interruption was mentioned on local tv...

Last edited Mon Jun 18, 2012, 11:59 AM USA/ET - Edit history (1)

http://www.whiotv.com/s/news/

video- about 3 people at the end of the video...

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