AlterNet: Gun-Nut Outside Obama Townhall Linked to GOP 'Stop ObamaCare' Effort

[marmar]

Gun-Nut Outside Obama Townhall Linked to GOP 'Stop ObamaCare' Effort

By Adele M. Stan, AlterNet. Posted August 12, 2009.

Strapped with a loaded gun, William Kostric carried a message from the GOP's "break Obama" campaign.




On Aug. 11, William Kostric of New Hampshire strapped a loaded gun to his leg, and went to greet the president of the United States.

His message was sponsored with the tacit approval of a social networking site promoted by a well-connected Republican public-relations firm.

Standing with a crowd of anti-government protesters on the property of a church that abutted the high school campus where Barack Obama would conduct a town-hall meeting on health-care reform, Kostric carried a sign that read, "It's time to water the tree of liberty."

The slogan refers to a classic quote from Thomas Jefferson: "The tree of liberty must be refreshed, from time to time, with the blood of patriots and tyrants."

The sign bore the image of the coiled and threatening rattlesnake that adorned an early U.S. battle flag that included the words, "Don't tread on me." ...........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.alternet.org/politics/141923/gun-nut_outside_obama_townhall_linked_to_gop_%27stop_obamacare%27_effort/

[CJCRANE]

1. It was obviously a PR stunt.

He had a perfectly printed out sign and an earpiece. The whole thing was carefully set up.

[BR_Parkway]

2. I guess it was to make him the "Obama is going to take your guns"

poster child

[Wednesdays]

3. K&R

:kick:

[tridim]

4. So he flat-out lied to Tweety

Something tells me we're going to see angry Tweety today.

[dazzlerazzle]

5. Weapons at Town Hall meetings

If this was a meeting that the former president was holding, this guy would have been slammed to the ground, handcuffed and likely detained for several hours. Back then, bumper stickers got you banned from the area!