CODEPINK Protester ejected from RNC during Bush speech (Friend of mine!)

[Pachamama]

CODEPINK ejected from RNC during Bush speech

Father whose son was killed in Iraq and others also dragged out.

As George W. Bush gave his acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention on Thursday night, Jodie Evans of CODEPINK: Women for Peace revealed a pink slip underneath her dress which read, “Fire Bush! Women Say Bring the Troops Home Now!” She was dragged out of the RNC. Earlier in the evening, Jorge Medina, whose son was killed in the Iraq war, was ejected from the convention for wearing a t-shirt with his son’s photo on it and the words, “Bush Lied, My Son Died.” Two other anti-war activists were also dragged out of the convention. One of their banners read, “Bush Lied, People Died.” Another read, “Strong but Wrong.” This is the third night in a row that CODEPINK activists have brought anti-war messages inside the RNC during prime-time speeches. .

Press release
http://www.codepinkalert.org/Press_Room_Press_Releases.shtml

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Listen up DU! These ladies are fantastic! Jodie Evans (a friend) and co-founder with Medea Benjamin of CodePink are sitting in Jail still! Let's have a big shout out of support for our favorite Bad Babes! Jodie is also founder of a group of women I belong to called "Bad Babes and their Buddies"....

http://www.badbabes.org

Pachamama is good friends with these two awesome ladies...I'm so proud...60 days to go and we are just getting started!!!

[liberalnurse]

1. Code Pink has the most courageous members!

I''m so impressed!

[mom cat]

16. Thanks for the info. I saw several episodes of forceful ejection

and was wondering what happened. These women are awesome.

[madmax]

32. Yes, they remind me of Iron Jawed Angels!

Bravo to Code Pink. These ladies have guts.

[sam sarrha]

33. Good Look'n Babe too !!

:yourock:

[Pachamama]

43. Here's another good lookn' babe...

My Pachababy CodePink Protester against Bush:

Oops...how do I add a picture?

[KittyWampus]

2. If Someone Did Same To Kerry, DU'ers Would Be Howling For Blood

sorry, that was lame and stupid.

[thebigidea]

5. maybe if Kerry started a war based on lies and forgot OBL.

his idiotic vote doesn't quite count.

[Pachamama]

7. What are you talking about? There are Bu$h/FUCheney Protesters almost

daily at the Kerry rallies? (Oh, but do you go to those?)

The big difference between the Kerry/Edwards rallies is that its open to the public...Kerry is really good at ignoring them or even asking them questions....Bu$h/FUCHeney rallies require people to sign a pledge to them and they screen people and wisk them away if they even say a thing....

Wrong CryingShame....what side are you on? You planning on voting for Bush? :eyes:

[KittyWampus]

13. WRONG! We're Aren't Talking About A RALLY!

This was the REPUBLICAN national convention.

For the REPUBLICAN delegates.

It was NOT open to the "public" any more than the DNC was open to Repbulicans.

Anyone who says that they wouldn't be squealing like a stuck pig if a freeper disrupted Kerry's Acceptance Speech at the DNC is full of Sh*t.

Who the hell are YOU to question what side I'm on because your stupid friend decides to make a spectacle of herself?

[Pachamama]

19. Oh! I forgot!Only right wing Repuke Media is only allowed to attend RNC!

Which ofcourse explains why they were sooooo upset about Michael Moore being there! Ha ha ha ha...

But then, how do you explain that all the Right Wing Media Pukes were at the DNC in Boston....Hmmmmmm....Could it be "Freedom of the Press?"

I wonder.....

And for your information, I've been at some Kerry rally's with Freepers, and unlike Republican's we actually just drown them out with our kindness, not our hate....

Oh, and who the hell am I? I'M PACHAMAMA, PROUD LIBERAL BAD ASS BAD BABE AND MOMMY OF TWO PACHABABIES, WHO DOESN'T LIKE FASCIST FREEPERS WHO PERMEATE THE DU PRETENDING THAT THEY SUPPORT FREETHINKING AND DEMOCRACY! :hi:

That's who the hell I am....and btw...Jodie isn't stupid...and I don't like people who call my friends stupid....

And you didn't answer the question - You voting for Kerry or Bush? :eyes: I wonder.....

[liberalnurse]

23. Nicely put.....

It reminds me of "ME".

:yourock:

[Pachamama]

34. Excellent....another proud Liberal Bad Babe....

:hi: Liberal Nurse!

:pals:

[Worst Username Ever]

24. Jeez

Crying shame has like 8000 posts. I'd say it's safe to judge which side she is on.

Unlike Moore, your friend did not have press credentials. If someone without credentials had made it into the DNC and did that, all cryingshame is saying is that DUer would have flipped out. I know I would have.

[jonnyblitz]

27. just proof that high post counts sometimes doesn't mean

jack shit.

[Pachamama]

38. What a crying shame.....where she go?

:shrug:

:kick:

[Worst Username Ever]

41. I was not taking sides, I was just clarifying what the poster meant.

And it seems like people here a JUST a little touchy today. My goodness.

And I still do not think cryingshame is a freeper.

[Swamp Rat]

51. Many of us are touchy I guess... for me it's the Russian children getting

killed. Zell from Hell didn't help either.

[KittyWampus]

44. I Am A She & Your Stupid Friend Can Take Credit For 2008 When Kerry Gets

disrupted at HIS nomination speech at the 2008 Democratic Convention.

But I guess if the disrupters have press credentials then it's just journalism.

Won't YOU be proud.

[Pachamama]

45. Oh, I guess its also therest of the Protesters & Liberal Medias fault too?

Well "SHE" when (and thank you for acknowledging that Kerry will be at his 2008 Democratic Convention - for re-election) then he can address any FUNDIE FREEPER protesters like I suggested in my other post....

YEAH - I am proud of the CodePink Bad Babes and so are a lot of other people....

You might want to go start posting on Free Republic...I'm sure they would love your commentary....

[Swamp Rat]

50. CodePink Bad Babes kick ass!

We kick ass too, but with a slightly different flavor:

[yardwork]

54. LOVE the pink tulle!

Didn't your feet just kill you, though? I can't wear shoes like that for more than five minutes anymore.

[KittyWampus]

52. They Wouldn't Appreciate Logic Any More Than .............

well... I'd finish that, but it's not worth it.

You must be pleased to have me kicking your thread though.

Have a great Labor Day Weekend.

:hi:

[Pachamama]

36. Wrong on three counts....Post Count, Press Credentials and DNC disruption

Count I)
Post Count on the DU has absolutely no reflection of judging "What side someone is on".....DU has had lurking Freepers and infiltrators of the dark side for a very long time....They are really good at posting non chalant postings, ask a lot of questions (usually post breaking news, or post a question) and then occasionally they jump in to go for the jugular of a DUer on an issue (or bring up something contraversial and then play dumb).

Count II)
Jodie actually did have Press Credentials, which is why she was sitting in the press section so close up. Nina Utne of the Utne Report and several other journals etc. that Jodie writes for provided her credentials.

Count III)
If a Freeper had done something similar (ie. yelling Flip Flop or questioning Kerry's Purple Heart) while Kerry spoke at the convention, Kerry would have done probably one of the following a) ignored him and kept talking without flubbing like Smirky when his mojo got bumped: or b) looked at the protester, stop and pause look at the camera and the protester and address the attack and emphasize freedom of speech and the spin it in to his speech. I choose option (b)....

[KittyWampus]

40. Your Foolish Friend Was There AS MEDIA? Your Absurd Comment Indicates

just how irrational your attempt at an "argument" is.

That she had press credentials is meaningless because her actions had NOTHING to do with reporting. Now did it.

And you are the first "person" to call me a freeper... let alone a fascist one. :D

Congratulations. :toast:

[Worst Username Ever]

42. Sheesh

Tempers sure are running high today. I've been called a freeper too today. Evidentally the "with us or against us" thing has taken control of the dems, too. How sad.

[Pachamama]

47. Foolish Friend? Stupid Friend? Irrational Argument? Meaningless Reporting?

Yes, I am calling you out for what your posts indicate you are....Do you deny it? Do you think that your post was meant to support or infuriate? You can disagree with something or someone because you have concerns of the aftermath, but to imply that they were stupid and call her actions such, doesn't show me that your too "democratic" and seem almost sympathetic to the Chimp.

Her press credentials weren't "meaningless"....Jodie is an author and even produced films. She has written for the UTNE Report (you are familiar with who Nina Utne is, right?) :eyes:

http://www.utne.com/pub/

Wait till you see her next "Report" - it'll be a good one....you can cringe and shout about her "meaningless report"...

[TankLV]

61. The cockroaches are certainly crawling out of the woodwork again,

just like clockwork!

[Pachamama]

68. Yeah, the infestation problem has been getting bad lately...Squashing

them when they pop their little heads out is fun though, isn't it?

President Kerry is going to have some fumigating to do to when he takes office....lots of cockroaches in Washington DC right now too....

:hi: TankLV!

[jonnyblitz]

26. bleh

:puke:

[Swamp Rat]

49. Why are you calling this brave woman stupid?

"Anyone who says that they wouldn't be squealing like a stuck pig if a freeper disrupted Kerry's Acceptance Speech at the DNC is full of Sh*t."... and who's doing the squeeling right now?



"Who the hell are YOU to question what side I'm on because your stupid friend decides to make a spectacle of herself?" Who the hell are YOU?

[jonnyblitz]

25. sorry but I am glad somebody is fighing for us!!

It SURE AS HELL aint no uppity establishment DEMOCRATS.!! :puke:

[joefree1]

37. Let me quote a Republican

To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men. -- Abraham Lincoln

[Sterling]

65. I agree she did what we all should have.

I won't falt HER for that.

[TankLV]

60. 1st off - THEY HAVE DONE IT TO KERRY - and he's handled it graciously

and NOBODY was ever ejected or otherwise forced to leave a Kerry rally.

There is NO comparison!

Only the REPUKES make you sign loyalty oaths, close their meetings to the public, and have selected invitation only events with prescreened and pre-approved statements.

Kerry and the Democratic Party do no such thing.

But thanks for playing the repuke lying game!

[liberalnurse]

3. Why are they still in jail?

What can we do to help?

[Pachamama]

9. Send your messages of support and offers to help to CodePink

Let them know we are behind them....:pals:

Phone:
[phone]

Email:
[email protected]

[email protected]

[liberalnurse]

21. Thanks.....

I'll wear my black/pink lettered T-shirt tonight at work...(under my scrub jacket).

I also have "CodePinkwomen4peace" bumper stickers on both sides of my SUV.

[Carolab]

35. You drive an SUV?

and call yourself a liberal?

[niceypoo]

62. Liberal means "progressive" it has nothing to do with SUVs

Liberal doesnt fit some Limbicile GOP cookie cutter fantasy. Liberals come in all stripes AND all democrats arent Liberal. Its not the "Liberalunderground".

[Sterling]

66. It would be nice though

If liberals could at least understand driving an SUV makes you look like an asshole and undercuts the reasonable idea that we need to change the way we consume resources.

It also is boasting ones wealth which is not to be admired but yet somehow is in this neo con nightmare we now live in.

[jonnyblitz]

28. thanks for the info!

:hug:

[Democat]

31. Call Code Pink and tell them to keep up the good fight!

They should know that we are behind them!

[medeak]

4. so proud of you

and them!

[Pachamama]

10. Nice Name - Medea.....

Thanks....

Want to join us? Please register at CodePink and start getting out the Pink in the community.....We are made up of Moms, sisters, daughters who all support and love our country and our children's future and the Peace on this planet....

:hi:

[medeak]

17. done! n/t

[liontamer]

6. what amazing people

so full of strength and courage!

[JayEEE]

8. Courage of Conviction

Hell yeah!

[Pachamama]

11. They are in Jail and I'll be getting some updates...meanwhile, call, write

your newspapers with words of support for them and get the word out!

Meanwhile, if your not a member of CodePink, we need lots of Women (Men welcome too) to join in with us over the next 60 days to get out the word and the vote....Even if you don't want to join in the protests, you can wear hot pink in your daily wear and make a statement of support....

GO PINK!

[GoddessOfGuinness]

12. Please send your friends

my heartfelt thanks and warmest wishes.

[Pachamama]

39. I will! And if you want to call or send them email, do it too!

They will be happy to know the DU stands behind them...

:pals:

[G_j]

14. Code Pink story on Democracy Now - (& some photos)

(& a BIG BIG thank you from me!)

* Relentless Protest: CODEPINK Activists Ejected From RNC Three Nights
in a Row *

Activists from CODEPINK: Women for Peace were ejected from the RNC after
disrupting the primetime addresses of speakers at the convention's
podium three nights in a row. We speak CODEPINK co-founders Medea
Benjamin and Gael Murphy.

Listen/Watch/Read
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=04/09/03/1457225
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[Dancing_Dave]

18. Gotta Love that Protest Photo Gallery!

:toast:

[sam sarrha]

53. I miss Portland SOOOOOOOOOOO much !!

:yourock:

[DBoon]

63. Love the doggie in the first photo

I'm convinced dogs are natural Democrats

[G_j]

72. they even have their own group

"No tinsel. No presents. No fireworks.
Just dogs ..against Bush "
http://www.dogshatebush.com

[loudsue]

15. Since when does non-violent "disruption" earn someone jail time?

Silly me....I believe 2000 is the date we're looking for here.

Buck fush!!!


:kick::kick::kick:

[RichardCranus]

20. How many were hauled out of the DNC convention for disruption?

I missed it due to overtime work.

[Vickers]

30. Welcome to DU!

Enjoy your stay!

[yardwork]

55. Did this woman disrupt anything?

She wore a pink slip with a message to Bush. As far as I can tell she did nothing violent. She was bare-foot, for goodness sakes!

Since when does wearing a shirt or a slip with a message on it constitute violent protest or disruption?

There were pro-Bush people at the DNC. I saw them on TV. The difference is that they weren't arrested and hustled away. They were tolerated.

[dmr]

70. That's my question, too, yardwork

It's not like the rest of the people in the convention sat quietly. They were pretty damn noisy. So, she said something they didn't want to hear ... this is America, still. We are allowed to voice our opinion.

She was in the convention legally. She was no more noisy than the others. She spoke her mind, just like the others.

She broke no laws.

Except for the GOP law of blind obedience.

I joined Code Pink quite some time ago.

Edit: spelling

[jonnyblitz]

22. I love them!! I am going to email Code Pink and thank them!!

Medea Benjamin was at the "Vigil for the Fallen"(Veterans for Peace) hanging out in the park in Union Square in NYC next to where I was sitting most of the day, talking on her cell phone all afternoon. I wonder if she was plotting and planning this...

[Booster]

29. These ladies have real balls and I am in awe of them.

They're also very smart. You go, girls - and I mean that from the bottom of my heart.

[PassingFair]

46. Don't these ladies show you...

that "balls" are not an accurate symbol for courage?


These ladies have real ovaries doesn't cut it either though.

How about these ladies have real guts. Balls have nothing to do with courage.

[0rganism]

48. Technically, neither do guts

Balls have nothing to do with courage.

Ovaries have nothing to do with courage.

Guts have nothing to do with courage.

It's all about the noggin.

[foo_bar]

56. technically, it is in the gut

His thirty years of research have led to an extraordinary rediscovery: nerve cells in the gut that act as a brain.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0060930721/103-7786367-0117420?v=glance

This guy is a cell biologist at Columbia, not a new ager.

[0rganism]

58. Now that's pretty cool -- but brains in the gut are not themselves guts...

'course that may be splitting hairs. ;)
I wonder how this is different from the autonomic nervous system.

[foo_bar]

59. Cartesian ass-mind duality

I suppose the "enteric nervous system" is a subset of the autonomic, distinguished mainly by geography and specialization. According to this primer for kids it's an ontogenic throwback to invertebrate brains, before advances in spine and skull permitted high-bandwidth cognition like "should I vomit?"

[kath]

57. ummm, her slip clearly does not say what the press release says it does.

strange.

[Gingersnapsback]

64. Bush/Cheney signs were behind the press box at the DNC convention.

Why weren't they arrested? I had to change the channel to avoid high blood pressure. Was it MSNBC or CNN or Both? I vowed against Meet the Press after the incident. I think it was MSNBC... They are sooooooo EVIL!!

[The Animator]

67. And me without my Leather T - Birds Jacket!

These ladies have what the French call a certain, I don't know what. I believe these disruptions, however unprecidented are necissary. By infiltrating the RNC these protesters are accomplishing what thousands of protesters outside could not do, they are making the Right leaning Media acknowledge their existence.

By spontainiously showing up on Live national Television and causing a stir, they are letting the American Public know that there are protesters! Pre-9/11 Post-9/11 Pre-Iraq War - to now can you honestly tell me that the American Media Machine has done an adaquate job of covering the voices of dissent in this country. Before the Iraq invasion there were memos handed down from the top telling the News Department not to air footage of protest because, to paraphrase, our veiwers don't want to see that sort of thing. Since When is the News about showing people only what they want to see?

This gave a large portion of Americans the impression that the entire population of the U.S. was in strong support of the war, when it was more like 50/50. Had more people known how strongly divded the country was, more people might have spoken up about it. Our representatives might have been more receptive to the notion that we shouldn't rush into things.

Doesn't help that whenever somebody did air footage of protestors, they didn't show the buisness suit clad lawyers, or toddler toting soccer moms, no... they got the really, well "extreme" looking ones on TV. Don't get me wrong, I love those guys, but the mainstream media used that footage to create the impression that anti-war protesters were part of some small fringe group.

Then there are the "Free Speech Zones"... Oh, don't even get me fucking started.

(P.S.) I Love the duality of the "Fire Bush" Pink Slip. You get a Pink Slip when you get fired!

[roguevalley]

69. they are so awesome. I am so proud of them. hug her for me and tell

her love exists for all of them in Alaska.:loveya:

[TreasonousBastard]

71. You got some great friends...

and I saw CodePink all over the place in NYC this week. They ROCK!!!

Gov. Schwollenpecker should worry more about the girlie girls.