anyone see the heckler at Kerry's speech?

[G_j]

unfortunately the man next to him appeared to get overly rough with the guy. I think we all need to be careful and really keep the high ground in these situations. That didn't really look so good.
Any other impressions? It all went by very quickly.

[liberal N proud]

1. Exactly, The media will make huge stories of any incidents

where Kerry supporters get violent.
They are waiting for this sort of thing to happen.
We should treat them with love and respect, something they don't expect and don't want from a bunch of liberals.

[graywarrior]

3. Yes, treat them like the fragile, mentally ill that they are

[G_j]

4. my own opinion

let the guy briefly say his piece and then very diplomatically ask him to sit down or leave. Experienced security personnel can also handle these people without appearing overly rough.

[spanone]

10. Let us not forget the asshole who KICKED the protester at the RNC

and then immediately denied it to a reporter. Sounds like a true republican following in their leaders footsteps. Lie, Lie Lie.

[EST]

2. I didn't catch it all,

however, it looked like they just sat him down but didn't throw him out. Something I missed?

[G_j]

5. it was hard to tell really

that is why I was wondering if anyone else saw it.

To me it looked somewhat rough. It kind of looked like he grabbed him by the head. He didn't hit him or anything, and I seriously doubt if anyone was hurt.

[Search Party]

6. jackboots to the shin

generally wouldn't be captured by the cameras. j/k

peace, you stupid freeps.

[DemoTex]

7. Yep. MSNBC just showed it. Close-up and ugly.

The reporter (Carl Kintinea - sp?) said something that sounded like the heckler is/was a law enforcement officer who had worked for the Bu$h campaign in 2000. Anybody else hear that? I wasn't paying that much attention to the audio.

Our guys looked like GOP goons the way they jumped on the heckler. On the other hand, maybe they are spring-loaded to prevent another RFK tragedy.

[WEagle]

9. didn't the guys at the RNC

have yellow caps and shirts also?

[underpants]

13. A law-enforcement officer? That is even worse

Get he out of there. Too freakin' bad if they got a little rough with him.

[sundog]

8. One stands up at a Kerry speech, the networks are all over it; 500,000...

protest in NY, you don't hear about it.

Wake up & smell the coffee!

[underpants]

11. Pic and link to other thread

I haven't seen the footage but that is how you have to deal with people like that. Aside from the disruption they could very well be a threat or a decoy.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x769033



A heckler (C) is dragged out of U.S. Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry (news - web sites)'s speech at the Museum Center in Cincinnati, Ohio, September 8, 2004. Kerry challenged President George W. Bush (news - web sites)'s choices in Iraq (news - web sites) and said the war was costing Americans US$200 billion. REUTERS/Jim Young US ELECTION

[Ducks In A Row]

12. Hey, he got in didn't he?

no loyalty oath, no clothes inspections.

if he can't act like an adult, he gets what he deserves.

[underpants]

14. Exactly

in the other thread rocknation posted what Kerry said.

[mahina]

17. What I love about this.....

The people are taking care of the problem. Not waiting for security, just dealing with it.
Beautiful! I see a direct parallel to media distortion, and the *'s upcoming loooooong vacation.
We the people have the power to make this happen. Canvass your neighbors friends and we'll show * the door just like his sad angry apologist in the photo above.
Got to love these beautiful strong righteous men.

[On the Road]

35. Ooooh, Look at the Racial Overtones

Black security guy clobbers white law officer making a principled protest. Not likely to get the NACAR dads with that image.

[Rambis]

15. Beat him like a red headed step child

We let them voice their opinions and we can't get within 8 blocks of the shrub and his "free speech" zones. Check under his shirt for a bush tee then, Beat em and throw him back into the crowd. I AM TIRED OF THIS! They don't play by the rules and we shouldn't either. We are scared to death of looking bad? How bad are we gonna look in another four years of the shrub?

[WEagle]

16. what about all the righteous indignation

about the young republicans roughing up liberal disruptors?
There were probably hundreds of posts condemning that.

[G_j]

18. I'll have to see it again

to really get a better judgement on what happened.
Certainly it doesn't help to look like hypocrits if we scream bloody murder something.

[Bunny]

32. Yeah. The "liberal disruptor" was a woman who was already on the

ground. Absolutely no threat to anyone except those needle-dick Hitler Youth, who proceeded to kick her as she lay on the floor. Such manly men!!!

Excuse us for being indignant about THAT!

[newsguyatl]

19. yeh, but guess who the protestor was???

the protester was Mike Russell, who has recently served as Kentucky spokesman for Swift Boat Veterans for Truth.

[underpants]

20. Really?

:grr::thumbsdown:

[John_H]

22. This reminds me of something that happened when I was a boy

A close reletive of mine was a Democratic Party functionary in Chicago. One election day, the Republicans sent "poll watchers" into a couple of African American precincts. Th men, dressed in detective-like dark suits and sun glasses, wrote every voters' name in a little notebook as they came to vote.

After getting a call from the precinct captains, my reletive contacted the Pipefitters local. Within a half an hour a few very large men were standing directly in front to the "pollwatchers" glaring at them. Other very large men were out in the parking lot "admiring" the pollwatchers' cars, recording the plate numbers, etc. The rethugs were gone in 20 minutes.

I wonder if it was a coincidence that a couiple of big Sheet metal Workers were seated next to the "heckler."

[TrueAmerican]

21. Another photo

heckler, shouting at John Kerry about Vietnam war atrocities, was manhandled by sheetmetal workers sitting nearby and escorted from the building.
(Photo by Michael E. Keating/The Enquirer)

[RetroLounge]

24. Good!

I have no pity for this asshat Smearboat POS.

RL

[faithfulcitizen]

26. OT- you should add George "WMD" Bush

:toast:

[AmerDem]

"Tin Men" that is..sheetmetal workers have grips of steel!

Trust me! Notice how this loud mouth repuke's neck looks as if it can be easily snapped? LOL








edit: had to add photo

[Kingshakabobo]

28. Protect the children.......

I'm sure he was spewing obscenities and those poor children sitting behind him had to be protected.......or at least that's how it should be spun if it becomes an issue.......it's always about the children. Turn their crap back on them I say.

[cheshire]

23. If they play it a lot on TV it could be one guy makes a point for all of

us. Don't mess with Dems and one pissed off guy isn't as bad as a bunch of us being angry,crazy,zealots. Oh I just described the pubs.

[colonel odis]

25. if they want to go in there and get their asses whupped,

i say give 'em an ass whuppin'.

a sheet metal worker manhandling some creep like mr. swift boat here is a lot more respectable than some talk show host's psychotic son kicking a woman protester while she's being held down.

[CBHagman]

27. Disrupt is the GOP strategy these days.

I watched a grown woman, a supporter of Chuck Floyd (running on the GOP ticket in Maryland), try to block a child carrying a Chris Van Hollen for Congress sign in a Labor Day parade. She jostled the kid along the road in front of crowds of spectators. The child was probably around 10 and wasn't having any of it.

Chuck Floyd (make a spoonerism out of THAT name) has also announced plans to attend a Swift Boat Veterans for Truth rally at the Capitol. If you look at Floyd's website, you will find a link to that "Kerry lied" site.

The word is that Floyd doesn't want to use the Republican label on his website, thus obscuring his party affiliation.

I predict that Chris Van Hollen will rip off Floyd's posterior and hand it to him on November 2nd.

[LoZoccolo]

29. A heroic effort to thwart a might-be assasin.

Did they find out if the heckler was armed or not yet? A great show of courage from those sheet metal guys for protecting Senator Kerry when it could have gotten very dangerous; kudos. :toast:

[G_j]

30. point taken

you make a good point. As long as nobody roughed the guy up out of anger as opposed to subduing a potential danger.

[leftchick]

31. In NC yesterday John Kerry made a point of saying that.....

His questioners are not "pre-screened". He also said at the very begining of his speech that our crowd did not have to sign loyalty pledges! The general public is not aware of these two major facts. I hope he stresses it at every campaign stop. Sooner or later the press will have to cover it.

[PittLib]

33. I was there - if you are referring to Canonsburg...

They couldn't kick the guy out because he lived there. And while most of the Bushies were incredibly rude and obnoxious ... the Kerry supporters generally took the high road and chose to ignore them. Kerry handled it unbelievably well. I was so impressed, especially since I was just about ready to hike my 110 lb butt up into their yard with a riding crop and some duct tape on his behalf. I, for one, cannot wait until debate time. This man is so good on his feet that there will be nothing left of GW. And if someone did rough that guy up, it was probably his own neighbor who has to be harboring a long grudge just for having to live next to such an idiot.

[PittLib]

34. I stand corrected ... I'm a little slow.