Well, if 2000 people try to get in a hall that can take 300, some are going to be left outside. And harley, from what little I have seen there is no lack of sceptical or even hostile people in the meetings themselves. Chosen few, as if. Bush Town Halls seemed much more screened.
“How dare they get through a back door? They should be thrown in the middle of the People (i.e., our mob of 500 out of three hundred millions) so we can exerce our God-given freedom to lynch them.
“I am sick and tired of people who say if you debate and disagree with the administration some how you are not patriotic and we should stand up and say we are Americans and we have the right to debate and disagree with any administration!” ~Hillary Clinton
ANandy “When CITIZENS, who are guaranteed the right to redress their grievances are ignored, cannot voice their opinions to those elected to represent them, frustration mounts.”
Hope you felt the same way when protesters during the Bush years were “allowed” to redress their grievances a mile away from any venue in designated “free speech zones.”
I checked those links. Didn’t see the pictures of the signs. Did see a difference in how they were handled.
“Black-helmeted police in full riot gear fired pepper spray, bean-bag rounds and rubber bullets at hundreds of protesters who filled the streets of Portland on Thursday outside the hotel where Bush attended Republican Sen. Gordon Smith’s re-election campaign fund-raiser.”
Dtroutma almost 15 years ago
They’ve become incoherent shout-downs, not “public” meetings. A few HAVE been rational, but a rarity.
4uk4ata almost 15 years ago
Well, if 2000 people try to get in a hall that can take 300, some are going to be left outside. And harley, from what little I have seen there is no lack of sceptical or even hostile people in the meetings themselves. Chosen few, as if. Bush Town Halls seemed much more screened.
CorosiveFrog Premium Member almost 15 years ago
“How dare they get through a back door? They should be thrown in the middle of the People (i.e., our mob of 500 out of three hundred millions) so we can exerce our God-given freedom to lynch them.
sarcasm off
Simon_Jester almost 15 years ago
Any proof to back that up ANandy….harley?
Or are we just supposed to believe it, coz YOU said so?
Buzzy-One almost 15 years ago
Simon-J, you called it straigt with ANandy, good imagination though.
JoyceBV65 almost 15 years ago
“I am sick and tired of people who say if you debate and disagree with the administration some how you are not patriotic and we should stand up and say we are Americans and we have the right to debate and disagree with any administration!” ~Hillary Clinton
CorosiveFrog Premium Member almost 15 years ago
If anyone yelling like that at an elected US official had a slightly muslim-sounding name, the FBI would be on his heels in no time.
GNWachs almost 15 years ago
@ Froggie
Wow, don’t you consider Muslims human? “on its heels”. We can call a snake “its”, or a rat “its”, but we usually call a human “her”.
CorosiveFrog Premium Member almost 15 years ago
sorry, my mistake. Corrected.
But the point is still the same.
BroadwayCarl almost 15 years ago
ANandy “When CITIZENS, who are guaranteed the right to redress their grievances are ignored, cannot voice their opinions to those elected to represent them, frustration mounts.”
Hope you felt the same way when protesters during the Bush years were “allowed” to redress their grievances a mile away from any venue in designated “free speech zones.”
ynnek58 almost 15 years ago
ooooo, and ouch
Vasmosn almost 15 years ago
I checked those links. Didn’t see the pictures of the signs. Did see a difference in how they were handled.
“Black-helmeted police in full riot gear fired pepper spray, bean-bag rounds and rubber bullets at hundreds of protesters who filled the streets of Portland on Thursday outside the hotel where Bush attended Republican Sen. Gordon Smith’s re-election campaign fund-raiser.”