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Home Front: Politix
Anti-war protesters vow more office takeovers
2007-03-22
Peace nimrods activists armed with really bad poetry occupied the Capitol Hill office of Rep. Chris Van Hollen (Md.), chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Tuesday to protest DemocratsÂ’ support for a bill funding the Iraq war.
"This is the song that never en-n-n-nds, it goes on and on my frien-n-n-nds ..."
They camped out in his office for nearly eight hours, reading bland verse and insulting the memmories of reciting the names and biographies of soldiers killed in Iraq, punctuating each by banging on a gong they had brought with them.
KLANG! How'd you like that going off -- KLANG! -- in your office every minute?
The protesters also taped pictures of soldiers onto the walls of Van HollenÂ’s office. They were finally led out of the office at 11:35 p.m. by Capitol Police, said Kevin Zeese, the director of Democracy Rising and one of the organizers of the protest. Zeese and his fellow fools activists live in Van HollenÂ’s Southern Maryland district and are angry with him because they say his anti-war rhetoric does not match his support for legislation funding the U.S. military mission in Iraq.

“We want his actions to line up behind his words,” said Stuart Morris, an idiotic activist from Mt. Rainier, Md., ...
... he's a politican, you idiot ...
... who added that Van HollenÂ’s staff tried to ignore the protesters but made no attempt to evict them during the height of the protest.
More charitable than me; I'd had them out on their ears in minutes.
The activists said 16 to 20 hooligans protesters occupied Van HollenÂ’s office. The group included Tina Richards, whose son is a Marine reservist required to report for duty on March 24. Richards said she would attempt to occupy more congressional offices on Wednesday.
Gotta imagine your son is grimacing over this.
“Obviously, when you have a group of people in your office sounding a gong and reading off names it’s somewhat distracting, but it did not disrupt the workflow,” said Marilyn Campbell, Van Hollen’s spokeswoman.
"We don't get a whole lot done here anyways, to be honest," she added.
Campbell said she was not aware of any vandalism in Van HollenÂ’s office. She said that fewer people showed up than the activists claimed.
"It's the new math," she noted.
Posted by:Steve White

#13  John Murtha, hero of the war protesters. Big sloppy wet kiss from the WaPo today.
Posted by: Seafarious   2007-03-22 13:54  

#12  Actually, CyberSarge, I was watching CSPAN the other day when they were having a demo, I think in or near the Pentagon parking lot. One of the speakers started in about how "free" and "liberated" the people of Cuba are under Fidel Castro. This is no joke. She was serious. She was an outright, full-fledged, card carrying Communist and the people in the parking lot applauded her. The irony is that committed Communists like her would never hesitate to resort to violence and they don't give a rat's ass how many people die. They only protest the war because they hate George Bush and they hate America. I'm sure she had no problem with the Soviets invading Afganistan. I just couldn't believe she was so up front about it.
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305   2007-03-22 11:49  

#11  That is the new left, CS.

Much like the old left....
Posted by: DarthVader   2007-03-22 09:46  

#10  Someone pointed out on TV last week that the MSM fails to show the "protestters" for what they are. They always show firey speeches and chants but they don't show the true nature of the rank and file. Never do you see on TV the Anarchists, Commies, and Socialists that make up 99% of each rally. I think they are embarrrassed to show them.
Posted by: Cyber Sarge   2007-03-22 09:41  

#9  Sorry, posted to the wrong string.
Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy   2007-03-22 08:58  

#8  The great advantage of these high-profile Bolshevik agitators, (as opposed to, say, garden-variety media terror-shills) is that they can be ridden down in the streets Cossack style; once we equip the mounted police with the requisite fur hats and sabers, of course. Quite an entertaining spectacle by all accounts.

Something a lot like this happened in LA during a Moonbat riot a few years ago. A surly mob of lefty blackshirts were milling around in a parking lot, responding with obscenites when told to disperse. The mounted police showed up (sans sabers, sorry to say) and charged. The Moonbats fled in all directions, some probably so fast they left their birkenstocks sitting on the asphalt.

Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy   2007-03-22 08:50  

#7  just adolescents that never grow up and take responsibility for their acts.

yep.
Posted by: Harcourt Clerong1339   2007-03-22 07:02  

#6  Burning the ROTC building and trashing the business district of Ravenna wasn't smart either. For all the hand wringing and apologies, notice how many colleges burned after four were shot at Kent State? They're tough when it was shouting for the overthrow of the lawfully elected government, but suddenly they became 'our children' when the historical response was played back at them. This is just more examples that liberals are just adolescents that never grow up and take responsibility for their acts.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2007-03-22 07:00  

#5  I'd propose to lock the doors, close the blinds, get a louisville slugger and beat every one of these to a pulp. Then pitch their bodies in the river, but that's just me. I'm a softie that way....
Posted by: Frank G   2007-03-22 06:55  

#4  yeah, but he's the chairman of the Deomcratic Congressional Campaign Committe. Those of us old enough to remember the good ol' sixties have to relish the irony of this moment. hahaha. Should have died at 29.995 and you could have lived the dream.
Posted by: Harcourt Clerong1339   2007-03-22 06:53  

#3  Nah, it's just self-centered childishness.

"I'm gonna hold my breath until I turn blue, then you'll be sorry and gimme what I want! And then I'm gonna cry until your ears bleed!"
Posted by: Bobby   2007-03-22 06:12  

#2  AC, of course ya'r not the only one.

The question is what antidote to apply. Athough, one can argue whether we are talking about poison or rather a pandemic vector of some disease. A disease, because ultimately, moonbatism is inherently destructive (primarily auto-destructive, but its destructiveness affects much a wider pool, of course). I'll write more about it when I put my finger on it.
Posted by: twobyfour   2007-03-22 03:06  

#1  Am I the only person who realizes that this is naked authoritarianism? We are so used to it anymore, we just shrug it off, and the media (another band of self-appointed rulers and arbiters) simply treat it as the peace movement's due.
To hell with elections and the legislative process, the peace hypocrites alone have the right to decide policy and they will physically block anyone from doing otherwise.
This movement is entirely about power and authority, and forcing others to accept what has only been presumed rather than earned.
Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy   2007-03-22 02:40  

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