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Home Front: Politix
Protesters disrupt Dem press conference on lobbying reform
2007-01-04
A different version of this was posted at about the same time by Rantburg citizen Jackal.
House Democrats tried to unveil their lobbying reform package today, but their press conference was drowned out by chants from anti-war activists who want Congress to stop funding the Iraq war before taking on other issues.

Led by the treacherous Cindy Sheehan, the nutbag mother of a hero slain soldier, the knuckleheads gadflies nimrods protesters chanted "De-escalate, investigate, troops home now" as Democratic Caucus Chairman Rahm Emanuel, D-Ill., began outlining the Democrats' plans to ban lobbyist-funded travel and institute other ethics reforms. The press conference was held in the Cannon House Office Building in an area open to the public.

Emanuel finally gave up trying to be heard over the chants, and retreated to a caucus room where Democrats were meeting.
The Dems have been retreating on so many other fronts lately ...
Sheehan says she has nothing against lobbying reform, but she and her fellow anti-war idiots moonbats rubes simpletons nutters simple-minded rustics fools activists want Democrats to know they will keep pressuring Congress to end the war in Iraq. "We wanted the Democrats to know they're back in power because of the grass roots," Sheehan says.
They're in power because the Repubs couldn't keep their word ...
The anti-war goofs sideshow attractions media whores activists held their own Capitol Hill press conference earlier in the day before deciding to attend the lobbying reform press conference as well.

Before the chanting started, Sheehan got a hug from Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., the new chairman of the House Judiciary Committee.
Takes one to know one ...
Posted by:Steve White

#12  Don't know about de-escalation, but they certainly invite defenestration.
Posted by: DMFD   2007-01-04 19:40  

#11  James Taranto, in today's "best of the Web:"

The Sheehanoids managed to cow Rep. Rahm Emanuel into shutting down his press conference. And from the Angry Left bloggers who once cheered her on: silence. Browsing the homepages of the Daily Kos, Atrios, Talking Points Memo and the Puffington Host, we can't find a single mention of the erstwhile moonbat heartthrob.

It comes as a relief to realize that many of those who once treated Sheehan as a heroine did so merely out of partisanship, not hatred of country.
Posted by: Mike   2007-01-04 15:09  

#10  Bwaahahahaaa! The Useful Fools for the Democrat hypocrisy machine once again wake up the morning after with a sore sphincter and a fist full of bottle caps.
Posted by: DepotGuy   2007-01-04 10:44  

#9  So exactly how many moonbats does it take to disrupt a Liberal press conference and how can you tell the difference between the Moonbat Reporters, Moonbat Politicians, and Moonbat protestors? They need to publish a program with names, affiliation, and specific roles in this progressive Charlie Foxtrot.
Posted by: Cyber Sarge   2007-01-04 10:39  

#8  "We wanted the Democrats to know they're back in power because of the grass roots," Sheehan says.

You want 'em, you got 'em.
Enjoy it.
Posted by: tu3031   2007-01-04 09:00  

#7  'De-escalate': throw off of escalator.
Posted by: Glenmore   2007-01-04 07:36  

#6  "Aaagghh! Now, everyone's sick of Cindy Sheehan."

Don't be too sure.

To the likes of Rahm Emanuel and Hillary Clinton, Cindy Sheehan must certainly be one titanic pain in the ass; but her sick, destructive beliefs are shared by the entire Howard Dean/Code Pink/Nutroots wing of the Democratic Party, and in the end they will very likely shout down the so-called "moderates".

This is what they really, REALLY want:



They will not give up; and I reckon that by 2009, they will get it.

Posted by: Dave D.   2007-01-04 07:18  

#5  Prof. Ann Althouse:

"Aaagghh! Now, everyone's sick of Cindy Sheehan."
Posted by: Mike   2007-01-04 06:50  

#4  "We are, we are, we are the moonbats!"
Posted by: Mike   2007-01-04 06:37  

#3  Oh, the poor (ahem) liberals.

Association with leftists is parasitism, not symbiosis (for you college students with the confused looks and Che T-shirts, that means foolish liberals realize too late that leftists eat their stooges).
Posted by: Hyper   2007-01-04 02:34  

#2  Is De-escalate even a word? Sure, YOU can "De-escalate" but will they? THAT is the question.
Posted by: newc   2007-01-04 01:19  

#1   Rahm Emanuel, D-Ill well known Clinton suck boy gets a taste of what the "adults" have to deal with, tuff titty I say.

The Clintion machine gets revenge, these tools better watch their sixes.
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom   2007-01-04 00:13  

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