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That Freedom Of Speech Thing

  • Jul. 9th, 2008 at 8:46 PM


Outside on the street where John McCain was giving his big Town Hall speech, a 60 year old former reporter turned librarian carried a small hand made sign that simply read:

McCain = Bush

She was then told to leave the property and was issued a ticket by police and given a court date for trespassing. She was also told that if she stepped foot back onto the street near the Hall, that she would be arrested.

After you get over your horror and the sheer gall of this clip, rewind it and please tell me what’s up with the guy dressed like a gigantic pea pod. He’s in every shot.

Comments

(Anonymous) wrote:
Jul. 10th, 2008 05:54 am (UTC)
Peapod guy
At least one of the peas is a face - I think it's Bush. He's doing the same thing as the librarian, only with his whole body and some green Ben Nye.

Peas in a pod.

-Kat
(Anonymous) wrote:
Jul. 10th, 2008 05:59 am (UTC)
Re: Peapod guy
Oh - just wanted to ad - since he IS doing the same thing - i think it's hilarious the McCain campaigners didn't get it and didn't escort HIM out of there.

K
(Anonymous) wrote:
Jul. 10th, 2008 07:36 am (UTC)
Re: Peapod guy
Actually the peapod guy was escorted out and likely got a ticket as well if you notice in the last part where she's being interviewed off-property...
[info]mb2u wrote:
Jul. 10th, 2008 01:12 pm (UTC)
"You have the right to free speech
As long as you're not dumb enough to actually try it."

--The Clash, Know Your Rights

[info]aaronchgo wrote:
Jul. 10th, 2008 01:50 pm (UTC)
Maybe she should have anonymously tampered with the Bullfrog's sound system.

Isn't it funny how conservatives are TERRIFIED of free speech? Why are they such chicken-shits? I mean, they can't blame it ALL on terrorism (that gets stale after a while).
(Anonymous) wrote:
Jul. 11th, 2008 04:59 am (UTC)
Yeah. The guy is saying that Bush and McCain are "two peas in a pod" and he has pictures of both on his chest.

Ask me any and all questions.

I'm a genius.

~Suze


[info]mc2cool wrote:
Jul. 11th, 2008 08:20 am (UTC)
okay Suze.....what's the meaning of life and what is heaven's mailing address? *evil grin*
(Anonymous) wrote:
Jul. 11th, 2008 05:04 pm (UTC)
Well, mc2cool...

The meaning of life is a hi-larious Monty Python film

and the address for Heaven is 620 S La Brea Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90036.
And their phone # is (323) 692-0623.
I'm serious. Call. Call heaven.
Go ahead.

No thanks necessary. I'm glad to be of help.

Much love,

Suze
[info]mc2cool wrote:
Jul. 11th, 2008 05:19 pm (UTC)
Suze....in the words of Olympia Dukakis in Steel Magnolias, "Spoken like a true smart-ass..."

I don't know you but you may well be my new best friend! *grin*

xo
e
[info]badfluffy wrote:
Jul. 11th, 2008 09:28 am (UTC)
The funniest part is...
Besides the fact that Republicans prove once again that they value the Second Amendment much more than the first (hey wait... didn't we go to Irak to defend freedom? I'm confused), the funniest part of the whole story is that McCain should take such offense from someone saying he is the same as Bush... Isn't the guy a two term president, a standard bearer of the Right Wing? heh... guess he's not that popular among the Reps right now.

I'm wondering if Obama's staff would have done the same if there was an old lady with a sign Obama=Kennedy outside a rally... ;)
[info]mc2cool wrote:
Jul. 11th, 2008 05:18 pm (UTC)
Re: The funniest part is...
Obama's staff would have made a campaign poster out of THAT sign...but they likely wouldn't have been happy with Obama = Carter...

Not that either of those are in the same ballpark as McCain = Bush because that would be more like Pope = Hitler (THOSE are relatable)
[info]badfluffy wrote:
Jul. 16th, 2008 06:31 pm (UTC)
Re: The funniest part is...
that's for sure... have you seen the pope's latest? He's in Australia saying priests' pedophilia is wrong 'because priests should be devoted to the church'. Oh really? I thought it was wrong because they were using their postition to hurt innocent kids but yeah most likely what's wrong with it is that priests shouldn't have sex under any circumstances... rape or otherwise... gotta love this guy!