Angry Mob Swarms Rove's Home

Talon News ^ | 3/30/2004 | Jeff Gannon

[ConservativeMajority]

WASHINGTON (Talon News) -- On Sunday, busloads of hostile demonstrators converged on the Washington, DC home of President Bush's chief political strategist, Karl Rove. Several hundred people carrying signs surrounded the house, pounding on the windows and shouting slogans.

The protest was organized by National People's Action, a coalition of groups whose advocacy includes rights for illegal immigrants and increased government funding for a wide range of social programs.

The philosophy of their confrontational tactics is embodied in their official song: "Who's on your hit list NPA? Who's on your hit list for today? Take no prisoner, take no names. Kick 'em in the ass when they play their games."

The Washington Post reported that the group demanded Rove come out of his house to meet with them about one of their issues. Rove opened the door long enough to ask them to leave.

Secret Service agents and D.C. police were summoned but the crowd was dispersed only after Rove allowed two of the protestors into his garage. Their two-minute conversation ended abruptly when Rove closed the garage door. No arrests were made.

One of the demonstration leaders who briefly met with the president's aide told the Washington Post that Rove was "very upset" and was "yelling in our faces" and that Rove told them "he hoped we were proud to make his 14-year-old and 10-year-old cry."

Coalition leaders said other protests were planned for the homes of Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao and Secretary of Agriculture Ann Veneman.

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[kristinn]

Thanks for pinging me to the discussion. Our rules for protesting outside residences is it has to be being used for a political purpose at the time and we don't trespass on the property.

Also, we set up far enough away so that people don't feel physically threatened by our presence.

The left loves to show up at people's houses when the folks inside are 'off the clock' to intimidate them. We don't do that.

When we did the Cheney's House protests, Al Gore was inside his government home scheming on how to steal the election. Same thing with protesting at Hillary's Whitehaven manse--we've only done that when she's holding fundraisers there. Even then we're down the street at the corner because it's too close quarters where her house is situated.

[Carry_Okie]

Understood. See Post 56.