[Lexinom]

"... Isn't this a democracy?"

Ah, a public school teacher. No Ms. Mead, it's a Constitutional Republic... Not a Democracy.And you got off pretty easy.

[Texasforever]

I think these folks should be welcomed and escorted right to the midle of the crowd.

[Jeff Chandler]

Cry me a river.

[Texas Eagle]

"The very reason that we are here protesting is to protect our First Amendment rights," she said.

Maybe you should turn your house into a raft and float to Cuba.

[the Real fifi]

They're working overtime to keep Nader off the ballot, they are smearing the Swifties and tried to bride Admiral Huffman to shit him up---and the press is interested in these manufactured stories?

[kenth]

I think it's bad policy to prevent these people from hearing the President. The perception is bad, which is something he needs to minimize. If they act up, then make them leave, but they should have the opportunity to hear him. However unlikely, there's always a chance the President might sway them.

[Texas Eagle]

I'm dubious. Why would the Secret Service rip up her ticket? They just told her she couldn't wear that button. Why didn't she just turn it over to the Secret Service if it was so important for her to see the President?

[GeronL]

Democracy??

No, its a rally for President Bush... duh

[taxesareforever]

"It really is comedic," said a man holding a Kerry/Edwards sign. "

My sentiments exactly. Typical of so many teachers today. They think that they are entitled to break any rule they don't agree with and this is the kind of rhetoric that they teach their students. This country is really going to suffer down the road when these students grow up to be voters.

[MediaMole]

The democrats do the SAME THING. Try getting into a Kerry rally with a Bush-Cheney button.

I have some co-workers who couldn't get into the Kerry "townhall meeting" because they didn't have any democrat connections.

[Lancey Howard]

"I really, truly wanted to have the experience of having seen the president and hear him speak, which is very important to me as a social studies teacher," she said. "How can anyone in the United States deny someone entry? Isn't this a democracy?"

1. Is anybody really surprised that a government-school social studies teacher doesn't know the difference between a democracy and a constitutional republic?

2. How rude do you have to be to attend a political event and flaunt your support for the speaker's opponents on your shirt? What a moron.

[ScottFromSpokane]

This is a campaign rally. It's paid for by the Bush campaign. Why should Kerry supporters be permitted to use a Bush campaign rally to spread a pro-Kerry message at the Bush campaign's expense?

[beaversmom]

Went to the Dick Cheney event in CO earlier in the month. The young guy ahead of me had a T-shirt on underneath a regular shirt. They made him lift up the top shirt to see if his undershirt had any sayings on it.

As far as I understand, these events aren't for the general public. They aren't townhall meetings. They are for the party faithful. I was invited to the Cheney event because I donated to Bush/Cheney. She could have went in had she taken off that sticker. Obviously she refused. She shouldn't have worn it to the event if she really wanted to hear the President speak.

Of course, the cynic in me says this was a setup from the get-go.

[montag813]

I got a NARAL/ProChoice America email (I get all the lefty emails by choice) and they are touting a woman who was carrying a NARAL shirt into a Bush event, and her family was told to leave. I think she was a plant for sure, as NARAL is following-up with a "buy the shirt that will get you thrown out" super-promotion to raise cash. But I also feel that the Bushies should lighten up on this stuff. 1 or 2 Kerry-heads can't destroy a good rally.

[Cinnamon Girl]

"When the Secret Service rips somebody's sticker off and takes their ticket away, it makes me even more determined to march to protect our rights."

So it went from the guy at the door ripping up Mead's ticket, to the SECRET SERVICE RIPPING her sticker off her shirt and taking her ticket away. If the chick wanted to show respect to the elected leader of the free world, maybe she could have left the Kerry/Edwards campaign crap at home.

[ER_in_OC,CA]

The article is misleading (surprise!) Kerry supporters are welcome to attend Bush rallies. The requirement has been that they not display items which promote Kerry's candidacy.

I'm guessing that if I were wearing a Bush 2004 shirt, I would not be allowed into a private function for Kerry/Edwards. And that's their right.

Maybe Ms. Mead can lead by example and tell us how local Freepers "have the right" to sit in on her classes in order to see how she teaches.

[BJungNan]

"I have never found this kind of screening anywhere in my travels around the world. I can't imagine being denied access to hearing the president of the United States speak," she said.

She was not at the Clinton Memorial Day Ceremony when all the vets were kept hundreds of feet away and the other side of a chain link fence. It was only Clinton supporters that were around the stage.

How stupid is this women. And she is teaching children? No wonder they are graduating kids with such poor scholastic abilities. Incredible ditz.

[BradyLS]

She was clearly trolling.

[Malesherbes]

Teaches social studies in a government school. I could have identified her as a Lurch supporter without the sticker.

[lawdog]

Yes, these "democracy" bleaters are a sure sign that we are headed for a socialist mobocracy. May God help us.

[ApesForEvolution]

I like campaign stickers...it's good to identify the Communists amongst us in our communities...