Protesters corner Jeb Bush in Pa. [took refuge in a subway station supply closet.......]

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[Sub-Driver]

Protesters corner Jeb Bush in Pa.

54 minutes ago

Protesters greeted Florida Gov. Jeb Bush on his way to a campaign event for a Pennsylvania senator, and he briefly took refuge in a subway station supply closet to avoid the anti-Republican demonstrators.

The president's brother encountered protesters on their way to join a demonstration outside the exclusive Duquesne Club, where Sen. Rick Santorum (news, bio, voting record), a Republican, was holding a fundraiser Friday.

Officers used stun guns to subdue two protesters, saying they disobeyed orders to disperse, said Bob Grove, a Port Authority spokesman.

"It was a very tense situation. They were very close to the governor and shouting on top of him," Grove said.

Bush was not injured.

The protesters, made up of members of the United Steelworkers union and the anti-war group Uprise Counter Recruitment, chanted, "Jeb go home," and said Bush blew them a kiss.

Bush, accompanied by a security guard and an aide, retreated into a nearby subway station and was followed by about 50 picketers, said Bob Grove, a Port Authority spokesman.

"(Bush) was quickly getting out of the way and not wanting to engage us," said Jon Vandenburgh, a protester and a researcher for the United Steelworkers.

As a precaution, Bush was ushered into a station supply closet and stayed there until the crowd left.

[Dane]

The left, if osama bin ladin was in the subway station they would be throwing flowers at his feet. Jeb Bush time for the lynch mob.

[Sub-Driver]

being their tolerant selves.

[concerned about politics]

Officers used stun guns to subdue two protesters Stalinist.....,

[concerned about politics]

Bush blew them a kiss.

I would have used my finger.

[muawiyah]

This is so typical of the left. You'd think Sacco and Venzetti were still running around ready to toss a bomb.

Think it's safe to let them know that due to Foley the Values people won't show up to vote this year so they can just go home and sit this one out.

[thoughtomator]

As I have long said, this Leftist behavior will continue to escalate until something substantial is done to stop it.

[blues_guitarist]

Plant the protesting steel workers came from . . .

[kinoxi]

They're protesting the Governor of a state that is nearly one thousand miles away for what reason? This is a good article to summarize the state of many unions in this country. Pathetically transparent corruption.

[Farmer Dean]

What,did his bodyguard forget his gun?Used to be(along time ago)if you physically threatened a governor or other important official you would get shot for your trouble.

[Zeroisanumber]

Bush blew them a kiss.

Perhaps not the best thng to do when confronted by an angry mob.

[HarleyLady27]

Can you just see the headlines:

'FLORDIA GOVERNOR STOPPED BY KLINTON DEMOCRATS ON THE WAY TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF RICK SANTORUM'

that really should make PA. feel good, shouldn't it?

Usually thugs of the Democratic Party....

[I see my hands]

"As I have long said, this Leftist behavior will continue to escalate until something substantial is done to stop it."

I agree.. and blowing a kiss ain't it. Blowing a kiss is cute and everything but does nothing but encourage the enemy.

[Zeroisanumber]

What,did his bodyguard forget his gun? Used to be(along time ago)if you physically threatened a governor or other important official you would get shot for your trouble.

Ugh... That's all we'd need right now. The president's brother's security shooting and unarmed protester.

[upchuck]

Similar.

[concerned about politics]

As I have long said, this Leftist behavior will continue to escalate until something substantial is done to stop it.

Or they seriously hurt someone, which is inevitable. They're over the edge.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Really disappointed in Jeb, blowing these lunatics a kiss.

I would have liked for him to pull a Yeltsin-on-a-tank and told the crowd to go to Hell.

[concerned about politics]

Ugh... That's all we'd need right now. The president's brother's security shooting and unarmed protester.

What was Bush Thinking? He could have just thrown a handful of nice, shiny gum wrappers into the crowd and it would have kept them busy for hours trying to figure out what they were! Think, Bush! Think!

[billhilly]

Good for Jeb. There are entirely too many politicians coming out of the closet. In fact, there was an empty Governors closet just across the border from Pennsylvania, in New Jersey.

[BallyBill]

"(Bush) was quickly getting out of the way and not wanting to engage us," said Jon Vandenburgh, a protester and a researcher for the United Steelworkers.

Now I know why the U.S. steel industry is kaput.

[doc1019]

INTOLERANCE WILL NOT BE TOLERATED!

[raybbr]

Come out of the closet, Jeb!

[raybbr]

Now I know why the U.S. steel industry is kaput.

The steelworkers union is not all steelworkers.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

***As I have long said, this Leftist behavior will continue to escalate until something substantial is done to stop it.***

Like a ball peen hammer between the eyes.

[MNJohnnie]

Isn't it intresting, Leftists act just like Nazis storm troopers did in the 1920s and 30s and the US Junk Media postures as if they are a heros.

[raybbr]

But now, steelworkers are a minority among the almost 600,000 active members of the United Steelworkers of America. The union has almost 180,000 members employed in the primary and fabricated metals industries, but the majority of the membership is spread across the economic landscape -- the chemicals, glass, rubber, tires, transportation, utilities and container industries, and even health care.

From here.

[WestVirginiaRebel]

The antiwar nuts were probably so stoned they thought it was President Bush, not his brother.

[Brad from Tennessee]

I wonder how many of these in-your-face demonstrators are actually registered to vote. I used to ask this question back in the 70's and often the reply would be that voting was useless because the process was so corrupted and only direct action made any impact. These freaks haven't made a lot of progress since then.

[maranatha]

union thugs

[lesser_satan]

Well, at the very least they could of thrown 'em a beatin'.

[OldFriend]

Revere Chavez and Imadamnhutjob but attack patriotic Americans.

That's the left for you. Anyone think they are good for America needs to think again.

[dsc]

We need to start just shooting jerkoffs like that.

The Constitution protects peaceable assembly, not riot.

[thoughtomator]

Like guards with live ammunition and no hesitation to use it in an appropriate situation, is more along the lines I was thinking. Once they take a few casualties, the cowards that make up their mobs won't be so eager to accumulate more.

The ONLY reason they behave as they do is that they know for certain that there will be no consequences for their behavior.

[lesser_satan]

[B.O. Plenty]

Just more evidence that the left are deliberately and with malace provoking a "civil war".

IMO, they are doing this because they know that their time is limited. Conservatives are growing more little conservatives while the left is either aborting their offspring, or just not having any. Children requires a huge commitment of time and money. Damned inconvienient, are children.....and one of the basic tenents of the left is that they shy away of commitments of any kind....physical or spiritual.

God is dead, or does not exist....fetuses are just cells out of control, like cancer....do what feels good....there are no absolutes...blah blah blah...

If a war with conservatives is what the left wants....count me in....I am weary of their B.S. and I absolutely refuse to live in a society where there is a shortage of everything, except misery.

[danamco]

Union Thugs???

This is what you could expect from an islamic militant extremist!!!

[eyespysomething]

Jeb! Come out of the closet!

[james500]

I wonder if it was a supply "closet" or a supply "room".

I can imagine some nameless AP editor thinking "closet" would read much better since it makes it seem like Jeb was hiding under his bed, scared of Americans exercising their right to free speech and assembly.

And then there's that whole gay thing that MSM has been so interested in lately...

[msnimje]

Shame on them.

[BamaAndy]

How's your membership going steelworkers? Not too good? I know. This will surely win over some friends. Nothing's changed in thirty years except your numbers.

[kjo]

When has anything ever been done to stop this stuff. The last time I remember anyone talking about stopping this nonsense was George Wallace. Look what happened to him.

[LoneRangerMassachusetts]

Ugh... That's all we'd need right now. The president's brother's security shooting and unarmed protester.

I think this mob of 50 had 100 arms. I see justification in defending yourself against an overwhelming mob with guns. Once they had their hands on Jeb, what is the bodyguard going to do? Peaceful assembly is a constitutional right. An angry mob chasing after you is not peaceful.

[Past Your Eyes]

Courageous bunch of bastards, ain't they?

[toothfairy86]

Apparently, he was in Pittsburgh. Ohio is closer!

[randog]

I read the whole article and there's no mention of why the protesters were there and what their beef was with the Florida governor. I can only assume that they wanted to harass the governor, nothing more.

[RedRover]

United Steelworkers union and the anti-war group Uprise Counter Recruitment

I lived through the '60s, so this is a big surprise. During the Vietnam War, we could count on blue-collar guys to stand up to the radicals--not join to be part of them! What's going on here?

[TheRedSoxWinThePennant]

I would have thought being the presidents brother he would have some secret service there as well