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Posted on 08/13/2012 2:52:33 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
If only his party affiliation were different, this would be a shining lesson for the media in how a rotten tone set at the top can drive the rank-and-file over the edge. Ah well.
Handled with aplomb by the candidate, but still uncomfortable to watch:
Ryan had barely begun speaking when a woman shouted, "Are you going to cut Medicare?"
Two women rushed the stage, and one was apparently arrested by three Iowa State Patrolmen after getting on stage with a banner.
"Woah...hey...alright...she must not be from Iowa," said a dumbfounded Ryan as the woman got on stage.
The officers bounded out from behind the stage to pull her down, saying "She just punched a volunteer."
As the boss emeritus notes on Twitter, USA Today describes the crowd reaction today as "spirited." More from Jim Geraghty, who's seen the Democrats run enough plays over the years that he can predict their defensive set for Ryan:
In the national media narrative – perhaps best illustrated by the shorthand of Jay Leno’s monologue, which presumes that the audience has the barest-bone familiarity with national figures – every Republican figure is reduced to one of three things: Old, stupid, or evil.
George H.W. Bush: Old. Dan Quayle: Stupid. Newt Gingrich: Evil. Pat Buchanan: Evil. Bob Dole: Old. George W. Bush: Stupid. Dick Cheney: Old and evil. John McCain: Old. Sarah Palin: Stupid...
Because Paul Ryan isn’t old, we will see an effort to paint him as either stupid or evil. You and I know that painting Paul Ryan as stupid is like trying to paint Bill Clinton as chaste. But we have also witnessed the rapid definition of an unknown Republican figure four years ago, and we know that right now, every Democratic official, commentator, talking head, and more than a few reporters awaken this morning with a new mission in life: define Paul Ryan.
He’s got to be evil, if only by process of elimination. The angry spectacle here makes me wonder whether hecklers might play a part in O’s strategy to define Ryan out of the chute over the next few weeks. The people in the clip appear to be freelancers — they’re the same progressive group that heckled Romney in Iowa last year — but that doesn’t mean the next hecklers have to be. Remember, according to no less than Nancy Pelosi, the people who showed up at the Democrats’ health-care townhalls in August 2009 to complain were astroturfers whose job was to create a false perception of popular opposition to ObamaCare. (Three years later, popular opposition to ObamaCare is a political fact of life.) This is how the Democratic leadership thinks. They’d like nothing more, I’m sure, than to see some irate protesters getting in Ryan’s face over Medicare at one of his events so that the media has a piece of useful viral vid to run with, and we already know how low Democratic campaigns are willing to stoop to harass Republican candidates. So why not send out some boisterous hecklers, to convince undecideds that this Paul Ryan character they’re hearing about is evidently so evil that average Americans might be driven into a sputtering rage by hearing him talk about premium support? It’s sound optics and efficient demagoguery. O’s inner circle might not be good at governing, but they’re good at that at least.
Exit question from the Obama campaign’s Tumblr account: “In case you missed all the excitement this weekend: Meet Paul Ryan, who is actually the worst.”
That’s what I would like to know..its scary knowing a whack job like that can come within inches of a VP candidate
These rabblerousers are clearly trying to provoke an angry response from Romney and Ryan, but they have handled it with humor.
They are also trying to provoke a violent confrontation with R/R supporters. They’ll try to start something and someone they know will be videotaping it, then they’ll send it far and wide on the social media and make the claim that R/R supporters are haters.
Anyone attending rallies needs to remind themselves to stay calm.
These are the Obama "Brown Shorts".
Doesn’t Ryan get SS protection? My God, of all people, Ryan needs it. He’s already driving the Dems nuts and the campaign hasn’t even really started.
But if that dude in the suit on stage who didn’t move an inch is ryan’s protection, we’re screwed.
That was terrible. You couldn’t even understand what he was trying to say for the hecklers.
Why is Obama never interrupted like this?
“LOL - the guttersnip punched a volunteer? It’s going to be an interesting election”
Another lesson in “civility” from the Dems. The corrupt MSM turns a blind eye as usual.
That Nineteenth Amendment might need another look-see.
Commies are famous for assassinating candidates. Hope they have plenty of security.
Pray for America
I’m sure she only wanted to show him her vagina.
And extra batteries should be available if the taser batteries run down from repeated use.
Ryan To-Do List:
crush our enemies,
see them driven before us,
hear the lamentation of their women.
pick up gallon of milk
That would be the only 'legit' way the election could be postponed or canceled: the demise of the candidate. If I were R/R, I'd hire some topnotch private armed security to augment the SS. Perhaps there's some SAS or Mossad looking for something to do for the next 3 months....
Very insightful.
Not saying who, but a lot of good patriotic Americans are ready for a good turkey shoot, if the libs really want to go there.
I would go on to say “And for you, I also won’t cut Weight Watchers!”
Wait! wait! wait! climbing on stage and medicare seems to be a bit off. Oh those young entitlement moochers
LOLOLOL!
What are their DUmmie screen names? If they think rushing onto a stage helps their cause, they must really be DUmmies.
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