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GOON SQUAD IN IOWA: A HARBINGER OF THINGS TO COME?
Powerline ^ | AUGUST 13, 2012 | John Hinderaker

Posted on 08/13/2012 7:43:57 PM PDT by lasereye

Paul Ryan spoke at the Iowa State Fair today, and his speech was interrupted by two women who first heckled and then stormed the stage. My first thought was, Where is the Secret Service? Apparently Ryan’s Secret Service protection hasn’t begun yet; the scene could easily have turned scary. Here is the video:

Video here

No word yet on who the women are, or what connection they have to the Democratic Party or the Obama campaign. One wonders whether the Democrats will turn to heckling and stage-storming as a routine matter. It might not be a bad strategy: by turning out a handful of hecklers, the Democrats can give friendly reporters an excuse to write about something other than the content of Romney’s or Ryan’s speeches, and to convey the impression that the Republicans are meeting with a general hostility. Such a tactic would be of a piece with everything else Barack Obama is doing, as he seems to be trying to bully his way to a second term.

Iowahawk, meanwhile, summed up the episode in a tweet:

Screaming hysterical hecklers at Ryan IA state fair speech rush stage, punch supporters, get arrested. I guess because Ryan’s an extremist.

Heh.


TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Iowa
KEYWORDS: 2012; astroturf; democrats; dncbrownshirts; election; electionviolence; getryan; goonsquad; hecklers4obama; ia2012; ryanbashing; thechicagoway; thugs; thugthevote; uniongoons
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1 posted on 08/13/2012 7:44:02 PM PDT by lasereye
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To: lasereye
the state of things recently reminded me of the Teamster's strike of 1978, I think it was. Windshields were being shot out of passing tractor-trailers, and bricks were being tossed too, naturally. I remember seeing semi's with big signs on them that said, "don't shoot, I'm going home".

I hitch-hiked a lot and I recall riding with a guy who was hauling wine in a u-haul, because they couldn't run the risk of driving a genuine commercial vehicle on the highway at the time.

there's precedent for very interesting possibilities.

2 posted on 08/13/2012 7:49:07 PM PDT by the invisib1e hand (At what point does an escalated effort to remove this traitor commence, and what form does it take?)
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To: lasereye

It’s only going to get uglier. Wait till the poll numbers start reflecting Romney’s rise in popularity thanks to Paul Ryan. There’s going to be blood running in the streets. If Fox news doesn’t start carrying the details of this crap, we should all drop our subscriptions.


3 posted on 08/13/2012 7:49:44 PM PDT by Segovia
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To: lasereye

Code Pinko skanks have nothing to lose.


4 posted on 08/13/2012 7:49:53 PM PDT by Combat_Liberalism
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To: lasereye
I hope they get a proctal exam courtesy of the Secret Service.
5 posted on 08/13/2012 7:52:59 PM PDT by Valpal1
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To: lasereye

I expect there will be violence. It will be staged to make it look like our side incited it.


6 posted on 08/13/2012 7:53:31 PM PDT by Steely Tom (If the Constitution can be a living document, I guess a corporation can be a person.)
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To: lasereye
If that happens, and if that is how the MSM chooses to cover it, then they must be held accountable to their profession somehow.

-PJ

7 posted on 08/13/2012 7:54:01 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too ( It doesn't come naturally when you're not natural born.)
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http://www.kcci.com/news/central-iowa/Hecklers-disrupt-Ryan-s-Iowa-State-Fair-speech/-/9357080/16076810/-/o3kh9c/-/index.html

Iowa CCI goons. I know this group and detest them. I think I would have been carted off today by law enforcement had I been there and been physically close to them. Restraining myself would have been almost impossible.

They are Marxist thugs.

8 posted on 08/13/2012 7:54:23 PM PDT by HereInTheHeartland (Encourage all of your Democrat friends to get out and vote on November 7th, the stakes are high.)
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To: lasereye

I was very impressed with the way Mr. Ryan kept his cool. Those women were kept from having the “moment of fame”, and Mr. Ryan got his message across while ignoring them.

Mr. Ryan


9 posted on 08/13/2012 7:57:26 PM PDT by basil (Second Amendment Sisters.org)
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To: the invisib1e hand

It reminds me of the union thugs who started showing up at town hall meetings prior to the 2010 election. They came to provoke a confrontation with Tea Party folks. I think some purple shirted thugs even beat up on a conservative black guy at one of the meetings.


10 posted on 08/13/2012 7:57:56 PM PDT by randita (Paul Ryan is "Mr. Smith goes to Washington.")
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To: lasereye

Secret Service should have been on the job. Remember it was a female heckler who took a shot at Gerald Ford.

It is going to get even uglier. I suggest a kevlar vest for Ryan (to start with) and a couple of huge bodyguards in addition to SS.


11 posted on 08/13/2012 8:01:50 PM PDT by miserare
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To: lasereye

Happens in Wisconsin too. Usually public employee/teacher union activitists, brainwished 20 something year old losers or members of anyone of dozens of leftwing groups.


12 posted on 08/13/2012 8:05:59 PM PDT by Hamilcar_Barca (Keep the main thing, the main thing - defeat Obama)
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To: HereInTheHeartland

What is CCI?


13 posted on 08/13/2012 8:07:44 PM PDT by tbw2
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“What is CCI?”

The local flavor of Occupy; although they have been around much longer.
http://iowacci.org/


14 posted on 08/13/2012 8:17:35 PM PDT by HereInTheHeartland (Encourage all of your Democrat friends to get out and vote on November 7th, the stakes are high.)
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To: the invisib1e hand
I don't recall the one in 1978, but the Teamster strike in 1970 was especially violent in Ohio and the National Guard was called out to provide convoy escort for truckers. The strike had been "settled" in a national agreement but wildcat actions, including sniper shootings, continued.

Those same guardsmen, mostly kids, having spent two sleepless days being shot at by Teamster thugs then were sent to a college campus where anti-war radicals had burned down the ROTC building and were rumored to be planning to torch the entire town. Two days later was May 4 and the place was Kent State.

15 posted on 08/13/2012 8:30:48 PM PDT by katana (Just my opinions)
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To: miserare

***Remember it was a female heckler who took a shot at Gerald Ford.***

Lynette “Squeeky” Fromme, a follower of Charlie Manson or Sarah Jane Moore, a real nutcase.


16 posted on 08/13/2012 8:36:44 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (Tyrannies demand immense sacrifices of their people to produce trifles.-Marquis de Custine)
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To: lasereye
Time to start up the prayer warriors for Ryan.

He's good and they know it

The more people get to see and hear him, the more popular he'll become and the more they'll hate him and come after him.

These are not stable, balanced people.

Liberalism (progressivism) has been said to be a mental disorder and these CCI loons support that theory.

Welcome to the obamanation. Be watchful and prepared.

17 posted on 08/13/2012 8:36:44 PM PDT by GBA
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To: Political Junkie Too

How about just individually accountable!


18 posted on 08/13/2012 8:40:18 PM PDT by Postman (It's time again: US out of the UN. UN out of the US. Zero to follow. Make space in Kenya!)
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To: lasereye
No question; Obama does not like the crowds R/R getting. This could thin them out; or so they may hope; as well as changing the 'story of the day'.

This is what we get from 'the Left' - communist thuggery - Union goons - paid hacks; because, in their Leninist/Marxist and/or just zombie brains, free speech is theirs; not 'yours'; and free arena of ideas; is not free; save for their expressing their ideas; without hindrance. Of course; free and fair 'competition' is anathema to these so mind-numb. Better that we just 'owe' them.

No; you Dems who imagine your Party is still 'your father's Oldsmobile. It is not; and it is not 'politics as usual'.

We know that this has been an MO planned; should Obama feel need to go zombie negative. And no doubt; more to come. Obama needs/wants a fight; and will get exactly, as he orders up.

That said; I pray the 'forces for Good' in America; prevail.

No 'Revolution' - Just an Election. . .

19 posted on 08/13/2012 8:53:47 PM PDT by cricket (http://voteron2012.com/)
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To: lasereye
This protester is Frank Cordaro, a local commie "peace activist" who left the priesthood because he couldn't remain celibate. Why in the world are these people allowed to get so close?


20 posted on 08/13/2012 9:00:41 PM PDT by idkfa
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