Posted on 04/10/2008 7:27:56 PM PDT by radar101
Previously posted was an item,"John McCain visits Prescott:"
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1997696/posts
On April 5 I attended a support rally in Prescott for Sen. John McCain.
I carried a sign with a photo of a war-torn child from Iraq and an anti-war sign from Moveon.org.
Local police told me I had a right to be in the crowd and close to the stage.
Three Navy/Army men were in front of me. I told them I loved them and I support them 100 percent - just not this war based on lies. They thanked me for my gratitude and belief in democracy.
Right away McCain's security force asked to leave. I told them that I had spoken with local police and had a right to be there. They told me it was disrespectful to be there and asked me to leave.
When McCain appeared and I held my signs up, at least three men surrounded me and blocked my signs with theirs. Then the crowd turned hostile. Someone called me a bitch and told me to get "the f---" out of there. Another ripped the photo of the child from my hands, and others pushed me through the crowd while hurling threats and foul comments.
They were not allowing people to express their democratic freedoms. They were allowing only perfect crowd-pleasing supporters within this sphere of influence that our so-called democratic media would report on.
So do we live in a democratic society? I think not. The word empire comes closer to mind.
K.R. Russell
Sounds like they were behaving like democrats
They’d do the same thing to one of us.
Except they’d try to get the police to arrest any on our side.
Can someone describe exactly what A “Wor torn Child” is ?
Do they have Union or sumpthin’?
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Getting a front seat at a campaign event is not a RIGHT, those spots are reserved for campaign workers.
Maybe someone should have called her a waaaaambulance.
Poor baby. Maybe she should stick to crowds of like-minded individuals when she displays her “I AM STUPID” sign.
Yeah, I love how Hillary! and Obama set such a good example, letting the opposition wave signs up near the stage. Why, every day they demonstrate their tolerance for their political adversaries by inviting them up on the stage to debate anything.
That darn McCain campaign just has no diversity. *rolleyes*
those wascally local police.. ;-)
Inasmuch as the McCainiacs are all wimps it's not surprising they didn't do that ~ just kind of hid her signs.
A real man's event'd had that ol'gal out there with a busted up head ~ that's from her diving into the pavement.
>>>Three Navy/Army men
This Bozo/Bozette can’t tell the difference between an Army and a Navy uniform, but wants us to believe she knows where “war torn’ photos come from.
Code Stink and other protesters in Berzerkely have done much worse there in their protests against the Marines, and the police there have only harrassed those who were counter-protesting peacefully. I have zero sympathy for this pathetic woman.
So do we live in a democratic society? I think not. The word empire comes closer to mind....K.R. Russell
False. We live in a Republic.
>>>> free assembly
Not if the event was on private property.
You do have the freedom of speech as well as the responsibility to accept the consequences of that speech. You are free from governmental repercussions but the response of your fellow citizens is based on their freedom of speech.
See, it works both ways
There were National Guard guys there in Army uniforms.
The “Navy” guys she saw were Air Force ROTC from nearby Embry-Riddle Air University.
Good
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