The Etiquette Czar’s Rules for Patriotic Protest
The Etiquette Czar’s Rules for Patriotic Protest
by Michelle Malkin
Creators Syndicate
Copyright 2009
The White House press office is now Miss Manners’ office. President Obama’s press secretary Robert Gibbs took to the television airwaves this week to criticize congressional town hall protesters for “yelling.” Gibbs’ underling, Bill Barton, chastised voters not to “disrupt” and “scream.” Instead, he advised America to engage in a “spirited debate about health care, a real vigorous conversation about it.”
What constitutes “spirited?” How do they define “vigorous?” When does forceful dissent become intolerable disruption? Herewith, the Obama Etiquette Czar’s Official Rules for Patriotic Protest. Keep this guide with you at all times to avoid being flagged by the Democrat politeness monitors.
*No shouting. Congressional representatives cannot sell Obamacare with mobs of unruly senior citizens and small business owners interrupting to press them on specific sections of the bill. Limit your objections to a library whisper (30dB or less) and only challenge your lawmakers with hushed, dulcet tones. Otherwise, you will scare them and they will be forced to hide behind teleconference calls, sick children at hospitals, or union bosses.
If, on the other hand, you are attending a presidential town hall to show your affection and approbation, “spirited” chanting is acceptable.
Don’t: “HANDS OFF HEALTH CARE!” and “READ THE BILL!”
Do: “I LOVE YOU, BARACK!” “AMEN!” and “YES WE CAN!”
Also permitted: Shouting at historic inaugurations to protest war (as legions of Code Pink activists did in 2005 during the president’s address) and shouting, “We didn’t cross the borders, the borders crossed us!” to protest immigration enforcement (as thousands of illegal alien supporters did during raucous rallies in 2006).
Do refrain from boisterous shrieking against those who accuse you of lacking patriotism – unless you are Hillary Clinton, who bellowed at the top of her lungs in 2003:
“I am sick and tired of people who say that if you debate and you disagree with this administration somehow you’re not patriotic. We should stand up and say we are Americans and we have a right to debate and disagree with any administration.”
*No laughing. Snickering at proponents of nationalized health care is rude, bordering on political terrorism. Stifle all derisive chuckling at bogus statistics and denials that Obamacare will lead to long lines and rationed care. That would be “evil-mongering,” as Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid put it on Thursday.
If, however, you are a member of Congress confronted with silly questions about whether you have read the bill, feel free to giggle. For tips on executing acceptable levels of cackling, take a cue from Democrat Majority Leader Steny Hoyer. “If every member pledged to not vote for it if they hadn’t read it in its entirety, I think we would have very few votes,” Hoyer told CNSNews.com while choking back laughter after a recent news conference. “I’m laughing because a) I don’t know how long this bill is going to be, but it’s going to be a very long bill.” Tee-hee-hee.
*No Nazi comparisons. References to fascism are ugly and un-American. Swastikas have no place in debates about nationalizing 20 percent of the economy. Swastikas may, however, still be used as substitutes for the “S” in “BusHitler” and tattoos on the forehead of Darth Cheney.
*No boorish questions. “Real vigorous conversation” requires town hall attendees to formulate queries that will encourage true debate. This is not the time to ask why Congress won’t subject itself to the health mandates it wants to foist on every other American. This is not the time to ask how the White House will pay for the massive Obamacare bureaucracy without raising taxes on the middle-class. The White House endorsed model citizen questioning at its stacked East Room health care town halls in March and July, including this:
“Hi, Mr. President. I’m a member of SEIU and I’m down here in Fairfax County working on Change That Works. What can I do, as a member of the union, to help you with your reform bill?”
*No mean signs. That 11-year-old daughter of a Massachusetts Obama donor/campaigner who was randomly chosen to criticize the scary posters held up by town hall protesters in New Hampshire was right. “Mean” signs are, well, mean. Never mind the placards that blared “Bush is the only dope worth shooting” in Nancy Pelosi’s San Francisco and the assassination art depicting former President Bush with a gun to his head in Chicago. “Obama is a socialist” is a sign too far and cannot be tolerated in a civil society. Period.
Instead, print out the “STANDING UP FOR HEALTH INSURANCE REFORM/THANK YOU” signs helpfully produced by Obama’s Organizing for America and burn your “Don’t Tread on Me” flags. Such rebellious sentiments are dangerous incitements to violence.
To those of you who can’t abide by The Rules: Stop talking and get out of the way.
Shhhhhhhhh!
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Just how in the hell did the White House get my email address to send me Axelrod’s memo? This is outside the bounds of the government and as far as I know, illegal.
A couple of signs I haven’t seen at ANY of these town halls:
“Out To Lunch” – Congress, 2009.
another one:
“Your Empty Suit Is At The Cleaners”
“Do as I say and not as I do” comes to mind when being lectured by the likes of “Whitehouse Bob” and his impish little sycophant Bill Barton.
Someone should have photoshopped their faces onto the Laurel and Hardy picture since they’re both a couple of bad comedians.
Theres an…. Empty Suit as President and Bingo is his name Oh!
Elmer Fudd: Be vewy vewy qwiet. heheheheheh.
Excellent article, Michelle. You show the utter hypocrisy of the leftists when it comes to protesting against the policies of the government.
Can we get some guidelines on proper attire? It seems we are working a very fine line. If we dress in nice clothes we are evil rich people. If we wear jeans and t-shirt we are classless, knuckle-dragging slobs. I never imagined dressing for a protest would be so complicated.
Jame “Buffalo Bill” Gumb: It rubs the lotion on its skin. It does this whenever it is told.
Can you reference back your old colums about the vandalism of recruiting stations ?
How about spray painting the steps of the capital by the ‘anarchists’ in Jan. of ’07 ?
How about the threat to vandalize the wall at the ANSWER protest in march of ’07 ? (which didn’t happen because of 40,00 vets who stood in their face that cold day).
Don’t talk to me about manners.
I don need no stinkin mannurs
Hannibal Lecter: Then something woke you, didn’t it? Was it a dream? What was it?
Clarice Starling: I heard a strange noise.
Hannibal Lecter: What was it?
Clarice Starling: It was… screaming. Some kind of screaming, like a child’s voice.
Hannibal Lecter: What did you do?
Clarice Starling: I went downstairs, outside. I crept up into the barn. I was so scared to look inside, but I had to.
Hannibal Lecter: And what did you see, Clarice? What did you see?
Clarice Starling: Lambs. The lambs were screaming.
Hannibal Lecter: They were slaughtering the spring lambs?
Clarice Starling: And they were screaming.
Hannibal Lecter: Well, Clarice – have the lambs stopped screaming?
Yep, we all should act with a level of decorum, and it should be practiced across the board.
Sometimes you just have to say:
WTF!! Congress Critters.
Hey, Obama, Gibbs, Rahm…especially Rahm…
I got your “manners” hangin’…
Oh my stars! I do believe I’m about to pass out from the vapors! (fanning flushed face)
Democrats -
Don’t like anger directed at you by the populace? Try acting like a Constitutional government.
Just might work.
One Christmas Morning, Rahm woke up and quickly ran to the Christmas Tree. Opening a present, he found a Malibu Barbie, looking at his parents he screamed “But I wanted a Ballerina Barbie”
Bagpipes skirl….
Kilts….UP…!!!
Don’t Tread On Me!
Funny, that’s just what King George said.
I’ve designated myself the official zyzzyg translator:
“Yep, we all should act with a level of decorum, and it should be practiced across the board.”
Translation:
Don’t confront or challenge congressional members on HR 3200 and SIEU thugs and Obama plants won’t harass and assault you.
…all in the name of keeping Obama in a positive image (which is not happening).
If it were not for the townhall patriots getting ‘testy’, the MSM would have never covered it.
I say keep it up!
There is nothing surprising about the left criticizing the right for doing what the left does. Its consistent with their overall behavior which is symptomatic of their dysfunction. The denial, the accusing others of doing what they themselves are doing, letting the “want to believe” rule the day instead of what the facts are, the list goes on and on.
The left is sick and need to be in recovery.
At this point, after having had our voices ignored for years, we should simply refuse to be civil.
I disagree. Leave them right there. In fact, give them some more rope.
I’ve got their ‘etiquette’ right here, on the heel of my stiletto.
I’m thinking the printable signs would be great to use. But I’ll have to fix it to say:
STANDING
TOGETHER
FOR
GOVERNMENT
REFORM
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/orl-bk-obama-joker-suspect-081309,0,4959018.story
Not that I am a fan of the nut xase alex jones but they are now arresting people for putting up posters of obama/joker in some areas.
I bet bushitler posters are still up in some places.
“The denial”
I have a close friend, Obama supporter, who insist there is no bill. I’m not sure what the point is, because the Senate hasn’t voted and Obama hasn’t signed anything means there is no bill? Despite my linking to the pdf file of the bill, there is still the insistence there is no bill as if that is a condemnation of anyone who is excited and opposing Obama. Its us that are lunatics as we’re protesting something that doesn’t exist yet.
zyzzyg, Why exactly should we be good little obamabots?
If we hadn’t started screaming, nobody in congress would have heard us.
what a great article michelle. do as i say, not as i do. let them eat cake. my way or the highway. pay no attention to that man behind the curtain, i am the great and powerful oz. pulease stfu nancy, harry, msnbc, prez allah (bbuh) and yes, all those gubmint workers sucking at the trough.
In other words, the peasants should show their gratitude that their congressmen granted them some of their precious time in order to explain what gifts the government, in their wisdom, has given them. Protests only show their ignorance of the intelligence of the messiah in the white house.
I will be silent no more. If these arrogant tyrants in every branch of our Government think that we will roll over and take in the butt like docile Europeans they are sadly mistaken. We are not subjects we are citizens and we have fought tyranny in the past and have always won. For now we are animated, but civil. After all no one has physically assaulted one of the lying ass hats yet. If they continue to ignore the will of the people they will spark a second revolution be it at the polls (as we fire them) or on the battlefield should ACORN invalidate the first option, it is strictly their choice. I agree with those that say they “have awakened a sleeping giant and filled him with a terrible resolve!”
ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒE (mo-lone lah-veh) Translation: Come and take them!
I actualy had a poster over on youtube tell me that the protesters were uninformed and stupid because they read the bill and could show the page, section and line number that proved the congresscritters to be liars.
Hear me release my anger. Don’t mess with america.
Public education.
Civil Discourse Lesson: Robert Gibbs responses to Major Garrett. If the laughs and smirks don’t do it, go on to something “productive”.
OT, but pu-leeze
see you all in Washington DC on 9/12/2009!
Except for Politicians, Hippopotami are the only mammals that fart through their mouths.
The bestest way to calm things down at the public meetings is for these stupid politicians to READ the damn bill, STOP LYING and then go back to Washington and vote NO to health care, STOP the stimulus and NO on Cap and Tax. Amen.
Ooh, walk on my back, please?
If it were not for this public discourse, the MSM would have never showed up to give us free press coverage. The road runs both ways.
We all need to remember to save some energy for when this Healthcare, or Insurance or whatever the bait and switch is called by then gets to Conference between Senate and House. That’s when we can concentrate on Committee members and have a greater effect.
Oh that’s just great! Another piece of useless trivia I’ll never be able to expunge from my brain! Thanks a lot!
Theres an image, now go get.. (redacted for public viewing).. but then they said “what happened to the gerbil” and we all laughed.
Wrong. And, you’d be fired.
‘Across the board’ means PETA, SEIU, Code Pink, ACORN, etc. anyone, or group, that is disruptive and does not allow for the civil discourse of any subject.
Yep, go ahead and ‘confront and challenge’ your representative. But, you are more likely to be heard if others are not screaming while you are speaking to your representative, trying to make your point.
Do you agree?
My comment was non-specific to any side. I said ‘across the board’.
OK, now that the attention of Congress has been focused, isn’t time to hear their responses?
and last night Rep. Fallin (R-OK) brought the so-called no bill in a binder that was about a foot thick and showed it to the town hall attendees…hmmm…looked pretty real to me when I read it online…
This is a great line, MM – funny and true!
PETA
People Eating Tasty Animals…lol
One can hardly expect the Left to act any different than they are. No one cares about “civility” until the Right starts to protest in any event. Then we never hear the end of it. This was pointed out years ago by Ann Coulter and it is as true now as it was then.
What is particularly infuriating is the degree to which establishment conservatives (the type that hang around the National Review, e.g. Charles Krauthammer, Ramesh Ponnuru, and his creepy buddy David Brooks) are all manners mavins now: “Tsk, tsk. It appears our inferiors are making a mess of themselves and not following their betters so a proper, reasoned debate can take place. Oh woe is us! Now our lords and masters, the Democrats, will take offense and there will be no debate at all!”
What rubbish. If it were up to those three and their ilk the Kill Bill would already have passed and become law. Union violence against conservatives? Never heard of it. Black Panther intimidation of white voters? What a yawn.
The only reason we are having any debate at all is because the citizenry demanded to be heard. The “National Review,” Beltway, establishment media conservatives (however one wishes to express it), snobs and bores all, need to get out of the way. Their day has passed.
Z, I simply don’t believe that based on the last 8 years.
There responses are to repeat talking points the questioner usualy just proved to be a lie.
Obama is NOT a doctor…But he plays one on tv!
zyzzyg
You seem to be forgetting that Obama told his supporters to fight back “twice as hard”.
No one in the government paid any attention to the prior quiet protests of the majority. Now that the majority is noisy and boisterous they are getting attention.
I agree that the conservative protesters should not shout down the people with dissenting positions, but a short burst of boos and outrage is absolutely necessary to get the attention of the lawmakers. It is also absolutely necessary to hold firm against the shouts, shoves and other antics of those that want to drive our country towards Socialism.
The alternative is let our rage simmer until real violence erupts. I prefer noisy protests.
‘Ma’am, I’m only going to ask you to calm down once, or this interview is over!’
Can’t we all just get along, you can do what we tell you and everything will be wonderful.
I have to right to free speech. Nothing in the rules that says it has to be polite.
This issue is literally about life and death and the financial integrity of my country. Therefore, you say what needs to be said, boldly in a way that ensures you are heard.
Play the game or take your ball and go home.
I’ve watched about 5 total town halls…and to paraphrase Michele Obama…
I’ve never been PROUDER of my country than watching these well informed , passionate Americans fight for their country. It is breathtaking and awesome!
so abc (all barack channel) will be running a “views” primetime to say that the southern poverty law socialists have determined the rise of right wing militias is leading to threats on prez allah (bbuh). those right wing gun owners and bible clingers who keep showing up at townhalls look sooo dangerous. a report today out of louisiana states that one of those right wing hate crime threats the southern socialists are so worried about, was tracked down after his posting threats and hate speech on the web and shazamm, he’s a black obama supporter wanting idiots like abc and the southern law socialists to see right wing conspiracies behind every tree. if the southern law socialists would run the fbi murder figures, they might find that black americans have a hell of a lot more to fear from black men than they do from white right wing militias. btw, white americans do also.
No. We heard them the first time they said what they have to say – back 1993!
Do you think we could get the All Barrack Channel under control too? What the heck is this supposed to be? Selective paranoia? Two bizarre and fairly tame examples are cause for suspending civil rights? Is that where they are going on this?
This reminds me of how KCAL stoked the black communities to riot during the Rodney King trial.
Do: “He winked at me! Oh God, I shall never wash my eyes again”.
The Etiquette Czar’s Rules? How very nice of the clowns to be concerned. When I go go these political meetings I most certainly try to act with some decorum and respect and usually do. But when some Glad Hander starts to give us the brush off and treat us like mushrooms all bets are off.
They need to know that the Brush Off will not work. If the MSM, the White House and the Chicago Mob are upset something is being done right. Some clown at PMSNBC referred to the attendees as “dumber than Joe the Plumber”. THAT is what they in the Belt Way think of we Americans.
Nope. ‘Across the board’ means everyone should behave and advance civil discourse. This goes for the left, the right, conservative, liberal, republican, democrat, . . . everyone, ‘across the board’. I have not forgotten anyone. My initial statement simply did not single out any individual.
OK, now that the attention of Congress has been focused on the issue, how does ‘noisy and boisterous’ advance discussing the issue?
OK. Though the unfortunately reality is that we already practice socialism. Maybe we should take advantage of this opportunity to remove all vestiges of socialism.
Hmmmm, I would prefer to believe there are more than two alternatives, that there are many more options, including but not limited to, voting.
And we should keep reaching across the aisle so we can appear civilized. In the meantime our liberty and freedom is being eroded daily by this nitwit in the white house.
No thank you. I didn”t see the left using decorum when GWB was in office. They called him everything imaginable and the state run media echoed it every day, loud and clear, truth or not.
As Bugs Bunny said “you know this means war”.
I’d suggest that if the government is going to declare martial law, they do so in those liberal bastions with strict gun control laws. You know, those cities run by liberals across the country – like New York City, DC, Chicago, Detroit and Boston.
They can’t figure out why their crime rate involving guns is so high when they have such tough laws. Those are the people they need to fear, those who disobey the gun control laws in their pristine environments.
Great, untill then only yelling seems to get through to congresscritters. That or money. Gobbs and gobbs of cash.
The american people simply aren’t heard anymore unless they yell.
I’ve heard these idiots screeching and yelling for over 30 yrs. Now we stand up and raise our voices and we are hateful, stupid, nazis, anti-American, ignorant boobs. I love it. Please keep it up. I can almost count the seats that will be lost in Congress by the libs as it adds up daily. They are almost past the point of no return to turn it around for the 2010 elections. We can only hope they try to get immigration “reform” pushed through.
“If they bring a knife to the fight, we bring a gun.” – Barack
HusseinInsane Obama@Radnor Middle School in Wayne, Pa., Saturday, June 14th,2008.
buh, buh, but..they’re removing the end of life counseling from the bill. So what’s the problem?
/sarc
Amen.
No political movement in this country has ever succeeded with polite dialogue as a tool.
I won’t shut up and wait for permission to speak.
Michelle, is it permissible in the “rule book” to;
a) Puff mightily on a cigar or cigarette while standing directly in the path of a supporter, in an effort to block their forward movement?
b) How about putting your hand or sign in front of their faces or cameras in an effort to frustrate them?
c) Can we remain silent, but glare angrily at them?
d) How about daring them to react physically?
Notice how all the left’s tactics I outlined above are designed to initiate a violent reaction, which in turn enables the actual aggressor to claim victim status?
I thought the rules of etiquette for protest were written by Mark S. Queensbury, or something like that.
If the donks wanted the health care “debate” to be a tea-and-crumpets chit-chat between Miss Manners and PolitenessMan, they shouldn’t have tried to screw us before we even had a chance to speak.
Then they shouldn’t have come back to their districts copping the attitude of, “We’re here to represent Washington, D.C. to the rubes.”
If they wanted calmness and civility, they wouldn’t concern themselves mainly with finding new derogatory descriptions for people who object to being screwed.
Too late for all of that. They were the ones who opened Pandora’s Box. Let them close it.
Or as Sly Stallone so memorably put it:
“They drew first blood.”
So a foreigner throwing his shoe at a (Republican) president is an acceptable form of protest but an American citizen yelling at an otherwise-oblivious (Democratic) lawmaker is out-of-bounds?
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Tar. Feathers. Rails. “Liberal” / “democratic” / socialist / statist / marxist / communist “representatives” and senators.
***
Some 1776 style assembly required. Vote them out in their next elections.
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John Bibb
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Yep, I’m back.
After six weeks of being in the Greatest Nation on Earth but having no internet connection (no cell phone either, not the worst way to spend time), I have to say that these “disruptions” are the best thing possible. Especially when combined with the less than opaque way Blue Lips is stacking his deck in his infomercials..
Z – you are just dead wrong. Sorry but the fact is that without loud voices, the media would have ignored the honest Americans trying to make the people who represent them understand. Sadly, the fact is that those representatives could give a rodent’s behind for the opinion of these fine people. However..
Those same representatives follow polls like buzzards follow a dying goat.. The media coverage created by the “disruptions” causes Americans who aren’t so fervent to look at these representatives with a jaded eye. Suddenly, the poll numbers drop. This is far, far more effective than writing an emphatic letter to a politician who doesn’t care but has a 20 year old staffer who can respond with, “The Congressman is very, very concerned..”
I love watching DemoCommie and RINO politicians flounder in their own BS. It’s like us regular folks saw a foul in Congress and threw a flag on the play. I think that’s the way it’s supposed to work, isn’t it?
As a post script.. Something I noticed: Obama’s plan actually has found a way to out socialize the EuroSocialists! You see, in the plan they put forward now (from what I can tell anyway, I could be wrong), the Government actually will make it untenable for private insurance to compete, thereby forcing single payer at a later date. Once this happens, it is the intent of this government to give all medical care and decision making power to the government and/or a government contractor. In most European Countries, private insurance is not only available, but once you earn a certain amount of money, it is mandatory. In the Netherlands, once you make 55K Euro, you can’t use the social system anymore. Most of Western Europe either has a private option or forces earners to get out of the social option at a certain level of income. Blue Lips isn’t trying to make medicine available to everyone, he’s trying to corner the health insurance market. I say, follow the intended financial stream – Uncle Sugar never turns a profit so what company will Obama contract to to run ObamaCare? What is his relation to that company and why isn’t this being made public?
Well, one could read the various provisions that might lead up to it eventually (download health care bill and nicely compiled index here):
This is just using A-B of the index…
Aggregate Rules-tax on employers payroll not on public option including payroll of other
businesses. (Pg 151 Lines 1-3)
Auto enroll employees into pub opt plan; Employer MUST . NO CHOICE. (Pg 145 Line 15-17)
Auto-enroll you into single-Payer (Medicare part D; Government will) . (Pg 399)
Benefit Levels, Specifications of for Plans. (PG 85 Line 7)
Benefit Level Specifications for Plans = The Government bureaucrats will ration Your Health
Care! (PG 85 Line 7)
Benefits/Treatments you get; COMMITTEE that decides what (Pg 30 Sec 123)
Benefits; Health Choices Commissioner will choose Your Health Care Benefits for you ( Pg 42)
Business & investments; Government mandating how hospitals & physicians conduct . (Pg 318-
319)
HRDC is in Bozeman, Montana I suspect they will be placed in the audience, at the town hall meeting coming up shortly, and these will be the people allowed to ask questions? Community Organizers.
http://www.dphhs.mt.gov/contactus/humanresourcedevelopmentcouncils.shtml
Gibbs and Barton can go screw themselves.
Where were they when Cindy Sheehag was about her business?
RWR
http://www.rightwingrocker.com
The true insidious problem with that is reminiscent of the problem people in this country have when sending their kids to private school: they still pay the taxes for the public program. So they are, in effect, paying double.
Remove them, indeed.
The sooner the better.
RWR
http://www.rightwingrocker.com
Lois Lane holding up sign about Max Baucus. Obama is Superman Right
Max Baucus is the Chairmen of the Senate Finance Committee they can’t move this reform bill whatever it turns out to be without Max Baucus. He is not popular right not for voting for Sotomayor nomination. Montanans are strong 2nd Amendment Rights supporters. They didn’t like Sotomayor’s position on the 2nd Amendment. I don’t think a town hall in Bozeman is going to patch up that rift, Montana is a RED STATE.
No – they’ve gone deaf. Actually, their ears prick up when they go to lunch with lobbyists. Oops, I said prick when talking about people in Congress.
They haven’t pre selected anybody to ask questions really? Bozeman Montana Town Hall.
zyzzyg, unfortunately, being civil only gets you ignored. It wasn’t until people got angry, and yes- load and boisterous, that the mad rush to pass this legislation slowed. The lesson should be MORE, not less.
Excellent satire Michelle. It’s sad that every bit of it is true. Dems have broken all records on audacious hypocrisy. Once again they rely, justifiably, on the utter stupidity of their constituents to swallow this crap, and parrot the party line.
The left has been called out for as long as I can remember for being crass, rude, loud, violent, unhinged, etc. In spite of all that, in fact because of all that, they get exposure, attention and very little condemnation. Its time Conservatives stopped bringing knives to a gun fight.
More, not less.
I love that quote site:
Michelle, I loved your segment on F&F when you and the Dem strategist (Tonya?) went head-to-head about the emotion stirred at these town hall meetings. Of course, she felt the need to start by calmly lecturing you on the etiquette that is required for protesting to the government, but you maintained your position. By the end of the segment, she was talking over you and shouting! So much for her lesson in etiquette!! Once again, the adage is proven that we teach best what we most need to learn.
Most priceless moment: When Brian K. turned to Tonya and said, “Well you certainly are passionate about your side of things, but I’m not going to marginalize you…” AWESOME!
I hope LOTS of people saw this one – hypocrisy of the left on display!!
Etiquette for thee but not for me.
I do not recall outrage while people blocked traffic for hours or murdered soldiers in our cities or murdered innocent civilian church workers.
Disgusting.
Hmmm. I recall another set of protestors of the Leftish persuasion who toted the president’s head around on a stick, carried signs saying the president indulged in sexual relationships with Satan, proclaimed that the president attacked America on Sep 11, gave a mass finger to the White House and its occupant, and made vulgar insults to the president. It’s all document in this post, Marching With The Moonbats.
And I don’t recall any liberal politicians objecting, particularly not Obama.
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HOO HAH!!!
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_obama
SOBama “denouncing” the (antique) media?!?
Ya gotta love moments like this in life.
Not that the antique media deserves the slightest credit for this, mind you, but…
…just WHO THE F**K does this President think he is?!?
Rhetorical…rhetorical…it’s a Friday evening Miller-Time (“when it”s time to relax”) thing…
Can’t wait to visit my Congressman’s Townhall…where I can cry:
“Don’t flag me, bro’!”
…heh…
Followed by
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Ha! Ha! Another movie quote!
Would it be unpatriotic, and will I get flagged if I point out this article by state-controlled AP hack Anne Flaherty?
An excerpt:
House Democratic aides have set up a health care war room out of Majority Leader Steny Hoyer’s office. It is designed to help lawmakers answer questions about the legislation.
So they were willing to ram this crap through before the recess, yet now admit they need a war room because they still don’t understand it?
Perhaps if listened to their constituents, they would KNOW what they are voting on.
In addition, we all know that the MSM will construe politeness and decorum as….agreement with the speaker and assent to his premises.
So it’s vitally important to make sure the booos and noooos are there, to be registered on the sound track.
p.s. it would an interesting experiment for a Town Hall front row to moon Barney Frank, just to watch the play of emotions washing across his face..
One of these two images is un-American and racist and must be reported immediately to the White House