Activist removed for her own safety after Gingrich crowd turns angry | The Raw Story

Just more proof that Newter and company is perfectly happy with appealing to the lowest common denominator emotionally.

News flash buddy boy- we are not electing a Hater In Chief, and trying to rile up the base by only appealing to and stoking the latent racist hatred down there is NOT, repeat NOT going to be an effective way to win this. It may fly for now while still in the primaries... but guess what? There are a LOT of states where the rabid rhetoric and BS will NOT work!

What are you planning to do then? Try and run on your wonderfully potent "ethics record?"

oh wait.. that's right.. you don't HAVE any ethics to run on.. (sorry folks.. forgot who we were TALKING about there for a moment.)

Broward county is a white entitlement county in Florida. These retirees live off the very government they hate . Fat state retirements , social security , Medicare, insurance settlements,

They are old and on there way out hopefully. . They do not want anything to happen to there sweet deal paid for by the rest of the country.. You'll find this same demographics in Arizona. Over compensated baby boomers..

Yep, Teabaggers are double and most times, triple dippers. But they want to stop Goverment spending? Only in their world does one plus one equals "TOO".

The logical progression of the teabagger - straight to fascism.

Very disappointing isn't it.

you're wrong, gingrich should be the main course at a luau

People obviously came to hear the idiot speak,

True, but there's that First Amendment thingie. Also, I see nothing wrong with getting something extra, like someone challenging a candidate's claims. We didn't owe Palin constant softball questions and limiting things to what she wanted to talk about 4 years ago, and we don't owe Newt that kind of accommodation now.

It amazes me that any woman could stomach this tird. He smiles as he sells out half of the population of the country.
Rousing his base of government dependent retirees. They are entitled to fat retirements from state and federal programs and the he'll with everybody else....

You've used a number of deprecatory words to describe the woman in this situation, likely because she does not hold the same views as you do.

Would you be willing to say the same about the teabaggers who disrupted town hall meetings? Hecklers who interrupt President Obama's speeches?

Or should those folks be pepper-sprayed, too?

You've used a number of deprecatory words to describe the woman in this situation, likely because she does not hold the same views as you do

That and she is disruptive and rude.

Would you be willing to say the same about the teabaggers who disrupted town hall meetings? Hecklers who interrupt President Obama's speeches?

Absolutely 1000%. If someone comes into a place where people are gathered to disrupt it then they deserve to get thrown out on their ass. My right to hear someone unabated trumps any knucklehead's right to disrtupt the event. Do it outside.

Or should those folks be pepper-sprayed, too?

Yes. The pepper spray knows no political stripe, only knuckleheads.

"Besides that beatch needed a little pepper spray to boot."

further reflection on the conservative mind, advocating violence.

further reflection on the conservative mind, advocating violence.

Bull@!$%#. Just advocating a little creative discipline.

it's violence. Inflicting unwilling pain(and a lot of it) and temporary disability on someone by force.

Inflicting unwilling pain(and a lot of it) and temporary disability on someone by force

And the pain inflicted by her on me from her caterwauling and silliness lasts a lifetime. Besides pepperspray puts hair on your chest and by looking at her ... wait ... she probably has enough hair on her chest as it is. lol

I guess if you want to feign ignorance of the definition of violence, I can't stop you.

She was partaking her right of Freedom of Speech. Just as you are doing right now. Should someone come over and pepper spray you for it?

Should someone come over and pepper spray you for it?

Yes, I could always use a good pepper spraying; however, her freedom of speech does not allow her to take away from my freedom of enjoying a good time. If she wants to get libbie and horsefacey then she can do it outside the rally where she is free to blather her heart away.

She went there looking for trouble, and she found it. The people who attended werent there to hear her speak.

Unlike Freedom of Speech, "freedom to have a good time" is not a Constitutional Right.

She went looking for trouble...

Asking a presidential candidate to be completely truthful, is asking for trouble now days? No wonder our country is going to shet in an hand basket...

freedom to have a good time

Of course it is. Libbies have been using the "right" of Life, Liberty and the pursuit of happiness to foster that crappy HCR, so, I will invoke this "right" as well. My right to happiness is infinged when a moonbat horseface interupts that which I came to see.

Unlike Freedom of Speech, "freedom to have a good time" is not a Constitutional Right

.

Of course it is. Libbies have been using the "right" to Life, Liberty and the pursuit of happiness to foster that crappy HCR, so, I will invoke this "right" as well. My right to pursue happiness is infinged upon when a moonbat horseface interupts that which I came to see.

Have you ever gone to a sports game where your team is not the "home" team? If so, should the supporters of the home team be allowed to mock or become violent with you just for you being at that event? Even though, you are doing nothing but rooting for your team? Try using the same mentality in this instance, instead of the old "rightie against leftie" nonsense.

outragious: Ignore them. They're the same types who actually defended the guy who stomped the woman at the Rand Paul rally. The same types who were completely okay when the Baggers were disrupting Town Hall meetings.

Now the shoe is on the other foot and they want to whine and cry like babies. Typical.

Michelle,

I will do just that.

It was always my understanding, a politician's intentions during their campaign for office IS to get people to vote FOR them. One way to go about that would be to answer questions that have arisen throughout the campaign process. This is expected no matter who or what party is running for office.

Thank you and have a great weekend Michelle....

outragious:

Thank you and have a great weekend

Right back at you!

I guess if you want to feign ignorance of the definition of violence, I can't stop you.

Who's feigning?

is she at a soldier's funeral? Is she spouting vile bigotry? No? Bad analogy.

She's pulling a Joe Wilson. Surely you remember Joe "YOU LIE" Wilson, the South Carolina Representative who shouted at Obama from the floor of the House.

Cara Jennings was most definitely spouting off. She wasn't there to ask, she was there to accuse.

How long do you suppose a person would last on the "VINE" if he/she went around telling everyone "YOU LIE" like the vituperative viper Cara Jennings did at Newt Gingrich's meeting?

Yep, that would be a COH violation anybody could see coming from a mile away, and like Ms. Jennings, removal would be imminent and deserved.

This wasn't a presidential speech in the House and she's not a federal representative. This was a rally.

she accused rightly, Gingrich has received a fortune from Fannie and Freddie.

I call out lies all the time and stand ban-free.

she accused rightly,

No she did not. Her protection of free speech does not include coming into a place where by she can then disrupt it by her wailing and blathering. Hold a protest outside where it belongs. Could I go into a rally and yell "fire"? No. Jennings wanted to extract that same scenario. What else could this nitwit expect by going into a rally of Gingrich supporters and then yelling her tripe?

she did, she was accurate in her criticism, as the second part of that sentence you quoted mentions.

She broke no law being there and talking. You can't yell "fire" in a crowded place for safety reasons.

You can't yell "fire" in a crowded place for safety reasons

Because of the panic that would ensue. I would argue that was her point. She wanted to piss people off. You really think it was her intent to go into a lion's den just to make her point? Bull@!$%#. She wanted to go in there stir the pot. That's what libbies do. They're like fleas that get under your skin. She got what she deserved.

"Because of the panic that would ensue. I would argue that was her point."

you think she was trying to cause a stampede of people leaving the rally? Try to be honest here, you know she wasn't endangering anyone there with what she said.

"She wanted to piss people off."

maybe, but that's not illegal.

"You really think it was her intent to go into a lion's den just to make her point?"

did she not?

did she not?

If her point was to get excorted away for her safety then yes. other than that, no she did not.

I think you dems would be singing a different tune if this had happened to Obama.

I think you dems would be singing a different tune if this had happened to Obama.

Nope, the President is more than capable of handling himself. However the secret service might take umbrage

The Moonbat
doesn't matter what her motives are , she has a right to speak her mind in the public arena...period. Its not the problem of her being escorted away by ...its that she had to be to begin with...Its the fault of those in the crowd getting violent towards her that is the problem, not her. There is no legal justification to use violence against a person, even if you don't agree with them.

Moonbat/Steve: Man, you guys sure are singing a different tune than when it was the Baggers yelling crap at town hall meetings. THEN it was perfectly okay for someone to show up and be disruptive ... the more violently disruptive, the better. You people even had scripts handed out to you by right wing groups....

Why was THAT okay, but this not?

Oh, yeah. IOKIYAR.

When your an agitator, don't look around innocently, as if you had nothing to do with getting the crowd agitated. It's your Fault for being a douche in a crowd of supporters.

And, by the way, Obama couldn't handle himself, unless the secret service was there. his tellme prompter isn't set up for impromptu speaking.

greg: As T-800 says, you need new material: the teleprompter meme is getting really old and stale ... especially since it wasn't ever very clever to begin with. Kinda sad and pathetic, actually. Really, is that ALL you can come up with to criticize the President on? Seriously? I actually support our President, and I can come up with MUCH more biting criticisms than that tripe crap.

I've also noticed that not one of you has bitched about the FACT that every GOTP nominee in the field has ALSO used a teleprompter.

But I guess I'll chalk it up to: IOKIYAR.

Sooo, you misplaced the "On topic" comment of mine ? :)

The lefties need to stop being so nice ...

We need to start observing our own .."beat a rightie" day or such ...

These conservative loons are getting out of hand. Somebody needs to beat some sense into them.

"other than that, no she did not."

so she didn't go into a place filled with people opposed to her, and she didn't speak her mind? Wow, I really need to get some glasses.

And, by the way, Obama couldn't handle himself, unless the secret service was there. his tellme prompter isn't set up for impromptu speaking.

Actually he HAS stopped speeches to address issues/questions brought up by people in the audience. Then politely asked if they'd hold any further questions/comments until he was finished speaking. President Obama seems perfectly happy to answer questions and address issues/concerns of the American public. A rare quality in a politician.

Why others can't do the same is beyond me.

daMamma: I remember the same thing. When Obama mentioned McCain and the crowd booed him, Obama actually stopped and said "Don't do that. Just go vote!"

Class the likes of which the GOTP can't seem to duplicate. Or fabricate.

no, but rather than be the coward he is, gingrich could have embraced the challenge in a civil fashion and proven himself to be a man of character, which everyone knows he isn't

he's a pudgy little @!$%#

She pushed first, they pushed back.

She spoke out. Their local organizer did physical pushing, as well as hitting the camera. I can understand response matching the initial action, but to cross from verbal exchange to physical violence is inexcusable.

The fact that she is their i enough to constitute pushing to cons. Boy this just makes me want to go to a Gingrich rally just to speak my piece , as is my right . Push me I wont push back. Hit me I wont hit back, but ain't nobody going to keep me from speaking my mind .

no, but rather than be the coward he is, gingrich could have embraced the challenge in a civil fashion and proven himself to be a man of character, which everyone knows he isn't

he's a pudgy little @!$%#

Well said, I don't care about Newt, all I'm saying is you go someplace with the intent of being pushy and confrontational, you're going to find it and she did from the crowd, not from him, from the people who thought she was rude and a troublemaker and they let her know it.

from the people who thought she was rude and a troublemaker and they let her know it.

By trying to shut down her constitutional RIGHT of free speech. AND by becoming so threatening that she had to be removed for her own safety. There's something VERY wrong when that kind of crap happens in this country.

Was she a bit overboard? Probably. But she had every right to ask questions of Newt, even if he or his supporters didn't like them.

This could have been handled MUCH better by Newt AND his supporters. Let her speak her peace, then move on. After letting her speak her peace, if she DIDN'T move on, THEN more action would have been warranted. Would that have been so difficult?

By trying to shut down her constitutional RIGHT of free speech.

It happens all the time here on Newsvine, people's comments get deleted, collapsed, yelled at, told to shut up, called
stupid. Then as I have been told numerous times here sure she has free speech but sometimes there are consequences. Just because the cops told her they feared for her safety doesn't necessarily mean anything would have happened to her. the fact that she went there for one purpose to shoot off her mouth seemed to get her in trouble.

HINT:

Newsvine is NOT public, nor is it the government. There is no requirement to let anyone say anything. Period.

why for wanting him to be a man and to speak the truth

it is your beat down mentality that destroys the best things about this world

What a bunch of bullish twisted minded children! She is lucky she was saved from that destructive to our country beat down mentality the Right possesses these days - we almost had another head-stomping episode by the R's :( That says more (in a bad way) about the R party than it says anything about the activist lady.

She should thank them for saving her from a beat down.

Thank you for letting us know your stance on violence in our political climate.

Jrone
Typical loudmouth Shiite stirrer.

She did stir the @!$%#te up, Newtie attracts a lot of @!$%#te to his rallies. Man I would love to see some scumbag try to hit a woman in front of me. If I stop them they are lucky , if not they could say goodbye to eating solids for about a month

yeah he's received more than a million from Fannie and Freddie.

One of the questions this woman asked was:

“Is it fair that CEO pay is 300 times the worker’s pay in this country?” Jennings pressed.

This is a perfect example of why WE the PEOPLE need to team up and make a Constitutional Amendment to overturn Citizens United THEE 2012 Election year issue. It is Time to Amend NOW.

Team up to make Citizens United a core issue of the 2012 Election Year. Then ask all your fans and friends to do the same.

It take very little time to snail mail letters to every Congressional in your district, and every Senatorial candidate in your state. And it will make a difference.

Corporations are not going to push this issue, neither are PACs, neither is any other big money political organization. They've too much invested in the status quo. If this issue is to become a major 2012 Election Year debate, WE the PEOPLE are going to have to team up together and make it happen.

Pavillion

What a company pays one of its employees is between the company and the employee, why do you think you should get a say in it?

Steve: When we the people have to bail their corporate asses out because they've swindled their way into a worldwide economic meltdown, we have EVERY right to be pissed.

When middle class people are fighting for their very lives and livelihoods because of corporate greed and rape, then we have EVERY right to question it and demand that they start to pay their fair share for the benefit of living in this country. Part of that "shared sacrifice" that our politicians keep spewing. The middle class on down has sacrificed enough. Time for the ones who've gotten 99% of the benefits to start sacrificing. THEY can afford it without starving or going homeless. Most of the rest of us can't.

Middle class income has been stagnant for 30 years, and in that time, CEO income has gone up by almost 300% ... all in the name of greed.

And when those corporations spend BILLIONS in politics in order to keep stacking the deck against actual people, removing consumer protections along with stripping employees of any rights to protest corporate policies (Union busting, among others), then the only recourse for "we the (little) people" is to protest to "our" government representatives ... the very same ones who have abetted and allowed these corporations to rape and pillage the middle class for DECADES.

"What a company pays one of its employees is between the company and the employee, why do you think you should get a say in it?"

the employee sure as hell doesn't get much say. Take it or be unemployed.

Maybe they're auditioning for their Brown Shirts?

Doubtful Tesla--but a darned good suggestion.

You do have to hand it to newt, he is so thick skinned the truth just bounces off

I don't know maybe for the same reason it's called a hate crime when something is done to anyone but a white person.

Because BIGOTS are BIGOTS! Least we forget, it was Bigots that attatched the term Activist to those concerned about anything, other than right wing, status quo bs...It was also Bigots that made the word 'Liberal' profane, but 'conservative' Holy...Newt even berates Mitt for being Moderate, imagine that. Even moderates be damned by Bigots.

I tend to agree though, it's all brainwash Gibberish. lol...

He is running for the GOTP nomination, after all. Reminds me of Palin's deaf, dumb, and blind "act" when people were yelling "kill him" about Obama at her rallies.

makes me hope the Grinch wins the GOP nomination

That would actually be the wettest of wet dreams come true for the left. And a disaster for the establishment on the right. Which is why the right's establishment has now piled on the old Newtster....

That would actually be the wettest of wet dreams come true for the left.

Only 'blind worshipers' of a failed Socialist thug, could ever imagine a happy ending for that scenario.

Anyone who is paying attention, will tell you that Gingrich would reduce Barry to a thumb sucking teleprompter reading fool. Please. A historian and statesman vs a community corrupter. Right, that will be good TV.

A historian and statesman vs a community corrupter.

Gingrich is an evil corrupt authoritarian and could never comprehend the meaning of "statesman". The only statesman running for office is Ron Paul.

"A historian and statesman"

let him teach history then. I don't even know what a statesman is supposed to be, a career politician? He's definitely that. Let's look at what else he is. He's a shameless hypocrite, leading the charge for impeaching Clinton for infidelity, while at the same time committing infidelity. Why he didn't immediately go under after that came to light is quite a testament to his supporters. He's a theocrat, constantly attacking "secular America" for daring to enforce the separation of church and state. He's an unethical debater, attacking the "liberal media" (despite how much conservatives love to point out Fox News is the most viewed news network) over a claim his ex wife made. They didn't say it, she did. This woman he took vows with. They reported the truth, that she said it, and he gets pissed at the truth. Well, he feigns being pissed, he knows an attack on the media draws attention away from the scandal and gains him support. And it did. And his supporters dim-wittedly fall for the ploy. He brings nothing good to the table.