Free speech? Not with the "Rally Squads" around

[SockPuppet]

Our Fearless Leader and his minions fear the sound of dissent.

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/nation/stories/082307dnnatwhitehouse.35f4e3c.html

Maybe after he's out of office we can heckle him all we want.

 

[Ace]

He probably just doesn't have the time to be heckled, what with ruining the free world and all that.

 

[Pastor]

As a last resort, security should remove the demonstrators.

I somehow doubt that it is a "last resort."

 

[JR]

They're just trying to tidy up democracy.

 

[terrier]

I admire the subtlety of the rally squads not being given brown shirts. At least they can blend in.

 

[old_tony]

The Clinton method of finding out hecklers' names and having those names come up for "random" IRS audits was a lot less messy.

 

[zeke12]

The Clinton method of finding out hecklers' names and having those names come up for "random" IRS audits was a lot less messy.

I can't wait to see a source on this...

 

[SockPuppet]

Following Old Tony's logic, Clinton hecklers (Republicans) were audited by the IRS. But Republicans don't cheat on their taxes, do they? So if they don't cheat, why sweat the audit? But if you wear a t-shirt stating your free speech opinion, you get arrested by the Bushie Goons. Yeah, there's balance there.

And, yeah, Old Tony, source up.

 

[Pastor]

I'm sure that W was the one to call them Rally Squads as he is still feeling the sting from being called a cheerleader during his college years.

 

[Ace]

I'm sure that W was the one to call them Rally Squads as he is still feeling the sting from being called a cheerleader during his college years.

Gestapo and SS already were taken, sadly.

 

[Pastor]

W leading his "Rally Squad"...

 

[jimmymcd]

Wow! First the Teamster bullies in the '90s, now <play threatening music> The Rally Squad.

 

[old_tony]

Following Old Tony's logic, Clinton hecklers (Republicans) were audited by the IRS. But Republicans don't cheat on their taxes, do they? So if they don't cheat, why sweat the audit? But if you wear a t-shirt stating your free speech opinion, you get arrested by the Bushie Goons. Yeah, there's balance there.

And, yeah, Old Tony, source up.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1883509/posts

Of course, I source up, now you guys will ***** about the source.

 

[Dwayne T. Robinson]

I remember reading somewhere years ago about Clinton opponents complaining about getting audited, but these were hard-core Clinton haters in the Arkansas Project and others literally trying to bring his administration down, not Ma and Pa protester at presidential appearances. And as far as I know, the Arkansas Project people were lying through their teeth.

Come on, Free Republic? Yeah, they're trustworthy. ::)

 

[old_tony]

I remember reading somewhere years ago about Clinton opponents complaining about getting audited, but these were hard-core Clinton haters in the Arkansas Project and others literally trying to bring his administration down, not Ma and Pa protester at presidential appearances. And as far as I know, the Arkansas Project people were lying through their teeth.

Come on, Free Republic? Yeah, they're trustworthy. ::)

As opposed to a lead from a "Wire services" story that reads "A White House manual that came to light recently ..."

Fine. Let's see some of the Advance Team manuals from the Clinton years. You wanna bet there weren't similar things in those?

Yeah, didn't think so.

 

[Ace]

I remember reading somewhere years ago about Clinton opponents complaining about getting audited, but these were hard-core Clinton haters in the Arkansas Project and others literally trying to bring his administration down, not Ma and Pa protester at presidential appearances. And as far as I know, the Arkansas Project people were lying through their teeth.

Come on, Free Republic? Yeah, they're trustworthy. ::)

As opposed to a lead from a "Wire services" story that reads "A White House manual that came to light recently ..."

Fine. Let's see some of the Advance Team manuals from the Clinton years. You wanna bet there weren't similar things in those?

Yeah, didn't think so.

Well get one. We'll wait. I think you'll find that W is leading the league in completely sanitized meetings with the unwashed masses. At least in the Modern Era.

 

[Webster]

Did she say that she was being audited? She wrote that she had to "send [the IRS] some forms" about her whopping $1,500 in income.

 

[SockPuppet]

As opposed to a lead from a "Wire services" story that reads "A White House manual that came to light recently ..."

In the print version of the DMN story, the "From Wire Services" byline credit had a "Washington Post" tag line for credit. So I guess considering the liberal media source, the story has no crecibility.

 

[hondo]

There is no shortage of criticism of the Bush administration. If they truely are trying to surpress free speech, they're not very good at it. It's on the same lines of people accusing the religious right of trying to wage a "culture war." If they are, they're losing by four touchdowns.

This thread is a lot to do about nothing. Tim Robbins tried to claim his free speech rights were being curtailed, and he was on every street corner saying it.

 

[SockPuppet]

The reason this story is significant is the guy "elected" to lead this country for eight years and has done an absolutely ****ty job of leading is insulated from anyone who wants to disagree. I can't show up at a Bush appearance and boo everytime he says something stupid. I thought that was part of the Constitution, the right to free speech and to voice your opinions. Oh, yeah, I forgot, Cheney and Rove told Bush the Constitution doesn't matter.