Political Rallies End in Brawl (GOP College Blackshirt assaults Joan Jett)

[johnfunk]

Two political rallies turned into a brawl Saturday night in Des Moines.

A Democratic rally at Drake's Olmstead Center, urged young Iowans to get out and vote. It was targeted toward high school and college students. A group known for not voting. The rally featured comedian Janene Garafalo and classic rock star Joan Jett, but it got a surprise visit from some unwanted guests.

A group of college republicans at their Midwest caucus leadership conference heard about the rally and stormed in.

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I hope Joan Jett files charges against the little fascist who shoved her.

[peekaloo]

1. They are not the Hitler Youth Brigade, so stop saying that!

:wtf:

[GregW]

4. Pictures of a pre-rally pep-talk

[peekaloo]

7. L-O-L!

:thumbsup:

[Comadreja]

97. Trent Lott should be seated next to Der DummKopf ......eom

[tinrobot]

100. Thanks alot...

I laughed so hard, soda came out my nose.

Ow.

[aquart]

9. And the difference would be................?

What? The salute? They don't goosestep? They say Bush instead of Heil Hitler? What difference is there?

[peekaloo]

11. sadly they suffer from an irony deficiency

;-)

[Guaranteed]

41. ......

;)

[SadEagle]

14. Cheap suits instead of brown shirts

So stop making silly comparisons!

[johnfunk]

17. Translation of Peekaloo's post filtered through Ed Gillespie

"Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! We're so busted! I know, if it goosesteps like a fascist and talks like a fascist, so please, please, mister Liberal, please shut up and go away!"

Memo to Iowa Young Rethuglicans:

We will NOT shut up.
We will NOT go away.
We will NOT remain silent while your confederates (NO pun intended) act like fascist brownshirts, assaulting prominent Democrats and liberals in the same way that the minions of Hitler, Franco and Mussolini, especially the zealous young followers, did.

We're going to get in YOUR face for a change and expose your agenda of bullying and intimidation. See how you like it. Get used to it, you pathetic little apologist for right-wing thuggery.

In fact, it might be time for you to examine your own conscience for tacit support for fascistic thuggery.

[Guaranteed]

40. Sing it nt

[schultzee]

42. Yes! You said it perfectly.

[BuelahWitch]

65. Beautiful, johnfunk!

:hi: Applause!

[zonmoy]

25. "They are not the Hitler Youth Brigade, so stop saying that!"

But they act and think in the exact same way.

[schultzee]

43. They are like the Hitler youth brigade. Bush brigade?

[SemperEadem]

81. HEY! Cut out the censorship! YOU stop reading it if you don't like it!

[peekaloo]

104. *ahem*

pre-emptive sarcasm. D'oh!

:o

[terryg11]

2. that's the whole story?

for crying out loud, maybe it's not tht big of news but it should still be brought out in a bigger light. What kind of precedent does that set if the republican party DOES NOT come out and condemn this type of action? If the rnc doesn't say something apologetic then it could be argued they don't care if their members use nazi type intimidation tactics.

[SemperEadem]

82. don't forget--the MD gov's wife who wants to shoot and kill Britney Spears

the refuqulicans are a sanguinary nest of vipers. Can't these people be identified as domestic terrorists? That's what they amount to.

[PatGund]

106. You mean the same Britney Spears...

...that just luvs the unelected fraud and thinks we should support him?? Republicans shooting republicans then, go figure.

[benfranklin1776]

3. Blackshirts, Brownshirts, Rethug mobs they are all the same.

They all share common tactics, namely the use of force and threats of force to attempt to silence and intimidate the opposition. Good for Joan Jett for refusing to allow them to assault her and silence her. Too bad she wasn't present at the staged, Bush financed Gucci-loafered mob action during the Miami Dade recount. http://www.zipworld.com.au/~cpa/garchve3/1028us.html

[PROGRESSIVE1]

6. Yes they do use force, just look at the Dixie Chicks!

The Rethugliklansmen, Clear Channel, Toby KKKeith, and an aray of KKKountry Music Screwballs threated the lives of these girls.

So, yes, the Rethugs are FACSISTS!

[benfranklin1776]

8. Yes and they exhibited great courage in refusing to be intimidated.

They showed the best response to tactics like these is to take them on head on and refuse to let their attackers silence them.

[thebaghwan]

23. What is the story on Toby Keith?

Sorry, I don't listen to country music but I have seen him slammed here a few times and was wondering what was happening? Can someone fill me in?

[JohnOneillsMemory]

35. Keith put up pictures of the Dixie Chicks hugging Hussein at his concerts.

After the Dixie Chicks criticised W. in London, Toby Keith was their loudest critic in the Country rock industry and put up doctored pix of the Chicks with Saddam at his concerts.

He had a grotesque hit about 'not messing with Uncle Sam or he'll put a boot in your ass.' He inflamed the jingoistic-nazi-nationalism that is rampant in that particular musical genre. He was rewarded with industry music awards while the Chicks were totally shut out of them. Surprise, surprise.

A few months ago, I browsed a magazine at the check-out stand that had an interview with Keith about his embracing the 'redneck boot-in-the-ass' image. He said he enjoyed it but he actually mentioned that (if I recall correctly) "Bush's numbers on the war don't seem to be completely adding up."

So Toby Keith is an ignorant hypocrite who represents the 'my country, right or wrong' ugly violent American.

[SammyWinstonJack]

63. He's only about his own fame and fortune

That's all he really cares about, a typical self-serving and totally self-absorbed MePublican, if he even bothers to vote at all. Like Bush*, Keith panders to his fan base to fatten his wallet.

[mac56]

69. Actually, Keith got stiffed at the most recent Country Music Awards.

Alan Jackson won the categories Keith was expecting to cakewalk through. I thought that was a positive development.

Notice that Keith had to make shit up to criticize the Dixie Chicks (Photoshopped images). A no-talent assclown.

[maggrwaggr]

34. and they need to have their asses kicked

seriously, they need to have the shit beat out of them. Noses broken, teeth, you name it.

That's the only way to deal with bullies is to beat the crap out of them.

[salin]

5. Funny thing is... if this had been THEIR event... Faux news would

have given it huge attention and would have trumped up the angle of uninvited unpatriotic democrats ruining the 'patriotic (encouraging voting) republican event'.

Odder yet, the clearly interview one of the college republicans (hence the explanation that a number of them had worked hard to put their conference together and decided to go to the dem rally... and the disclaimer that the actions of one person (the shover) is not representative of the whole group {and just what did they THINK was going to happen when they rallied their troops to crash the event?}) - but they didn't talk to any of the college dems involved in the event that was crashed? What gives?

[Snoopy2]

13. I think the headline would have also condemned the Dems

This headline makes it looks like it just happened (the passive headline approach) when it is clear from the article that it's all the Repubs fault.

[annagull]

10. They better not mess with Joan Jett

she may be small, but she is old school and definitely scrappy!

[Enraged_Ape]

15. Joan showed remarkable, almost saintlike restraint

There is no doubt in my mind that she could have handed that little sissy his ass.

[Just Me]

31. Just 'cause we have hearts & souls doesn't mean,...

,...we'll not stand up to some brainless bully!!!! It never ceases to amaze me how immature playground possession tactics has actually been perpetuated by "certain" people in this country!!! BRING ON THE MORE MATURE, INTELLIGENT, SCRUPULOUS ONES!!! BRING 'EM ON!!!

I mean, seriously,...am I the only one who finds this kind of behavior absolutely unreal in a country that is "suppose" to be highly civilized. Crazy freakin' people!!!!

[TheBlob]

12. Anyone else having a problem with this link?

I tried to click on this article three times. Each time I was bumped offline then when I tried to sign back on, no connection was found.
I was forced to reset my computer - each time.

I would love to read this story but I'm not going for a fourth time.

[Judi Lynn]

19. These are the final four paragraphs......................

It's a very small story from a tv station. (They ususally keep their stories really short, of course.)

(snip) A group of college republicans at their Midwest caucus leadership conference heard about the rally and stormed in.

"There are seven of us who worked really hard at putting this conference together, said Jason Cole of the college republicans. "so, we met, discussed and majority ruled. We went down there."

What they didn't discuss is what to do if things get out of hand. One of the Bush supporters shoved Jett and she pushed back in anger. Ole said that was the decision of one person, and not at all representative of what the conference was trying to do.

Campus security did show up break things up. The concert did resume as planned. In fact, Jett wrapped up her day with two more performances. One in Fort Dodge, the other in Marshalltown.
(snip/)

[TheBlob]

21. Thanks Judi n/t

[Skidmore]

62. Other conference???

If giving them the benefit of the doubt, it sounds like their planning committee doesn't know what they are doing and possibly double-booked a room (I doubt it). Even if those little jerks actually had a call out for a conference, it appeart to only have been attended by the seven who showed up. Must not have sold more tickets than to the committee itself.


PS. Did you notice that they'd lowered the registration fee--a MLK day sale for budding young thugs to gain political access.

[BuelahWitch]

66. No, the room wasn't "double-booked"

The little fuckers were upstairs, the Joan Jett rally down. The Brownshirts wanted to stir things up, plain and simple.

No benefit of the doubt for these Young Thugs!

[Skidmore]

68. Kinda thought that was the case but the article

(wherever it disappeared to) wasn't clear on that point. I do hope these nasty little cretins get some punishment for this behavior.

[SemperEadem]

85. what exactly did they think they were going to accomplish

by going to the Dem rally? Did they think that they were going to talk the crowd out of voting Democrat? Did they think they were going to talk the crowd into believing Bush? Exactly what did they think their presence at the rally was supposed to do?

They had no point--that's what the answer is. There was no point to their going down there except to incite unrest. What did their stupid little caucus have to do with the Dem rally? Nothing. If they had the maturity and courage of their convictions, then they would know that an avalanche of words could not bury their mission. Seeing that they had a grip on their cowardice and not their courage, the only thing left to them was to resort to domestic terrorism, assaulting Joan Jett and attempting to violate her civil rights. There was no need for their hands to be anywhere near Joan Jett to cause a shoving match.

I hope someone there was rolling a video camera--I'd like to see what happened.

[Dogmudgeon]

44. Javascript

A lot of web pages have been adding Javascript to prevent readers from saving the articles. This also occasionally shuts down some browsers.

I saved it by opening the Source file and deleting all code between the <SCRIPT></SCRIPT> tags. You could also select-and-paste the text. But if the script is causing your computer to shut the connection down, you're out of luck ... until someone who is more adept at Javascript than me can figure out a fix.

--bkl

[KissMyAsscroft]

16. Where's the DNC on this one?

Shouldn't they be doing the talk show rounds being outraged the same way Ed Gillespie was doing the rounds over the Hitler-Bush MoveOn video?

Where is our leadership on the talk shows?

[IndianaGreen]

37. You really want an answer to your question?

After nearly four years of appeasement from the Democratic establishment, you expect them to condemn anything the GOP does?

A sound bite is not condemnation! Daschle being shocked and amazed that Bush appointed Judge Pickering to the Appeals Court is not condemnation. Condemnation is to demand and work for impeaching Pickering. Condemnation is to heckle Bush when he comes for his SOTUS lies. Condemnation is to file for Articles of Impeachment on Bush for plunging the country into a criminal war in order to pursue a Bush family vendetta.

[polmaven]

18. I suspect that somehow,

the RNC and the Freeperville crowd will find a way to make this Joan's fault. They will twist the facts and the press will be reporting that she somehow started the incident and has a huge nerve for picking on these poor innocent young men who were just curious about what she was saying!

[teach1st]

20. They will twist the facts

Radical PC feminist denies well-dressed Republican lads their right to free speech.

[oustemnow]

28. what these assholes probably don't realize either

is that Joan was over in Iraq last year, entertaining the soldiers. But even if they did realize it, they wouldn't hesistate for a second to tar her as an anti-troop traitor.

[teach1st]

22. Yup, they're Republicans alright.

"..so, we met, discussed and majority ruled. We went down there."

What they didn't discuss is what to do if things get out of hand.

Typical Republicans: Invade territory uninvited without a contingency plan.

[placton]

32. Yeah, and Horst Wessel, went with us, and then . . .

but don't call these folks Nazis, eh? <sarcasm>

[davidinalameda]

24. Joan can hold her own

figure she didn't cold cock the snot nosed bastard

[pearl]

27. This should be forwarded to the blogs

:spank: :spank: :spank:

They keep things alive. This story should be all over the news.
It's only the beginning and the rapid response should be massive.
This is civil war and all of media is the battleground.
We must seize as much ground in the media any way we can. Send this
to every prominent blog you can.

I just wrote to Daily Kos, but I am tech challenged and don't know
the way to best accomplish this.

The influential blogs I'm talking about are Talking Points Memo,
Buzzflash, Atrios, and many others.

We must spring into action!

"Pray for the dead, and fight like hell for living"
Mother Jones

:kick:

[mbperrin]

26. Go, Joan, go! "I love rock'n roll"

Little punks could show up at MY house and give me a shove!

[Skip Intro]

29. Contact The Thugs HERE:

let the pigs know what you think. spread these around:

Jason Cole (the one quoted in the article)
Chair
[e-mail]

Christopher Jones
Executive Director
[e-mail]

Ruth Huldeen
Registration
[e-mail]
-------

this is from their website:
http://www.ifcr.org/mclc.html

[Timefortruth]

38. I sent Jason a note, I'm sure he'll see the light now!

(sarcasm off)

Anyway, just so it is said, this is my note:

Jason,

Like it or not the country is still a democracy. Your work against the democratic process is a clear indication of the level of threat you view freedom of speech to be. If you take world History 101 and score a D or above you will learn that all great tyrants and their followers despise debate and the oppositions’ voice. Those tyrants stop at nothing to silence the voices of dissent, as your President desires, and you do in his name.

Patriotic Americans strive to preserve the voice of even the despised, because we know that it is the essence of what makes America great.

Your contempt of Democracy is understandable, because if the truth is known there is no hope for your views.

[Snazzy]

57. My email to jason

Subject: You are a scumbag but read in

I hope you come to the convention here in NYC.

Please come, I will arrange for you to receive an education in civility.

We are watching and waiting.

--Me

No empty threats from me. Maybe we should form a rapid reaction force of like-minded folks who are beyond being physically or intellectually intimidated. Can't do anything about the cops, but I for sure can eat Mister Junior Brownshirt for breakfast lunch and dinner. Belch. PM if this doesn't sound like I had too many beers tonight.

--Snazzy

[tom_paine]

105. I agree Snazzy

I live too far away to be part of your force, but I volunteer to be part of SOME force.

This Jew says, "Never again!" and will back it up!

[eyeontheprize]

30. Beware of their new attack plans.

Normally I think it best not to post from freeperville, but there are exceptions when the reveal their battle plans:

"To: Pat B
Either you've proof of your claim or you'll be poofed.

7 posted on 01/18/2004 1:32:50 AM PST by hmmmmm
< Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies | Report Abuse >

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To: CounterCounterCulture
A group of college republicans at their Midwest caucus leadership conference heard about the rally and stormed in.
Were they bearing torches, armed with hammers and stakes? What were they hoping to accomplish? Amateurs! Rank amateurs! If one wishes to sabotage such an endeavor they should enter it incognito with air horns and laser dots.

edited to ad link http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1060190/posts?page=8#8

...so, we met, discussed and majority ruled.

Majority rule: the nose-picking ogre of collective stupidity.

[demgrrrll]

33. These folks need to be tied to George W Bush, who campaigned on

the false promise that he would change the tone in DC. HA!
Air horns and lasers? Is that what he meant? These nasty folks are his core constituents and psychological soul mates. America should know. On edit. I want Bush to be forced to publicly disavow these folks.

[maggrwaggr]

45. But Bush says smite your enemies with violence!

expect more of the same in 2004.

Bush sets a fine example for today's youth.

got a problem with somebody? Kill them!

[0rganism]

58. But W did change the tone! Give the guy some credit

In my lifetime, the brownshirts have never before been so brazen, dissent so thoroughly quashed, and sanity so completely absent from political discourse. bush has shown me possibilities of which I wouldn't have dared to dream, a scant four years ago.

[trogdor]

36. They should kick the College Republicans off campus.

And drag them through the mud. There isn't any excuse for crap like this.

You don't see Young Democrats acting like this.

[0rganism]

59. Don't college groups have to be conditionally chartered to get funding?

Seems to me, this is a prime opportunity to revoke said charter... after all, student body funds are a form of taxation, and republicans just hate that kind of thing.

[wildwww2]

61. Youg Democrats despise nazi`s. Young republicans want to be nazi`s!

And the young republicans keep proving me correct. Every single day with acts like this. Brawn power over brain power is the only way the republicans can win anything.
Peace
Wildman
Al Gore is My President

[BiggJawn]

64. Our "Colege ReTHUGlicans" are having trouble...Skilling keeps their books.

"Shredder-Man" came to campus last year for a visit, and there have been a few other "events" that have NO accounting of how much money was brought in or what was done with it....

Their books are a mess, but since this is a conservative campus (you should've heard the Hoo-Rahs from the AAE department at the announcement of "To the MOON, Alice!") I don't expect they'll be de-certified or kicked off campus or anything like that....Now, if they'd had a keg at their call-out....:-)

[Kathy in Cambridge]

79. What they did is against most colleges' by-laws

and they could be suspended or expelled. Contact university presents, academic affairs councils and deans and see what happens. I'm sure alumni and other benefactors would think twice about donating to colleges that condone this behavior.

Here is a link from GD:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=1031910


This is a response to nu_duer's post and johnfunk's:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=1031763

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=319905&mesg_id=319905

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Jason Cole attends Buena Vista University.

Office of the President:
Fred Moore

Contact Information
Office of the President
Ballou Library Building
712.749.2130
fax: [phone]

Donna Schoneboom
Assistant to the President
[e-mail]

Link to Trustees:
http://www.bvu.edu/trustees/trustees.asp

Link to Board Committees:
http://www.bvu.edu/trustees/committees.asp

----------------------------------------------------------

Christopher Jones attends Kirkwood Community College

Office of the President

Dr. Norm Nielsen
President
309 Kirkwood Hall
319-398-5501
[e-mail]

Board of Trustees
http://www.kirkwood.edu/board/

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Ruth Huldeen attends University of Northern Iowa

President Dr. Robert D. Koob
[e-mail]
[phone]


Dr. Aaron Podolefsky
Vice President, Academic Affairs/Provost
[e-mail]
[phone]

Dr. Renee Romano
Vice President, Educational & Student Services
[e-mail]
[phone]

Academic Affairs Council
http://www.uni.edu/pres/univcomm/acadaff.shtml

[suegeo]

39. this story has some holes in it

Maybe I am just reading this too critically, but this story doesn't make sense. It said TWO rallies ended in a brawl. I just read about one brawl, at the democratic rally at Drake University.

Also the republican quoted in the story, (brownshirt Cole,) said "There are seven of us who worked really hard at putting this conference together, said Jason Cole of the college republicans. "so, we met, discussed and majority ruled. We went down there."

What conference did the brownshirts work hard to put together?

So now the little fascists are picking on petite women. What big "men" they are (not!)

(off topic, is WOI-tv where Ronald Reagan got his start, or am I thinking of somewhere else?)

[bspence]

74. No holes. The story says that the Republicans had a separate conference

and they decided to crash the party where Jett was playing.

[bspence]

75. I THINK the media has video of this

I was at lunch, and I saw a video of a singer that looked like Joan Jett (with short hair now?). I couldn't hear it, and I didn't see any brawl. Maybe they mentioned it, but didn't have it on tape. This SHOULD be big news, if the media's actually 'fair and balanced'.

[SemperEadem]

86. he started in radio.. tv wasn't invented until the 1950's

[Piperay]

46. reTHUGS is

the perfect name for their party since they are nothing but a bunch of THUGS, they have shown that again and again. :mad:

[Fleshdancer]

47. Aren't college republicans cute??? Shoving women around...

Ah yes, nothing is more enduring than a college asshole pushing around women who disagree with them. He's going to make a great little wife beater some day.

:grr:

[coolhand27]

54. He???

I can't bring up the article. Does it say it was a man who pushed her?

[ima_sinnic]

48. my e-mail to one of them:

sent this to the first name in the list in the original post:

are you looking forward to being DRAFTED if the repukes win in 2004?

you should be on your knees thanking the Democrats for saving your butts from the Bush-Cheney-Rumsfeld greehead war-for-oil machine, dumbasses. and don't think Daddy can bail out your spoiled little pimple-infested faces--NO DEFERMENTS from the impending "special skills" draft of computer experts, engineers, linguists, and medical personnel, everybody up to the age of 44.
Read about it here (you CAN read, right?): http://www.leftweb.com/blatant_truth/foreign.htm#draft

BWAHAHAHAHA! Vote to send yourselves to Iraq to get blown up for nothing, you morons.

And the only reason I picked you to write to is because of your sophomoric behavior today at the conference in Iowa--great show, guys, real respectable and mature. losers.

[gauguin57]

49. hey, you rethuglican fascists ...

You little punks ... "put another dime in the jukebox, baby," cuz Joan needs some background music by which to kick your sorry asses.

Next time, Joan should sell tickets (as a Democratic fundraiser) to her next round of pummeling the rep ties off these little geeks.

[fizzana]

50. I expect we'll see a lot more of this as we go further into the

election.

These people are being fed a constant barrage of "Democrats = Traitors" from the right wing airwaves so it becomes quite acceptable to physically attack Democrats because, after all, we are traitors.

[Fleshdancer]

51. If you're at an event like this, bring a camcorder

I would loooove to have their bullshit antics videotaped.

[Hobarticus]

52. Embarrassed and pissed in Iowa

These thugs do not represent my home state, folks.

And I'm PISSED that my state taxes can end up supporting these groups.

I'll be writing letters to the presidents of all three colleges involved, believe me.

[lazarus]

53. Story's disappeared

"Our apologies.

You have reached a page that is currently unavailable. We apologize for any inconvenience. Please use your browser's BACK button to return to the previous page. "


So what's happening now? I'd love to spread the word on this, but I need something else.

[ArnoldLayne]

55. Repuke brownshirts

:kick:

[veggiemama]

60. Here's a report from an Iowa Caucus forum . . .

sounds like an eyewitness:

3:30pm MST. Des Moines, IA.

Drake University student union. Student Dean rally and concert with Joan Jett and Janeane Garofalo. A decent turnout. Crowd quietly milling about. A few minutes into the set, Joan Jett is interrupted by a troupe of young men (with identical short haircuts) and young women -- all dressed in business suits. They wave Bush/Cheney 04 signs. Anti-Dean slogans are yelled. A Flat George replica bandied about. A second group joins in and soon, the chants drown out the music. They are surrounded and shifted away from the hall. One grabs a Dean sign and rips it in half, smiling and posing for cameras. The music returns. The crowd is still jagged from the interaction. Murmurs in the crowd. ... muffling dissent ... censorship ... taste of what's to come... this is why we need our country back... Fox News cameras are there at the concert before the disruptions begin. At a small student gathering. Go figure.


http://caucus2004.org/forum/viewtopic.php?forum=7&showtopic=165&highlight=garofalo

[Greyskye]

67. WTF?

First the original story link dies, now this caucus forum link gives:
An SQL error has occured. Please see error.log for details.

:wtf:

[mac56]

71. try this

http://www.buzzflash.com/contributors/04/01/con04023.html

[mbperrin]

83. Here's the email I sent to the station:

Gosh fellas, I'm writing to find out why the following story
was removed from your website. Who owns your station please? Why would you remove an obviously newsworthy story (young political thugs attack public figure at benefit) unless you approve of their actions, but know that others wouldn't? Please reply ASAP to see if a complaint to the FCC is in order.
"A Democratic rally at Drake's Olmstead Center, urged young Iowans to get out and vote. It was targeted toward high school and college students. A group known for not voting. The rally featured comedian Janene Garafalo and classic rock star Joan Jett, but it got a surprise visit from some unwanted guests.

A group of college republicans at their Midwest caucus leadership conference heard about the rally and stormed in.

"There are seven of us who worked really hard at putting this conference together, said Jason Cole of the college republicans. "so, we met, discussed and majority ruled. We went down there."

What they didn't discuss is what to do if things get out of hand. ONE OF THE BUSH SUPPORTERS SHOVED JETT AND SHE PUSHED BACK IN ANGER. Ole said that was the decision of one person, and not at all representative of what the conference was trying to do.

Campus security did show up break things up. The concert did resume as planned. In fact, Jett wrapped up her day with two more performances. One in Fort Dodge, the other in Marshalltown.
------"

Thanks,

[mbperrin]

87. And here's the prompt reply I just got:

It is back on. We had to make some additions to the story.

Randy Shelton
WOI-TV
3903 Westown Parkway
West Des Moines, Iowa 50266
515-457-9645 ext. 108

[mbperrin]

89. And here's the new link:

http://www.woi-tv.com/Global/story.asp?S=1607003&nav=1LFXKHOc

[LiberalFighter]

92. That is hogwash!!!

If there were additions to be made to the story then the story could remain until the changes were made.

If there were errors then I could see pulling the story from the website until errors were corrected.

If there were additions or corrections to the story why is it taking so long?

It only takes seconds to upload the updated story.

[Mixxster]

96. Interesting

"Stormed" turned into "crashed".

[drfemoe]

56. Now we know

why DeLay, Guilliano and Frist went to IA??

[Shoedogg]

70. Interestingly...

The link now pulls up this:

You have reached a page that is currently unavailable. We apologize for any inconvenience. Please use your browser's BACK button to return to the previous page.

[bspence]

72. LINK: The article now is located on Buzzflash!

Thanks Buzzflash, you guys rock!

http://www.buzzflash.com/contributors/04/01/con04023.html

[nibbana]

76. E-mail [e-mail] to stop this censoship..Other addresses below

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[Kathy in Cambridge]

88. Maybe because the former Iowa Governor's son was involved

in the fracas, the story's been squelched.

[mbperrin]

91. Maybe that was it! The new link is in post 89.

They put it back just a few minutes ago.

[CBHagman]

73. Talk this up on the airwaves, people.

DeLay's staff helps stage a riot at the recount in Florida and gets away with it, even though there are photos.

Some goofball college kid starts throwing his weight around at a get-out-the-vote event -- and it's someone on the GOP's side again. I don't know if there are other events that show a pattern, but the administration's basic MO is bully and hide. We need to apply the sunshine treatment to these bullies and clue in the rest of the country...

Bush has been able to get away with that "Gee, I'm such a nice guy" crap for so long. These are selfish, immature bullies, and we need to show they for what they are.

[nibbana]

77. Any Books Burnt?

[Endangered Specie]

80. No but I can hear "Der Konigratze" in the distance...

(that is the Nazi Book Burning March)

Edit : Spelling

[DemonFighterLives]

78. Only natural that a story like this was stifled

If it is hard to find, then it never happened. <Sarcasm
Thanks to Buzzflash and the DU'er who got it going. It really bothered me when the thugs stopped the recount. I'm passing this story on. :argh:

[Kathy in Cambridge]

84. Remember when YAF was dumping French wine?

I called their LA chapter president and suggested that they burn some French books like "Les Miserables" and "Madame Bovary". He thought it was a good idea! I told him I was being facetious...

[DrBB]

90. Nicely chosen verb in that story

A group of college republicans at their Midwest caucus leadership conference heard about the rally and stormed in.

That pretty well says it all, doesn't it.

[suegeo]

93. Here's the Des Moines Register's story on the repub meeting

http://desmoinesregister.com/news/stories/c4789004/23290005.html

Here's some choice stuff from the DMR's story: (choice, to me, because they are saying they are focussing on fluff and image, not the issues. (Gee, I wonder why.) Also, Wingnut Professor Hagel is giving the youth their marching orders. Telling them they are the muscle.

SNIP

Rather than focusing on specific issues, speakers Saturday addressed what it means to be a Republican, the core values of the party and why young Republicans should participate in politics.

It is important to give young people responsibility so they may become invested in politics, said University of Iowa professor Tim Hagle. Hagle said now is the Republicans" "time to shine," because after Monday, "Democrats will be exhausted."

Students, Hagle said, should articulate why they support the president, tell what the Republican Party stands for, attend rallies, create events, talk to reporters and help recruit more people to the party.

"Young people are the muscle for the campaign," said Hagle. "You are the ones out putting up yard signs and making phone calls."

END SNIP

[pinto]

94. "GOP Youth Get a Taste for Censorship"

would have been a more appropriate haedline, don't you think?

[suegeo]

98. Censorship is right...

I went back and checked the Des Moines Register to see if they gave the Democratic Rally at Drake a story, just like they covered the Republican/brownshirt rally.

They had no corresponding story for the Democratic youth rally at all.

(of course, the paper was full of stories on the Democrats, since it is caucus time after all. But the lack of coverage for the Democratic "get out the youth vote" rally at the Des Moines Register, (while the republican youth got some serious ink) coupled with the Orwellian rewrite of the story done by the TV station that first ran the story, just makes me shake my head and mutter: Liberal Media My ASS)

Here's why the tv news story is Orwellian. In the rewrite, the TV station only quoted the republican kid, who tried to spin the shove match as "the decision of one person to shove, and that one person's actions don't represent what the conference was trying to represent at all." paraphrased.

Where's the democratic response to that, from someone at the rally, or from the College democrats, or something. In this post, or the one in General Discussion forum, somebody at the Democratic rally said the brownshirts did more than just a "simple" shove. They also took a Howard Dean sign and ripped it up. Shouted down the performance. Did that happen? Isn't it a reporter's job to find out this information for us?

Here's my point, I guess: Did the "minister of truth" at the tv station EVEN THINK to get a democratic person's response in their little "rewrite?" I sincerely doubt it. They only rewrote the story to present the republican spin.

Sorry, I have too much time on my hands today, and I've probably made too much of this incident, since everybody at DU already knows that the media ALWAYS kisses right-wing ass.

[Jane Eyre]

95. Happened here too

College Dems at one of the local state campuses held a voter registration drive. They did everything right - nonpartisan registration with no party identification at the registration booth and no strong-arming of students who wanted to register. All registration forms were treated equally, no matter what party the student registered with.

As a result, they were harrassed by the College Republicans. Some of the rightwingers staked out a place near the registration booth and harrassed students who were registering to vote. They set up a registration booth of their own and informed students that they would only register Republicans. There was no physical threat, but it was harrassment all the same.

[savistocate]

99. Here in a college town..

a communityevent with parade Young Repug club blow up a float baloon of their elephant. Their aggressive mood is always notable ..there's the distinct impressionof throwing their muscle
around (& choose always bigger muscle-bound in front line).

Democrats participants just would not pull this stuff. There's muscle enough but the sense of honesty and especially __fair play__projects unmistakably.

My letter to the station I made reference to models of RW Party this adm.'s choice of physical force their best first solution--disregarding a promise of "last resort" made to our representatives, theUS Congress, this behavior of their youth showing Repub "values" cannot surprise us.

[colonel odis]

101. two can play at that game

besides, a good ol' country ass-whupppin' is just what a lot of those snot-nosed, republican bastards need. who knows, it might toughen them up for boot camp, which they'll find themselves in once the draft is re-instated.

[Robbien]

102. I received a reply from Kirkwood College

Posted this in the GD thread also.

Earlier this morning the president emailed me in response to the email I sent last night. His response was:

Robbie, I have no idea what you are talking about so it is impossible for me to respond. Norm Nielsen

So I sent him the article from BuzzFlash and repeated my displeasure about how this bullying thuggish behavior reflected badly both on the GOP and the college that sponsored the group.

this afternoon Dr. Nielsen sent this email

"Robbie, Obviously, this is not something we support or condone. I have had discussions with some of our administrators and I assure you we will follow up. Thanks for informing me. Norm Nielsen"

This Christopher Jones may find that acting like brown shirts have consequences.

[stanwyck]

103. Joan played for troops stationed in Okinawa

this past Fourth of July. My son, a Marine, said she looked and sounded great. All those good liberals in the military (yes, they do exist) would kick the ass of anyone who messed with Joan. But she probably can fight her own battles.