Anti-war protesters chant "war criminal" at Rice

[sabra]

Source: Reuters

WASHINGTON, March 12 (Reuters) - Chanting "war criminal," anti-war protesters waved blood-colored hands at U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Wednesday, but police held them back as she left a Capitol Hill hearing room.

Earlier, Republicans had complained about the distraction from the group as they held up signs saying "Condi Kills Kids" during the hearing on the State Department budget.

But the chairman of the House of Representatives committee, a New York Democrat, declined to eject the protesters.

"We're here in the United States of America. And as long as they don't disrupt this proceeding and as long as they're silent, they will be welcome," said Rep. Nita Lowey, who runs the subcommittee overseeing State Department appropriations.

"But they may not stand and they may not disrupt the proceedings."

Read more: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N12204353.htm

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With members of the protest group Code Pink behind her, including co-founder Medea Benjamin, second from right, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 12, 2008, before the State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs subcommittee hearing on the State Department's fiscal 2009 budget.
(AP Photos/Susan Walsh)

[babylonsister]

1. Wow. That picture... nt

[ixion]

8. yep... the expression on her face is priceless

looks like she's feeling the heat of the special hell Dante envisioned for war criminals just like her.

[saigon68]

16. She belongs in a Prison Jump Suit

[ixion]

21. yep...she belongs in the Hague...

[pingzing58]

58. She's complicit to murder and crimes against humanity.

[barbtries]

107. that's her saying

"just don't impugn my integrity"

what fucking integrity you murderous traitorous lying sack of shit bushie

[tpsbmam]

57. K&R for Code Pink and Nita Lowey! n/t

[PurpleChez]

23. that picture...made my day

it ranks up there with the pictures of Nicolai Ceaucescu (please forgive any misspelling) realizing that his wristwatch WASN'T going to function as some sort of beacon, summoning rescuers. It's the look of someone who knows she can't get away with it anymore. At least not nearly as easily as before.

[Barrett808]

2. Big rec. n/t

[bdamomma]

3. she deserves it.

thank god for Code Pinkers.

[xxqqqzme]

4. I believe a silent protest w/ the bloody hands is just as,

if not more, effective.

[Supersedeas]

120. yes, the worse Sec of State in history deserves stark images for memory

[Jensen]

5. K & R!!! May they all be haunted and confronted for the rest of their lives!

[UpInArms]

6. Kindasleezy's guilt is written all over her face

may she burn in the hell that she has created.

[EFerrari]

7. Go, Medea! Go, Code Pink!

:woohoo:

[devilgrrl]

13. I can't wait to see what the "Code Pink hurts our cause" crowd on DU has to say.

Sit and spin you whiners and GO CODE PINK!

[PurpleChez]

24. I can appreciate where those people are coming from...

but the impact of an image like this one speaks volumes in support of more "theatrical" forms of protest.

[proud2BlibKansan]

29. MTE

My Thoughts Exactly :)

[EFerrari]

31. Code Pink never does anything except eat kittens at the Olive Garden.

Get with the program. :evilgrin:

[hamnose]

95. I can attest to that

And I hear they spit on veterans.

[EFerrari]

109. Trolls, yes. Veterans, no.

[Dukkha]

32. you can set your watch to their timely stupid responses

fucking crybaby wannabes

[Hekate]

84. So what have *you* done for the cause of peace lately?

Just asking.

Hekate

[hamnose]

96. here's a spin

Begin whine>
They look like idiots. Like extras playing the part of sixties radicals in a bad Hollywood movie. We do not share the same cause. Though Rice et al are evil and murderers I can't tell you how much I despise this impotent anachronism which is Code Pink. Please insinuate yourselves into another party.
End>
Hope you haven't waited too long.

[Pretty_in_CodePink]

116. Name one other group that has been as vocal, visible and vigilant

in calling for an end to this horrific war. These women started November 2002 in front of the White House and have continued calling for an end to the killing for 5-1/2years. It is their theatrics, boldness and relentlessness that get the message in such unlikely venues as C-Span and MSM.

The cause of CODEPINK is to bring an end to the War in Iraq. So I'm just wondering if you do not share the same cause then what is yours?

[hamnose]

118. And thats too bad

What do they do to end the war?

They get the message out? Where have you been? I think the idea of getting out of Iraq was pretty much part of the public discourse from the moment we entered Iraq. Just because you wear a funny hat doesn't make your argument more effective.

Or does it?

If you are going to do theater, do something subtle or really dramatic which makes people do a double take and say "wow that is really ironic" "so true" "I never thought of that" "I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it any more" etc.

They are either preaching to the choir or giving the war mongers more grist for their mill. I can just hear O'Really "See how wacko these peace activists are, despicable despicable" And people watching his show myself included would have to agree with him that it is really lame. BTW, I never could sit through this entire show. I don't know what people see in it, it is so god-awful boring.

[subsuelo]

121. It's only lame to the heavily indoctrinated

[ClayZ]

9. Yay Code Pink. K and R

[OhioChick]

10. Good....

If the Shoe Fits...

[PerpetuallyDazed]

11. More from the article

" Rice ignored the protesters. Several plainclothes police officers and uniformed Capitol Hill police watched them warily.

"I am embarrassed for the entire committee," said Rep. Jerry Lewis, a California Republican.

"I hope we never do this to the likes of you again," he told Rice. "


... Typical :eyes:

[tanyev]

12. If we never see the likes of her again it wouldn't be necessary.

[chelsea0011]

19. People like him think Iraqis are less than human and deserve their deaths

[PurpleChez]

25. Dumbya's at 19%, Darth is at 9%

and something like two thirds of the country opposes Bush's war. Why do these people (like this Lewis character) still feel compelled to give blowies to the administration over the war?

[Gonnuts]

34. Because we don't matter ...

and war-profiteering does.

If it isn't clear to you by now that this government holds the people of this country is complete disdain and contempt I don't know what I might be able to say to convince you. Simply look at their actions.

[superkia]

60. Also look at the actions of those in congress that gave away their...

congressional power to bush when he was beating war drums. They are all a part of the same agenda and for some reason the American public falls for the nonsense and only blames a certain few.

Never forget that people like Dennis Kucinich, stood up and said that the evidence was outdated, there was no reason to go to war and that it had to do with oil. They all heard him, they all had the same evidence if not more, depending on who it was and they gave away the power to vote for war. They did it that way so they could blame the evil side and the American sheeple would go along...I see way too many posts around here where people think this was a bush thing or a cheney thing...WRONG!

The evidence for war wasn't their, few spoke out about it and the rest followed bush through with their agenda. I am so sick of shepple thinking that a letter in front of someones name tells you who they are and what they are about. Look at the facts folks!

[PurpleChez]

110. Maybe so, maybe so, but...

the Thugs lost Congress in '06, in very large part due to the public's rejection of Bush's war. I would think that would set off major "job security" bells and whistles for these guys, but they continue to fetish the war as if it were a holy crusade, and continue to hold up Preznint Chucklenuts as if he were Julius W Caesar. I just don't get it.

[closeupready]

27. Embarrassed for the entire committee?

Pretty arrogant thing to say.

[Gonnuts]

33. He's embarrassed?

Ahhh, poor Rep. Lewis is embarrassed.

The whole God-damn country is embarrassed that this slimy war-criminal is still running around free instead of being punished for her crimes.

Embarrassed ... we should be hounding these damn people wherever they go, morning, noon and night. We should make it impossible for them to go anywhere or do anything without constantly getting in their faces.

I hope to God I live long enough to see these bastards pay.

[Hulk]

14. I salute those protesters who can and DO take the time to say what needs to be said.

This administration needs to be held accountable, and this was a perfectly acceptable way to get the message out.

WAR CRIMINALS!!

[RoccoR5955]

15. A big K&R to the ladies of Code Pink!

:kick:
The expression on Condisleeza's face is priceless!

[Plucketeer]

17. Beautiful picture!

There's not enough room in HELL for to hold all the evil that this regime's perpetrated on humanity. This gang makes Al-Quida look right tame. :crazy:

[Joanne98]

18. BWHAHAHA! I love Code Pink!

[TML]

20. Nice

I hope we see more pictures like this in the coming year.

[gorfle]

22. Everyone should write to thank Rep. Nita Lowey.

http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=26982

Use zip code 10605 to contact her - she doesn't accept email from outside her district.

It's good to see someone stand up against free speech zones.

Here is what I sent:


I am not a constituent within your district, but I heard today that you stood up for protesters speaking against U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice during a meeting today:

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N12204353.htm

I have grown very weary of protesters being forced into nice, tidy "free speech zones" where they are quietly out of the way. I am so glad to see you stand up for people peaceably protesting.

Thank you for standing up for freedom.

[PurpleChez]

26. I wish she had "alternate email" for the rest of us...

I'm too much of a slug to snail-mail her (to my discredit), but she deserves mad props for this. Big ups for Re. Lowery.

[gorfle]

39. Just plug in her zip code

Just use the form email but lie about your zip code. Use her zip code: 10605

[DinahMoeHum]

76. She's my Representative in Congress! Well done, Ma'am.

:thumbsup:

[PurpleChez]

111. Evil!!! Evil!!!!

Most definitely evil!!! And yet effective....

[yellerpup]

28. WTG, Nita Lowey!

Thank you, Code Pink! Where will War Criminal Condi shop for shoes next time there is a hurricane? She'll have to boycott NY now!

[K-Check]

30. Props to Lowey

[Ladyinblack]

36. Code Pink

Thank you Code Pink. I hope they live in her dreams forever.

[annabanana]

35. Pictures like THIS justify Code Pink's existence.

Good for them.

[FightTheRight89]

37. Ugh...

This only makes our side look absurd. I respect these women for their courage and by and large I agree with what they have to say. But this display only gives fodder to the Limbaughs and Hannitys and make America think that all the Democratic Party is is a bunch of hippies.

[greyghost]

38. Fuck the Limbaugh's and Hannity's may they burn in HELL with that

closet case. She's a hypocrite of the HIGHEST order by her association with Bush Co.

[FightTheRight89]

44. Fuck them, yes.

But independents see this and go, "Well geez, don't want to be associated with a bunch of hippies." And the liberal cause is weakened.

[greyghost]

46. I got news for them, the Hippies were right. Then they all moved to

Oregon and Vermont.

[FightTheRight89]

47. Hippies...

Hippies are just as bad as religious radicals.

[greyghost]

52. Why? They stood up and stopped an unjust war. Sure they were

radical, BUT THEY WERE RIGHT.

[FightTheRight89]

54. Just like the rest of the nonradical liberals.

I'm more against hippies of today. The ones who use stupid tactics like lying down in the middle of the road to block traffic, or who kick military recruiters out of their town or high school.

[greyghost]

55. Well, I'll give them kicking recruiters off of private property. Getting

these young, naive kids to sign up just perpetuates the war machine.

However, impeding innocent peoples lives on the street is another matter.

[FightTheRight89]

59. Well we've got to have a stong military.

Otherwise we're in danger. And I'm talking more about the campaign to kick recruiters out of their offices (Berkeley) and from setting up a table in the cafeteria of my old high school.

[WilyWondr]

64. How strong is strong enough?

Who do you think is going to invade the US and with what army?

We spend more than the rest of the world spends on the military.



A stupid waste of money.

[FightTheRight89]

67. Yeah, cut spending.

But spending doesn't equal manpower. We're spending a lot, but we're lacking in recruitment.

[bluerum]

85. Hippies?! Most of them are parents and grand parents.

[laylah]

40. Thank you

for your concern. I, for one, couldn't care LESS about the assholes re: Limpballs or that fake-ass Hannity or any of the other ASSHOLES. And, btw, welcome.

[greyghost]

43. Here, here.

[FightTheRight89]

41. Deleted

[OKthatsIT]

48. ABSURD? There is nothing more ABSURD, today...

THAN REMAINING SILENT!

[FightTheRight89]

50. Yeah, remaining silent is bad.

I just don't think anyone outside of DU gets a good impression from a bunch of people going into a Congressional hearing in pink with ketchup all over their hands yelling things. That's not constructive political discourse.

[angrycarpenter]

68. political discourse no longer works

One must be outrageous to get noticed any more. Mass protests no longer work apparently. We have all seen crowds filling Washington our whole lives supporting or protesting this or that. It is old news. It has to be the man bites dog approach or a protest will be ignored and forgotten.

[FightTheRight89]

71. Getting noticed is not as important as working in a sensible way.

Upping the ante isn't going to get political discourse to actually work in the interests of the people.

[proud2BlibKansan]

73. When did the political discourse EVER work in the interest of the people?

Certainly not since the war criminal was selected in 2000. And not often before that.

It's time to make noise and DEMAND representation. Being polite hasn't accomplished a damn thing.

[angrycarpenter]

79. The conservatives have enjoyed our politeness.

They count on us to play by the rules that they break every day. They count on us to come to them like oliver asking for a little more. They sneer at any kind of attempt at working with them. They see us as the enemy and we already know that they will let the world burn down before they will even talk much less compromise.

We are dealing with the most unreasonable political group in our history. They do not even see the poor as people. They see soldiers as tools rather than feeling human beings. They see all islamic people as terrorists. They call everyone who disagrees traitors.

You are saying that being reasonable works on people who have abandoned reason long ago, and would sacrifice any of our lives to get what they want.

Getting in their face and being just as difficult is the only way to gain our cause. As long as we treat them as the boss they will be the boss.

[wtmusic]

113. Upping the ante? Code Pink hasn't gotten close to MEETING the ante yet

If you think this is bad you ain't seen nothing.

[kas125]

75. Well, then maybe YOU should come up with some better suggestions

for us. What is it that you are doing to stop the war while we CodePinkers are out there putting our asses on the line? Please tell me just exactly what your plan to end the war is since it's obviously SO MUCH better and more effective than anything we've thought of. Please tell us what it is that we can do that will be effective and not "absurd." Since you obviously must be out there doing things that are working better than our plans, please share what you do with us so that we can be as effective as you are. Thank you.

[FightTheRight89]

90. Please, don't be offended.

You know, I really don't know how to end this war. But I'm just saying that as someone who agrees with what you're saying, I just feel the way you're saying it doesn't translate well through the lens of the media.

[kas125]

93. You didn't answer the question -

what do you DO? You feel as if you have the right to criticize those people who are the only ones I see besides the veterans out there doing anything to bring attention to the facts and make people aware, but you don't say what it is that you are doing that we haven't already tried ourselves in the last five years. If you aren't doing something that we haven't done then you simply do not have the right to be critical. If you can suggest a better way to bring attention to the fact that our leaders DO have the blood of a million people on their hands and make people get it, then tell us what it is. If you aren't out there physically doing something or you don't have any better ideas, then you owe us an apology and you need to just be quiet.

[hamnose]

100. Not politically correct enough for you?

"you need to just be quiet." Oh really? Not politically correct enough for you? What the hell do you DO that gives you the right to talk to another person this way. What the hell do you DO which should give you our silent respect? Oh you wear a funny hat when you criticize the war? Paint your hands red? Do you really think that anyone outside your circle has anything but contempt for you? You should think of joining the republican party with that attitude. I'd much rather hear what she has to say than your tripe. A cogent rational calmly expressed argument does a lot more than your pointless theatrics and self congratulation. At least this person has a bit of honesty and decency to admit how overwhelming the whole situation is. You don't know this person. I'm sure she has a life and thus is in contact with other human beings and perhaps has more impact than you. DO you have a life, a job a family? If you DO maybe you should work on that first. I've educated and been educated sharing a thing called knowledge, its effective. In case you are unaware people all over the country are discussing these issues and you do not help. In fact the only reason the democratic party does not always have an overwhelming majority is that most of us in this country can't stomach people like you. Thanks for hitching your painted wagon to this party. So give yourself another medal, don't expect praise from me and we'll say anything we damn well want to say. "you need to just be quiet."

[FightTheRight89]

114. Of course I have the right.

Here's a suggestion. Go and protest, but drop the red hands, the pink shirts, and the screaming. And don't tell me that I should be quiet. I have the right to do whatever I want. In addition, I thought I made it clear that I admired your courage for getting out there, but don't think it's the right tactic.

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

65. Fuck limpballs. Fuck hannity.

And while you're at it, fuck rice.

WTG, Code Pink!

BTW, I AM a hippie. Always have been, always will be. Doesn't matter- I still have my vote, and I just used it last week.

[Dukkha]

70. no Pelosi, Reid, and Hillary make our side look absurd

with their spineless cowardly submissive attitudes. They make the Dems look weak and care only of their own personal political gain.

if you're not part of the solution you are part of the problem. Code Pink are the only ones accurately displaying the barometric pressure of the anger Americans have now.

[FightTheRight89]

72. Wrong-o.

Pelosi has passed anti-war legislation, Reid is unable to get a working majority (60+ votes) to get that Senate through the house because of the damn filibuster. It's not weakness or spinelessness. The Republicans are the enemy. Not Pelosi. Can you imagine Pelosi getting up on the Speaker's chair, banging her gavel and screaming and moaning with ketchup all over her hands? She'd be mocked.

As for Clinton, I will not defend her.

[EFerrari]

83. Can you imagine Pelosi telling the media her constituents aren't her constituents?

[FightTheRight89]

91. What are you talking about?

[EFerrari]

92. I'm talking about Pelosi making as @ss out of herself telling the media

that protestors outside her home were not her constituents.

She also said she wished she could have them arrested just like homeless people are arrested in San Francisco.

Quite a gal, Nancy.

[hamnose]

101. Right-o

Really these pollyannas think that they can just hold their breath and the whole world is going to come around and see things their way. They are incapable of taking into account simple facts. Like the fact that without a 60% majority a lot of things aren't going to just magically happen in congress. Just ask Hilary for her dour assessment.

So how do you like the banter so far? Some of the people on this board aren't very open or democratic minded are they? And they're usually the ones who fancy themselves left wing, revolutionary, free thinkers or whatever. But they're out there fighting the good fight for us no-accounts putting there lives on the line and risking all kinds of hell even if it means going to Wash. D.C. and painting their hands red. Gee thanks freedom fighters. we are so unworthy of you.

This board is infested with intellectual fascists. Welcome to the fray.

[bvar22]

80. Code Pink doesn't make us "look bad".

Being unable or unwilling to stop the slaughter in Iraq makes us "look bad".

[EFerrari]

82. Code Pink has nothing to do with the Democratic Party.

And, we are a bunch of hippies! :smoke:

[hamnose]

99. yuck...

I agree it looks ridiculous but hippies were cool. I'm old and I remember the sixties. I went to the Moratorium in D.C. for example (well the 70's okay). I also saw the movie Forrest Gump with its stereotypes of that event and I have to say the movie wasn't very accurate. We had a lot of theatre and some of it pretty corny but generally not as lame and self-righteous as what we see here. It seems people like Code Pink got their image from the media and are trying to recapture that lost era by acting out that image. I'd be embarrassed to be seen with them. They are so retro but it isn't even accurate retro.

[barbtries]

108. what's wrong with hippies?

peacemongers, preachers of love and not hate? go hippies.
make peace not war.

any talk of peace gives fodder to propagandists. and if they don't have talk of peace to chew on, they bring on the fear. they never quit and they never will until people stop tuning in. and without people like Code Pink to let the people tuning in know that there actually IS another side to the story they will keep buying the fear.

right on code pink.
peace.
a 52-year-old hippie who wishes she could have been with them in that room.

[Pretty_in_CodePink]

117. You say that like it's a bad thing.

Much of America is the Democratic Party. I think we know who we are. Call me a hippie over a repub anyday. I'm not especially concerned about what the audience of idiots think.

[The Stranger]

42. "Hey! Hey! Condileezay! How many kids did you kill today?!"

[L0oniX]

45. She is a monster. Yea that's right ...screw political correctness. n/t

[greyghost]

49. AMEN. Being PC has gotten us exactly where? It's past time to

take the gloves off.

[OKthatsIT]

51. 'Political correctness' was a Psychological Operation

IT'S TIME TO GIVE THEM ALL HELL IN WASHINGTON.

[greyghost]

53. EXACTLY

[Hart2008]

56. They make me proud to be an American!

:kick:

and R

[John Kerry VonErich]

61. This will be a page 5 burial

with the rest of the attempts. They need a new approach. Code Pink doesn't make headlines, I hate to say IMHO.

[George II]

62. Here's a better one....(picture #5)

http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2008/03/12/nytfrontpage/20080312POD_5.html

[goodhue]

66. indeed

[Dukkha]

69. wow that photo is a work of art

she looks to be begging for mercy and in the OP photo she's clearly has fear in her eyes.

[George II]

74. You would have thought it was posed....

....and fear? I'd say so, fear of having to face reality and the trials to come!

[greyghost]

81. That is PRICELESS!

[kineneb]

88. We, the _People_...! n/t

[bluerum]

63. Code pink has to be the activist group of the decade.

[John Kerry VonErich]

77. If the mainstream pays attention.

nt

[MrsMatt]

78. Tee Hee

That put a smile on my face!

[selador]

86. i totally support

code pink here.

some of their past protests - not so much

but in this case - 100%

[gristy]

87. A picture of our times

That photo is something that Life Magazine might have published near the end of the Vietnam war. What an amazing photo.

on edit: :thumbsup: to NY Democratic Rep. Nita Lowey for allowing them to stay.

[unkachuck]

89. a very big....

....and happy K&R for Code Pink....true American patriots!

[hamnose]

94. These histrionics are not going to stop the war

They prolong it. People see this and immediately think of how much worse things might be if Code Pink had any political power. Talk show idiots like O'Really or Limbo point to this and say see folks I told you so and Joe Sixpack says yeah I see what you mean! It reminds me of the counterfeit stories of veterans being spit on during the Viet Nam war. I was a vet at that time, nobody spit on me but I think these Code Pink freaks have been fed this right wing propaganda about the sixties and want to measure up to this false image of that era like some kind of rebellious teenager. I wouldn't be surprised if one of them did spit on me. Listen up people, we need to support real radicals with real courage. Not a bunch of people posing for the nightly news and living in a dream world. One Lt. Ehren Watada is more effective than a million of these cadburies.

[BobTheSubgenius]

97. What's the problem with Code Pink?

Just askin'....

[hamnose]

102. lost in a lost world?

[hamnose]

103. They think they are more important than they really are?

[hamnose]

104. They missed out on the sixties?

[happygoluckytoyou]

98. BUSH ALL OVER HER, like white on rice...

hard to determine which is more wrong....

bunch of people painting their hands red and protesting war crimes.....

.....or person committing war crimes

---------------hmmmmm...... could you repeat the choices......

....we can only pray that Condi, and or her immediate family, are publicly refused service at the local dew-drop-in for the remainder of their lives.... there is so little chance that the courts will ever catch up with these liars


----------AND WHILE ON THE BUSH ADMIN WATCH... SALMON ARE DISAPPEARING... I GUESS SOMEONE MIGHT CONSIDER THAT "GLOBAL WARMING" THING... what we call "just another day in bush's america"

[earth mom]

105. Code Pink ROCKS!

:yourock:

[hamnose]

106. yeah like Bobby Vinton

[earth mom]

115. WTF?!

:wtf:

[Ordr]

112. Good to know that they really did something to help force change.

n.t

[KillCapitalism]

119. AWESOME!!! n/t