Malloy is reporting Cindy was arrested for wearing a t-shirt

[SCRUBDASHRUB]

not unfurling a banner.

[DemonGoddess]

1. Well then

that needs to be broadcast EVERYWHERE to show how fascist this asshole is, doesn't it?

[Mz Pip]

2. Ooooo, scary.

T shirts are very threatening.

Mz PIp
:dem:

[coldiggs]

3. i heard it was somthing about a poster she was trying to hang

[IndianaGreen]

4. That was debunked, it was the T-shirt

according to Pacifica Radio.

[elizm]

8. Fascism...

[DemonGoddess]

5. what was so bad on her tshirt

that she had to be arrested? it mighta SAID something??

[mike6640]

6. number of iraq war dead

according to malloy.

[Boo_Radley]

7. They announced that at the protest gathering

outside the Capitol Reflecting Pool. Everyone cheered for her.

I wonder if the charges are going to be, "Exercizing the First Ammendment". As Joe Strummer said, "You have the right to free speech, as long as . . . you're not dumb enough to actually TRY it."

[redirish28]

9. Seems like the disruptor claus somehow was placed in effect.

You know the claus in the New Patriot act not yet voted on in the senate that basically says wearing a T-shirt like Cindy did can get you arrested.

[Tactical Progressive]

10. She was apparently warned not to wear the t-shirt

but she hid it under her shirt until she got inside.

They probably should have just escorted her out and made her change the t-shirt.

I know alot of you will resent that she wasn't allowed to wear a t-shirt, but I always take it in the reverse. You just know that there would be nasty freepers with 'Clinton is a rapist' t-shirts given the opportunity. They are way more nuts than we are, so any small liberty we take you know they will take to ten times the extreme as sanctimoniously as you please.

SotU isn't the forum for t-shirts and placards. Wrong move for Cindy. She'll probably have to pay a fine, and rightly so.

[redirish28]

11. Wrong move for Cindy?!!! A T-shirt is NO reason for her to be arrested!

If they don't like the message - THE TRUTH- don't look at it.

[Tactical Progressive]

13. Did I say she should have been arrested?

I must have missed that. Glad you caught it.

And no, the protocol for a SotU isn't 'if you don't like the message then don't look at it'.

[BigYawn]

14. Protocol dictates no protests INSIDE the congrssional chamber..

during the SOTU speech. Cindy should have protested,
and rightly so, just outside of the building, where
she would have certainly attracted MSM camera's.

You can't have disruption with ALL of the nation's
leaders gathered for a serious business with 200 years
of tradition behind it. Otherwise we ar eno different
than a bannana communist republic.

And if it was a democratic president addressing the
nations leaders, I would be even more disgusted with
a freeper disruptor.

[sam sarrha]

12. whats "...rightly so.." about her arrest, what is "unlawful" about it ?

inquiring minds in a free nation want to know...

[Boo_Radley]

15. Illegal tee shirts

Tee shirt. An illegal tee shirt. It said illegal things. It promoted illegal thoughts. It asked illegal questions.

And they have the freepers convinced that they're trying to *protect* our freedom.

[AtomicKitten]

16. I'll bet they were looking for her to arrest her. (nt)

[HuffleClaw]

21. someone posted a pic

and you can see a security guy standing right by her, likely posted there to pounce.

[zulchzulu]

17. Well, she was at a Bush rally...so...yunno...no bad t-shirts....

How dare she even get an invitation to see the speech. I mean, Good Lord, what happened?

:sarcasm:

[ultraist]

18. Why didn't she wait?

Why didn't she sit through the speech and at the very end, take off the outter shirt and stand up so the cameras caught her protest tshirt? This way, her protest would have been on national television. I mean, if she's going to get arrested, why not make it worth her while.

[babylonsister]

19. It will get nat'l attention, but I agree, might have been handled

differently. Sigh...

[nofoil]

20. LOVE YOU MIKE

And every one at Air America!

[jarjarbinksisgod]

22. that traitor!

how dare she represent the memory of those who paid the ultimate sacrifice!!! arrest her! she's carrying weapons of mass garmentation!

/got nothing.

ehh, i was never a huge fan of cindy, but doing what she did took major courage, knowing what the consequences might have been... makes one think, what have we done with our lives?