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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 12:09 PM Original message |
What if it was George Bush on that stage in Florida? |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 12:11 PM Original message |
What if DU stopped being the place where Kerry-bashers ran wild? |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
5. Thanks for never disappointing, brent |
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coco77 (966 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 12:11 PM Response to Original message |
1. Fox news wouldn't cover it.. |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 12:11 PM Response to Original message |
2. What if the kid hadn't forced his way in, pushed to the front of the line, and acted like an asshat? |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 12:16 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. He was the last questioner. How is that pushing to the front of the line? |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 12:24 PM Response to Reply #7 |
18. All the videos start -after- that, after Kerry called off the cops to allow the question |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 12:49 PM Response to Reply #7 |
38. Your facts disagree with every eye witness I've heard |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 01:07 PM Response to Reply #38 |
48. which part of his behavior justified arrest? |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 02:14 PM Response to Reply #48 |
57. Does that mean you admit you were wrong, since you changed the subject? |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 02:43 PM Response to Reply #57 |
62. The subject is the same as always -- what did he do to justify arrest? |
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thoughtanarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
3. The audience would be screened if it was W |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
4. Thank You For Your Concern. |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 12:17 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. Sad how many people on this board think this was just A-OK |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 12:21 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. Thank You For Your Concern. |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 12:30 PM Response to Reply #14 |
25. Thanks for bringing your usual acumen to the party |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 12:33 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. Thank You For Your Concern. |
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hang a left (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
6. What if I was 25 years younger. |
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Kelly Rupert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
8. I'd be saying the kid was an attention-whoring asshole. |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 12:19 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Sure you would |
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Kelly Rupert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 12:23 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. I've said similar things about many protesters. |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
9. I love how NO ONE answers the question! Pretty telling, IYAM. |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 12:18 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Of course. It's "my party, right or wrong" |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 12:26 PM Response to Reply #11 |
19. Yes, if people don't agree with you, clearly they must think whatever you say they think |
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EST (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 12:22 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. Does make it hard to bash the nutters, doesn't it? |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 12:26 PM Response to Reply #9 |
20. That's because this is a bogus question |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 12:27 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. I think it is a fair question. |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 12:57 PM Response to Reply #20 |
43. No, it's designed to illustrate the selective support for democracy by some on DU |
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hang a left (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 12:30 PM Response to Reply #9 |
23. Well I will step up, since you are daring someone to... |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 12:20 PM Response to Original message |
13. In this scenario does Bush accomodate the questioner and agree to answer his question |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 12:28 PM Response to Reply #13 |
22. Yes, it was so kind of Kerry to answer the kid's question while he was being brutalized |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 12:30 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Have you read any of the multiple eyewitness accounts describing events pre-video? |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 12:53 PM Response to Reply #24 |
39. Nope I've read and listened to them -- all of them |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 12:56 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. Bullshit. You didn't know about the shoving to the front of the line as of three posts ago |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 01:02 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. It doesn't take that long to use The Google |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 01:10 PM Response to Reply #44 |
50. Again with the misrepresentation. The guy is a douchebag -and- the cops overreacted |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 01:25 PM Response to Reply #50 |
54. This is about what the cops did and what Kerry didn't do |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 12:38 PM Response to Reply #22 |
33. Kerry couldn't see or hear the MAN at that point - mics are used in an auditorium for a |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 12:48 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. And you know this how? |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 02:39 PM Response to Reply #37 |
60. The cops were surrounding the guy and so were other students. You believe Kerry |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 02:47 PM Response to Reply #60 |
64. I believe what I saw. Kerry chose not to intervene or even speak on this kid's behalf |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 02:51 PM Response to Reply #64 |
68. You are obviously someone who has never spent much time on stage. |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 02:59 PM Response to Reply #68 |
70. Wrong again |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 03:56 PM Response to Reply #70 |
73. He challenges Bush every day. And YES, this country DOES need people who |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 04:08 PM Response to Reply #73 |
74. This is getting beyond ridiculous |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 04:33 PM Response to Reply #74 |
75. Yes - all the eyewitnesses at the event are fantasizing along with me. |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 04:38 PM Response to Reply #75 |
76. The eyewitnesses saw Kerry take a bullet for the kid? |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 04:46 PM Response to Reply #76 |
77. I hope your children don't know fascism. |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 02:47 PM Response to Reply #60 |
65. dup |
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KurtNYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
17. Why didn't Kerry spray Love Potion over the entire scene?? |
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Cetacea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
26. His not-so-secret voice thingie would've short-circuited? |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
27. The kid was tasered before he was handcuffed, just to clarify. |
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nini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 12:34 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. You beat me to it.. What if it was Kerry and the protester was a neo-con? |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 12:43 PM Response to Reply #27 |
35. The cops should have never had their hands on him in the first place |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 12:56 PM Response to Reply #35 |
41. Deleted message |
jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 01:04 PM Response to Reply #41 |
45. Yes, "rushing the stage" That's exactly what he did |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 02:16 PM Response to Reply #45 |
58. You. Watch the video. |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 02:40 PM Response to Reply #58 |
61. What crap. He only moved toward the stage after he had been grabbed |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
29. bush would do the same as kerry--let the police do their job. |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 12:44 PM Response to Reply #29 |
36. The cops' job is to arrest people for asking questions? |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
31. What if was John Kerry on that stage in FLorida and the questioner |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 12:41 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. I would be just as pissed. Absolutely no question |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 01:06 PM Response to Reply #34 |
46. Your logic is flawed, this had nothing to do with the first amendment |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 01:20 PM Response to Reply #46 |
52. We'll never know, since the police grabbed him before the conversation ended |
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acmavm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
32. If he acted like an out of control lunatic and bush** was on the |
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RestoreGore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 12:54 PM Response to Original message |
40. They would be calling that student a Patriot |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 02:50 PM Response to Reply #40 |
66. there's no question in my mind that you're right |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 01:06 PM Response to Original message |
47. What if it was bush on stage |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 01:17 PM Response to Reply #47 |
51. Are you just making this up or do you have something to back up your claims? |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 01:58 PM Response to Reply #51 |
56. here you go. |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 02:37 PM Response to Reply #56 |
59. So, in other words, you're reading second-hand accounts rather than seeing for yourself |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 02:55 PM Response to Reply #59 |
69. that's just idiotic |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 03:01 PM Response to Reply #69 |
71. Changing the subject |
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Enrique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
49. many people criticize the Code Pink demonstrators |
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Kelly Rupert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 01:49 PM Response to Reply #49 |
55. Never get in the way of someone who thinks they've found a clever universality. |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 02:44 PM Response to Reply #55 |
63. It's well founded. You're just a bit more authoritarian than most. |
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lpbk2713 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
53. Boosh only speaks to crowds of wealthy and influential rethuglicans by invitation only. |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
67. then the kid tasered would have been in a free speech zone 5 miles away |
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0rganism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
72. an interesting scenario, but you left out an important question |
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HuffleClaw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 04:47 PM Response to Original message |
78. exactly. n/t |
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