Great pic from Iowa T-Bagger protest-- "All of these people are idiots"

[Earth Bound Misfit]

Obama supporters, including Brendan Shelely, 19 and John Magana, 24, mix in with tea party members.

Wa Po's full story & more pics:
A tea party protester in Iowa wants to be heard
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/gallery/2010/03/25/GA2010032504605.html?wpisrc=nl_politics

ETA: One very telling quote in particular from the bull-horn carrying IDJIT speaks volumes:

"And now the most pro-choice president this nation has ever elected is forcing us to have health care"

Does that mean he'd be okay with it if the same bill were presented by a Pro-life Repuli(HELL NO YOU)CANT? The fucking stupid is going to make my head explode.

Edit to add photo caption.

[livetohike]

1. Recommended for best poster at a tea bag rally ever! n/t

[Cha]

26. Lol! Brave souls, no? nt

[Ian David]

2. But he's standing next to a guy with an Obama sign.

This photo makes it look like he's calling Obama supporters idiots.

[iwillalwayswonderwhy]

6. If you read the caption at the link

It says the two are together and infiltrated into the rally. The kid holding the sign is 19-years old. Yay, kid!

[Earth Bound Misfit]

13. Added caption, thanks!

And I agree, yay, kid!

[Brendan Sheley]

32. Hello

It's amazing seeing the response this little poster is receiving. Yes that is me in the picture (the woman from the post added a "l" to my last name, but I'll forgive her). Just to clarify for everyone, no one around m other than the guy with the "Thank You" sign was an Obama supporter. They were nothing but a big old group of hate filled conservatives and boy did I get hassled.

[Moosepoop]

37. Welcome to DU, Brendan!!! Thanks for doing that!

And... :yourock:

[Arkana]

38. If this really is you, dude, props.

You walked into the fuckin' LIONS' den.

[Altoid_Cyclist]

45. Silent protest at its' finest!!!!

First of all; WELCOME!

Second; Great way to introduce yourself to everyone here.

Third; Way to stand up to these idiots!

:evilgrin: :bounce: :thumbsup:

[vduhr]

47. It's funny if you look at it this way...

You know when your debating someone on an issue and the other person finally agrees with you? You sigh say 'thank you'. The photo looks like that "These people are idiots" "Thank you".

And thanks for the picture. I think I'll use it as a computer wall paper.

[Spazito]

53. Well done, Mr. Sheley!

Welcome to DU and thank you for walking the talk!

:yourock:

[rtassi]

55. THANK YOU! for putting yourself in such close proximity ... be careful

[Brendan Sheley]

33. Nope

We weren't together, well i suppose in beliefs, but i knew no one there. It was just me and my ipod.

[Lifelong Protester]

39. "Me and my iPod" the kids are going to be ok!

thank you!

[Ichingcarpenter]

7. The guy with the sign has a positive Obama T-shirt on so....

I think the guy next to him is his friend.

I thank both of them for showing and standing up to fascism.

[Bluerthanblue]

15. yup, the guy with the Obama shirt and the one with the "thank you"

are the "infiltrators"- Brenden Sheley (19) and John Magana (24) mixed in with the Tea party crowd.

Pretty cool.

[Earth Bound Misfit]

16. Well put. n/t

[Cha]

27. Yeah, with a THANK YOU and a small

Obama logo up top.

I salute them :patriot::patriot:

[yankeepants]

8. It looks Anti-Obama to me too n/t

[Brendan Sheley]

34. Most certainly not

I wish she had taken the picture when i was near someone with an overly conservative sign, which was everyone else.

[JI7]

40. did you interact with any teabaggers ?

[loudsue]

10. He's WITH the guy holding the Obama sign; he's wearing Obama

on his t-shirt. (the poster-holder is)

[Earth Bound Misfit]

12. Added photo caption from slideshow.

Thanks for pointing that out. I LOVE these two kids, the one holding the sign reminds me of my nephew.

[yeswecanandwedid]

18. Until you see who's on his t-shirt. nt

[RC]

54. Anybody notice that the kid holding the sign is wearing an Obama T-shirt

[NatBurner]

3. that kid has some giant stones

kudos

[flakey_foont]

4. Love it!

thanks for posting this.....made my day so far

[RonSunn]

5. CLASSIC!!

Some kids just know the way to "stick it" to others sometimes :yourock:

[Mira]

9. This is great!

He is obviously standing with supporters of HIS "kind" - in a counter demonstration. But it is still great.
My recommendation was immediately offset by a minus.
The freepers don't like this very much.

BWaaaa!

:)

[Earth Bound Misfit]

14. "The freepers don't like this very much"

Truth hurts. (Waves to lurking freeper trolls)

[Brendan Sheley]

35. Nope

I was standing with all of people who were not my kind of supporters, read the article

[elana i am]

36. he speaks!

:thumbsup: :fistbump: :yourock:

[jefferson_dem]

43. Well played Brendan.

And welcome to the DU community! :hi:

[Earth Bound Misfit]

44. Thank you for standing up to fascism.

Welcome to DU. :-)

[Historic NY]

11. Teabaggers mixed in with students. Gadsden flag behind him.

[Nedsdag]

21. It's a great flag.

It's also my name spelled backwards.

[Phx_Dem]

17. ROLF. I love braves souls like those two!

And they are brave to mix with those lunatics.

[SoxFan]

19. Joey Ramone's long-lost son !

:applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause:
:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

[Earth Bound Misfit]

22. ROFL

[butterfly77]

20. I remember during the campaign,,

as it was nearing the end of it.

Palin made a stop and all of her supporters were mugging for the camera and there was this one boy a teenager he was standing in different spots under their signs mouthing OBAMA,OBAMA,OBAMA.


I cracked up as I watch the reporter on CNN kept talking and giving updates as boy jumped from place to place...

[Cha]

28. LOl..thanks for relating. nt

[old mark]

23. A brave young man indeed! Great idea, great pic - thanks! nt

[Ikonoklast]

24. Balls. They haz them.

K&R

[Cha]

29. +1

[PassingFair]

25. Reminds me of the "original"...

This one CRACKS ME UP, because of the smug look
on the sign holder and the dawning awareness on the face of
the BushBaby.

[barbtries]

30. that one

made me laugh out loud.

[Nancy Waterman]

31. Here's the link to make the picture go viral

http://tinyurl.com/ybbjql2

[PassingFair]

56. This one was from the Schaivo protests in Florida.. n/t

[vduhr]

48. Plus...

there are arrows pointing out from the word 'idiot'. That's hilarious.

[Divine Discontent]

41. that's sarcastically funny! glad he wasn't attacked. I'm sure the sunglasses scared them off. ha

[jsmirman]

42. I laughed my ass off

for a good few minutes after seeing this picture.

So understated and factual. "These people are idiots."

It's like a Ron Swanson recitation of facts speech.

[vduhr]

46. Classic, and here's an example of their stupidity...

A quote from the linked article below: "We're Republican by registration, but I'd even vote for a communist right now if they would start to change the way we're running the country. We need to get our Constitution back."

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36058234/ns/politics

[RagAss]

49. The Brass Balls of the Year Award !

[bobwmyers]

50. Brendan Shelely gets how to defuse Tea Bag style energy

Brendan Shelely stepped into the Tea Bag picture and used their energy to invalidate their message. I think this is the way to neutralize this energy regardless if it is tea partiers, or some other fear/hate group

[ensho]

51. hugs and kisses for Brendan and John

nt

[nevergiveup]

52. Thank you Brendan!

You got big ones and you can spell good too. Mucho Kudos.