Is our president such a wuss that he's afraid of some elderly ladies at a tea party? This is a total PR loser for him. I'm already hearing jokes about him being afraid a spontaneous bingo game might break out (GASP! The horror!)

I saw a story from Reuters this morning talking about mass Hispanic rallies in 70 cities tomorrow that you really should read.

It's at http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE63R5HP20100428, and it's titled "Arizona immigrant law energizes Hispanics, Democrats".

Read it carefully, including the quotes they use and the wishful thinking that is built into it. And don't miss the related story on the same page, "Special Report: Rapid growth of militias feeds off politics" at http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE63R5HP20100428.

Don't try to tell me Reuters is "just reporting the news". It may be that Reuters is doing what "important" journalists do for a living, and that is to inflame a really big story. It might just be liberal GroupThink. But don't try to tell me that somebody in Washington isn't breathing into somebody else's ear at Reuters hoping this blows up into something major.

How do you blunt the Tea Party movement? By stirring up race riots to focus attention somewhere else. If it gets bloody enough, who's going to pay attention to the Tea Party movement. Classic stage management. Democrats don't have to DO anything overt that can be traced back to the White House. They just have to toss a little racial gasoline, stand out of the way, and let it happen. The perfect political strategy.

I haven't seen any worried news stories about La Raza, racism in the Hispanic community, hate speech on Hispanic radio, talk about sedition, or attacks on liberal politicians for stirring up hatred. Watch the news stories and see how they develop. Nothing better than a big shitstorm on a Friday.

No, I can't prove any of this, and I hope I'm wrong as hell, because it would signal a really scary new era in national politics. I wouldn't like to think our own government would do anything deliberate, at least anything that would leave fingerprints behind. But I smell Democrat all over this, and I suspect this is about the immigration bill, the November elections and our President's agenda. My gut tells me we're being played again. But I'm wrong all the time. You make up your own mind.

If I'm right, Democrats should pay attention to what they wish for. They just might get it. The trick is controlling the genie once it's out of the bottle.

If I were one of those officers dressed in that riot gear and deployed against that polite tea party protest I'd pretty much feel like a dweeb.

I feel sorry for the riot squad, probably the first time they had to march in formation to a riot. Where they out of step?

LOL, we marched better in OTS for doctors, lawyers and chaplains (the Senior NCO Academy participants loved to jeer at our incompetence). I thought maybe they were part of some wild street theater at first when I viewed the video.

This wil be a classic and could inspire some interesting campaign commercials.

I can't help but think this was done to provoke the protesters. The problem being that tea-party protesters are not out of control or violent.

This simply made the police, and by extention whoever called them, look foolish.

Side note to bobdog. Excellent points but I don't think this diversion will take away from the Tea Party movement. Supporters of the Az law are labeled racists, tea party supporters are labeled racists. It's essentially the same group being targetted by liberals, the middle and upper/middle class. This may well encourage more resistance to the liberal/Obama agenda.

What did that 'show of force' cost the good citizens of Quincy? Did any reporters report how the riot squad felt about being so well-protected from the assembled masses. Reminds me of something out of 'Naked Gun.'

This is called "babysitting."

So the TENSE moment, according to the state controlled media, involved the singing of God Bless America!! WOW! I'm surprised the riot squad didn't bring a bazooka!!

This is called "community organizing on a national level", maybe.

In the case of Quincy, my guess is the president's handlers didn't want any protesting within camera view of his appearance. I was struck by the comment about the Secret Service advocating a show of force to local law enforcement. I have the highest respect for the Secret Service (particularly after the way they were mistreated by the Clintons in years past and the classy way they kept their abuse inhouse), but I can easily imagine a political type telling the Secret Service guys to see what they could do to push the crowd back because it wouldn't look good for the president. Like most politians, Obama's pretty shrewd about window dressing and stacking the crowd whenever he can for public appearances. I guess it's the way politics works these days. Who knows? Like I said, this is just speculation. I don't have an inside track on this.

Anyway, let's see what kind of babysitting occurs in Los Angeles and San Francisco, and how the drama gets reported in the media. If the Reuters stuff I mentioned is how the story is going to read, it's going to be a hot summer. We'll get to count the rings on the toilet bowl on the way down.

Sure, Adrian. And did you say the same asinine thing during the Bush years?

Is our president such a wuss that he's afraid of some elderly ladies at a tea party?

O.k. Adrian, so just to clarify, you are now on record as being fine with the President using riot police against peaceful protestors?

And would that be any President or just Communist Presidents like Obama?

Did you see the part where the police commander grabs the bullhorn and blasts:

"You with the red, white, and blue appliqué sweatsuit and funny hat. Yeah you! Tie your shoe and stop eating the paste!"

Sorry Adrian, I missed that.

But I did see that once again the President packs his speaking venues with selected supporters rather than the rest of us.

His moral courage is astounding.

"What we have here, is a failure to communicate" Barry really wanted to stop say hi and join in God bless America but he dont know the words

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Starring The James O'Keefe Players ?
Edited by James O'Keefe ?
Directed by James O'Keefe ?

How long until Breitbart starts to disassociate himself from this video too?

This is Standard Operating Procedure for this administration. In Montana they kept the protestor in an isolated area behind a hanger outside of camera\Obama's view while having the bused in supporter in reserve areas in front of the cameras. From what I hear that happens everywhere Obama goes and the MSM covers for him.

I love the smell of abject stupidity in the morning. It smells like... Adrian.

"How long until Breitbart starts to disassociate himself from this video too?"

How long until you disassociate yourself from this blog?

Leave Adrian alone, everyone needs a little comedy each day, even if it's really stupid comedy. A few dozen people even watch Oberdouche every day for a laugh, otherwise MSNBC would go bust.

The secret services job is to protect the president. They called the Riot police who do their jobs an overwhelming show of force to ensure that things do not get out of hand.
I think it overkill. The real story, is response of the Tea party members.
Look at how the left reacts to police. Take the Neo-Nazi vs Communist. The crowd yells at the officers. Look at the protest in AZ they threw things at the police. Tea party members PEACEFULLY move across the street. This just shows the character of people in the Tea Party movement. Respect Honor and Intelligence

Those November campaign commercials just keep writing themselves.

Nothing scarier to a racebaitin agitator then elderly white women with pleasant smiles wearing ole' glory and singing songs that the "Won" cannot fathom.

The Obama administration is looking for any excuse to stomp on the Tea Party. They want confrontation and if they don't get it from Tea Party goers they will find a way to infiltrate and generate it themselves. That's the way it is in tyrannical regimes looking for a reason to declare Marshall Law and mow down the opposition.

Kiss the Constitution and Bill of Rights goodbye.

hcddbz,

Of course the Tea Party behaves differently towards the police than the leftists. The leftests are a bunch of young, drug-crazed kids who are young and fearless.

Whereas the someone in the Tea Party protest, could fall down and break a hip.

bobdog - "Don't try to tell me Reuters is "just reporting the news". It may be that Reuters is doing what "important" journalists do for a living, and that is to inflame a really big story."

What! You mean they aren't?

(Cloud of memory intrudes...)

Oh yeah, this is the same org that was dubbed al-reuters because it published fake photos (dozens of them) during the Israeli\Hezbollah conflict.

I see much clearly now!

Yeah, Marc. THAT Reuters.

The more the left uses the Nazi epithet, the more they act like Nazis. They are aching to use force against Tea Partiers. Any excuse will do.