Heritage Foundation scholar Edmund F. Haislmaier (YouTube)
A Heritage Foundation research fellow got into a heated exchange with a progressive activist Tuesday morning in a hotel during an event sponsored by the Campaign to Fix the Debt.
The altercation reportedly occurred at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in downtown Washington, D.C. after Burke Stansbury, of the progressive Campaign for Community Change, and roughly 20 other activists interrupted a speech by Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) over cuts to entitlement programs.
“No! No! No no no no! No! No no no! No! I was invited on this panel. No no no no! No! These people, these people are screwing things up for my kids,” Heritage Foundation scholar Edmund F. Haislmaier says in the video.
“These are the real people,” Stansbury taunted.
“And I’m not? I’m not?” Haislmaier shot back before knocking Stansbury’s camera out of his hand.
It is unclear exactly what caused Haislmaier to lose his cool. Watch the incident unfold in the video below:
And here’s some more video from a different angle:
(H/T: Huffington Post)
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1776freedomofspeech
Dec. 5, 2012 at 4:32amHave Mr Protester, the Chinese don’t have “Freedom of Speech”. Think about that as you tear down America.
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USA-Ron
Dec. 5, 2012 at 3:56amGlen was/is RIGHT !!!
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v15
Dec. 5, 2012 at 3:47amPlease stop braying “who is John Galt?”.
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fande3rls
Dec. 5, 2012 at 5:27amWho is john Galt ? Who is John Galt ? Who is John Galt ?
We are in danger of being overwhelmed with irredeemable paper, mere paper, representing not gold nor silver; no sir, representing nothing but broken promises, bad faith, bankrupt corporations, cheated creditors and a ruined people. — Daniel Webster
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JungleTrump
Dec. 5, 2012 at 7:05amWho Is John Galt?
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Quiata
Dec. 5, 2012 at 7:17amWHO IS JOHN GALT? :^)
And this what you get when you ceaselessly antagonize someone while holding a camera in their face. The stupid chanting doesn’t help, either.
These leftists’ tactics aren’t meant to persuade. They intend to intimidate.
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UNIX_Techie
Dec. 5, 2012 at 7:22amI was just wondering…. Who is John Galt? :)
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longun45
Dec. 6, 2012 at 4:39pmI am John Galt, and there are millions more just like me. We will not fight them, we will egg them on and see if we can stampede this herd of **** holes over the cliff, any stragglers will be helped over the cliff.
Starve the Donkey and demand it pull a bigger and bigger wagon until it drops.
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burnteye86
Dec. 5, 2012 at 3:11amThe Republicans have failed the true freedom loving American and in so doing have forced the birth of a new movement. Call it TEA Party or something else, but make no mistake, something new is being born.
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DZ-015
Dec. 5, 2012 at 6:29amAnderson Cooper, is that you? :)
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jonboy1903
Dec. 6, 2012 at 5:43pmYou are one of the many to blame Republicans for the mess we’re in but you never identify the other side as a contributor to that fact. I don’t know you, but I would guess that you are very comfortable rec. welfare and/or unemployment, maybe some free food stamps while telling everyone else how chinchy and stingy they are…
Government that we have had for the last two hundreds guaranteed us the atmosphere and freedom to prosper while not not handing out money from the government treasuries. Now, hogs have broken into the granary and constantly squeal for more, while the farmers go hungry trying to provide for the needs of all. But eventually it will be slaughtertime and the farmers will eat quite well.
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AntonW
Dec. 14, 2012 at 8:01amNicely put Jonboy.
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Guitarcarl
Dec. 5, 2012 at 2:35amThis will all be over when the people paying the bills just say “enough!” We don’t need bloodshed. Who is John Galt?
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chicago76
Dec. 5, 2012 at 2:55amThere is going to be bloodshed whether we like it or not. If you think that the tens of millions of people getting entitlements are just going to say. “Oh, yeah, sure, take away my money. I don’t care.” You are crazy. People will be eating each other before this is done.
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spikebu
Dec. 5, 2012 at 2:29amFace it. If you are a Conservative, you have no party supporting you. The only role of the Republican Party is to skew Conservatives to the left at a slower pace than the Democrats. Don’t we all know it?
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chicago76
Dec. 5, 2012 at 2:56amPeople are starting to realize gee Glenn was right.
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JacquesChirac
Dec. 5, 2012 at 12:46pmAmen, compatriot.
Why didn’t Herman Cain’s recent recommendation for a third party get more coverage???
Best of luck to the ‘establishment’ for keeping control of the House in 2014. When you alienate the true conservatives, you won’t have enough of a base left to support you. It’s obvious that ‘moderate’ Dems won’t cross over…and you know the establishment will have no answer whatsoever when the messiah, et.al., will stick the GOP with hardships caused by its unwillingness to negotiate the avoidance of the fiscal cliff.
Bend over and get ready, America. The Dems WILL win the House in 2014. And won’t that be great??? The final two years of the messiah (we think!), with control of all three branches of the federal government…
C’mon, say it with me: FORWARD!!!
The answer is NOT to change the GOP. That has already been done by the ‘establishment’. The answer is to form a third alternative to the Far Left and the Moderate Dems (aka the GOP). In a word, tri-partisanship. Well, actually, it will still be bi-partisanship since the establishment is the Dem-lite party already…
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spikebu
Dec. 6, 2012 at 5:37am@Jacques…I must agree with you.
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BlessedONE333
Dec. 5, 2012 at 1:47amwake up people – this is a civil war
every war on earth is first started not with a shot – but with an idea
the commies have brainwashed this generation to believe there is no God and no responsibility on their part to contribute. The fault for this is squarely on the shoulders of the people who let the commies/socialists into power
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ORACLE12389
Dec. 5, 2012 at 5:34amAttention anyone with a camera phone if your going to film with it TURN IT SIDEWAYS! That said I’m glad to see someone on our side finally has some balls. GOOD I hope they got it on film because there is a lot more to come.
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neverending
Dec. 5, 2012 at 7:33amYou are exactly right!
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gyro
Dec. 5, 2012 at 11:31amthis
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ares338
Dec. 5, 2012 at 1:47amEveryone has a right to their opinion. The problem with progressives is….they will not allow you to have yours. Maybe we should start shouting them down every time they have an event? We all know how the main stream media would portray that huh?
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DeniseJ
Dec. 5, 2012 at 2:51amIt’s not that they are Ignorant………it’s that they believe so much that ISN’T SO!! to paraphrase Reagan……..Progressives are like ticks, sometimes they irritate so much it’s hard to ignore them!
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UNIX_Techie
Dec. 5, 2012 at 7:38amI feel the same way but the problem is that the MSM will brand anyone who does that as crazy people. We would lose respect from the more moderate conservatives who might agree with us philosophically but would not join in and maybe be repulsed because of the antics.
The progressives have been working at this for over 100 years. It may take that long to undo what they have done but it will take a large majority of the population to do it. So what I think is we need to do is like Glenn says get involved locally. If you can write then start writing for a newspaper. If you have a face for Television then see if you can write or even work toward getting infront of the camera. If you have a face for Radio then get involved there. If you can teach then become a teacher. If you think you can stomach being in politics then get elected for some local post, make a name and get elected for a higher position.
It’s time to start displacing the progressive thinkers in these areas and teach the country what it takes to have sustainable growth and it aint communism/socialism.
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spikebu
Dec. 5, 2012 at 1:43amGood for him! They are destroying my children’s future, also! Oh wait, they are most probably my children’s peers. Nah. My kids think these people are brain dead, too.
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Teufel Hunden
Dec. 5, 2012 at 1:37amSomeone shoves a camera in my face will end up having used for a Colonoscopy.
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Diane TX
Dec. 5, 2012 at 1:28amIt’s already too late in America. The Socialists have won. As we speak, the USA is being transformed into a nanny State, European society.
All the stupids voted for Obama to run the Country because they wanted free phones and free birth control. How nice.
Children of the very wealthy will be punished for having wealthy parents. Taxes on wealth now sky-rocket from 15% to 45%.
Did you “save” to have a 401(k) or IRA for your retirement? Guess what. In 2013, Obama wants 45% of the amount you cashed out in 2013. That’s pretty close to half, isn’t it?
If you cash out in 2012, your tax is 15%. I call “early retirement” for all those planning to retire in 2013. You only have 26 days to this, so get a move on.
Cash-in, cash-out, place your money beyond Obama’s reach.
Obama as President, is NOT a good thing for America.
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spikebu
Dec. 5, 2012 at 2:20amWhat about the Conservatives who refused to vote? That’s why Obama won. Tired of having to hold their noses while they vote. The Republican Party will not give us a real candidate. The Republican Party is no longer the Republican Party. They’re the same as Democrats. There are a few who are conservative, and they are being shut out by the Republican leadership.
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happ77
Dec. 5, 2012 at 8:25amSpike, tired of the BS, Romney was the canidate we needed.
If only to start us on the right track. So all you people who stayed home
STOP bitchin about the choices we had. You chose obama the same as
if you voted for him. We’re done plain and simple, the tipping point
is past.
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spikebu
Dec. 6, 2012 at 5:54amI voted for Romney. He was the only choice I had.
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Thatsitivehadenough
Dec. 5, 2012 at 1:24amI agree with you. Time to go to plan B. Otherwise things are just going to go from worse to worst.
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gyro
Dec. 5, 2012 at 11:32amscip plan b move to plan c
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spfoam1
Dec. 5, 2012 at 1:23amThese wimps will go running to their nanny. They have been the only ones raising hell for decades now. The media has supported and protected them every step of the way. They need to find out what it is like to be surrounded by angry people.
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Thatsitivehadenough
Dec. 5, 2012 at 1:23amAnd sometimes you just need to call hotel security to fix the problem or you will not pay the bill. They should automatically have security these days anymore. Not that Obummer stole another election all the trolls are off the internet and in training for the big event: revolution to overthrow capitalism. Expect more of this and worse. They know they have a ‘friend’ in the WH. The man who hates America at least as much as he loves being dictator.
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Brother Winston Smith
Dec. 5, 2012 at 12:38am“Campaign to Fix the Debt” with leftist HUGE-government, SPEND, SPEND, SPEND republican Rob Portman (who LAUGHABLY, is on the Debt Reduction Panel)?!?!?!
The leftist republican/democrat (same thing) party makes my skin crawl.
The Constitution Party.
The Libertarian Party.
State nullification.
NOW!!!!!!!!!
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Smokey_Bojangles
Dec. 5, 2012 at 12:37amSometimes you got to beat the crap out of a Commie.
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Ragnars Repos
Dec. 5, 2012 at 12:56amHear! Hear!
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rickc34
Dec. 5, 2012 at 1:03amBeat a commie for your mommy. Man the guy with the camera was a wus.
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wzanesdad
Dec. 5, 2012 at 2:59amhe hit me, he hit me,….don’t worry man, we caught it on tape….we;ll get him….hahahahaha, if they whine over this, just think what they’ll be doing when the real s^@* starts….
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MrArbitrage
Dec. 5, 2012 at 12:36amThere is a palpable sense that conservatives may have finally had enough of telling the Roves and the usual suspects “thank you sir, may I have another”.
TheEndisNear for the Republican Party Imposters – it is time to “Purge” Crybaby Boehner
http://youtu.be/NInYZhcGK5U
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Ragnars Repos
Dec. 5, 2012 at 12:29amA real American. There’s at least ONE man left in this country.
Cowardly conservatives will shame and condemn this man, no doubt.
I wish more Americans would fight back.
It doesn’t appear that Americans have any idea what they are allowing to be unleashed.
The left is relentless. They won’t be happy until the productive are dead and the rest of us are standing in food lines with our too skinny kids. History shows this, over, and over again.
Please come to your senses, Americans, before it’s too late to do anything about it–and that is always sooner than we humans believe.
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SgtB
Dec. 5, 2012 at 1:01am“Moderation in the pursuit of Liberty is no virtue, and extremism in the defense of Liberty is no vice.” -Barry Goldwater-
I personally feel that we cannot go on having a nation divided. We cannot reconcile the two dissenting opinion on political philosophy that are Liberty and Socialism. They cannot exist together. At the very least, we should remove the socialist bastards (including a great many repubs/neocons) from being able to run for or hold any public office whatsoever.
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valleyfever
Dec. 5, 2012 at 12:16amWhat are these pukes going to do when the gravy train arrives at the end of the line and everybody has to get off???
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Lord_Frostwind
Dec. 5, 2012 at 1:40amDie, but kill and injure anyone they can on the way.
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Ghandi was a Republican
Dec. 5, 2012 at 12:15amI suppose we could have laws for those that want to live under communist rule to do so. But they should have to fund it themselves.
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sparkyrules
Dec. 5, 2012 at 12:06amI hated them back in the 1960′s,70′s and I hate them now.Communists with big mouths living in a free country..Always will be minorities,always will be the rude freaks of society.OWS
I’m real glad that Haislmaier puts them in their place.
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semihardrock
Dec. 5, 2012 at 12:10amYou forgot……Are now running the country…Those “hippies” from the 60′s and 70′s
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Favored93
Dec. 5, 2012 at 12:01am@BODYBAG
Posted on December 4, 2012 at 11:56pm
Like an attorney friend once stated to me after hours —–
“sometimes justice is worth spending a night or 2 in jail for simple assault”
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AMEN!!!
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WaltzingMtilda
Dec. 4, 2012 at 11:59pmIt should be noted that the second video was clearly shot with an iPhone. You know, that oh-so-affordable device that at least 99% of these “99 per centers” seem to have.
Good on you, Mr. Haislmair. Stand strong, I’m sick of them too.
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db321
Dec. 5, 2012 at 12:43amI bet it was an Obama Phone. Does anyone know how many Obama Phones, Obama gave out? How much does it cost for Tax payers to pay for just one phone per month for the service?
I am waiting for a true Conservative News Organization to do the research and tell us. I here it was around 10 million phones. At a cost of $200 per month each for service. 1000′s of youths made as much as $10,000 a month signing people up. Mystery.
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ArgumentumAdAbsurdum
Dec. 5, 2012 at 5:01amAlthough there is indeed a federal program which provides low-income people with free or reduced-cost cell phones, it began in 2008 under President George W. Bush. The idea of providing subsidized phone service to low-income individuals originated with a program started under President Ronald Reagan.
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ArgumentumAdAbsurdum
Dec. 5, 2012 at 5:09amoh as for the second part regarding cost. the program is not funded by the taxes or the government, it is in fact funded by the SafeLink program. SafeLink is run by a subsidiary of América Móvil, the world’s fourth largest wireless company in terms of subscribers, but it is not paid for directly by the company. Rather, it is funded through the Universal Service Fund, which is administered by the Universal Service Administrative Company, an independent, not-for-profit corporation set up by the Federal Communications Commission. The USF is sustained by contributions from telecommunications companies such as long distance companies, local telephone companies, wireless telephone companies, paging companies, and payphone providers. The fund is then parceled out to companies, such as América Móvil, that create programs, such as SafeLink, to provide telecommunications service to rural areas and low-income households.
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JungleTrump
Dec. 5, 2012 at 7:18amDB321. you will also see liberal flash mobs coordinated by these phones. The phones come with strings attached. So the puppeteer can control the puppets. Peach be with you.
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Quiata
Dec. 5, 2012 at 7:33am@ARGUMENTUMADABSURDUMB Reminder: It so happened that Democrats ran the House of Representatives for 46 years — from 1948 to 1994 — (which includes both of Reagan’s terms), both the House/Senate from 1986 to 1994; Democrats ran both the House and the Senate from 2006 through 2009 (until the 2010 correction).
Which entity cranks out all the new legislation? Hint: Legislative, judicial, or executive?…..
Connect the corresponding legislation to the corresponding party dominance.
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ArgumentumAdAbsurdum
Dec. 5, 2012 at 1:40pm@quiata
I wasnt blaming one party or the other for the inception of the program. I was just making the point that to call them “Obama Phones” is just displaying your ignorance(including that stupid woman from the now infamous video) on the subject and how easily manipulated a great deal of people on the right are. You guys got forwarded some completly bogus email filled with lies and then the pathetic conservative echo chamber heats up, and without any thought given you get a bunch of uniformed rubes on the internet shouting about commie obama wasting tax dollars giving black people free iphones. It also didnt escape my attention that you ignored the contents of the 2nd post, you know the one with the pertinant facts in it, and instead chose to just devolve into the “well it still was the democrats that did it” argument. Well played.
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Quiata
Dec. 7, 2012 at 6:39am@ARGUMENTATIVE When you state: “…it began in 2008 under President George W. Bush. The idea of providing subsidized phone service to low-income individuals originated with a program started under President Ronald Reagan.”
Followed by: “…wasnt blaming one party or the other for the inception of the program”
Then what exactly were you doing, besides assigning blame, then distancing yourself from your own inconsistency?
“Well played” ? ….Pffft.
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cosmic dogma
Dec. 4, 2012 at 11:59pmAll of the little children protesting “the man” while living off their Daddies money. What a joke. They protest while the country crumbles around their feet. A few years from now they will wake up and realize what a gargantuan mistake they made. They are leading the country back to the age of peasants and Lords. Maybe that is how they feel the most comfortable, being uneducated peasants. Let us hope for a benign dictator, but I fear that is not the case.
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krod2516
Dec. 4, 2012 at 11:42pmWhat a little b!+@#. I’m sure hes gonna press charges and make life a living hell for Mr.Haislmaier. Probably gonna Sue him too. I cant stand weak little girly men like that.
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RepubliCorp
Dec. 5, 2012 at 2:56amrighteous indignation
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