Code Pink protesters forced a temporary delay in John Brennan’s Senate confirmation hearing to be the next CIA director.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, ordered the room be cleared Thursday afternoon after a number of protesters interrupted Brennan as he delivered his opening statement.
Police remove an anti-war protester as John Brennan, US President Barack Obama’s pick to lead the CIA, arrives to testify before a full committee hearing on his nomination to be director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in the Hart Senate Office Building in Washington, DC, on February 7, 2013. Credit: AFP/Getty Images
Police remove an anti-war protester as John Brennan, US President Barack Obama’s pick to lead the CIA, arrives to testify before a full committee hearing on his nomination to be director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in the Hart Senate Office Building in Washington, DC, on February 7, 2013. Credit: AFP/Getty Images
The hearing resumed after about five minutes.
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Southernsoul
Feb. 7, 2013 at 7:38pmCode Pink is against him? … uhmmm, nope, still don’t like the guy.
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watashbuddyfriend
Feb. 7, 2013 at 7:12pmWhat’s with this ‘tooting of their horn’ of the Senate Committee members before they get around to asking pertinent, and specific questions of Brennan?
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Redcatcher21
Feb. 7, 2013 at 6:09pmWhat a great excuse to close the hearing so the matter can be dealt with behind closed doors.
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angeleyes63
Feb. 7, 2013 at 10:56pm@REDCATCHER21
I agree something stinks in Denmark.
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whatthecrazy
Feb. 7, 2013 at 11:45pmThats how i feel and they probably invited them.
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whatthecrazy
Feb. 7, 2013 at 11:47pm@Angel now its ok to say something stinks in the US:(
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FlagWavingPatriot
Feb. 7, 2013 at 5:57pmI was watching it live (C-SPAN). It was pretty entertaining to see nuts antagonize another nut.
I suspect Code Pinkos got the wrong agenda from their Democrat handlers. They probably thought they were interrupting a Republican-led House hearing, not the Democrat-led Senate hearing. They typically don’t mess with idiots of their own ilk.
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watashbuddyfriend
Feb. 7, 2013 at 7:10pmAmen, Flag!
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term limits for congress
Feb. 7, 2013 at 5:55pmWhat war are they protesting? There are no wars when we have a dim prez – doesn’t she watch the news?
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DEFCON4
Feb. 7, 2013 at 4:55pmI abhor ‘code pink’, but today they were a thorn in Feinsteins ‘back-side’.
So, it seems every dog has it’s day.
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Cornflake
Feb. 8, 2013 at 2:19amLol, I agree. This is one day that I side with Code Pink. But, where have they been on the ever expanding military involvement in N. Africa, and they middle east? Guess Code pink figured out that drones MIGHT be used on americans in amerika!
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mbean
Feb. 7, 2013 at 4:41pmCode Pink have been mostly silent here during the reign of Barack the First, surprise surprise.
The Blame Bush narrative is finally going away?
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MDECKER
Feb. 7, 2013 at 5:39pmCode Pink protested today for the sole purpose of, giving the Left the ability to say that both sides receive comparable opposition.
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ReallySeriouslyNoWay
Feb. 7, 2013 at 7:46pmI used to really, really dislike Cindy Sheehan. Remember her? I thought “what a typical liberal shill” when she shut up after Obama was elected. Well, guess what? She, for the first year did all the same things she always did to protest Obama, and no one would cover her. The liberal media didn’t want to give her the time of day because it didn’t fit the narrative anymore, and the conservative media because they didn’t like how much coverage she got back in the day. So, since she was trying to be consistent, I have respect for her, she’s entitled to her views, and her son died to protect her right to present them. I don’t have to agree, but I don’t respect people who aren’t consistent.
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TJexcite
Feb. 7, 2013 at 4:38pmMaybe Brennan might not be all that bad if code pinkos don’t like him. In time would it cause them to protest Obama would it not if Brennan is. Nah, John Jihads is not bad Brennan is not a friend to the right and freedom but when the left hate him because of the drone program so who knows.
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Rogue
Feb. 7, 2013 at 4:48pmThat was the first time I’ve heard anyone from Code Pinkos utter the name Obama in public. That was certainly a good reason for Di-Fi to kick them all out…. can’t risk another one of those outbursts.
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Charbet
Feb. 7, 2013 at 4:23pmTurn the lights out and shut the doors. Code pinkos are in the dark anyway. Imbeciles. I don’t know who is worse, cp or Brennan.
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Cemoto78
Feb. 7, 2013 at 8:38pmThey are both complete morons and a danger to our republic.
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Riponpundit
Feb. 7, 2013 at 4:21pm@ Tiffanyruth you are so right. I will never understand the mind of a liberal. Don’t execute convicted killers, but cheer the execution on millions of innocent unborn children. Condemn a republican (Foley) for sending questionable emails to staffers, but praise Rep Stubb, who actualy had homosexual sex with a staffer. Claim any cut in spending takes food out of the mouths of babies, yet through away 500 million to Solyndra. In the auto buyout, preserve the pensions of the union workers and destroy the pensions on nonunion workers. Fair? Equality? Hypocritical, damn right!!!!
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TiffanyRuth
Feb. 7, 2013 at 4:06pmI just watched this. Love how these nasty women are screaming about how our drones are killing “innocent” children in the middle east and yet they don’t blink an eye when it comes to killing American babies being born every day, and actually fight to make sure they have the right to kill an innocent baby. Where was code pink during the Benghazi deaths? They only care about deaths of those in the middle east apparently. They themselves need to go over to those same countries they are protesting for and actually see how those arabs truly are and how they truly treat their own wives and own children. Most in this country have no flipping idea what goes on over there and yet we are the evil doers? Why is Americans so studid, what the hell has happened to this country?
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jungle J
Feb. 7, 2013 at 3:59pmuse that trash to the sane’s benefit.
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Gonzo
Feb. 7, 2013 at 3:58pmYou dumb biotches voted for Obama, what did you expect?
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walnutportconservative
Feb. 7, 2013 at 3:43pmDi-Fi couldn’t control a pre-school group.
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Charles Curtis
Feb. 7, 2013 at 3:40pmIMPEACH Sen. Feinstein for violating my right to know what she is doing in this public hearing! The Senate of the United States does NOT have a closed confirmation hearing – by definition a closed meeting is not a hearing. IMPEACH FEINSTEIN NOW!
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jamestoms
Feb. 7, 2013 at 3:39pmHey I’m with em, get rid of that coward! What a weak little brown nosier. I am truely ashamed this crude has been kept. What a bunch of bunk.
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searching for the Truth
Feb. 7, 2013 at 3:31pmHas anyone brought in a monkey and organ grinder yet? They are difficult to recognize.
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Chuck7884
Feb. 7, 2013 at 3:31pmAnd They cannot even follow their own orders to clear the room and they expect the people to obey! what a novel Idea
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RaydocX
Feb. 7, 2013 at 3:30pmSo Feinstein cleared the hearing room instead of dealing harshly with the protestors who caused the problem? Typical. Don’t address the real problem, instead making everyone pay the price.
In this case, a lack of a full open hearing of what the candidate has to say, which is to her party’s advantage.
The idiots may gnash their teeth and rant at the politicians they thought were in line with their anti-war platform… in truth, the Left find them merely useful idiots, and will casually mow them down with no more guilt than the rest in realizing their ‘utopia’ of a Federally controlled nannie state.
After all, once all are pacified, such outbursts will not be tolerated.
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Just_Us2
Feb. 7, 2013 at 3:24pmWhat a circus. Domestic terrorists complaining about the treatment of foreign terrorist, interrupting corrupt politicians trying to further corruption. Where the hell is the reset button?
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fastfacts
Feb. 7, 2013 at 3:19pmThese people make me sick. But they aren’t the sickest today. On NBC’s ‘Today show’ they had two men kiss on live TV, not guests, two of their hosts… ( http://www.thedailycandidate.com/video/2013/feb/msnbc_men_kiss.html ) why was that needed. They are worse than Code Pink today.
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Restored One
Feb. 7, 2013 at 3:15pmIt pissed me off when Sen. Feinstein stated the Mr. Brennan as a witness deserved his time to speak. I don’t agree with the protesters tactics, but when it comes to the Drone situation, I find her statement very hypocritical.
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toiletclogga
Feb. 7, 2013 at 3:15pmCode Pinko ****!
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angeleyes63
Feb. 7, 2013 at 3:09pmPut them all in prison and fine the each one million dollars.
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ripley
Feb. 7, 2013 at 3:09pmSlime the jerks.
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