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More ‘Mic Check’ Drama as Gingrich Chased, Heckled by Protesters at Iowa Capitol

Newt Gingrich was the object of yet another Occupy Wall Street protester-induced “mic check” during his visit to the Iowa Capitol building on Wednesday.

The videos depict protesters chanting everything from “put people first” to “speaker Gingrich, you can run but you can’t hide.”

According to the Des Moines Register, David Goodner of Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement screamed “mic check” and others in his camp shouted as he abruptly started towards Gingrich.  Security ushered him out of the building.

Gingrich responded, “I was at the University of Iowa the other day and that same 1/10th of one percent – all noise, no thought – tried to drown out the conversation so I appreciate you all putting it in that perspective.”

The Register adds:

Soon after the press conference this morning at the Capitol finished, several of the nine protesters from CCI or Occupy Des Moines attempted to ask Gingrich questions about taxes and other issues but were either held back from some of Gingrich’s staff or given only a slight answer from Gingrich as he left the room.

The group – along with several dozen media employees – followed Gingrich and his wife Callista down the stairs of the Capitol and to a vehicle that was waiting to escort them.

Occupiers reportedly screamed at Gingrich as he walked away:

“You gave me 10 seconds, sir.  What if I had a million dollars. Would I get 10 minutes? How about an hour?”

“Speaker Gingrich, you can run but you can’t hide. We’re going to come for you everywhere you go.  You can’t show your face in public without seeing us.”

“You say you don’t like super PACs. How much money are super PACs spending on your campaign right now?”

But this is not the first run in the Republican presidential hopeful as suffered while on the campaign trail in Iowa. On Tuesday, The Blaze reported that a man approached Gingrich and, using some harsh expletives, insulted the Contract with America author:

In a moment captured on camera, the man, dressed in camouflage, approached the former House Speaker in a grocery store and told him to his face, “You know something? You’re a f–king asshole.”

Though audio of the exchange is slightly muffled, Gingrich seems to answer, “No I am not!”

“Yes,” the man said.

“It’s a free country,” Gingrich is heard saying as the clip ends.

Below is an additional report on Gingrich’s most recent heckling:

Comments (151)

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  • whereareyourbrains
    Posted on December 21, 2011 at 5:56pm

    Obamas paid thugs at work. The plan is to disrupt every candidate so they can’t get their message across. This is going to go on all year…………welcome to Obamatactics 101 right out of the play book.

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    • bhohater
      Posted on December 21, 2011 at 7:56pm

      Seems to me the dems and commies are more fired up against Newt than any of the other candidates. Hmmmm, that should tell us something.

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    • db321
      Posted on December 21, 2011 at 11:06pm

      Sorry to say it, but it’s going to get worse – Obama, Soros and the Unions have highjack America and this next year is going to be the most dangerous political year in the history of America. Stand strong, vote your believes hopefully the truth will win out.

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    • Salamander
      Posted on December 22, 2011 at 1:35am

      You know you are over the target when you are drawing flak!

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    • flipper1073
      Posted on December 22, 2011 at 8:33am

      You are right about Obama an his Minion’s an Obamatactics 101
      only thing I would add is They have been gearing up for a run
      against Mitt Romney for a year now. The others scare the Crap out of them.
      They will use any tactics to dispose of Newt/ Ron/ Michele/ Rick/ ‘s or John (I always forget him)
      I will vote for Whomever the GOP canditate is. but remember Obama an his Thugs are ready for
      Mitt Romney

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  • sy212
    Posted on December 21, 2011 at 5:51pm

    Ugh, recycled, know nothing, hippie type anarchists. Bore me to death….

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    • Collapsitalism
      Posted on December 21, 2011 at 9:07pm

      Highly doubtful that he is an anarchist. Anarchists don’t recognise electoral politics as legitimate forms of social structure, and this guy is clearly engaging in reformist politics.

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    • The Third Archon
      Posted on December 21, 2011 at 9:24pm

      Ah, the red and the black

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  • Average_JoeMN
    Posted on December 21, 2011 at 5:50pm

    Totalitarian Brown Shirts. Chant with me: This is what hypocrisy looks like.

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  • MS-GlenNBC
    Posted on December 21, 2011 at 5:46pm

    Obama feels it is the Federal Governments Job to provide Healthcare.

    Romney Feels it is the State Governments Job to provide Healthcare.

    There is no such thing as Gingrich Care…..

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    • kifeb221993
      Posted on December 21, 2011 at 7:15pm

      Romney is for empowering the state not forcing things on them and if the state wants to get rid of it, it can and if you are one of the 1/10 that dont want it you can move. if he did not do what the people wanted he would have been wrong. what he did was not against the constitution so i dont see why you think he was wrong in what he did. one of the most conservative people i know is Ann Coulter and she supports him http://www.anncoulter.com/
      newt is not a conservative and he is nothing like Romney if you know anythingyou would sopport Mitt. i and every one that is smart enuough to know left from right will vote for Romney in 2012 and in 2016 when he seek relection! quit being so Proud, get with the real conservatives and vote Mitt Romney 2012 and 2016

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    • William Hemenway
      Posted on December 21, 2011 at 11:53pm

      If the GOP establishment wants Romney and is attacking Newt I’m for Newt, was calling all over Iowa today for him Romney is a leftist

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    • MS-GlenNBC
      Posted on December 22, 2011 at 9:17am

      KIFEB221993

      I can’t help you…. Ann Coulter is NO CONSERVATIVE.. I heard her gushing like a schoolgirl over Romney.

      There is a guy named Mark Levin 6-9 pm east coast and 3-6 pacific. Find him on AM radio and Sirius Patriot.

      Mitt Romney appointed L I B E R A L J U D G E S to the court in Mass. How do you or your Pal Ann Coulter find that to be conservative.

      You need to think for your self. Ann Coulter has drank the ROMNEY-AID and has fallen in LOVE with him and can’t see the problems with his record.

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  • Die Trying
    Posted on December 21, 2011 at 5:45pm

    the blaze ate my post

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  • Die Trying
    Posted on December 21, 2011 at 5:42pm

    Newt is part of the problem and if you support him so are you. Look at his past policy decisions. The only sane vote is one for Paul. Like it or lump it every other candidate is a puppet for the republican party. I know the republicans used to be conservatives but that was long before any of you were born. Republicans haven’t stood for conservatism as long as I can remember. They have trampled on the constitution and destoryed our economy and yet you keep supporting them election after election. Worse yet you blame the democrats for failed republican policies rather than clean your own house. Newt is the other side of the same coin and if you vote for him you may as well just vote for Obama. What am I saying, of course you will. You are all a bunch of rino’s anyway.

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    • Ballot_Box_Revolution
      Posted on December 21, 2011 at 5:52pm

      I can’t stand Newt, but just because these people don’t like him, doesn’t make me like them any more, or make me want to be a part of their self proclaimed 99%. Quite frankly i think they make fools of themselves. Watching these people, gives me the same exact feeling as watching the American Idol rejects during the audition portion of the season.

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    • qpwillie
      Posted on December 21, 2011 at 5:59pm

      Yes, Ron Paul is the only person that ever lived who can save the world. He can also walk on water and turn water into Kool Aid. There are rumors that he has been known to turn pumpkins into golden coaches too.

      Everybody else on this earth is worthless and evil and should be exterminated, leaving only Ron Paul to inhabit the planet.

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    • JohnHW
      Posted on December 21, 2011 at 6:04pm

      Hey Die Trying – I read your “comments” but they only show you have been “educated” by liberals teachers who don’t know a thing about this country or the Constitution.

      You tout Paul, yet, you allowed him to put out one of worse newsletters I have ever seen when it comes to racist and other comments. His “foreign policy” ideas would, after the 4 years of Obama, put us into a war before the first year in the office. Of course, his approach would be to let them walk into the country without trying to stop them. After all, they might wish to own our land, enslave the people, but it would be perfectly all right with him and his supporters – as long as they don’t disagree with him.

      Die Trying, your non de plum says it all. You would die trying and if you did elect this “man” you would be dead within a year. Paul has no idea of what the world outside this country is like.

      I have served this country and have seen over 45 countries – many of them where the females are “married” at 9 or 10 and if they even look at a man who is not her husband, or before marriage, they are murdered. Other countries where women is treated as dirt. In one, I pulled the young man out from under an overturned Fiat sportscar seconds before its fuel tank blew up. His father invited me to spend the weekend and I was offered a daughter about 11 or 12 as a companion for that weekend. I declined saying I was married (I wasn’t), but she was given no choice in the matter.

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    • The-Real-Enrico
      Posted on December 21, 2011 at 6:10pm

      The fools that are blindly supporting Newt Gingrich are blindly helping Ron Paul. If the so called conservative hand is trying to serve Newt or Romney and then Ron Paul. Please, all that does is help Ron Paul. Don’t make me choose between big government Newt/Romney or Ron Paul. Ron is going to win everytime between the three.

      We have choices, stop backing these rhinos. I don’t want to have to vote for a Ron Paul because I could not vote for a Newt/Romney progressive. Newt/Romney are not conservative but they are cons.

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    • RossPoldark
      Posted on December 21, 2011 at 6:18pm

      Are you kidding me!!! You better do a brain check guy! That man wants to hand the US over on a silver platter to Al Qhida and Islam. He is also has very racist roots!

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    • ChiefGeorge
      Posted on December 21, 2011 at 7:23pm

      I dont care for Newt or Romney but either one right now would be a welcome relief to the madcap ride we’ve been on with this president at the wheel.

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  • ModerationIsBest
    Posted on December 21, 2011 at 5:41pm

    I can’t stand the way people act.

    Even if you disagree with you, you should let him speak. If you think his ideas are so bad and horrible, then people should be able to figure it out on their own.

    Are we going to go back to the days of burning books and refusing people the right to speak?

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    • FstEti
      Posted on December 21, 2011 at 5:51pm

      Yep, and they will begin with The Bible!

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    • FstEti
      Posted on December 21, 2011 at 5:52pm

      But not Te Holy Koran. That would be, well, OFFENSIVE, you know.

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  • SurfinRallylizard
    Posted on December 21, 2011 at 5:41pm

    What gives OWS or any other group or individual the right to interrupt someone providing information to the masses? If I was any of these candidates I wouldn’t put OWS or anyone who interrupted me in the front of the line to have their questions answered. If you want to speak with someone, anyone, you need to be polite, and if there is a line to speak with someone or a process to organize the number of questions, you need to respect that as well. Just because a handful of people get together and scatter themselves in a room, doesn’t mean they can overwhelm the rights of the hundreds of others in that room who may just want to listen or have a question and are patiently waiting in line. These tactics will only serve to harden everyday Americans away from any legitimate cause OWS has.

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  • cemerius
    Posted on December 21, 2011 at 5:38pm

    His next bit of stupidity is an Anti Abortion ad??? Hey Newt and all of you other GOP dummies let me be clear here!!! IT”S THE ECONOMY STUPID!!!! I am NOT an abortion fan when it comes to being used as birth control but is this really how pathetic the GOP has become??? Like a broken record!!!! Blaze is a bit behind on their stories read this bit of news on another website which I will submit as a tip!

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    • cemerius
      Posted on December 21, 2011 at 5:39pm

      Correction Ron Paul not Newt but my comment stands! It’s the economy stupid!

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  • Tri-ox
    Posted on December 21, 2011 at 5:36pm

    Obama’s Turd-Army strikes again! Yawn – - – get a job, losers.

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  • Salamander
    Posted on December 21, 2011 at 5:24pm

    Sounds like ‘stalking’ to me! Aren’t there laws about such behavior? Yell at your damn rep in the meeting, until you get thrown out! But, don’t chase him down the street, unless you want a little time in the cooler!

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  • elosogrande
    Posted on December 21, 2011 at 5:23pm

    There is no longer any question. First Amendment free-speach rights are only for the liberral Democrats who have trampled our Constitution into the dirt. If you don’t believe in Obama, if you don’t agree that people who do nothing to support themselves have a right to half of what you have, you will not be allowed to speak.

    These are the people who elected Obama. You had better do your part to fix America next November, or you won’t have a country. You have to do your best to see that the people destroying America are voted out of office!

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  • paperpushermj
    Posted on December 21, 2011 at 5:19pm

    Newt they just want you to tell them what you will do for them. What programs will you will promote that benefits them, how the Government will pay off their Student loans for instance. Promise them they can start off working at mid level positions at companies of their choice making 6 figure incomes full benefits and say 10 weeks payed vacation. Newt they just want to know what you will do for them.

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  • bernbart
    Posted on December 21, 2011 at 5:13pm

    How is this any worse than the brown-shirted Tea Party members ant town hall meetings in 2010, waving their bibles and yelling!

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    • qpwillie
      Posted on December 21, 2011 at 5:19pm

      The purpose of a town hall meeting is for the people to tell the politicians what their feelings and opinions are. A speech is a totally different thing. Tea party people have never tried to prevent anybody from making a speech.

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    • Patriot Z
      Posted on December 21, 2011 at 5:22pm

      easy..tea party have legit gripes and working solutions…ows are commie morons looking for attention with no thought of anything. ows=99% of the problem!

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    • geonj
      Posted on December 21, 2011 at 5:24pm

      that fact that you can’t answer your own question is quite telling, fool.

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    • paperpushermj
      Posted on December 21, 2011 at 5:25pm

      To start those meeting where open to the citizens of the Congressmen’s district to come and ask questions and share their thoughts on a variety of subjects..
      Surprised you couldn’t see the difference

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    • Bum thrower
      Posted on December 21, 2011 at 5:26pm

      The .99%ers aren’t interested in discussing ANYTHING. All they want to know is what is the government gonna give them; Shouting and chanting are endless noise; for what end? Maybe they should take their program to say Iran….

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    • let us prey
      Posted on December 21, 2011 at 5:35pm

      bernbart
      There is no comparison. Lay off the bong man.

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    • Ming The Merciless
      Posted on December 21, 2011 at 5:39pm

      Which tea party are we talking about here? The one that was started in 2007 by Ron Paul followers or the one that was co-opted and then was ‘started in Feb 2009’ as stated by Glenn Beck’s fill-in host with the second hour devoted to that little revisionist history…

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bNiDx7qTjA

      Will Glenn correct that glaring revisionist history that happened under his program banner? What a load of crap that was.
      Glenn ought to drop that neo-con fill-in host for being a total tool of the status quo. Or is Glenn part of the status quo as well – even though he claims he is not. Words and actions do not match here!

      I’ll vote Ron Paul in 2012 just as I did in 2008.

      Ron Paul 2012!

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    • FstEti
      Posted on December 21, 2011 at 5:46pm

      I’ll assume by you posting that you have never been to a Town Hall Meeting so please let me educate you. The THM’s are a forum for INTERACTION between elected officials and voters, the key word being “interactive”. That means the politicians receive questions and answers them, whereas a speech is generally NOT interactive unless, or until, the speaker asks for questions. The only time I recall the Tea Party interrupting politicians (Republicans as well as Democrats, by the way) was when the response to a civil question was summarily ignored, belittled, or responded to with sarcasm or ridicule. There were a few times when Tea Party members were LOCKED OUT of Town Hall Meetings as they were “by invitation only” to Democrat voters.
      My question is where the hell is the security for Gingrich? That first guy, had he wanted to, would easily have tackled Gingrich and seriously hurt him? How the hell did he get that close behind him?

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    • DirtyDeeds
      Posted on December 21, 2011 at 5:47pm

      As a proud TEA Party member, let me tell you sir, I have never brought any ants to a town hall meeting. I have however brought spiders, badgers and big potato moths. Is anyone else concerned about how these “Occupiers” approach people in such a physically aggressive manner? It’s only a matter of time until things get stupid fast.

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    • FstEti
      Posted on December 21, 2011 at 5:50pm

      Ming; GREAT, and he’ll lose just like he did in 2008. If enough of you morons vote for Paul, you might just help to get Obama elected. Fantastic job. Way to go. Then you can complain about Obama for another four years. Absolutely super display of intellect!

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    • Ballot_Box_Revolution
      Posted on December 21, 2011 at 6:02pm

      Legit concerns that are well thought out and make sense vs. “Poor people first!!” chants….that is the difference….How is anyone supposed to respond intelligently to the chants?? You can’t and that just shows their motive is to shut people up, and get attention, rather than get answers,

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    • Ming The Merciless
      Posted on December 21, 2011 at 6:07pm

      @ FstEti –
      I’ll vote for the constitution guy over the status quo any day. You sir are the one with questionable intellect for voting the same thing every time! Good luck with that line of thought – how’s that been going for the last oh – 50 years at least? Are any of your freedoms being infringed upon?

      Patriot act, Vipr, TSA – etc…

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    • Ballot_Box_Revolution
      Posted on December 21, 2011 at 6:13pm

      Not all Ron Paul supporters support him because they are a bunch of stoners…..I am one of those supporters. The thought never crossed my mind to vote for him in past elections, and he is not a God to me. Over this Obama admin control I had decided to do what Glenn suggested and did my own homework. Don’t fall into the R and D trap. So far there is not anyone that I can see me having as much trust in than Ron Paul. Even if there are things I don’t like about him, at least i know i can trust what he is saying on the situation, and I can take his words to the bank. Trust, and someone who stands for the constitution are my biggest concerns for our next president.

      If I can give my life fortune and sacred honor for what i believe in, surely I can give my vote for the same cause, and not have to be swindled out of it by the Republican scare tactics, like “you will hand the election to Obama if you vote for Paul”…..SERIOULY?!?!?….Take your eyes off the media and look around you in your personal life, that statement doesn’t match with reality….

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  • CHESTER MOUSE
    Posted on December 21, 2011 at 5:11pm

    So what did we learn here- they can chant, they can clap, they are stupid.

    Instead of asking Gingrich for 10 minutes — Go direct or questions to Obama -Dictator and Thief and a MULTIMILLIONAIRE – Go Occupy the WHITE HOUSE! Go heckle him!
    He’s laughing at you all the way to the bank-FOOL

    Gingrich is not the problem-he has no power right now but OBAMA DOES.

    If Newt is important enough to get their attention, then he must be doing something right.

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  • bernbart
    Posted on December 21, 2011 at 5:09pm

    Ah gee I guess Newt forgets about the the Tea Party rantings and disruptions at town hall meetings in 2009.

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    • qpwillie
      Posted on December 21, 2011 at 5:24pm

      See my comment where you said that the first time. This article is not about a town hall meeting.

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    • CatB
      Posted on December 21, 2011 at 6:00pm

      I don’t remember seeing anyone chased .. they were asking questions and when the people who were supposed to be representing them they asked for a real answer. It was the MSM that made that sound and look bad … not what it was when you watched it in context.

      TEA!

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  • sgtstubbs
    Posted on December 21, 2011 at 5:06pm

    You can”t fix stupid, and you can not fix losers. Well at least above the beltline.

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  • Ruler4You
    Posted on December 21, 2011 at 5:00pm

    “This” “IS” what democrats call: “‘Tolerance.’”

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  • @leftfighter
    Posted on December 21, 2011 at 4:56pm

    I’ve still see no proof that the older of the two incidents (Camo man) is an Occupy schmuck.

    For all we know, he’s a Pauliac or Bahmann or Santorum supporter.

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    • AvengerK
      Posted on December 21, 2011 at 5:01pm

      What you‘re seeing is a preview of the next year’s election cycle. These are the lefty brownshirts. They’re going to be disrupting every GOP event they can. It‘s the left’s “passive/aggressive” approach that’s meant to create media attention and provoke an incident. I guarantee you OWS will pull this stuff with the tea parties also. Gingrich handles himself very well by the way. He‘s not flinched in the three incidents I’ve seen highlighted recently.

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    • AvengerK
      Posted on December 21, 2011 at 5:02pm

      and yes..I’m leaning towards a Ron Paulite for the “camo man” although a union thug/lefty is not a stretch by any means.

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    • Vechorik
      Posted on December 21, 2011 at 5:16pm

      Anonymous sent a message to the Ron Paul campaign that they were going to disrupt the elections.
      This is just the beginning. I figure all candidates will be targeted.

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  • nonwinger
    Posted on December 21, 2011 at 4:54pm

    What is amazing is how the Tea Party is maligned for everything from racism to extremism. Yet the same libs who falsely cast those aspersions do exactly what they complain about. What hypocrites.

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    • bernbart
      Posted on December 21, 2011 at 5:11pm

      The Tea Party Brown shirts were much more obnoxious when they disrupted town hall meetings.

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    • Scarybones
      Posted on December 21, 2011 at 5:30pm

      Bernbart, Bernbart, Bernbart,..What the heck are you smoking?

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  • TH30PH1LUS
    Posted on December 21, 2011 at 4:49pm

    Rude, unwashed, public-defacating, yeasty, communist, staple-faced, property-defacing, rape-y, dope-smoking shouters deserve NO RESPECT because they show none.

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  • team1blazer
    Posted on December 21, 2011 at 4:45pm

    The total lack of class, which is common to all of these loosers is the reason that they are poor and disenfranchised. If you want to act like a classless idiot, dress like a lowlife peasant and smell like something that lives in a sewer, guess what….NOBODY is going to give you the time of day. Get a life.

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    • SekndAmendment
      Posted on December 21, 2011 at 5:01pm

      It’s got nothing to do with how they dress. You’re just being judgemental and frankly a little rude. Is the presentation of their ideas horrible? Absolutely. Are they actually wrong in what they say? Well, now that’s where the debate is. Ol’ Nasty Newt is not good for America. And don’t play off my comment as some rave of a RP fanatic. I’m not voting for him either.

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  • KickinBack
    Posted on December 21, 2011 at 4:44pm

    I just thought of something…Years ago it became dam near a crime to smack your kid on the mouth for screaming in the candy isle at the supermarket.
    These OWSers are those kids all grown up. (sort of)

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    • CatB
      Posted on December 21, 2011 at 4:51pm

      Yes they were also the ones who had their “esteem” stroked even when they were WRONG in the public schools.

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    • flipper1073
      Posted on December 22, 2011 at 7:22am

      An got a trophy for LOSING
      They’re still LOSERS

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  • drago
    Posted on December 21, 2011 at 4:41pm

    As much as i distrust Newt, the “people” need to be put down like the dogs that they are……

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    • CatB
      Posted on December 21, 2011 at 4:46pm

      I agree .. sounds like he needs some Secret Service protection …. from Obama thugs.

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  • MeteoricLimbo
    Posted on December 21, 2011 at 4:40pm

    Thug, a common criminal, who treats others violently and roughly, often for hire

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