Aug 12 2009
Media Stage Craft?
Is it just great timing with as the liberals cry that opponents of health care are “trying to destroy the first black President” someone with a shady sign and an openly visible ‘concealed’ weapon is at a town hall protest? I mean, how damn convenient that this great example of the liberal boogey man obliges so nicely and shows up for the TV cameras? Just pondering here.
If you see the video, he’s wearing an earpiece that is more typical of law enforcement type than civilian (at least from what I’m familiar with, which isn’t much). It includes a wire that must connect to a radio that he’s wearing on his back? Very weird.
There is a great confirmation of this at
http://theblogprof.blogspot.com/2009/08/busted-obama-as-hitler-poster-was.html
BUSTED!: “Obama As Hitler” Poster Was A Democrat/Union Plant At John Dingell Townhall! UPDATED with video interview!
In other words, John Dingell sent one of his own supporters to his own meeting to hold up an “Obama as Hitler” poster so that the news could take photos of it and talk about how mean and nasty the “right wingers” are.
Oh, I posted the info about the wire b/c at first I thought he was wearing a normal bluetooth type earpiece.
Well at least CBSNews explains that this guy was on private property and broke no laws.
Not to mention that he was filmed when the President was still in DC. Don’t you wish they’d fact check first!
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The man explained he was advocating for an informed public, polite public and armed public!
An armed public = a polite public!
It is when honest citizens are disarmed that the crooks and thieves move in. Either the crooks and thieves from the community or from the government!
It’s only in the large urban centers of the two coasts (and of course, in the msm) where people freak out about seeing someone with a gun. I have a CHL myself, although I rarely avail myself of the privilege. (Generally I keep it in the car, not on my person, and our CHL law specifically allows that)
But this, and your comment, dhunter, point out a significant mistake this man made. First of all, ljstrata pointed out that he was in accordance with the laws of his jurisdiction, so this is a mistake of appearance, not law. But every CHL holder should always remember that guns are a serious business, and that carrying them is a serious responsibility. They are meant for personal protection – they are NOT meant to be political props! A concealed weapon is supposed to be exactly that – CONCEALED. A casual passerby should never be able to see it or guess that you are carrying; to do otherwise is to let the weapon be a potential nonverbal threat or form of intimidation. That is NOT why those laws were passed, and people who try to use them as props under color of law threaten to ruin things for the rest of us who take advantage of these laws responsibly.
The weapon should never be seen unless the carrier has a reasonable, honest belief that he is in imminent physical danger. This usually means center back, under the beltline and under a light covering garment in the summer when jackets can’t be worn. Anything more public is irresponsible, even if it is legal.
WWS
Agreed!
The poster in question has a url link on the bottom of the poster itself and goes to the Lyndon LaRouche Pac website.
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/seton-motley/2009/08/12/nbc-cnn-msnbc-all-assign-communist-larouches-obama-hitler-poster-conse
AJ,
This was over at the Gateway Pundit blog:
White House: People Showing Up at Protests “Dressed as Hitler!” (Video)
http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2009/08/white-house-people-showing-up-at.html
This looks like the output of a Democratic “War room” P.R. campaign coordinated with the Dingle/Obama as Hitler “False Flag” operation that WWS mentioned up thread.
The only “Hitler” or “Swasticka” I’ve seen was the one brought by that Democrat plant.
It must be in the Dem playbook. Say it is so, then make it so. Then cry outrage.
Gov Ed Rendell said these nutty town hall protests are done by the “birthers”. He tried to paint it all on the birthers.
Democrats are so wrong to take this strategy of dismissing average Americans upset with their government.
“It’s only in the large urban centers of the two coasts (and of course, in the msm) where people freak out about seeing someone with a gun.”
It is quite common in the Western US desert and mountain regions to see people with a sidearm in a holster unconcealed. You never know when you might run across a cougar, rattlesnake, rabid coyote, or a prairie dog with plague.
One of my favorite internet quotes is something along the lines of “gun bans are to murder as banning blenders are to drunk driving”.
“This looks like the output of a Democratic “War room†P.R. campaign ”
Theatrics like this won’t have the same impact that they would have had in the past for several reasons. Mostly because the media and the Democrats have engaged in theatrics like this for so long that the people now recognize it for what it is and ignore it. And the press has lost all credibility and nobody puts much stock on “news” reporting anymore either. So it isn’t likely to have much of an impact.
Analysis: Press Largely Ignored Incendiary Rhetoric at Bush Protests
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/08/12/analysis-press-largely-ignored-incendiary-rhetoric-bush-protest/
As far as I can tell, these town hall people are pretty reflective of the national polls these days on Obamacare.
While Democrat plants are carrying Hitler posters, SIEU thugs are beating up conservative protesters, and anti-Obamacare protesters are being told to shut up and kept from entering halls (where Obama supporters are quietly allowed into side doors)…..
Obamacare supporters are being bussed in and handed pre-made professional signs.
It is so obvious where the American people are on this. But, yet, Dem Cong/Senators keep making excuses and pretending this is not where the majority of Americans are.
The government seems to be betraying the people they represent…..and the people know it.
Obamacare Meltdown
http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=33098
Blue Dog Rep. Jim Cooper (D-TN) revealed, Democrats were told directly not to work with Republicans.
Dozens of posts on the blogs today tracking down all the potted plants at the NH town hall
I would love to go to a town hall here. I would make little stickers with “e” on them and attach them upside down. And if anyone asked what it was, I would say … didn’t Pelosi say people at these town hall meetings were wearing schwa stickers?