Video: The obligatory “Palin protesters versus Colorado cops” clip
posted at 2:10 pm on October 21, 2008 by Allahpundit
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A quickie to clear the mind and the palate on this slow news Tuesday. No one was arrested because the cops had to rejoin the motorcade, but they’re looking for suspects.
After you’re done, have a look at this — which I’ve seen flagged by no one except Ben Smith, who, as a commenter notes, treats it as an almost quaint example of New York culture — and ponder the cable news reaction if some righty group ran a similar graphic of The One.
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The rage that’s not on your front page!
~MM
BKennedy on October 21, 2008 at 2:12 PM
Club the bastards. Make ‘em dumber.
Spanglemaker on October 21, 2008 at 2:13 PM
Man, the tolerance of the left is so amazingly moving.
carbon_footprint on October 21, 2008 at 2:13 PM
“wait, didnt mac give up on colorado”
-sarcasm
battleoflepanto1571 on October 21, 2008 at 2:13 PM
Hey, if they choose to get run over by a motorcade, who are we to question of take away their right to choose?
Bruce in NH on October 21, 2008 at 2:13 PM
Taze ‘em, bro!
connertown on October 21, 2008 at 2:14 PM
You don’t see too many Republicans pulling these kinds of shenanigans due to the fact that we have jobs and don’t have time to throw our bodies in front of vehicles early in the day.
V15J on October 21, 2008 at 2:15 PM
I love me some cops.
Abby Adams on October 21, 2008 at 2:15 PM
Colorado, thy name is Berzerkley
originalpechanga on October 21, 2008 at 2:15 PM
dont taze me bro…. taze them like it is your job, taze them till friday night. idiots
custer on October 21, 2008 at 2:15 PM
That was great.
Although these “protestors” were treated far too gently. I would have preferred to see more blood and broken bones.
What exactly are these jackasses protesting, anyway? She’s the Governor of Alaska. They’re in Colorado.
Do they think their crappy, unqualified candidate might blow the election? Me too.
NoDonkey on October 21, 2008 at 2:15 PM
Where is the taser, nighstick, or water cannon when you need it? Heck just give em some american made front bumper to teach a lesson. :)
Hammerhead on October 21, 2008 at 2:16 PM
Yeah, but protesters are usually greasy and gunk up the running gear. Then you have to spend an entire day at one of those car washes with the pressure sprayer, and your fingers get all crampy from squeezing the trigger.
You have to weigh the pros and cons.
AubieJon on October 21, 2008 at 2:16 PM
LMAO
lodge on October 21, 2008 at 2:16 PM
Liberals are petulant children. Why is it only Liberals who behave this way and why can’t mature Liberals make this observation and then ask themselves the same questions?
DerKrieger on October 21, 2008 at 2:17 PM
If they want to help Obama, they need to be throwing themselves in front of Biden’s motorcade.
aero on October 21, 2008 at 2:17 PM
Please raise the votring age to at least 22. It makes me nauseous to think my taxpaying vote is offset by these morons who are living on mommy and daddy’s dime.
DerKrieger on October 21, 2008 at 2:18 PM
Should have had one of those pepper spray truck
ToddonCapeCod on October 21, 2008 at 2:18 PM
You answered your own question, there.
AubieJon on October 21, 2008 at 2:18 PM
LOL
carbon_footprint on October 21, 2008 at 2:18 PM
Awwww why not use rubber bullets? At least watch them jump and yelp!
upinak on October 21, 2008 at 2:19 PM
Actually, that’s kind of funny. Palin should have hired her ex-brother-in-law for motorcade detail. He’d do the trick just fine.
Sultry Beauty on October 21, 2008 at 2:19 PM
One word: Rachel Corrie
carbon_footprint on October 21, 2008 at 2:19 PM
Thuggery: It’s what’s for dinner.
Bruce in NH on October 21, 2008 at 2:20 PM
Wow. Libs attempting to throw themselves under Palin’s bus! There must be no room left under Obama’s. This just gets more confusing each day.
sdd on October 21, 2008 at 2:20 PM
Joe Biden, is that you…?
hindmost on October 21, 2008 at 2:22 PM
I think I saw an imminent threat to Governor Palin.
…which calls for baton action. Let’s see some.
MadisonConservative on October 21, 2008 at 2:23 PM
People (not here on HA) think that the cops were too rough on the protesters for no reason. Think about this, they were trying to stop the motorcade in a specific location. Bad juju happens when you allow someone to dictate where and when to stop.
On a side note, did you know that every time you punch a hippy in the nose, an angel grows wings.
cryptojunkie on October 21, 2008 at 2:23 PM
A shame those vehicles didn’t suddenly swerve into the human debris.
JammieWearingFool on October 21, 2008 at 2:23 PM
What’s the Boulder city council doing blocking traffic in Grand Junction?
whitetop on October 21, 2008 at 2:23 PM
Yeah, what is the point of throwing yourself in front of moving vehicles? I swear I’ll never understand the mind of a lefty.
JetBoy on October 21, 2008 at 2:23 PM
Not possible
hindmost on October 21, 2008 at 2:23 PM
Videotaping the plotted chaos from a distance…..just like all those AQ videos out of Iraq. I’m growing dangerously sick of these people.
bambam on October 21, 2008 at 2:24 PM
Get bigger clubs!
rplat on October 21, 2008 at 2:24 PM
That makes me want to change careers and become a cop.
Spirit of 1776 on October 21, 2008 at 2:25 PM
Tase them Bro!
rightside on October 21, 2008 at 2:25 PM
Colorado needs some Sherriff Joe. Or at least a reasonable facsimile.
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on October 21, 2008 at 2:25 PM
Those be some dumbass protesters.
Dave Rywall on October 21, 2008 at 2:26 PM
Meh….
I’ve seen worse fights over the TV clicker.
Limerick on October 21, 2008 at 2:27 PM
I don’t think that’s possible.
The dumber part.
wise_man on October 21, 2008 at 2:27 PM
How convenient that a camera crew happened to be right there…
Skywise on October 21, 2008 at 2:27 PM
Tiannamen (sp?) Square wannabes!
Badger40 on October 21, 2008 at 2:29 PM
Methinks they were hoping to be able to sue if one of ‘em got run over.
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on October 21, 2008 at 2:29 PM
Hippie-toss is fun!!
omnipotent on October 21, 2008 at 2:29 PM
Did anyone see Ayers? Oh, I forgot he doesn’t do lame get out in front of a motorcade and risk his own life. He sends his proxies to bomb in the dead of night. Silly me.
Sergei on October 21, 2008 at 2:31 PM
LOL. Barry the Vampire Slayer. This could actually accrue to Palin’s benefit, as it may draw in the critical hematophage demographic – although I suspect her unwavering Christian faith may be a deterrent to some of them.
ManlyRash on October 21, 2008 at 2:31 PM
I remember writing a piece in high school about this idiot called Brian Wilson, who sat on train tracks in Concord protesting US arms shipments to Nicaragua. Well, he got hit by a train because he didn’t get off the tracks and ended up losing his legs and having a portion of his skull removed. These protesters remind me of him, idiots who don’t understand momentum.
Nethicus on October 21, 2008 at 2:31 PM
Well, it also helps that we’re not, ya know… freakin’ morons.
hindmost on October 21, 2008 at 2:32 PM
Good. I hope the cops beat the stupid off of them.
The bad part. The cops will probably be on administrative duty pending an investigation. We need to allow the cops to do their jobs. If they need to use force, especially on scum like this, unleash hell.
HornetSting on October 21, 2008 at 2:32 PM
+1
james23 on October 21, 2008 at 2:33 PM
They just need one of these in front of the motorcade. It will save the cops some trouble.
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/797523/security_suv_for_secert_service_and_president/
reaganaut on October 21, 2008 at 2:33 PM
Zuzu petals?
Sefton on October 21, 2008 at 2:35 PM
Bowling for MoonBats….
upinak on October 21, 2008 at 2:35 PM
It’s the newest wacky Japanese game show. First contestant on the American version: Fred Thompson!
aero on October 21, 2008 at 2:35 PM
Funny, funny stuff! :)
Conservative_SAHM on October 21, 2008 at 2:36 PM
OT, sorry: Rush just said the Obama campaign is investigating Joe the Plumber, and they haven’t found “anything substantive” on him “yet”. Did I hear that right? The CAMPAIGN is investigating him? I knew his flying monkeys and the media were digging in his dumpster, but…Obama’s own campaign admitted they were too?
capitalist piglet on October 21, 2008 at 2:36 PM
You have to soak the moonbats longer in buttermilk to remove the tire tracks, but mashed moonbat on pancakes is a delicacy.
HornetSting on October 21, 2008 at 2:37 PM
Would it have been wrong to wish for another Rodney King-style beatdown while watching that?
I feel bad for those policeman…I doubt those hippies have bathed in months.
changer1701 on October 21, 2008 at 2:37 PM
They should’ve let them learn a lesson and let the bumpers do the talking. What morons. I hope they got a bad case of road rash.
aggie13 on October 21, 2008 at 2:38 PM
We have a sack on that play.
They must only hire nose-guards on that force since those are some very decent take downs.
Hening on October 21, 2008 at 2:38 PM
I doubt those ‘hippies’ have been in Colorado for months.
Limerick on October 21, 2008 at 2:38 PM
You kind of misunderstood the discussion – that comment was by a caller, who Rush quickly cut off and explained that it isn’t the place of Obama’s campaign to “investigate” ANYONE. However, he didn’t make it clear whether or not he actually knew/believed the Obama campaign was the one doing the investigating, if he was just using that term as his usual application of the MSM as an “extension” of the Democrat party/Obama campaign, or if he was simply borrowing the caller’s terminology.
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on October 21, 2008 at 2:41 PM
Stick them in jail and make them sweat attempted assassination charges. They do this because they are allowed to get away with it. It’s like that code pink leader that rushed Palin at a really or the one that got into the face of Sec. Rice. Both of them should have been charged with attempted assassination. Some may think it harsh but one of these days that will be what is going on and nobody will move until it’s too late. Let me also make it clear that I feel that same about protestors doing this to any political figure.
jmarcure on October 21, 2008 at 2:42 PM
I love the motivation these officers have… I think police hate protesters no matter what their “cause” is… police are very protective of motorcades, there is something inherent in the vulnerability of the objective, it puts them on edge, from what I see they could have been a little less forceful. the solidarity of the “police line” was broken when they just started diving in to the pile…
Kaptain Amerika on October 21, 2008 at 2:43 PM
I’m torn between disgusted and amused at their stupidity.
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on October 21, 2008 at 2:43 PM
Sarah is probably wishing she could do some aerial shooting right about then.
custer on October 21, 2008 at 2:44 PM
And they’ve used the same amazing reasoning skills to reach the conclusion that Obama is the better choice for president. See why we think Obama voters are morons? They are clearly lacking a sense of self-preservation. Voting for Obama is the equivalent of throwing yourself in front of a large moving vehicle. I just have a problem with them trying to drag the rest of us under the tires as well.
aero on October 21, 2008 at 2:44 PM
I was going to something about the adolescence of the Left, then i realized that was giving them too much credit.
irishspy on October 21, 2008 at 2:46 PM
My parents attended that rally, they loved it! Grand Junction is not a bad town,..just a few bad apples! You know,… if this was any other country they would have just kept going,..and might have backed up a few times!
christene on October 21, 2008 at 2:48 PM
Are you saying that people attending day time McSame and or Palin rallies don’t have jobs? That Palin was coming from/going to a rally with nobody there?
Chimpy on October 21, 2008 at 2:49 PM
And they’ve used the same amazing reasoning skills to reach the conclusion that Obama is the better choice for president. See why we think Obama voters are morons? They are clearly lacking a sense of self-preservation. Voting for Obama is the equivalent of throwing yourself in front of a large moving vehicle. I just have a problem with them trying to drag the rest of us under the tires as well.
aero on October 21, 2008 at 2:44 PM
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Wow you like to stretch the limits of logic, don’t you. No, wait, you like to make a metaphors. No, wait, you like to make wild generalizations.
Dave Rywall on October 21, 2008 at 2:50 PM
Dave, stop clowning around.
hawkdriver on October 21, 2008 at 2:52 PM
Indeed. I learned the skill from the liberal media, who painted all Republicans with the same broad brush when a couple of whackos supposedly shouted Obama death threats at a Palin rally. Zing!
aero on October 21, 2008 at 2:52 PM
As Spongebob asks “Floor it?!!”
null on October 21, 2008 at 2:53 PM
Awesome video. They didn’t even slow the motorcade down. What losers.
Esthier on October 21, 2008 at 2:54 PM
For misogyny’s greatest hits go to Gallery of the Absurd
http://galleryoftheabsurd.typepad.com/14/2008/10/if-nothing-else.html
its not pretty
tmitsss on October 21, 2008 at 2:54 PM
I wanna be a cop..
Even if the only reason is to push a bunch of hippies out of the way..
maybe even crack one or two in the head with a baton..
DaveC on October 21, 2008 at 2:55 PM
Nothing like Monday morning quarterbacking. As the wife of a cop, I’d rather see my husband come home safe than worry about these “protesting” shitpiles.
HornetSting on October 21, 2008 at 2:55 PM
That wasn’t a real new video anyway. That was a clip from a clown movie, huh Dave.
hawkdriver on October 21, 2008 at 2:56 PM
Project much, Dave?
ManlyRash on October 21, 2008 at 2:56 PM
Right or Left I can’t say I’ve ever seen an intelligent protester. Protesting is about being annoying, not about proving a point.
Esthier on October 21, 2008 at 2:57 PM
If I were driving that lead car, I would have
hit. the. gas.
D2Boston on October 21, 2008 at 2:58 PM
I would love to be a cop too after I retire from the military. I’d move to a place where they really get to administer wood shampoos all the time.
They first guys would be the bandana wearing thugs messing with our recruiters.
PS, listening to Rush. He is saying the actual Obama Campaign is investigating JtP.
hawkdriver on October 21, 2008 at 2:59 PM
Allegedly Canadian Troll alert
( although this one seems much more interested in events in the USA than north of the 48………)
Janos Hunyadi on October 21, 2008 at 2:59 PM
But potentially hazardous to your health – you just don’t [want to] know where its been.
In the days of suicide bombers – you can’t allow these people close to their targets no matter what. Especially when we have news organizations like MSNBC giving press credentials out.
People who rush a target – no matter who they are, need to be taken down HARD and potentially FATALLY – just as of they were in a car rushing a checkpoint in Baghdad.
CrazyFool on October 21, 2008 at 3:02 PM
I’ve wondered about that and asked, but never got an answer. I just blame it on him having too much time on his hands… Okay, yeah, that one’s getting overused.
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on October 21, 2008 at 3:08 PM
Filthy hippies
pseudonominus on October 21, 2008 at 3:13 PM
link isn’t working for me
here it is on youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXfi9Bhgtls
abrown28 on October 21, 2008 at 3:13 PM
Should have clubbed them like baby seals then asked them to disperse.
moxie_neanderthal on October 21, 2008 at 3:24 PM
Indeed. I learned the skill from the liberal media, who painted all Republicans with the same broad brush when a couple of whackos supposedly shouted Obama death threats at a Palin rally. Zing!
aero on October 21, 2008 at 2:52 PM
——–
Actually I think the media were more trying to say “hey control each and every person at the rallies”, which, of course is impossible.
Dave Rywall on October 21, 2008 at 3:31 PM
Not just momentum – security. If they thought the motorcade would stop and thus give attackers, including possibly unseen assailants, a chance to strengthen their position, they’re dangerously delusional.
angelat0763 on October 21, 2008 at 3:32 PM
The guy behing the Gov. Palin smear site is a Dean Jansen a cyber anarchist out of Mass. here’s his site
http://www.notthemessiah.net/
he also works for Miro.com formerly Democracy TV
He also seems very interested in the removal of McCain campaign videos by inappropriately using the DCMA. Hmmmmmm…?
186k on October 21, 2008 at 3:33 PM
Right or Left I can’t say I’ve ever seen an intelligent protester. Protesting is about being annoying, not about proving a point.
Esthier on October 21, 2008 at 2:57 PM
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I heard there was this guy named Ghandi who apparently did some things. And then there was this other guy named King or something. This King guy supposedly organized some protests in the 60’s or something.
Dave Rywall on October 21, 2008 at 3:34 PM
The idiots will be in court claiming abuse and some liberal judge will award them a million dollars.
I’d like to be back in the old west just till the election. Pow!
Lynn2008 on October 21, 2008 at 3:35 PM
That…was…AWESOME!
WisCon on October 21, 2008 at 3:37 PM
Great job by the cops clearing the jerks outta the way. The motorcade hardly slowed down.
The Broncos could have used those guys last night. Ouch!
L.N. Smithee on October 21, 2008 at 3:38 PM
The police did an excellent job. The first one goes up to the knuckleheads holding the sign nearest the sidewalk and pulls them and knocks them down. This causes the moonbats on the other end to move in that direction, when they are knocked down by additional officers from behind. It must be a tactical move they are taught to do.
Again, good job, officers.
Blake on October 21, 2008 at 3:40 PM
Community organizing at its most passionate.
spmat on October 21, 2008 at 3:42 PM
I simply don’t understand the reason/motive for attempting to stop a motorcade.
Sure, you don’t like Gov. Palin.
But how does that translate into the need for you to stop her motorcade?
Again and again, the far left shows that they aren’t interested or care about the rights of people they disagree with. They simply want them to be gone.
Religious_Zealot on October 21, 2008 at 3:46 PM
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