Video: Protester beaten by union goons at town hall speaks; Update: SEIU releases attack ad against “teabaggers”
posted at 5:55 pm on August 7, 2009 by Allahpundit
Sounds like the beating was worse than we thought, but that’s what he gets for being a “political terrorist.” His lawyer’s promising a civil suit against the goons and possibly SEIU itself if he can prove that they were intimidating people and “starting trouble” at the union’s behest. Here’s a little something for the jury from one of their directors down in Tampa last night:
Asked earlier today about possible disruption at the event, Kim Diehl of SEIU said, “We’re prepared. We have strategies to deal with it if it should come up.”
Indeed they do. Be sure to read the boss’s post about some of the pleasantries that were exchanged this afternoon on Sebelius’s conference call with SEIU. Hint: It involves a cabinet officer of the United States government sitting silently by while a union capo accuses protesters of “terrorist tactics.”
Update: An Orwellian treat from The One’s union muscle, fretting about the rowdiness of the “teabaggers” they had no choice but to stomp on in St. Louis last night. Someone needs to remix this with the footage of Gladney getting hassled and the cops showing up to arrest a goon in a purple shirt.
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Where is Henry Clay Frick when you need him?
The SEIU needs to go the way of the Haymarket rioters.
Unions=scum in the 19th century, scum today.
PimFortuynsGhost on August 7, 2009 at 5:58 PM
The
adultsTHUGS are in charge now.Del Dolemonte on August 7, 2009 at 5:58 PM
Mrs. Palin, I sincerely hope that you are compiling all of this information together. You own the gun and Obama is providing all the ammunition needed for his own demise.
jimmy2shoes on August 7, 2009 at 6:00 PM
Holy freaking COW!
If this isn’t a reason for Concealr and Carry due to the Government. I sure don’t know what is.
Revolution anyone?
upinak on August 7, 2009 at 6:00 PM
We are Ken Gladney
ted c on August 7, 2009 at 6:00 PM
Isn’t SEIU exempt from the healthcare reform? Why are they rallying in support of something that doesn’t event affect them – at least not beyond union membership.
lorien1973 on August 7, 2009 at 6:01 PM
SEIU thugs won’t stop us from dissenting.
DrW on August 7, 2009 at 6:02 PM
Unions destroy everything they touch. Why should Gladney be any different?
spmat on August 7, 2009 at 6:02 PM
E Pluribus Unum.
We are Ken Gladney indeed.
If this is war then I’m fightin.
Chaz706 on August 7, 2009 at 6:04 PM
Obama NEEDS to be pinned down for this violence NOW. He’s inciting riots along with the rest of his administration.
This is only going to get worse if cooler heads don’t prevail.
Skywise on August 7, 2009 at 6:04 PM
Why should Public Sector workers need a Union?
They are fighting with the rest of us, the people who pay their wages.
TexasJew on August 7, 2009 at 6:05 PM
Amazing how this is all about so called Health Care!
Unions are beating people up for Obama so the government can pay for their health care.
Yeah,, makes sense to me.
JellyToast on August 7, 2009 at 6:06 PM
There will be blood….
ThePrez on August 7, 2009 at 6:06 PM
How often does the White House talk with the SEIU leaders?
d1carter on August 7, 2009 at 6:06 PM
Reminds me. I’m grilling steak for dinner tonight!
lorien1973 on August 7, 2009 at 6:07 PM
The original owner of the video need to simply demand Youtube take it down due to copyright infringement.
Enoxo on August 7, 2009 at 6:07 PM
And the Tampa newspaper was kind enough to remove that damaging quote from their website, but not before it was captured for the world to see.
BadgerHawk on August 7, 2009 at 6:08 PM
UnFreakinBelievable. SEIU thugs go to the St. Louis townhall, yell racial slurs at an anti-Obamacare protester and then beat him up. Then, they release a video depicting themselves as peaceful, harmless protesters and the anti-Obamacare protesters as out of control thugs. Orwellian, indeed.
JohnInCA on August 7, 2009 at 6:08 PM
Thug Life FTW!
Neo on August 7, 2009 at 6:08 PM
I reckon we should all stop paying then.
LimeyGeek on August 7, 2009 at 6:09 PM
FIFY
NoFanofLibs on August 7, 2009 at 6:10 PM
Sarah Palin:
Statement on the Current Health Care Debate
There’s more at the link.
INC on August 7, 2009 at 6:10 PM
I like how the SEIU uses a clip of their guys beating someone up to argue for a more rational debate.
BadgerHawk on August 7, 2009 at 6:11 PM
I think Sarah is speaking at the Reagan Library tomorrow. It should be interesting to say the least!
INC on August 7, 2009 at 6:11 PM
Whoa..is it just me, or did Hotair just totally change format?
Maybe hotair is being cyperattacked by seiu.
eek
bridgetown on August 7, 2009 at 6:11 PM
Imagine the reporting,,, the wall to wall news that would occur if a bunch of white people wearing Palin 2012 shirts beat up a black man selling pro choice buttons outside an abortion clinic.
JellyToast on August 7, 2009 at 6:12 PM
Enjoy that steak now, while it`s still legal.
ThePrez on August 7, 2009 at 6:13 PM
Where is the Thug in Chief on this one?
Linnea on August 7, 2009 at 6:13 PM
Amateur.Chicago.Theater.Fail.
clorensen on August 7, 2009 at 6:14 PM
Kenneth Gladney == Crispus Attucks
VoyskaPVO on August 7, 2009 at 6:14 PM
At what point do unions enter politics? That is hnot their business. We also know the skunks for the most part are government union employees and that requires extra distance from politics.
seven on August 7, 2009 at 6:14 PM
Previewed and approved.
clorensen on August 7, 2009 at 6:15 PM
If the left gets their way, only union members and atheists will get health care.
Real Americans will be left to rot.
e-pirate on August 7, 2009 at 6:15 PM
So true.
ThePrez on August 7, 2009 at 6:15 PM
present
bridgetown on August 7, 2009 at 6:16 PM
The Unions have served notice upon us. They are the enemy.
We should boycott all union made products and do everything we can to hurt union operations.
Look For The Union Label… and BOYCOTT!!!
gridlock2 on August 7, 2009 at 6:16 PM
This guy was just trying to make an honest buck selling patriotic merchandise. He didn’t even seem to have an opinion about the subject he was assaulted in the name of! It is revealing that he was attacked for this and his authenticity challenged. They’re desperate. Obama has failed.
calbear on August 7, 2009 at 6:16 PM
I wanna go to a town hall event, but I don’t want any trouble. How can I buy some “insurance” from these gentlemen in purple?
johnnybgood on August 7, 2009 at 6:16 PM
Good question…..
National Health Care will not effect Union workers as I understand it.
So they have no reason to be at townhalls.
National Health Care will not effect Congress either.
Only how they vote on National Health Care will effect them.
Just remember – unions only represent 13% of Americas workforce.
Many unions are almost bankrupt from the amount of money they
gave Obama. They are just the dumb muscle.
izoneguy on August 7, 2009 at 6:17 PM
So, if thought SEIU bosses were [censored], you now know by the sexual practices upon which they are fixated.
corona on August 7, 2009 at 6:17 PM
UnionBO acted stupidlyWade on August 7, 2009 at 6:17 PM
stop giving them ideas, jelly.
upinak on August 7, 2009 at 6:17 PM
I think it’s time we let the mob take over the unions again.
dpierson on August 7, 2009 at 6:17 PM
bring
it
on
motherf*ckers
-Kenny Powers
blatantblue on August 7, 2009 at 6:18 PM
I am sorry this man was injured…. I am just surprised that it did not escalate into something much worse. At least it’s getting the message out what kind of jerks we are dealing with, thanks to our esteemed Prez Chavez.
tru2tx on August 7, 2009 at 6:18 PM
Zimbabwe .
the_nile on August 7, 2009 at 6:18 PM
FIFY
LastRick on August 7, 2009 at 6:19 PM
The Chinese socialists who overthrew the government wore red shirts to show their solidarity… these guys wear purple.
Skywise on August 7, 2009 at 6:19 PM
If they really cared about our health care,, would they be sending the thugs out to intimidate, push and beat people up??
This is so freaking surreal. But, I must say, I feel like it is an exciting time to be alive. I do not completely understand it, but this morning I woke up and just felt that I was so glad to be alive during this time.
Someday we will all be asked,, “What did you do when they tried to take over America?”
JellyToast on August 7, 2009 at 6:20 PM
Let’s see how many members the SEUI would lose if we checked their citizenship status.
dpierson on August 7, 2009 at 6:20 PM
Very good question. I’d like the answer!
bridgetown on August 7, 2009 at 6:20 PM
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izoneguy on August 7, 2009 at 6:20 PM
I wonder what genius decided to use and emphasize the “The terrorists will win” line.
.
RWG (with people like this in charge of the union’s efforts, it’s no wonder they’re dying)
RWG on August 7, 2009 at 6:21 PM
Are those pesky WH folks playing on the internet again?
HoustonRight on August 7, 2009 at 6:21 PM
Brown shirts are now purple.
Rod on August 7, 2009 at 6:22 PM
The problem is that they can use work time to do this crap. If I had the time I would love to go to a town hall meeting – but alas – I actually have a non-union job
dpierson on August 7, 2009 at 6:22 PM
What if Bush..
the_nile on August 7, 2009 at 6:22 PM
I’m sure SEIU is just as innocent as the New Black Panther Party was…..
Star20 on August 7, 2009 at 6:22 PM
Talk about acting stupidly. Union goons kick crap out of man. It is like a bad movie.
Terrye on August 7, 2009 at 6:22 PM
Wow. Thomas Sowell, Bachman, Reagan all in one statement? Worthy of QOTD. But it is a pro-Palin quote…..Which way is the wind blowing today?
conservative pilgrim on August 7, 2009 at 6:23 PM
Glenn Beck: SEIU/ACORN-Owned Obama, the Community Organizer-in-Chief, is Destroying America
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmyXs7yJKd8
Obama owns SEIU. Whatever they do, they do at the behest of Obama.
BrideOfRove on August 7, 2009 at 6:23 PM
Hitler had the “Brown Shirts”
Obama has the “Blue Shirts”
AaronGuzman on August 7, 2009 at 6:23 PM
I’ll bet these SEIU thugs are on thin ice for sure.
Speakup on August 7, 2009 at 6:24 PM
Not if DOJ and the AG have anything to say about it. They consider you the instigators who intimidated them just like your kind did against those poor New Black Panthers.
PaCadle on August 7, 2009 at 6:24 PM
Instapundit has a video of the woman in the pink shirt admitting that she works for Carnahan. It appears to be the same woman arrested.
Cindy Munford on August 7, 2009 at 6:25 PM
This is only Day 1 following Obama’s instruction to “push back.” Unfortunately, it seems this will end in deaths.
conservative pilgrim on August 7, 2009 at 6:25 PM
You people should really listen to Bill Maher when he says this country is the stupidest in the world. I mean just read some of these posts. My goodness.
When the little dotted red line appears under a word in your “submit” box…IT MEANS THE WORD IS SPELLED INCORRECTLY.
Blueneck on August 7, 2009 at 6:25 PM
I think it’s the other way around and they’re just covering for their boy.
HoustonRight on August 7, 2009 at 6:25 PM
oops.
Yeah,, listened to Rush today and during the news at the top of the hour,,, CNN I think,,, I heard about how great the economy was doing, I heard about fears of swine flu and some government wiz telling parents to keep sick kids at home,, I heard about the longest yard sale event in history(stretching over 600 miles along some highway), I heard about some other thing like that,, some kid painting a painting or something, I don’t remember. Real important stuff. CNN just had too much news on it’s plate today to get to this story of union thugs beating people up at town hall meetings.
JellyToast on August 7, 2009 at 6:26 PM
..would it be fair to say that these union members “acted stupidly”?
– just sayin’
VoyskaPVO on August 7, 2009 at 6:27 PM
Wow you must be really smart.
dpierson on August 7, 2009 at 6:27 PM
When did Townhalls become union goons only? People waited for hours, 85% of the seats were reserved for the goons, and everyone else was shut out.
Blake on August 7, 2009 at 6:27 PM
Don’t they know that “hate crimes” do not apply to black conservatives when they are attacked?
Eric Holder, call your office.
Can you say backfire?
katy on August 7, 2009 at 6:28 PM
The state paying thugs to stifle opposition.
Why so socialist.
the_nile on August 7, 2009 at 6:28 PM
Unfortunately my senators and congressman are all against this abomination of a bill. But I am pumped up and will find a town hall held by a Dem nearby. Hell I’ll drive a couple of hours to find one. Bring it on SEIU mother fu**ers. Bring it on.
angryed on August 7, 2009 at 6:29 PM
Thx Grammah Girll. What would us idjits evah doooos without yous.
conservative pilgrim on August 7, 2009 at 6:29 PM
Well not unfortunately…you all know what I mean.
angryed on August 7, 2009 at 6:29 PM
“Purple Shirts”?
Sorry, it looked blue on my monitor.
AaronGuzman on August 7, 2009 at 6:29 PM
They used a video segment at the end of that clip that show a union thug attacking someone and then the audio of someone yelling “you attacked him!”. But they use it in the context that it is conservatives attacking the union thug (it says TEABAGGERS before the segment).
Unbelievable.
Guardian on August 7, 2009 at 6:29 PM
Not everyone uses Firefox, but thanks for your concern. FYI … when the little light is illuminated on your keyboard it means the caps are on.
darwin on August 7, 2009 at 6:29 PM
Luka on August 7, 2009 at 6:30 PM
BTW-If you want someone to listen to you, NEVER start off with “You people” and include “should really listen to Bill Maher.”
conservative pilgrim on August 7, 2009 at 6:30 PM
I’m a ccp holder and I have mixed feelings about carrying to a protest. There is just too much liability but, what if I really need it. I would hope people would come to aid. Not only would it be a legal mess to defend yourself for the shooting but, imagine the terror in the crowd if even just one shot was squeezed off.
boomer on August 7, 2009 at 6:31 PM
Fixed it.
JellyToast on August 7, 2009 at 6:31 PM
I lived in Ireland for 8 years; my first year up at University we had a 6 month postal and phone strike. The official cause of the strike? Someone was asked to park his postal van someplace not specified in his contract. I was strikes because someone changed a lightbulb or reset a clock, and that was someone else (in a different union)’s job. Plenty of companies who closed rather than deal with their employees’ unions.
I know that at one point in history unions served a valid purpose, but right now I have absolutely no respect for them. This latest behaviour just reinforces that belief.
LibraryGryffon on August 7, 2009 at 6:31 PM
For the life of me I don’t know what Obama and his thuggish progressives expect to gain by terrorizing average Joe’s and Jane’s.
This will all backfire.
darwin on August 7, 2009 at 6:31 PM
You teabagging idiots make me sick. Bring it on Barack! These people are so stupid they think an illiterate stewardess can be President! Nothing can stop you man! You rock!
Blueneck on August 7, 2009 at 6:31 PM
SEIU = Gestapo.
Luka on August 7, 2009 at 6:31 PM
“I was strikes” = “I saw strikes” PIMF
LibraryGryffon on August 7, 2009 at 6:32 PM
See the polls doofus.
angryed on August 7, 2009 at 6:32 PM
Maybe you can get his descendant, Fife Symington to send it Blackwater.
Tim Burton on August 7, 2009 at 6:32 PM
Seriously, what grade did you just complete?
conservative pilgrim on August 7, 2009 at 6:33 PM
The guy that the SEIU thugs beat up said he had no opinion about healthcare.
So add slander to the lawsuit.
The cameraguy who did the original video should contact Gladney attorney
and sue for copyright infringment – $250,000 – 5 years in jail.
They should also get Mark Levin involved….
http://www.landmarklegal.org/
This is just starting. Let’s bankrupt the SEIU
izoneguy on August 7, 2009 at 6:33 PM
You should change you name to brownnose.
dpierson on August 7, 2009 at 6:33 PM
Smash
Endanger
Intimidate
Undermine
Jim Treacher on August 7, 2009 at 6:34 PM
You rock Barrack. Like dude you are so awesome and stuff dude. YES WE CAN DUDE. Whoa man that was like so profound. Whoa!!
What was I saying again?
angryed on August 7, 2009 at 6:34 PM
You mean the little sick creep who celebrated Steve Irwin’s death by dressing up like his corpse?
Guardian on August 7, 2009 at 6:34 PM
it=in
Tim Burton on August 7, 2009 at 6:35 PM
Actually, I can see “Blue Shirts” or “Purple Shirts” easily becoming a standard in the blogosphere so long as SEIU keeps using them…
.
RWG (they may have to keep changing colors :-)
RWG on August 7, 2009 at 6:35 PM
The legitimate reasons that formed unions are all covered by federal and state laws now. Today, the only reason for a union to exist is to make money through threats and intimidation … and they make millions.
Unions have collapsed our manufacturing industries by forcing them to be uncompetitive. Thanks unions.
darwin on August 7, 2009 at 6:35 PM
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