Video: A little union astroturfing in New York
posted at 4:10 pm on August 28, 2009 by Ed Morrissey
Via Gateway Pundit, although I’m certain there’s an alternative explanation. Maybe the leader of the Long Island Federation of Labor couldn’t make it to the town-hall forum in his own district, or perhaps his Representative was busy hiding, like many House Democrats this August. His attempt to pander to the actual constituents of Rep. Tim Bishop results in catcalls and a full minute of disruption:
Jim also reports that the Magical Mystery Bus Tour continued for this meeting, with unions sending three busloads of people to the event. Even so, the angry constituents shout them down fairly effectively … or at least they did until several members of the Communication Workers of America started a fracas. That comes at about the 3:45 mark, so be sure to watch it all the way through.
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The National Civilian Defense Force engages in it’s first contact with the enemy, the American citizen.
BobMbx on August 28, 2009 at 4:12 PM
I am sure that I am not the only one concerned about disruptions at the 9/12 march. We are already planning a meeting place in case we get scattered and an escape route to avoid the Metro. I wouldn’t put anything past the left at this point.
TXMomof3 on August 28, 2009 at 4:14 PM
Have another coffee, Ed. (sending three buloads of people)
And this is nonsense. As we have seen already:
Union = grassroots
Regular citizens who are concerned about their welfare = Paid Nazis.
VibrioCocci on August 28, 2009 at 4:14 PM
But worries about Dear Leader having His version of the brownshirts are overblown. Yeah, sure.
rbj on August 28, 2009 at 4:15 PM
Oh ED!!!
WashJeff on August 28, 2009 at 4:15 PM
Basij
HondaV65 on August 28, 2009 at 4:16 PM
You don’t need an assault rifle to handle these miscreants. *kisses his knuckles* LET’S DO THIS THE OLD-FASHIONED WAY! Yo, Adrian!
Orange Doorhinge on August 28, 2009 at 4:16 PM
Too funny.
TXMomof3 on August 28, 2009 at 4:16 PM
Oh man.. can’t watch video!
upinak on August 28, 2009 at 4:16 PM
Once again…These fools either just don’t believe it or they think Barry is gonna crap out some Unicorn dust and make it all better…
People are PISSED!!!!
BigWyo on August 28, 2009 at 4:16 PM
Today is like “Where’s Waldo” day except it is “Where’s Ed’s Error”. Provide a shippinf address and we will get you some good Kona Coffee!
WashJeff on August 28, 2009 at 4:17 PM
National Civilian Defense Force.
NatCDees?
DanOwillbookem on August 28, 2009 at 4:17 PM
Spelling Nazis are out today as well???
BigWyo on August 28, 2009 at 4:18 PM
This town hall looked & sounded like the streets of Thailand. I was expecting to see a couple of Roosters cockfighting and people with cigarettes in the mouths waving 20 dollar bills above their heads.
These union thugs are outrageous. We need Chuck Norris there.
portlandon on August 28, 2009 at 4:19 PM
The union guy took a “flop”, then they accused the non-union guy of knocking him down…
right2bright on August 28, 2009 at 4:19 PM
That was BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!
Daddy-O on August 28, 2009 at 4:20 PM
I guess Barry ‘s Gang thinks sending Union Thugs to the Townhall Meetings is going to intimidate Americans. They have no clue about the testicular fortitude of Americans when they relize their freedom is about to be taken away.
kingsjester on August 28, 2009 at 4:20 PM
leftists really suck.
moonbatkiller on August 28, 2009 at 4:20 PM
relize=realize
Uh oh. Ed’s contagious.
kingsjester on August 28, 2009 at 4:21 PM
Dude!
This happened in New York?????
We are sooooo winning 100 seats back in Congress next year.
rockmom on August 28, 2009 at 4:23 PM
Oops.
TXMomof3 on August 28, 2009 at 4:23 PM
I’m confused, it looks like the guy in the yellow shirt pushed the guy in the red union shirt. What was the yellow shirted guy? A union supporter or just one the the regular constituents?
FlyoverJ-HawkFan on August 28, 2009 at 4:24 PM
Maybe we should all start packing at political events.
TXMomof3 on August 28, 2009 at 4:24 PM
Pretty hard to get an idea of what’s happening in the picture and story. Had to go to Gateway Pundit to get the context correct.
I’m sure more of this thuggery, the real astro turf, will be spread around by the democrats
Kini on August 28, 2009 at 4:24 PM
This is getting dangerous.
We have Union Thugs attempting to break protest. We have the MSM in lock step with them claiming legitimate dissent is manufactured and thus illegitimate and Democrats stating that they can Legislate for you, they must legislate for you and you don’t know what is best for you. You are to stupid to know what you want!
We have a rabble of Union thugs, Main-Stream Media voices and a governemnt that insults the people, calls them various bad names, destroys legitimate dissent.
This is the perfect storm. The last time something like this happened there was blood in the streets and a bunch of rich fat froggies got their heads chopped off to great praise…
Holger on August 28, 2009 at 4:25 PM
So basically it’s this now;
Union socialist thugs looking to protect their easy extortion money and propping up the socialist fascists in office versus the rest of the country.
I think it’ll be a bloody war with lots of union dead, but they’ll lose.
Spiritk9 on August 28, 2009 at 4:25 PM
The people in red shirts were the union workers and the guy in the yellow was a regular constituent. I think the union guy took a flop and blamed it on the yellow guy.
FontanaConservative on August 28, 2009 at 4:26 PM
You can clearly see i the video the guy in orange had his hands down by his side the whole time. The union guy did take a dive to try and make it look like he was attacked.
p0s3r on August 28, 2009 at 4:26 PM
Where is Green Helmet Guy? Has he been spotted yet?
BobMbx on August 28, 2009 at 4:27 PM
OK. Now, that profitable education on Unions. I get it now. :o)
Mommypundit on August 28, 2009 at 4:27 PM
This is painful. I have to wait until after 6pm to watch.
Daggett on August 28, 2009 at 4:28 PM
that IS profitable…ah…nevermind.
Mommypundit on August 28, 2009 at 4:28 PM
OK thanks, kinda what I thought but wanted confirmation. Man it’s getting ugly out there. I believe there will be bloodshed before this is over. (More so than in St. Louis.)
FlyoverJ-HawkFan on August 28, 2009 at 4:28 PM
Red shirt is union, yellow shirt, I played it about six times, the camera was a little late…but the yellow shirt did not push the red shirt guy, the union red shirt took a “fall”, it was phony as could be.
The Red shirt fell back, but you would have to have an “opposite and equal” force going the other way, notice the yellow shirt just stood there not moving, while the red shirt went “flying” back as if someone yanked him from behind.
Well schooled in tactics those Union fellows, if approached, fly back as if you are hit, take a “fall” and pretend you were punched or kicked…very effective.
right2bright on August 28, 2009 at 4:28 PM
Well, this is a right-wing site, where else would Spelling Nazis be?
(joke, joke!)
malclave on August 28, 2009 at 4:28 PM
Nancy “You are all Nazis” Pelosi, and Harry “We’ve Lost the Iraq War” Reed would be so proud ………….three bus loads of union goons you say…….wow…….now that’s what I call “grass roots!”
Cinday Blackburn on August 28, 2009 at 4:29 PM
Video is not working for me, either.
TXMomof3 on August 28, 2009 at 4:29 PM
Come on now! Where is your birther statement?
TXMomof3 on August 28, 2009 at 4:30 PM
note to self: buy two set of brass knuckles this weekend for 9/12 trip…..
Ris4victory on August 28, 2009 at 4:30 PM
I put my money on the American people over the union thugs…and notice they bused in their kids…a little more “drama”…
right2bright on August 28, 2009 at 4:30 PM
I KNEW it!
mankai on August 28, 2009 at 4:30 PM
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Yeah Ed… It’s three loads of bullies
fundedstimulated and encouraged by Obama and the Dems…-
RalphyBoy on August 28, 2009 at 4:31 PM
There is safety in numbers. I will hang with you.
TXMomof3 on August 28, 2009 at 4:31 PM
One thing to count on: They’ll probably have a bunch a plants there wearing swastikas or carrying “Kill Obama” type signs or doing any number of things to make our guys and gals look like nuts. They’re reay good at that stuff.
And I wouldn’t put it past them to try to incite our team to attack.
Anyone going to D.C. or any of the 9/12 events needs to bring video cameras or cells with video capability, primarily for self defense purposes.
Have fun, wish I was going.
TXUS on August 28, 2009 at 4:32 PM
I continue to be amazed that Obama and Rahm think this sh*t is gonna work. They really have woken a sleeping giant, and it really is filled with a terrible resolve. Their jack-booted Chicago-style politics just is not going to make this all go away. These people are not going to be intimidated into shutting up and going away by goons sent out by their own government. The genie is out of the bottle, and Obama continues down this ruinous path at his own peril. They are showing the entire country that the “right wingers” like Rush, Beck, et al, are right about Obama and the far-left! It’s just amazing that they think they can do this violent intimidation crap day after day and still expect that people aren’t going to believe their own lying eyes. We see the buses rolling in! We see the matching union shirts! We see the matching professionally lettered pro-Obama signs! We know what’s going on! Are Obama and the dems really this stupid?! I mean, really, are they?
Rational Thought on August 28, 2009 at 4:32 PM
It sure is nice to live in flyover country. Kansas is a right to work state with 3 of the 4 Congressman as Repubs and the 2 Senators are Repubs as well. No troubles here…yet. Not to mention, Obama took our real useful idiot Sebelius.
FlyoverJ-HawkFan on August 28, 2009 at 4:33 PM
I wish you were, too. We are all meeting for drinks.
TXMomof3 on August 28, 2009 at 4:33 PM
I want to hang with HA peeps – I was excited but now am kind of frightened – my hubby and I need to know where we can all meet up.
Ris4victory on August 28, 2009 at 4:34 PM
Anyone ever notice how all of the union “thugs” in these videos are about the most worthless group of degenerates around?
ballz2wallz on August 28, 2009 at 4:35 PM
Tasers don’t leave bruises. I’m just sayin’ :)
faraway on August 28, 2009 at 4:35 PM
Not sure of the time yet. We are meeting at the International Spy Museum.
TXMomof3 on August 28, 2009 at 4:35 PM
Man, there is so much I want to say to that but I better not. They do have seemingly nice children.
FlyoverJ-HawkFan on August 28, 2009 at 4:36 PM
Uh oh….UAE just seized a ship illegally carrying Nork Arms to Iran….
HornetSting on August 28, 2009 at 4:37 PM
Me too. Everything I could ‘insert’ would get me banned.
HornetSting on August 28, 2009 at 4:38 PM
All kids are cute. Also, kids are not responsible for their parents.
TXMomof3 on August 28, 2009 at 4:38 PM
Damn, they have more balls than Obama does.
FlyoverJ-HawkFan on August 28, 2009 at 4:38 PM
Obama will destroy the Democrat party and the Unions if he signs the healthcare reform.
Seriously. This is the reason Obama & Dems tried to rush the vote prior to the August recess.
We, The PEOPLE, won’t soon forget the ugly name calling by Democrat leaders and the MSM or the busloads of thug Unions stacking the town halls.
2010: The year of The PEOPLE!
TN Mom on August 28, 2009 at 4:38 PM
The audio sounded like the tapes from Jonestown and I didn’t see anything that I’d call a ruckus, at least as how it’s defined where I’m from.
thomasaur on August 28, 2009 at 4:39 PM
Another reason why people should always look for the union label.
bloggless on August 28, 2009 at 4:41 PM
They must be recruiting from the soccer leagues.
teke184 on August 28, 2009 at 4:41 PM
A word to the wise:
If you’re going, do not drive into DC. Locate a METRO station with a Park-N-Ride lot, and take the train in. There is little to no parking in DC, and you’ll curse yourself for hours trying to get out.
I recommend staying on the VA side.
Carry a back pack with water and food. It’s just faster that way.
If you don’t have at least a 2-hour bladder, don’t go. Or bring an empty 2-liter bottle.
And when you see men walking around wearing a suit, tie, briefcase, and tennis shoes, they aren’t retarded. They’re your public servants…wait….check that retarded part.
ps: Don’t wear any Dallas Cowboy logos. I made that mistake in RFK in 1989. It can get rough.
BobMbx on August 28, 2009 at 4:42 PM
The unions are not representing themselves very well. This leaves a very negative image in people’s minds. Next election, candidates may start seeing that being supported by unions is poison.
Rose on August 28, 2009 at 4:42 PM
They don’t understand the power of the blogs and talk radio. I think they believe with 95% of the drive-bys in the tank, that they can get away with anything. And even though they are being allowed to get by with far more than any other administration in my lifetime, the major issues like crap-and-trade, porkulus, and Obamacare are meeting fierce opposition from an informed public.
Unless Obama becomes the first leader in history to create a successful government-run economy, his Presidency will go down in flames.
Doughboy on August 28, 2009 at 4:42 PM
They are getting it where they want it.
Soon, there will be a war between the takers and the makers.
TheSitRep on August 28, 2009 at 4:42 PM
Oh, you mean the one that says Made in Taiwan? Because of the unions.
FlyoverJ-HawkFan on August 28, 2009 at 4:43 PM
What’s with the red T-Shirts? Don’t these useful idiots know the traditional color is brown?
Blacklake on August 28, 2009 at 4:43 PM
I wonder if it would be inapproprate to use baseball bats to support our handmade astroturf signs.
farright on August 28, 2009 at 4:44 PM
You are the same height as my wife. I’m 6 ft and know better than to mess with her. As far as 9/12 there will be alot of camera’s there and just think of all the Texans going.
Remember the Alamo :)
HoustonRight on August 28, 2009 at 4:44 PM
Heh, try doing that in Philly. Bout got my ass kicked. Did have beer thrown on me though.
FlyoverJ-HawkFan on August 28, 2009 at 4:45 PM
You could be in Black Panther disguise…no one would bother you.
BobMbx on August 28, 2009 at 4:46 PM
LOL! Maybe we shouldn’t go down that road!
TXMomof3 on August 28, 2009 at 4:46 PM
Here’s another good video.
Watch the congressmans smug-a$$ face at 4:15, I just want to punch him in the face.
omnipotent on August 28, 2009 at 4:47 PM
I experienced both, and more, before half-time. I was home before the game ended. I am proud to say I am still a Boys fan…TO…ta ta….
BobMbx on August 28, 2009 at 4:48 PM
I think the “regular America that unfortunately doesn’t pay much attention to politics is beginning to say: Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
Jeff from WI on August 28, 2009 at 4:49 PM
three buttloads of buttheads to the event
John the Libertarian on August 28, 2009 at 4:50 PM
Proper prior preparation is always a winner.
chemman on August 28, 2009 at 4:51 PM
That’s not uh oh. That’s YAY!
funky chicken on August 28, 2009 at 4:51 PM
Celebrating my fortieth anniversary as a Boys fan this year to be exact.
FlyoverJ-HawkFan on August 28, 2009 at 4:53 PM
I wonder if it would be inapproprate to use baseball bats to support our handmade astroturf signs.
farright on August 28, 2009 at 4:44 PM
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Or a homemade sign with the patented pistol grip.
ICBM on August 28, 2009 at 4:53 PM
Anybody here think they are “just good Americans that have a different idea of how things should be done”? I think they are of the same mentality as those who manned the gas chambers and guarded the gulags. You ain’t seen nothing yet.
peacenprosperity on August 28, 2009 at 4:54 PM
This intimidation crap has been going on since the democrat caucuses. Obama became the democrat candidate by sending his goons out to beat peoples’ heads in there, so I guess it kind of makes sense that he thinks his continued threats of violence can force his unpopular agenda through. He’s gonna have to get a bigger can of whoop-ass, though, then a bunch of ignorant union thugs, cuz the American people aren’t going down as easily as those democrat caucus voters did. For one thing, he can call us “racists” till the cows come home. We’ve heard it all before; now it just makes us laugh.
http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/08/obama_and_the_thugs.html
Rational Thought on August 28, 2009 at 4:54 PM
I couldn’t understand anything other than a union jerk from outside the district trying to ask a question and an old geezer fight. Am I missing something?
txag92 on August 28, 2009 at 4:54 PM
It’s “uh-oh” in the sense of “If we caught this one, how many others were there that we didn’t know about?”
teke184 on August 28, 2009 at 4:55 PM
Conservative Lexicon:
Racist = Fan of NASCAR
BobMbx on August 28, 2009 at 4:55 PM
For those that don’t get it…
Racist, Racer, Racing,
Golfist, Golfer, Golfing
See the pattern?
BobMbx on August 28, 2009 at 4:57 PM
Ahem…
Umm… from what I remember from my Texas History class over 30 years ago, we lost at the Alamo. Can’t we remember, like, the Battle of San Jacinto instead? ;)
malclave on August 28, 2009 at 5:00 PM
Bastogne always works in this situation.
Nuts.
BobMbx on August 28, 2009 at 5:02 PM
Ain’t worried at all about T-Mom either. She could hold her own with Queenie, no problema.
RE: the Alamo, I’d prefer these days to Remember San Jacinto!
TXUS on August 28, 2009 at 5:04 PM
French Revolution?
portlandon on August 28, 2009 at 5:06 PM
THESE THUGS ARE WEARING VERIZON T-SHIRTS!!! OUTRAGEOUS!!!!!
DOES VERIZON ALLOW THEIR NAME TO BE USED ON A T-SHIRT WORN BY THUGS TRYING TO INTIMIDATE AN AMERICAN AT A TOWNHALL?
CALL- FAX -WRITE TO VERIZON!
Phone: 212-395-1000. Fax: 212-571-1897. Toll Free: 800-621-9900
bloggless on August 28, 2009 at 5:10 PM
I like that. Black Panther gear.
faraway on August 28, 2009 at 5:11 PM
Communications Workers Union maybe? But I will contact Verizon about it.
chemman on August 28, 2009 at 5:13 PM
You of course are both right. Just remember that the bravery of the Alamo that inspired others to defeat Santa Anna at San Jacinto. Of course it helped that the general was having a little rendevous with the Rose.
HoustonRight on August 28, 2009 at 5:13 PM
“Send in the goons, there ought to be goons, don’t bother…they’re here”
Hening on August 28, 2009 at 5:16 PM
Long Island Labor Federation (or something like it) 1108. Wearing Verizon t shirts to intimidate.
bloggless on August 28, 2009 at 5:27 PM
The American People aroused in defense of Liberty is a beautiful site and awesome to behold. I love freedom.
ronsfi on August 28, 2009 at 5:28 PM
Darn that PageBreak Czar
faraway on August 28, 2009 at 5:28 PM
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