Bombshell: Famously handsome man arrested at political rally
posted at 4:15 pm on March 16, 2012 by Allahpundit
Horrifying fact number one: This has been the top story on Drudge for hours. Horrifying fact number two: I think maybe it deserves to be. We’re staring at a Friday so slow news-wise that this really might be the biggest thing going. And I’ve got six more hours to blog.
Thanks for doing your part to keep the HA content mill churning, George.
Max Milien, a spokesman for the Secret Service, said the protesters would be charged with the disorderly crossing of a police line, a misdemeanor. He could not confirm how many people had been arrested.
For Mr. Clooney, the arrest caps a week in Washington spent trying to draw attention to the Sudanese conflict that included testifying before a Senate Committee and attending a state dinner at the White House in honor of Prime Minister David Cameron of Britain. Mr. Clooney warned Friday that the situation was deteriorating into “a real humanitarian disaster,” and praised President Obama’s personal engagement on it, the Associated Press reported.
American officials estimate that some 500,000 civilians in the region are being deprived of food, medicine and other necessities provided by international aid organizations. In January, Susan E. Rice, the American ambassador to the United Nations, warned that if no new aid reached the region by March, the situation would be “one step short of full-scale famine.”
It’s a noble cause and I don’t question the sincerity of Clooney’s commitment to it but the crowd hooting in the second clip makes it feel like the red carpet. Maybe it raises awareness of Sudan marginally but most people, I think, come away with the vague impression that Clooney’s doing “something political” and, hey, good for him, without delving too deeply into the specifics. Read this short take at the Telegraph by an expert on Darfur about the futility of western agitation against Omar al-Bashir and how celebrity awareness-raising, however pure in intent, ends up sucking up media oxygen from more substantive proposals on ending the crisis. Quote: “Real solutions will come from the ground up. They will come from addressing long-standing issues over land, water and grazing rights. Borders need to be demarcated through dialogue. These are complex issues that don’t easily reduce to soundbites.”
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Bmore on November 27, 2012 at 6:04 PM
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Interesting, no… Stupid, oh hell yes…
A little riddiculus gibberish
SWalker on November 27, 2012 at 6:05 PM
degenerates.
tom daschle concerned on November 27, 2012 at 6:06 PM
is that Gary Busey?
dude…
ted c on November 27, 2012 at 6:07 PM
man I’m glad everything has been fixed and there’s still time to focus on this
DanMan on November 27, 2012 at 6:09 PM
hehehe…hey, someone fetch me my saxophone and we can do a sing a long or somethin’…./
ted c on November 27, 2012 at 6:10 PM
Meh. Reggie Love was often naked in the Oval Office.
BHO Jonestown on November 27, 2012 at 6:11 PM
nice that the liberal protestors have switched from dressing as vaginas to showing their real life ones. Forward!
gsherin on November 27, 2012 at 6:11 PM
I have yet to understand how one liberal in a group can say, “Hey, let’s all go protest naked!” and the rest of the crew thinks that’s fine and dandy. Especially when most liberal protesters should NOT be seen naked by anyone without a strong stomach. Really–have any of us seen many liberals who are attractive even when they have their clothes on?
Liam on November 27, 2012 at 6:11 PM
These people on deserve scorn from both gays and straight people. But, then, they could have in a bit of a hurry to get through the security check points in Congress.
SC.Charlie on November 27, 2012 at 6:13 PM
How did I know AP would get this story….
Yakko77 on November 27, 2012 at 6:14 PM
It would have been much more interesting if Barney Frank had been one of the protesters.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v132pqz7S1E
Pork-Chop on November 27, 2012 at 6:14 PM
got dirty at occupy DC and they needed a free shower in jail
burserker on November 27, 2012 at 6:15 PM
Silly stupid naked protesters aside, it’s the public health crisis that really prevents modern states from embracing a libertarian point of view. If a state system can’t compel the population to behave in a certain way in the face of a serious health crisis (say a smallpox bomb or similar virulent outbreak scenario), then that system is useless as a form of government.
ernesto on November 27, 2012 at 6:16 PM
The last time I saw anything close to resembling those liberal hags, I was in the barn milking it at sunrise.
portlandon on November 27, 2012 at 6:16 PM
Sarah Palin has better boobs!
(couldn’t resist)
Amjean on November 27, 2012 at 6:17 PM
Everyones naked but no Boehner anywhere…
Bruno Strozek on November 27, 2012 at 6:19 PM
Just imagine if one of them had lit a fart.
radjah shelduck on November 27, 2012 at 6:19 PM
Other than getting their fifteen minutes of fame, getting naked proves their point how?
bandutski on November 27, 2012 at 6:19 PM
Dear Robin,
You might want to consider a “lifetime lift”. You have some serious sag problems going on there.
JPeterman on November 27, 2012 at 6:20 PM
I’m gonna have to go with “no such animal exists anymore”? (adult democrat, heh..you’re funny you are!)
Tim Zank on November 27, 2012 at 6:22 PM
No wonder there are no witnesses to Emmanuel Cleaver getting spit upon. The Capital Police can’t even see 12 naked & painted ladies traipsing through the Rayburn Office Bldg.
ted c on November 27, 2012 at 6:24 PM
Blech. Going off the fiscal cliff was much worse than I thought.
TexAz on November 27, 2012 at 6:30 PM
Well, I’m convinced.
I’m sure my as-of-yet unborn grandchildren won’t mind a little more lifetime debt to satisfy these perpetual adolescents.
weew on November 27, 2012 at 6:30 PM
Even their butts are substandard.
Blake on November 27, 2012 at 6:34 PM
From the waist down they all look the same.
SCARY.
portlandon on November 27, 2012 at 6:34 PM
That’s the problem!!!!
Conservatives won’t strip and act like idiots!!!!
These folks should visit Libya…….
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/26/libya-gay-men-prisoners-torture-death-_n_2192481.html
redguy on November 27, 2012 at 6:34 PM
In regards to Illinois’ favorite BIG DICK Durbin, in reporting the story on his meeting with the Center for American Progress, the Chicago Tribune calls Durbin a fellow Progressive.
Speaking as a resident of Illinois, let me ask SINCE THE F**K WHEN HAS DICK DURBIN BEEN A PROGRESSIVE?!!!!!
The only “progress” Big Dick has made in Illinois is contributing to the downward spiral it has been in politically since he took office!
pilamaye on November 27, 2012 at 6:35 PM
Well that was a palate cleanser! It’s hard to take a bunch of naked protestors seriously, especially when you can’t even make out what they’re complaining about.
scalleywag on November 27, 2012 at 6:36 PM
Male cops don’t want to touch gay guys……
redguy on November 27, 2012 at 6:37 PM
People who get naked are those whom no one wants to see naked.
22044 on November 27, 2012 at 6:37 PM
If they are not charged with lewd and lascivious behavior then something is wrong.
If I was there I would have maced them.
If somebody did that to Nancy Pelosi they would go to jail.
Count on it.
Oh…and of course the media just stand there like a-holes not a single question could they ask.
Also you’ll notice the two Capitol Police just milling around in the background with apparently nothing better to do.
They were obviously told to stand down until the protesters were done with their little tirade.
It took a lot of collusion and cooperation to make that happen and I would like to know who planned it all.
NeoKong on November 27, 2012 at 6:39 PM
Now Lorien knows why he had the sudden urge to make a trip to Boehner’s office.
batter on November 27, 2012 at 6:40 PM
Bend over Dickless! If those programs are not part of negotiations, guess what you can do with your ‘new revenues’?
GarandFan on November 27, 2012 at 6:40 PM
Heh – that guy does look like him!
22044 on November 27, 2012 at 6:41 PM
Makes you wonder if that was the reason for the attack on Benghazi and the murder of Christopher Stevens.
JPeterman on November 27, 2012 at 6:42 PM
Call in the fumigators.
petefrt on November 27, 2012 at 6:48 PM
There was indeed rumor of Stevens proclivities.
wolly4321 on November 27, 2012 at 6:50 PM
Hey, General Relativity!
Count to 10 on November 27, 2012 at 6:57 PM
Does the fact that all the women were, um, shaved, mean anything?
Count to 10 on November 27, 2012 at 6:58 PM
This kind of lib thinks that Republicans react to lewdness and the suggestion of sex like vampires to garlic. They think that just exposing Republicans to naked bodies weakens them.
Count to 10 on November 27, 2012 at 7:04 PM
2 of the chicks weren’t that bad in an Appalachian State mountain girl kinda way.
celt on November 27, 2012 at 7:06 PM
That was my first reaction when I saw that screen shot.
vcferlita on November 27, 2012 at 7:12 PM
Why are they protesting Boehner? He told the Republicans to bend over, I mean, fall in line. ObamaCare is the law of the land.
See.. this is why it won’t make any difference what the GOP does. They will still be blamed for all the problems but they just don’t get it. They might as well just do what’s right.
We need new, fresh leadership.
I still say Republicans need to make an offer to exchange annual checks of 50,000-75,000. for the elimination of all government programs.
This offer is not even about whether it makes sense or not. Whether it will ever work or not. Just start to propose it because it will bring the argument to the public. We need this discussion. It exposes the welfare state for what it is and it will draw people away from the Democrats. So what if it never happens. Turn the argument against the Democrats. Let them be the ones to say we can’t afford to send that much money to the poor. Let them argue to keep their agencies and subsidies while the GOP argues to truly once and for all end poverty with direct checks. Money they can spend every year no strings attached. They can invest it. Buy a house. Start a business or just sit on their rears and take it all in but it ends in 10 years.
10 years of annual checks in exchange for the elimination of all government subsidies, cash allowances to the poor and most of all.. government agencies.
We don’t even need the proposal to actually happen for it to be effective. Welfare people will love it and begin voting Republican. Welfare folks will no longer need to cling each year to the Democrat party. They be free of worrying each year about their free phones, food stamps, heating subsidies, rent rebates and so forth. They won’t care if the Democrat wins or not. The Democrats were the ones standing in their way wanting to keep them chained to the government agency.
JellyToast on November 27, 2012 at 7:16 PM
That blond guy…where have I seen him befo–OMG! It’s the return of Alan Sues!!!
:)
Ladysmith CulchaVulcha on November 27, 2012 at 7:26 PM
I’m guessing you didn’t know about the AIDS epidemic.
hawkdriver on November 27, 2012 at 7:29 PM
This (and the naked bike ride I witnessed in Madison) makes me feel much better about myself. It’s the direct opposite of beauty magazines.
Fallon on November 27, 2012 at 7:31 PM
What? Did they finally start putting it in that lock box?
Cindy Munford on November 27, 2012 at 7:51 PM
The two young girls I would do they have nice butts and boobs , the other older woman her boobies are saggy- so no. The Cops probs arrested them so they can get the two young girls’ numbers ;).
aebloo on November 27, 2012 at 7:52 PM
They were indeed sister wife worthy.
xblade on November 27, 2012 at 7:54 PM
I think you cracked the code….
tom on November 27, 2012 at 8:02 PM
It’s a two-fer! Watch this, and you will simultaneously feel better about your body and about your political positions.
Make that a three-fer. You’ll also feel better aboout your dignity and self-respect.
tom on November 27, 2012 at 8:04 PM
…is that all it took to get you back?
I’m going to have to talk to angry mike !
KOOLAID2 on November 27, 2012 at 8:41 PM
Ms. Fund and Ms. Red Dot Down both have excellent points. And their enthusiasm for whatever causes they are promoting should be studied in more detail. They firmly and clearly understood each issue and bounced effortlessly between the two. But I have to say, Ms. Robin and Gary Busey make no sense at all, their points seemed blurred and dull, or at least that is the way I saw them.
Where are the congressional police when you need them?
Rahmulus on November 27, 2012 at 8:44 PM
Indeed. Ms. Fund has good points and they deserve further study. Her hindsight is noteworthy also.
petefrt on November 27, 2012 at 9:09 PM
Time for one of the capital hill police to have an “accident” involving his taser gun and “Gary Busey’s” nether regions.
JimLennon on November 27, 2012 at 9:19 PM
Take him out of camera sight, apply a billy club until he’s wailing in soprano, then ship him off to jail with charges of pedophilia via public indecency.
MelonCollie on November 27, 2012 at 9:59 PM
Ahh!!! Lest we forget that Holder is head of the DOJ and will assuredly exercise his prosecutorial discretion. See New Black Panther Party.
blammm on November 27, 2012 at 10:46 PM
So, just how does a bunch of queers from Al Gayda strip and get into the speaker’s office anyway? Security FAIL.
LizardLips on November 27, 2012 at 10:49 PM
This got air time on my local morning news today. Do you think if Republicans / Conservatives started doing silly publicity stunts voters would pay more attention to us? We mock liberals when they do crap like this but it obviously works.
RobertE on November 28, 2012 at 9:43 AM
No such thing. Why must you use this word(loopholes) Allah? If one uses the tax law correctly/legally why should anyone call them “loopholes?”
Conservative4Ever on November 28, 2012 at 10:17 AM
If it’s this easy for Democrat operatives to sneak AIDS activists into the Speaker’s office for a publicity stunt, how hard would it be to sneak someone or something in to the Senate chamber for the next SOTU address? How about unfurling a banner depicting Christopher Steven’s corpse over the visitors railing and then screaming “MURDERER!!!” at the president? If leftist creeps like Code Pink did this to a Republican president they would be hailed as heroes speaking truth to power. I say we Breitbart the hell out of them.
RobertE on November 28, 2012 at 10:42 AM