Woman arrested after interrupting Laura Bush speech

HAMILTON, N.J. -- A Hopewell woman whose son was killed while serving in Iraq was arrested Thursday after she interrupted a campaign speech by first lady Laura Bush.

Sue Niederer had refused to leave the rally and demanded to know why her son was killed in Iraq. She was eventually escorted from the rally site, a local firehouse, by police.
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Dvorin was killed in February while trying to disarm a bomb in Iraq. The 24-year-old had just returned to Iraq after spending two weeks with his family.

The first lady continued speaking after the arrest, touting her husband's record on the economy, health care and the war on terror.
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Mrs. Bush made several references to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks during her speech Thursday. She said that many in New Jersey, including some in neighborhoods near the firehouse, lost family members that day.

"Too many people here had a loved one that went to work in New York that day," Bush said. "It's for our country, it's for our children, our grandchildren that we do the hard work of confronting terror."

http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/ny-bc-nj--laurabush-nj0916sep16,0,4819951.story?coll=ny-ap-regional-wire

Seems like she's an expert on everything these days.

At least she's good for something....

What have you lost? What have you sacrificed? Spoiled and privileged all her life.

Forget one heartbeat, do you realize Dick Cheney is just one domestic-squabble-in-the-White-House-driveway away from becoming president?

because there ARE no answers to give to these greiving mothers, fathers, and in my case aunts...

I hope the hurt and anger continues to show up because it needs to be seen right along with the caskets...

guess we wont be seeing anything on this on the TV. Itd hurt * tooooo much.:mad:

If they become more visible the terrorists will have won.

Focus on how we gave Iraq a new oligarchy of tolitarian dictators, ( albiet nicer ones),
to replace one really really bad one - who happened to be controlling access to a lot of oil.

I swear that woman has had a lobotomy or is on sedating meds. . She knows what side of the issue to lie for.

...touting her husband's record on the economy, health care and the war on terror...

Touting his record? TOUTING IT?

My health insurance went up by 25%.

My usual reaction these days. The poor woman was arrested for a legitimate question?????

I have a feeling that with another four years, that will be the preferred method of dealing with anyone who doesn't support the reich.

Is this story on AP's national wire? It is the sort of thing that
should get wider dissemination.

One of my gripes with the Kerry campaign is their failure (so far)
to make hay from the way Bush events are run. The reason Bush stays
"on message" is because he can with the controlled crowds. That won't
change, and Kerry should not start going that route either, but his
campaign must make this issue more visible. What kind of "popular"
leader is afraid to face the people?

F

Everyone else will think things are hunky dory.

Here are some poll numbers from CNN and still going strong.

cnn.com/lou

Which presidential candidate do you believe would best fulfill his campaign promises for the next four years?

President Bush
10%
1076 votes

Sen. John Kerry
85%
9120 votes

Ralph Nader
5%
547 votes

Total: 10743 votes

Kerry can scream and shout all he wants, but if the media does not cover his response, it hasn't happened. Get mad at the media.

CBS is carrying it though, but wait for the forgery claims... video at 11,

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for Chrissake. Would it have been too much for the gestapo in Hamilton to just remove her, calm her down and let her go? Cops and their fascist mentality never cease to amaze me.

Or has something changed that I am not aware of?

on tv a few days ago being interviewed by Deborah Norville. Of course she was placed side by side with a pro-chimp father who'd also lost a son in Iraq. Ms. Niederer was justifiably pissed and looked haunted by her ordeal.

This is what it's come to. Lose a son, question why, and get arrested. Repukes should hang their heads in shame.

hasn't been covered since they've covered Kerry hecklers for reasons more mundane than this. Everybody should do the same.

She's been giving interviews for the past few months.
Here's one of them (it's long, but worth reading)

http://criticalconcern.com/sue_niederer_interview.htm

If the war is so glorious and great, why aren't they over there?

I despise these people. I hope Ms. Bush has horrible nightmares about that mother, who lost her son in a war that was completely for NO reason whatsoever. War on Terror my ass. :mad:

But of course he won't. Let's hang that one around his neck when he runs for Congress in 4-6 years.

and maybe they'll end up a Abu Ghraib! Let them have their folly! Let them find out the REALITY of it! Let them!

Draft the twins, both of them NOW!

:dem: :kick:

remind them of their most recent party.

But I think Babs, Jr would have preferred to hang out with the officers.

Very likely not ALL prisoners there were Al Qaida when they went IN...

BUT YOU CAN BET YOUR ASS, THEY WERE WHEN THEY CAME OUT.

Saw her on the local news tonight, and she heckled Pickles and asked why her daughters weren't sent, but was drowned out by Pukes shouting "4 more years".

When they arrested her outside she was talking to reporters and saying if they (Chimp Co., politicians, etc) agreed with the war so much, how come only 3 children of congressmen, Senators, etc. are serving.

She said that was the one question she wanted to ask -- why Senators and Congressmen's kids and her kids weren't over there.

as she continue to live with * in his bullshit phoney two-bit world of terror.

She could CARE LESS about some devastated mother whose son was killed in Iraq as in her idiotic mind, Iraq is the terror we must conquer, not a place where our children might end up.

This is sickening to me. Laura Bush doesn't have a damn clue about anything. GO HOME STEPFORD WIFE!

:dem: :kick:

"Too many people here had a loved one that went to work in New York that day," Bush said. "It's for our country, it's for our children, our grandchildren that we do the hard work of confronting terror."

Now that Powell has quit spinning that yarn (at least quit some of the time), they have sent Pickles out with it.

:puke:
:puke:
:puke:

You called out Ladybird Johnson ... time to work your magic on Miss Laura.

Where are we confronting terra, laura?
certainly not in Iraq
I cant stand this "war on terror " phrase anymore

You just gotta love that conservative compassion.

because of her idiot husband let 'em all in after "Mission accomplished".

:wtf:

The democrats and peace movement are being impuned in Dallas for ALLEGEDLY booing at a woman who's son was killed in Iraq (according to one DUer, that incident was not reported the way it really happened), YET... a woman who's son was killed in Iraq was ARRESTED??? and dragged out of Laura Bush's speech?

COmpassionate conservatism? They only want the grieving family members around for photo ops....

In the US, what can a heckler be arrested for? Escorted out of a private building, I could understand; but what law would she have broken?

Jail sentence of up to 10 days, and a fine of not more than $500.

But..is this what has become so normal..that Laura could not even have acknowledged the woman in some way..some sign of human compassion..even the faking of some human compassion..but to just go on as though this womans tragedy and this woman..were some kind of annoyance..a momentary one..and then to continue with her speech as though this annoyance of a human did not even exist. How did the audience react when this happened? Was no one moved by by this poor womans loss..were there no mothers in the audience? This is almost too heartless to contemplate.

as soon as she realized what Ms. Niederer was saying. Mrs. Bush should then have told the hecklers to cease and desist. Then she should have offered condolences and thanked Ms. Niederer for the sacrifice that her son made for our country. She should have asked Ms. Niederer to meet her after the speech. Then, since she is *'s wife, have talked about how important the Iraq war was to peace and freedom her in the U.S. and the world, pointing out that Ms. Niederer's son did not die in vain.

I don't share Mrs. Bush's views, obviously, but considering her views, that's the minimum that she should have done and said.

Mrs. Bush showed herself to be utterly heartless by allowing that woman to be treated terribly and by not honoring Ms. Niederer's loss.

class would have done exactly that. Unfortunately, this is the same woman who shrugs off the fact that as a teenager she killed somebody. These people destroy lives without a second thought. They are sick, and so are their supporters.

I cannot understand how these people can be so cold.

Not an ounce of compassion.

She could have spoken to her in private after the speech...the least she could do.

This story makes me furious.

Oh, except if your a War protester of course. That is done in herds


http://nyc.indymedia.org/media/resistance/display/17321/index.php

get arrested? What makes pickles so high and mighty anyway? Just being related to the chimp makes her something special? She's just another citizen talking to her peers. No better, no worse just equal.

She is beneath contempt. I have more valuable life forms living under rocks in my yard.

http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/features/91604-ss-bushvisit/91604-protest-arrestls.html

http://nbc4la.feedroom.com/iframeset.jsp?ord=787659

What a couragous lady!

I am disgusted! How can they look themselves in the mirror? She was just talking to reporters quietly outside of the venue.

It didn't look like they were going to arrest her until she started giving a mini-press-conference to reporters gathered outside of the building.

she was not disorderly in any way she was speaking to reporters. The reporters were asking why she was being arrested and what she was being charged with and the cops wouldn't answer. Then one of them (reporters) said "you have to read her her rights her Miranda rights" Not in this police state you don't. They literally dragged her away. Disgusting ! I don't often feel as angry as I do since I saw that. I am really pissed off. I hope everyone that sees it, conservatives too, can see how flat out wrong it was.

I think Olberman said they charged her with criminal tresspass.

The police don't have to do this. Why would those two cops do this ?

FUCK!!!

:grr::nuke::mad:

This woman is a brave, brave sould. What a wonderful mother she is. Her son must have been very, very proud of her and must have loved her very much.

Wonder if we can send her messages of support?

Geez,...criminal trespass? What kind of bullshit charge is that?

Oh, not supporting Dubya. "Free Speech Zone" my ass. AMERICA is a free speech zone. Okay, used to be.

I wish I knew where I could send her money for bail.

I wish there was a legal defense fund set up for anyone like this woman brave enough to protest at these events. Something that alot of people could find out about and send money to. I don't have alot of cash but I'd skip a few meals to help her out. She seems to be okay where money is concerned I've seen her on another report several weeks ago and she had just moved into a nice new home in NJ but anyone that has the guts to challenge this administration like this and is illegally arrested should have their bills, fines, and fees paid for by the rest of us. She's paid enough !!!!!!

"As shouts of 'Four More Years' subsided, Niederer, standing in the middle of the crowd of about 700, continued to shout about the killing of her son. Secret Service and local police escorted her out of the event, handcuffed her and placed her in the back of a police van."

Can any one of us possibly imagine this?

see video in post 40

carting her off? Why isn't anyone even attempting to comfort her?

The reporters had engaged her in conversation- I don't know why no one seemed sympathetic. I could see anyone tipping over the edge so easily at that point-getting hysterical, or something- I don't know how she kept as cool as she did.

to bring us the very freedom she just enjoyed of being able to speak her mind and get arrested for it!!!:puke: :puke: :puke: :mad: :mad: :mad: :crazy: :crazy: :crazy: :wtf: :wtf: :wtf:

Kathy Sweetapple of Hamilton waited in line outside the firehouse about two hours before Mrs. Bush arrived.

"I'm here to support Mrs. Bush and President Bush," Sweetapple said. "I support them because they're pro-life. I respect what they do and they are born-again Christians."


Morons.

but not when it means soldiers dying.

But I guess they don't count anyway, since they haven't been "saved".

once out of them womb they don't give a damn.

Give me a fucking break! And so how is it her first name is NOT Eve? Have a child named Damien?

Yep, real pro-life, just like * (no, there's that abortion thing for his girlfriend, the war, and all that), well, just like Laura (no, there's that dead boyfriend thing), well, anyway, she's a pro (of self-delusion).

I truly do hope that there is a burning hell as they promised me as a child. It will be truly entertaining to see these bastards there.

Shitferbrains.

i posted the same on another thread.

edit: spelling

I'd love to watch Teresa rake the Stepford wife over the coals!

right along with Kerry hiring the woman that was fired for her bumper sticker. :thumbsup:

Defiant trespass is what Sue Niederer was charged with.

had she had one perceptive bone in her cold hearted body. Could you imagine how the media would have fawned if she would have stopped her speech and addressed this poor woman?

Was this shown on the networks anyone know ?

That was an outrage ! I am so friggen disturbed by what I just witnessed I have a lump in my throat.

Someone asked the other day in a poll whether you were proud to be an American.

Again, I am more ashamed than ever. What a disgrace.

Total lack of class. The worst first lady since Gina Fillmore.

off her car's undercarriage.

Kerry should invite Ms. Lipscomb (F-911) and this mom to sit next to Theresa at the first debate - as invited, ticketed guests. It would make Georgie Boy pee himself walking on stage and seeing to mothers of dead soldiers looking at him during his big debates.

Poor Laura, in a community of 90,000 people she could only find 700 people to invite. Way to sway votes Laura you heartless bitc*.

The station carries half-hour BBC news programs a few times a day. Since business & sports are also reviewed, there's not usually time for in-depth news coverage.

But it's interesting what they choose to show & how it's done. Bush was shown speaking about how wonderful things are going in Iraq--which led directly to scenes of Baghdad in chaos.

Then they showed the dead soldier's mother being pushed into a police van.

I told the operator that I was extremely distraught at how an Iraqi veteran's mother was treated outside of the event where Mrs. Bush was speaking - how she was speaking to reporters and was dragged into a police van without them giving her her rights, or telling her what she was charged with.

I could barely contain my anger, but at least I was polite.

Biatch, WTF have you done to confront terror? Support your husband and his misadministration who is terrorizing us and the rest of the world?

And how can anyone with a conscious stand there while they arrest a mother whose son sacrificed his life for their supposed "war on terror" for excercising her first ammendment rights?

And they want us to fucking believe that the soldiers are fighting and dying for "our freedom" when they actively take it away from the families of the very soldiers that are fighting and dying for it?

Lt. Dvorin must be rolling in his grave if he has any knowledge of what they did to his mother.

Motherfuckers!

"As proud members of the BFEE, we know that by using "confronting terror" as an excuse we are able to do the hard work of siphoning the content of the US Treasury into the Family coffers ensuring a prosperous future for OUR children" "To hell with yours"

How can any sentient being not clearly see the abysmal hypocrsy in their empty rhetoric?

We're going to restore a guillotine and send it to you

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=828853#829481

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/Nomad59/GoldStar.wmv

You could have this on a t-shirt (granted, it's a bit wordy), with a picture of this woman (I bet she'd consent to it).

"President Bush: Brave Enough To Confront The War On Terror...Not Brave Enough To Confront A Dead Soldier's Mom."

Those photo-perfect rallies are so staged. Remember the good old days when being on the hustings meant interactivity with voters? When GHW Bush was shadowed by a man in a chicken suit?

We have lost a lot.

She was clutching what appeared to be her slain son's blood-stained
hat.Police came along and handcuffed her outside the venue. Someone was shouting that it was public property. It was completely reminiscent of 1930's Germany; I screamed so loudly at the TV that my 19-month-old began to cry (oops).This is the perfect illustration of
the Bush hypocrisy. Her son died "protecting freedom" ( translation:needlessly),while his bereaved mother's civil and constitutional rights are being egregiously violated at home. SICKENING.

The Hopewell woman said her peace, and regardless of whether she was arrested or not, speaking her mind probably felt great after what happened to her son.

Why does the dead soldier's mom hate freedom? Why does she hate Murka?

My neighbor just called and said she saw this on our local news last night and tonight. Said another neighbor called her in disbelief about what they did to this women. This needs to get more attention!! People are outraged!!!