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upstatecajun Donating Member (511 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-16-11 06:44 PM
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Protesters seize DC bldg during WI GOP fundraiser
Hundreds of protesters rushed passed security guards today and noisily occupied the cavernous marble lobby of the D.C. building where Wisconsin Republicans held a corporate fundraiser. For an hour their thunderous chants echoed against the walls as news cameras and reporters recorded the event.

http://teamsternation.blogspot.com/2011/03/protesters-seize-dc-bldg-during-wi-gop.html













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jemelanson Donating Member (254 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-16-11 07:00 PM
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1. K & R
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Poboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-16-11 07:02 PM
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2. R'd!
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alterfurz Donating Member (723 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-16-11 07:12 PM
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3. well, as Ronnie Reagan was so fond of saying...
Edited on Wed Mar-16-11 07:12 PM by alterfurz
...You can run, but you cannot hide.
Get used to it for the duration, Scottie & cronies!
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Earth_First Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-16-11 07:24 PM
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4. Even surrounded by their puppet-masters, security details and shadowy K Street meetings...
The anger, frustration and civil disobedience follows them.

Welcome to the rest of your days!

BIG K&R!
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mod mom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-17-11 07:17 AM
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5. Check out this GOP "spin" :
TPM lists the groups involved:

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As the Republicans arrive at BGR for the fundraising event this evening, they'll be met by a coalition of left-wing activists who'll bring the frustration over Wisconsin to them.

From the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel:

Among the 11 organizations sponsoring the protest are MoveOn.org, People for the American Way, Code Pink, Common Cause and the Public Campaign Action Fund.
Other sponsors include AFSCME, the Progressive Change Campaign Committee and the Center for Media and Democracy.


-snip

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/03/as-wisconsin-sens-head-for-dc-labor-brings-the-war-to-them.php?ref=fpblg

BUT FROM THE SAME PICE CHECK OUT WHO THE THUGLICANS SAY ARE INVOLVED:

"Timing is everything," said Robert Wood, BGR's government affairs president and a former top aide to Wisconsin Gov. Tommy Thompson (R). "With Democrats' groups like MoveOn, Public Citizen and the International Socialist Organization committing upwards of $2 million in each of these potential Senate recalls, every dollar can help."

THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIALIST ORGANIZATION... :scared:
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