Presidential Candidates Arrested at Debates 1071
h8macs writes "Third party Presidential candidates Michael Badnarik (Libertarian) and David Cobb (Green) were arrested while attempting to enter the presidential debate at Washington University in St. Louis."
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Re:Is this viewed as progress? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:To answer my own question (Score:1, Funny)
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Where's my informative moderation?
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Re:They intended to get arrested (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Neither have ever held political office before (Score:1, Funny)
It worked for at least one bad actor, in California, as Governor.
During the media buy for Iraq II, Revenge Of The Chickenhawks Republicans claimed the many protesting actors were political newbies. Those actors are now known to have been amazingly accurate about the qWagmire and its lack of WMD booty.
Now Republicans would like to rewrite The Constitution so a bad foreign actor can be President.
the only way for these third parties to be considered serious is
is to run a bad actor for office, obviously. Pr0n, if possible.
Re: has nothing to do with sacrificing principles (Score:2, Funny)
Major league and large college sporting events come to mind readily. They block roads and hinder private persons on public property just to serve a private interest, in most cases, just so they can make some profits.
I used to work tradeshows in atlanta, can't tell you how many times I got hindered trying to go to work at the GCC right next door or getting raped in the wallet by boosted parking fees because of private for profit football games at the georgia dome. Large for-profit concerts are similar.
Tell you another funny one I saw before. In georgia you can hire a cop to work as an off duty security guard, and they can wear their uniforms. I once saw on a road at lunch time two competiting cops, private security guards, working at two different restaurants as traffic cops, letting the patrons go in and out and stopping traffic to everyone while they did that. And they wouldn't even coordinate with each other although the restaurants were next door to each other. One would be waving traffic forwardas his customer came or went, while the other would put his hand up and stop traffic. It was nuts, but they got away with it.
sucks. Joe private eatery can impede everyone else driving by, as much in a hurry as any of the eatery patrons, just so they can slide a few extra people in and out at lunch time, using force of law and basically armed mercenaries for the purpose.
I had a situation where I just lost it at the same place, the georgia convention center. Across the street from the ballroom entrance is the MARTA entryway, I had taken MARTA that day. This was way back, bush one was vice president. they had some meeting where he was speaking, secret service all over. I am working hard all day long at the other end of the halls, comes quitting time, trudge towards the marta station lugging a toolbag fulla heavy tools. Get right to the door, can see the station, some secretive service bozo blocks me, says I can't walk across the street down to the station, he tells me to WALK AROUND the entire congress center, take a back street and get to the station another way, but I "can't cross".
I adsmit it, I lost it. I THREW my tool bag at his feet, told him to look inside, asked him if he wanted to lug that a mile just to get 150 feet away. I was ready for anything, just didn't care at that point, was tired and worn out and no way was I gonna do what they said. I ranted at him, told him to check the bag, feel the weight, see if that was a reasonable thing to require someone. He went to snatch it up off the floor and grunted. Peeked inside, said "OK, go ahead". I was ready to be arrested at that point, just didn't care. Nowadays I wouldn't do that, you'd get shot or tasered immediately, not to mention a heavy bag full of tools would probably result in arrest for carrying "terrorist weapons"..
Back then I still thought there were a few rights left and some common sense. Apparently there was or I lucked out or both probably. I wouldn't do that today. Of course, I rarely venture into any large urban area either, it's gotten too weird. Won't fly either, not on any commercial airplane.
Re:They weren't just trying to enter... (Score:2, Funny)
Umm... you do realize that you just posted the same link as was included in the story, and got modded +5 informative for it? Nicely done!
Re:You couldn't make this up! (Score:2, Funny)
"Oh, just out... stimulating the economy."