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Rep. Carnahan and the Gladney Incident: the secret press conference.

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This guy needs to end the political legacy of his family! :pat:

http://www.redstate.com/moe_lane/20...gladney-incident-the-secret-press-conference/

Rep. Carnahan and the Gladney Incident: the secret press conference.



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Friday, August 7th at 9:30PM EDT
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There is a reason why the United States of America is a democratic republic, and not an aristocratic republic. The first generation of a particular family may be politically able; may, in fact, be very able. The second generation of that family may likewise be politically able. Sometimes - sometimes, and mostly if the family name is Adams - even the third generation is politically able. But it is unwise to bet on that.
Rep. Russ Carnahan (D, MO-03) is of the third generation of a political family. His last name is obviously not Adams - and does it ever show.

The video above is from his secret press conference (I am not joking) that nonetheless got crashed by reporters who wanted his reaction to the Gladney Incident (SEIU thugs attacking an unarmed flag vendor). For those who don’t have video, his reaction was to say nothing, flabbily.
I know that this is staggering to comprehend… but Russ Carnahan really is incapable of understanding that it is necessary to instantly and forcefully condemn attacks on unarmed men. The above video should have ended in twenty seconds, with Carnahan saying “Violence has no place in my campaign. SEIU is unwelcome in my district until I believe they understand that. Next question?” Of course, a man who would do that would not be hiding at a secret press conference and blaming the opposition party for his own side’s violence; but it’s fairly clear that nobody taught him better, and one has to start somewhere. The cowardice thing will have to be the next step.
Alternatively, one could just go with Ed Martin. Easier to get somebody who gets it than go with somebody who only got it because of who his ancestors were.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBS6Pfb8iQQ&feature=player_embedded"]YouTube - Jamie Allman Presses Rep. Russ Carnahan[/ame]
 

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Related . . .

http://michellemalkin.com/2009/08/07/sebelius-calls-her-seiu-brothers-and-sisters-to-battle/

Sebelius calls her SEIU “brothers and sisters” to battle; Dennis Rivera decries “terrorist tactics”

By Michelle Malkin • August 7, 2009 03:11 PM
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HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius held a brief conference call with SEIU members this afternoon.
She hailed them as her “brothers and sisters” and urged them to show up at town hall meetings.
She gave the same stultifying mini-lecture about the sanctity of Medicare. “Change is not easy,” she droned. “We need to roll up our sleeves.”
No mention of how SEIU thugs rolled up their sleeves and attacked a black conservative protester in St. Louis or ran interference in Tampa Bay.
In an attempt to reassure SEIU members that senior citizens would not suffer under Obamacare, Sebelius said “Saving lives saves dollars.” Which might come as news to Zeke Emanuel.
Sebelius thanked an SEIU member who showed up at the Tampa Bay melee and urged more to get involved. “Keep doing what you’re doing.”

SEIU heavy Dennis Rivera then took over, taking calls from scripted SEIU members who read statements (one of which was painfully, barely coherent).
Rivera closed by railing against the “radical fringe” of “right-wingers” and urged his “Purple Army” to fight “terrorist tactics.”
 

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Following the blog trail . . .

http://hotair.com/archives/2009/08/07/video-seiu-activists-try-to-set-obamacare-opponents-straight/

Video: SEIU activists try to set ObamaCare opponents straight

posted at 2:55 pm on August 7, 2009 by Ed Morrissey
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After the President himself talked about getting in people’s faces when they oppose his policies and setting up snitch lines at the White House, the only shocker in this video is that it took so long for townhalls to turn violent. The SEIU showed up in t-shirted uniform to a townhall meeting for Rep. Russ Carnahan in St. Louis, apparently intent on demonstrating union tactics in organizing elections if Congress passes Card Check. The video below shows the immediate aftermath of the attack, including the arrest of one of the SEIU’s thugs:
His excuse? After being berated by a member of the crowd for attacking a black conservative for opposing ObamaCare, the union thug replied, “He attacked America!” The same goon made a threatening motion to the vocal witness, but perhaps thought better of it when he saw the camera. Police eventually responded and started arresting a number of people, including one reporter on the scene:
Kenneth Gladney, a 38-year-old conservative activist from St. Louis, said he was attacked by some of those arrested as he handed out yellow flags with “Don’t tread on me” printed on them. He spoke to the Post-Dispatch from the emergency room of the St. John’s Mercy Medical Center, where he said he was waiting to be treated for injuries to his knee, back, elbow, shoulder and face that he suffered in the attack. Gladney, who is black, said one of his attackers, also a black man, used a racial slur against him before the attack started.
“It just seems there’s no freedom of speech without being attacked,” he said.
Pay attention, America. This is a glimpse into the next three years of the Obama administration, at least using the same logic by which the Left accuses health-care reform opponents of “astroturfing”. If its policies get organized opposition, especially at events designed to allow for public debate, purple-shirted thugs will appear to crack heads and scare off the opposition.
And if nothing else, it’s a great look at how the unions will act once the secret ballot gets eliminated from organizing elections.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWnxlFbYjVY&feature=player_embedded"]YouTube - Obama's SEIU Thugs Attack Black Conservative[/ame]
 
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