Occupy protesters heckle Newt Gingrich at Iowa event
In an ornate room of the golden-domed Iowa Capitol building this morning, Newt Gingrich stepped before cameras to thank two state House speakers for their endorsements. Kraig Paulsen of Iowa and William O’Brien of New Hampshire had just given their blessings to his quest for the Republican presidential nomination.
But Gingrich had barely gotten a sentence out when a young man who had been sitting behind him — perfectly positioned for the cameras, it must be said — leaped out of his chair, moved toward Gingrich and yelled, “Mike check!”
That signaled to three other youngish adults who had been sitting behind Gingrich and his wife, Callista, to leap to their feet. They began clapping and chanting “Put people first! Put people first!”
Occupy Des Moines, which similarly interrupted New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s news conference on behalf of Gingrich’s rival, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, had struck again.
The Gingriches didn’t flinch. They turned their backs to the cameras to watch the commotion behind them. The protesters were gently hustled out by security men in suits. When they were gone — or seemed to be — Gingrich turned back to the assembled members of the media and noted:
“You just saw the one-tenth of one percent. I was at the University of Iowa the other day and that same tenth of one percent — all noise, no thought — tried to drown out conversation, so I appreciate you all putting that in perspective.”
If whatever you are doing makes Newt Gingrich look good in comparison, you need to stop doing it. These pinheads are just giving Newt a chance to look rational and reasonable, as well as providing him an opportunity to tell jokes at their expense. Not to mention the free publicity.
On the other hand, if you watched that clip and thought “Yay! They really showed him,” then you need to Occupy Rehab.
Seriously.
Put down the Koolaid and step away from the punchbowl.
The Crawdad Hole 
Or he should hire these guys away from Obama 😀
http://www.barackobama.com/home-for-the-holidays?source=OM2012_LB_YT_desc_the2012talkvid&subsource=youtube&utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=the2012talkvid_desc
If Newt would have cold-cocked that idiot he would have gone up ten points in the polls 9overnight.
You betcha.
I am a sniveling, two-faced weasel.
LOL, well obviously I need to go clean my ears because I swear those protesters were shouting,” f- me first,” which, although bizarre, would have actually made more sense.
That link in the comment by – DeniseVB, on December 21, 2011 at 12:31 pm – goes to an Obama site. Uck, you should post warnings.
Or he should hire these guys away from Obama
You went to an Obama site, now they’ve taken your soul.
Sorry Betty 😦 It’s why I use url links so you can see the source. Also, my aversion to blind links from the years I was Rick Rolled on DU 😉
Anything at DU is by definition Rick Rolled. 🙂
😀
It’s amazing how tone deaf and out of touch some idiots can be. Seriously, who on earth thought that would be clever and would be good for their cause?
Remember in the 70’s when streaking was a fad?
It was extra sad when you couldn’t really see they were streaking, if you know what I mean. 🙂
Kind of a good analogy to OWS though. Just as meaningful and well focused and effective.
You betcha. 🙂