Obama supporters protest Bill Clinton appearance in Virginia.

[Maddy McCall]

Pauly Johnson said she and her husband like Hillary Clinton, just not as much as her competition.
“It’s the spirit of the dialectic,” Chris Johnson said.

snip/

The Johnsons had walked the perimeter of the gathering line earlier in the day, but as the room filled, they took up positions on the sidewalk in front of the building, quietly holding their signs. Contrasting them, not more than a quarter of a football field away, a handful of protesters, some of them wearing Obama stickers that matched the Johnsons’, held up homemade signs reading “Deny Deny Deny” and “Democracy left a bad taste in my mouth” and evoked the impeachment of Bill Clinton and his wife’s stance on abortion. That group, unlike the Johnsons, was engaged in a running exchange, sometimes heated, with the waiting crowd.

Eric Vanover, one of those protesting the Clinton appearance, said “the only reason I came here was to address the Monica situation.”

Jack Cole, carrying a “Vote for Hillary” sign, joined Adam Hamilton in a counter-protest of Vanover and the others.

“All they’re doing is trying to trash Bill Clinton,” Hamilton said. “They’re making jokes … and don’t seem to care about the issues.”

MORE AT: http://www.swvatoday.com/comments/clinton_visit_left_some_out_in_the_cold/news/1685/

[MonkeyFunk]

1. Oh for fuck's sake

that's vile.

[UALRBSofL]

MonkeyFunk

Let's email this to CNN and MSNBC and FOX. Do you think it might get any coverage?

[ronnykmarshall]

15. Makes me all warm inside.

All that HOPE!

[leftynyc]

29. Don't forget UNITY (n/t)

[Rosa Luxemburg]

54. smells of Republicans stirring it up!

Republicans wearing Obama clothes

[Enrique]

2. I doubt they're really Obama supporters

sounds more like republicans, maybe paid ones.

[Whisp]

6. hard to say who would pay for that scene.

ifyaknowwhatimean.

[JVS]

22. Qui bono?

Ohhh, Bill you sly one.

[griffi94]

14. i don't know

i've seen the clintons trashed as bad as any neocon right here on du the last week or so.
ya know not supporting hillary is a personal choice...but slagging the clintons as bad or worse than the repubs is over the line. the clintons have taken more abuse from the rw than anybody...they fought as weel they could and have been fairly successful. it seems to go beyond just disagreements in the candidates....jeebus it's almost like they were named bush

[MonkeyFunk]

18. Why?

Plenty of people here on DU have made the same arguments.

[Metric System]

19. They're probably Obama's beloved Obamacons. n/t

[nonconformist]

32. Well, a lot of Obama's supporters ARE Republicans...

I guess these are the types of people we should be "welcoming to our side".

[WinkyDink]

51. AGREED!

[rodeodance]

3. Not good for the Obama camp if this is happening!

[rodeodance]

4. Not good for the Obama camp if this is happening!

[Hoof Hearted]

16. Rodeo, you heart hog, look at you!

:P


Good job! :thumbsup:

[rodeodance]

45. silly--I am very humbled. I will pass you one on payday if this still going:-) I will

write myself a note.

[napi21]

5. Oh well. Both parties have some stupid people in them.

I doubt it bothered Bill at all. It really is too bad we have to get this kind of stuff from our own party though.

[OzarkDem]

7. Ok, that's it

Anyone else recall this kind of vitriol in a previous Dem presidential primary? I don't.

There are no controversial issues in this primary. WTF is all this about?

[Raejeanowl]

31. No Controversial Issues?

Well, I'm not certain I'd agree with you there, Ozark, when the three major bones of contention seem to be pro and anti-war efforts, minimum political experience for the POTUS, and universal health care.

But as regards the protesters, the problem all candidates face is: you can't hand-pick your supporters.

And all of them apparently have their troglodytes.

[maddezmom]

8. “soft on terrorists and hard on fetuses,”

sounds more like freepers to me

[Adelante]

23. It sounds like people who protest Obama, in fact nt

[maddezmom]

35. just to clarify

I meant the protestors that said that, were probably freepers not Obama supporters. :)

[maddezmom]

37. joops, triple posted ...just to clarify

I think the people that made the comment are freepers, not Obama supporters. :hi:

[Adelante]

40. Yes, yes, I knew that

:hi:

[maddezmom]

38. just to clarify

I think the people that made the comment are freepers, not Obama supporters. :hi:

[Seabiscuit]

39. I think the third time was a charm.

[maddezmom]

43. LOL

(crossing my fingers this only posts once)

[OzarkDem]

9. Ok, that's it

Anyone else recall this kind of vitriol in a previous Dem presidential primary? I don't.
I'm beginning to smell GOP rats.

There are no controversial issues in this primary. WTF is all this about?

[Tarc]

10. Everytime we think the Obama camp sinks to the gutter

They find a trapdoor to get to an even lower level.

Good job, guys.

[Connie_Corleone]

21. "...and evoked the impeachment of Bill Clinton and his wife’s stance on abortion.

Yeah, Obama supporters are always railing against Hillary about abortion.

:eyes:

more than likely freepers.

[Sensitivity]

11. DECEPTIVE POSTS like this should be banned. Discourse in impossible in this context.

[Maddy McCall]

20. Nothing deceptive about it.

It's straight from the newspaper's website.

[onenote]

28. here's why its deceptive

The article doesn't say that the protesters were Obama supporters. It said that there were a handful of protesters, some wearing Obama stickers. The main thrust of the article was how civil the crowd was and how people wanted to hear Clinton speak. The paper apparently made no effort to find out if the protesters were in fact Obama supporters and, given the pro-life tenor of their comments, I think its safe to say that they weren't really Obama supporters, just posers.

But you conveniently left a lot of that out and created a threat title that is quite misleading.

[Maddy McCall]

34. The Johnsons claim to be Obama supporters.

They are at a Bill Clinton appearance, holding signs, protesting his appearance. Others are there with stickers like theirs, holding signs, protesting Bill Clinton's appearance. Unfortunately, the title bar at DU doesn't allow me the room to put all of this in the heading.

I think the title fits just fine. It's up to the reader to read the article and come to his or her own conclusions.

[onenote]

42. Your reading comprehension needs work: the Johnsons weren't "protesting"

Here's how the article describes the Johnsons:
"Chris Johnson and his wife, Pauly, brought their two children to the center. All wore Obama stickers and carried Obama signs. Pauly Johnson said they’d come to serve as a reminder of the Illinois senator’s presidential bid for the White House.
Chris Johnson said he was proud of what Bill Clinton had done during his eight years in office, but he wanted to show support for his candidate “because he’s the best person for the job.”
Pauly Johnson said she and her husband like Hillary Clinton, just not as much as her competition."

The article goes on to contrast the Johnsons, who carried their Obama signs, with the "protesters" who had anti Clinton signs.

Yes, your post was deceptive. And so is your attempted defense of it.

THere is a big difference between holding a sign supporting a candidate and protesting the appearance of another candidate by holding signs directed at that candidate. You know that, but just chose to ignore/distort it.

[rodeodance]

25. what a crackup--its not like the OP is making things up (like so many post on DU)

[LostinVA]

36. How is the post deceptive -- the OP just posted an article

[ronnykmarshall]

12. Any DU'ers in the group?

[Maddy McCall]

56. Maybe this one?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=4539004&mesg_id=4539961

[thevoiceofreason]

13. Beware angry supporters

Sounds like a plant to me.

[UALRBSofL]

27. I wonder if the anti-clinton protestors were actually interviewed?

Maybe they should be interviewed and make the local evening news in the potomac area.

[southern_dem]

17. Sounds exactly like Freepers n/t

[Renew Deal]

24. This sounds like the Protest Warrior crowd.

Sounsd just like them.

[bluedog]

46. if it was them

they would be bragging about it on their freep sites......they can't keep quiet and it will come out....

[Renew Deal]

52. They are bragging about it

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1968426/posts

[bunnies]

26. Obama supporters my ass.

Obama supporters are not anti-choice. This sounds just like the people that protested INSIDE an Obama rally I went to. No one accused them of being Hillary supporters. Thats just dumb.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

30. ugh

[niyad]

33. that twit was there to "address the monica situation"?? WHAT monica situation?

people are dying by the tens of thousands, 4 BILLION a week is going down the toilet, and he wants to "address the monica situation"???? some people have wayyyyyyyyy too much time on their hands.

[rodeodance]

48. anything Clinton related gets brought up---just look at DU

[ElsewheresDaughter]

41. just like the Rovian Young Campus Republicans tactics....figures

[dannofoot]

44. They were Freepers, dammit!

Here is the link...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1968426/posts

Really disgusting the way the OP snipped and spun this...

[robbedvoter]

47. It's not like we didn't have Clenis threads on DU. Page one. 140 recs.

How would I know? For all I know, freepers are busy picketing McCain.

[UALRBSofL]

49. dannofoot thanks for the link

Apparently from the Free Republic it was freepers that were there for a Huckabee event. Why would they protest Clinton when Obama is in the lead?

[Maddy McCall]

50. That's hardly proof that it was freepers.

When they post the photos, I'll believe it. The freeps at Free Republic never hide their identity. I seriously doubt that they would wear Obama stickers.

And they always post the photos. When you've got photos of Freepers with Obama stickers at this event, that will be sufficient proof that it's freepers.

In the meantime, I see so much nasty stuff at DU, very similar to the signs that were held in protest of Clinton's visit, that I don't find it a stretch at all to believe that these were Obama supporters.

[Renew Deal]

53. Wow, you trust freepers more than Democrats and DUers

Telling

How do we know it wasn't you out there trying to make Obama look bad?

[Maddy McCall]

55. LOL.

Yeah, it was me, out there with anti-choice signs, trying to make Obama look bad.

It was every bit worth the $500 plane ticket to go do that.

You're cute. :hi:

[OzarkDem]

57. hard to tell the difference these days n/t