I just saw, on CNN, some guy holding a black sign saying “You can’t win an occupation” during John McCain’s speech at the Republican National Convention.
Anyone else see that? Anyone capture it on video/screen grab?
Security also threw out a protester in a pink dress after someone ripped a sign out of her hands.
McCain rolled well with the punches: “ignore the static and background noise.”
I dunno, folks. There’s a time and a place for this, and there are some legitimate gripes to hear heard. But let the man speak.
I’m guessing the same thing would have happened had the protest happened at Obama’s speech. Surely it’s standard security protocol.
As for the name calling, grow up.
How is it that a young male protestor wearing a t-shirt, sporting tattoos and carrying what must have been a 4ft long cardboard banner manages to get past a phalanx of riot police outside, convention security inside and into a building full of a sea of security conscious Republicans, post-911 paranoia and people who have Secret Service details? Or was it just convenient to let someone in to serve as a foil for McCain’s “ground noise and static†comment that felt more canned than Chef Boyardee? Something is rotten in the state of Denmark.