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Another brave citizen gets arrested while attempting a citizen's arrest of Karl Rove.

LA Times:

At the annual convention of the Mortgage Bankers' Assn., former White House guru Karl Rove debated the 2008 presidential election -- and the current economic meltdown -- with former Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell.

Up on the stage walks a well-dressed woman, name as yet unknown. First she complained that there was no woman on the panel. Then she drew out handcuffs and tried to arrest Rove for treason.

She was quickly ushered off the stage.

The exchange between George Mitchell and Karl Rove on negative campaigning may very well be the best part of the clip. Be sure to watch til the end.

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CoIntelPro.PronktasticlyAgainst.SCLM.E-Voting.Incumbents's picture

too bad she couldn't pull it off


Some stuff you can't make up!

Anonymous's picture

Is she is in Club Gitmo yet?

Lil' Kim & Martha Stewart had to serve time in prison for lying

But everyone else in government is above the law!

The USA has one more choice than old Communist Russia

calibpatriot's picture

When will criminal prosecutions of the criminals in the Bush regime commence? After the current "guests" in Gitmo have been released to receive FAIR trials Gitmo would be an excellent place for the likes of Bush, Cheney, Rove, Rice, Rumsfeld, Perle, Wolfowitz and all the rest of those neocon criminals convicted for high-crimes and treason.

lucid fiction's picture

Wow, she's got a pair of stones.
Why do they always arrest the wrong people?

LeftandLeft's picture

Judging from that stupid, passive look on his disgusting, gooey face, Karl knows a lifetime of abuse is coming.

gallery's picture

he probably filled his Commander codpiece underoo's with a load of pellets when he saw those cuffs.

liberalNmoderation's picture

That lady is truly an American hero!
And...I wish she'd punched him too.

MountainMan23's picture

Anti-war protester tries to handcuff Karl Rove

SAN FRANCISCO - An anti-war protester confronted former Bush administration aide Karl Rove while he spoke at a San Francisco mortgage bankers' meeting.

A statement by the group Code Pink identified the woman as 58-year-old Janine Boneparth, who tried to handcuff Rove in what she called a citizen's arrest for "treason."

While Rove, who was speaking Tuesday at the Mortgage Bankers Association's annual convention, elbowed Boneparth away as she was escorted off the stage, no one was injured and no arrests were made, The New York Times reported.


Democracy is too important to be entrusted to politicians.
Rise Up!
Protest!

Centrocitta's picture

Duke Rove has been spying on American citizens in Austin, Texas since 1994 -- the year Bush became governor. And something tells me Joe Biden has been informed.

Centrocitta's picture

She COULD have asked him to dance!

P.D.'s picture

It seems Rove and Gonzo have the same problem. Where ever they go, people will object. Unless of course, it's Faux News! They will always be welcome there.

Shadowgm's picture

Here's the crazy thing. Medea Benjamin (Code Pink) also got onto the stage on Monday. I swear the woman turns invisible or something, because she routinely does this, including appearances at the RNC.

But somehow, no one ever recognizes her. No one ever manages to stop her. This isn't a question of free speech, it's highlighting what a JOKE security is, especially for the nimrods telling us we have to be afraid of the evil terrorists coming to get us.

I generally don't agree with their methods, but when it comes to embarassing the power brokers like this, I can't help but be amused.

Edwin's picture

I think Code Pink is fabulous. The rest of you have become too comfortable!!


"If the US government enforced its banking laws like it did its park regulations, we wouldn't be
in this damn park in the first place." OCCUPY.!!

ronnie dobbs's picture

behind it.

i like the idea though.

MaudeLebowski's picture

Me too. I'm also proud of that fact that Americans are angry about the crimes Bush and Rove have committed.

CoIntelPro.PronktasticlyAgainst.SCLM.E-Voting.Incumbents's picture

there was thought and courage behind it.

they thought they'd do something about Rove's crimes against this country.


Some stuff you can't make up!

right on_exclamation point here's picture

and I think every citizen who sees KKKarl Rove (and many other repukes) oughta attempt a citizen's arrest on that ba$tard. I think he'll get the idea he's not liked... whaddaya think?

BigD145's picture

People should form a nice orderly line and just keep trying until the security officers run out.

right on_exclamation point here's picture

eventually even someone as thick as these fucktards would catch on...

Xopl's picture

There was definitely an opening for a second person with cuffs after the security swarmed the first woman and took her off stage. Rove was unprotected. Next time there will be two people with cuffs, one after the other.

The time after that there will be three people with cuffs.

The time after that four.

And so on until the citizens of this country do what Congress and the District Attorneys and Attorneys General of every State have so far failed to do.

Vince's picture

Code pink is just as dangerous as the neocons. Radical is radical, it doesnt matter which way you lean.

ron's picture

How? Standing up for democracy and the law is what we all should be doing.

P.D.'s picture

They have every right to protest and Rove has been ignoring Congress for months.

theWalrus's picture

That has to be one the stupidest things I've read in while.

right on_exclamation point here's picture

is the stupidest thing you've read in awhile? the part where she's arrested? or the part where she attempts a citizen's arrest?

liberalNmoderation's picture

Code Pink, just as dangerous as the neo-CONs?
You SUUUURE about that sparky?
The neo-CONs are more dangerous, if only for the simple fact that have have MUCH more money, and clout.
Not to mention they're all batshit crazy SOB's.

CoIntelPro.PronktasticlyAgainst.SCLM.E-Voting.Incumbents's picture

and dangerously cowardly and ignorant.


Some stuff you can't make up!

ysbaddaden's picture

Have nine lifes than nine asses,

We'd never leave the bathroom.

)O(


Diabolus est Deus Inversus

That Mick Piobr's picture

Your country has been illegally taken over by the goons who stole two elections.

Trying to stop them is radical?

Right.

Vince's picture

Peace at all costs is just as dangerous as do what we say or were comming for you.

Yes Rove needs to spend the rest of his life in prison for what he helped do to the CIA agent but this was a waste of time. Even if she had gotten the cuffs on the police would have just put them on her.

LeftandLeft's picture

How did an ignorant, fake tough asshole like you(who clearly watches that pussy hero, O'Reilly) figure out what 2+2 equals?

Vince's picture

I dont agree with your fringe beliefs and somehow I like Bill O? This is what scares me about sending in my vote for Obama. The far left is just as crazy as the far right. You sound like the lady who wants all people who disagree with her to be investigated for being anti-american.

This is why people like me are getting sick with both sides. Both sides are dominated by nearsighted, thick skulled assholes like you who refuse to believe its possible to be right on some issues and left on others.

Edwin's picture

Was she a danger to anyone?


"If the US government enforced its banking laws like it did its park regulations, we wouldn't be
in this damn park in the first place." OCCUPY.!!

Edwin's picture

Peace at any cost??? While people die, you pontificate. Must be a Palin supporter.


"If the US government enforced its banking laws like it did its park regulations, we wouldn't be
in this damn park in the first place." OCCUPY.!!

LeftandLeft's picture

Poeple like you make laugh. No matter what horrors right wing organizations perpetrate(worldwide) dopes like you claim that the playing field of responsibility is always level...you poor fool.

UncleDave's picture

is more dangerous than The NeoCons. No BODY.

MN USA's picture

Code Pink dangerous? In what way? Because they have the guts to speak truth to power?

Vince's picture

I firmly believe that you should speak truth to power. I was at the DNC raising hell with everyone else. Ive joined 2 anti-McCain protests in the last 3 weeks. .

How Code Pink goes about it is stupid and reckless (protesting recruiting stations. I saw them booing the soldiers as they left a recruiting station here in Denver).

I hate to say it, but the Daily Shows bit on code pink puts it in perspective. They want love and peace above all else. There are times when you have to crack skulls but they would rather go over there and hug everyone. They are for freedom of speech as long as its there's. They dont believe that you should have a right to make your own decisions when it comes to joining the military, so they harass people going into the recruiting stations.

You are all being as thick skulled and stubborn as the right has been for the last 8 years. Just because someone doesn't agree with you doesn't mean they are stupid.

Amitola's picture

...."Code pink is dangerous....etc," and your line here, "How Code Pink goes about it is stupid and reckless," I'd say you've broken your own rule about "just because someone doesn't agree with you......"

We don't necessarily think you're stupid just because you make stupid comments. But, you are making it difficult to think otherwise.


"Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls the pain of Stupidity" - Frank Leahy

Edwin's picture

Dangerous? For making noise? Really!?!


"If the US government enforced its banking laws like it did its park regulations, we wouldn't be
in this damn park in the first place." OCCUPY.!!

JoeSixpack's picture

And this years Giant Brass Balls award goes to...

Random lady in L.A. Congratulations! Now, here's your jumpsuit and one way ticket to Gitmo. Enjoy.

SouthTxman's picture

He looked like a complete idiot, sitting there, scarred. What a turd.

Genius? Ha, it doesn't take a genius to divide people.

ysbaddaden's picture

He'd be tough enough to even have any scars.


Diabolus est Deus Inversus

Amitola's picture

,,,to elbow the lady when she bent down to put on the cuffs. He's a very, very cowardly lion. I really think after the new adminsitration is inauguarated, we have to extend the use of torture just long enough to see Rove, Cheney, Bush, Rumsfeld at al waterboarded - just for a minute or two, before they're carted off to the Hague.


"Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls the pain of Stupidity" - Frank Leahy

theWalrus's picture

Janine Boneparth should be given a Medal Of Freedom award.

RayC's picture

As much as I would love to see Rove carted away in handcuffs, I am concerned that he be made into a victim through the lens of the corporate media. But anything that keeps his crimes in the public eye should be good.

liberalNmoderation's picture

She should have { Deleted. SiteMonitor} and save time and anguish...and taxpayer dollars.
He is a treasonous scumbag, and should be treated as such.

P.D.'s picture

But Rove deserves to be in prison. The fact they accept him as a polical guru(???) on Faux News is disgusting.

ron's picture

Wouldn't save the taxpayers a dime. They would spend tons of money convicting her.

liberalNmoderation's picture

I'm just a bit pissed at the moment...
No job...rent's due soon, and my first unemployment check isn't due until next week...I'm hurtin over here.
GAH!!!

LeftandLeft's picture

....I work, but I have four family members who simply need my help. I hope what we all are going through is like a fever...that eventually passes. Please hang tough man.

(deleted, before the SiteMonitor does) against high level Government shills committing crimes against the USA.

Even though I support a scorched earth policy against all members of PNAC and the Bush Administration who had an active roll in all the crimes committed against US citizens - I know there will never be justice.

mudshark's picture

You gotta watch them womenz folk. Thems ther is sum scary womenz.
Next ting ya no they'll want money. damned super elite womenz.
Be A Feared. Be very a feared.

On a side note, we all know how Rove hates to be touched.
That guy is sooooo weird. Look at the way he jerks his hand back.
I hope that guy is shunned by society for the rest of his life. Every time he steps out of his door, I hope people vibe him.


What is your conceptual, continuity?

Anonymous JudyLou's picture

I hope that every time he goes out in public somebody spits in his sorry face.

binaryfinary's picture

Rove really doesn't like getting touched. Maybe it's because all those alien parasites, that infest his doughy body, will react to the stimuli and will beging gnawing too heavily on his bowels. Just a theory..

Beastie's picture

That should be brass ovaries........

ProgressiveTroll's picture

He had his usual arrogant smirk, the one that says you can't touch me. I'm curious what this lady was charged with? Trespassing? Since when is it illegal to do a citizen's arrest? Oh yeah, when the treasonous thugs took over this country and we all just sit on our asses and let them do it.

dosido's picture

she wasn't arrested, just bounced out.

I agree that Rove should have been thrown in the slammer years ago. frustrating.

ProgressiveTroll's picture

The article above says she was arrested.

dosido's picture

Someone set the record straight in the comments. No worries. I just thought you might like to know, that's all. Not trying to be a nudge.

ProgressiveTroll's picture

I didn't read all the comments. Didn't think you were a nudge!

dosido's picture

How can anyone believe that Senator Kerry, as stiff and gentlemanly as he is, would have attempted that lame joke that was first rolled out during Dole's attempt to capture the WH? What a bonehead thing to say. Rove is slipping and not enough subtle anymore.

Mitchell just sitting there chuckling was awesome.

constituent's picture
DOJ

what Rove and the BUSH administration pulled with the DOJ they should be jailed. ROVE has been clear he wants a one party system.......NEOCONs.

ysbaddaden's picture

Why hasn't turd-blossom been arrested for not answering Congress's subpoena?

Aren't there outstanding international warrents as well on him?

If they had to arrest her, they would have to arrest him too and let a judge sort it out.

If they just escorted her out, and it was a public event I'd think they'd be liable.

)O(


Diabolus est Deus Inversus

CafeenMan's picture

We need a citizen's Guantanamo. Then you don't need to actually arrest anyone or charge them with anything. You can just pick up random people off the street, lock them up and leave them there.

Reasonberg's picture

Are citizen's arrests not allowed any more for such powerful people? Maybe she should have had some other people, especially men, on her side for backup to thwart security.

How much longer can the TB have executive privilege and be above the law??

pinkobait's picture

Last Friday, police in Des Moines, Iowa arrested four people who attempted to make a citizens’ arrest of former top White House aide Karl Rove, who was in town to speak at a GOP fundraiser. A retired minister and three members of the Des Moines Catholic Workers community were cited for trespassing. However, according to a press release, the judge presiding over the case praised their efforts:

[Mona] Shaw was the first called before Polk County Fifth Judicial District Associate Judge William Price.

After entering her plea, the judge asked Shaw, “Mamn, what were you doing at the Wakonda Country Club?”

“I was attempting to make a citizen’s arrest of Karl Rove, your honor,” Shaw answered.

“Well,” the judge looked up and said, “it’s about time.”


"To me, truth is not some vague, foggy notion. Truth is real. And,
at the same time, unreal. Fiction and fact and everything in between,
plus some things I can't remember, all rolled into one big "thing."
This is truth, to me. "

-Jack Handy

Moggy's picture

People need to constantly confront Rove and make him miserable. The man's a traitor, plain and simple. Hopefully, an Obama Administration will call him to account for his crimes. I haven't yet given up hopes of seeing him sitting in prison for his crimes. But in the meantime, constant confrontation is exactly what he deserves.

Margeaggedon's picture

And he'll probably never serve a day or be made to answer for his crimes.

Big Boppa's picture

It usually costs him $200 an hour to have a woman put him in handcuffs.

And this time he didn't even have to wear the paper bag on his head.


I think I'm turning Japanese, I think I'm turning Japanese, I really think so.....

dBa's picture

That's not the gender I've heard.

UncleDave's picture

Good one!

grimcity's picture

...is made out of pure awesome.


w00t!

LanceThruster's picture

Make this courageous woman US Attorney General.

Blue Lensman's picture

that congress has moved slowly on any sort of endightments against Rove. The last thing we want is for KKKarl to get a blanket pardon from W.

displaced's picture

That was such a moronic thing to do. Seriously, if she had put any thought into it she would have realized how silly she would look--up there by herself trying a citizens arrest. Doesn't impress anyone, especially not the Americans who still support bush (28% is still over 100 million people).

It would have worked a lot better if she got some people to help her out. Then it would be hard for the bouncers to evict them all and they might have even been able to parade Karl around in the cuffs for a while before the police would eventually show up and arrest them all.

Better yet if she got several hundred people to help her out, then the police would have to get riot gear.

Better yet if she got several thousand people to help her out and start the revolution.

But all you commentators to this blog (myself included) are a bunch of lazy-ass losers who can't be bothered to get up from your computer and fight for social change.

miss_kitty's picture

Wha? she was a moron, and we're lazy fat arseholes for not being morons like her (a distillation of your comment as I read it)?

You just can never win with some people.

displaced's picture

1. I said what she did was moronic. (I have no idea if she herself is a moron, I don't know her.)

2. It was moronic because she clearly didn't think it through and got no backup.

3. We are fat arseholes (myself included) who did nothing to help her.

miss_kitty's picture

I was not in the area to help. I assume 99. 9999% of people here were unable to offer backup. Logistics, not lack of will dictated that.

You have no idea what each individual does away from the keyboard. Until you get the gift of telepathy, you might want to back off of the blanket accusations. THAT'S more moronic than trying to attempt a citizens' arrest of Karl Rove w/o backup, except for accusing everyone here of being a lazy ahole does not make the point a foiled CA of KR does.

xoites defends Constitution's picture

Unless you are a supporter of Karl Rove i really don't get your point. Political theater has a lot going for it. Karl Rove is not resting easy right now. Once again it has been brought to the attention of the public that there is a need to arrest this man.

Amitola's picture

I don't believe she really thought she'd be arresting Rove - she was trying to make a political point - and she succeeded, because the tape lives on to remind people what a criminal Pig-face is.

If a gang of folks had gone onto the stage, they never would've gotten close to Rove to even say why they were up there. She made Rove look like a fool - worked for me! Bravo!


"Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls the pain of Stupidity" - Frank Leahy

MountainMan23's picture

I participated in a citizen's arrest of a police officer.

The law states that after making the arrest it is the obligation of the arresting citizen to contact appropriate authorities immediately.

We did.

And several patrol cars with ranking brass drove up, spent almost an hour trying to decide what to do, then refused to take the arrested officer into custody.

We then went to court to try to compel the police to take the officer into custody.

The judge refused.

But we made our point.

I'm no "lazy-ass loser who can't be bothered to get up from your computer and fight for social change."

Maybe YOU are!


Democracy is too important to be entrusted to politicians.
Rise Up!
Protest!

displaced's picture

Good for you! I'm glad you tried. Sorry it didn't work out, but thanks for showing that not all of us are lazy.

(I still think a majority of us are lazy though...)

Anonymous's picture

I agree.

This was a stupid stunt. I saw this on CNN, and they were laughing at her. They even laughed at how Rove just brushed her off.

She should have used a rope and lassoed him around his fat neck. She definitely should have came with backup.

She just looked like a fringe lunatic up there with handcuffs.

Sure we would all like to put Rove in the stockades, [Deleted. Do NOT advocate violence here-Sitemonitor]

miss_kitty's picture

Who are those bunch of mentally challenged pricks to make fun of someone trying to make a point about the failed criminal activities carried out by Rove & Co?

You look to CNN for the proper reaction to a situation? Loser.

displaced's picture

Yeah, but a majority of the nation does get their news from Faux, MSN, or CNN. So if you are trying to help change the world for the better, are you going to do it in a way that the MSM taunts you before millions of viewers, or do it in a way that has lasting effect?

I'm done with you miss_kitty, you obviously have no ability for rational thought, so you won't hear any more from me on this topic. (Or anymore after 6pm tonight as I do not plan on registering.)

miss_kitty's picture

Thanks for the power, sukka!

LeftandLeft's picture

One less troll...say hi to Dennis for me buddy.

Anonymous's picture

I made an off the cuff joke about what do do with Karl Rove in the stockade, but that is considered violence here and thus deleted. Should I have added a smiley face to indicate it was a joke? Whatever.

Note to miss_kitty - I saw this on CNN before I saw this here. So did millions of CNN viewers.

While I personally feel that Rove belongs in jail, this woman looks like an idiot. Many others who are neutral on Karl Rove will feel the same.

She did not help her cause, she only hurt it.

Slamming CNN is just stupid, because millions of people watch CNN, and are not vested in the "left" or "right". They just go on with their lives, and if they see a foolish action like this, they laugh it off or dismiss her cause as some lunatic fringe action.

Just like the "Don't Taze me 'bro" guy at UF when John Kerry was speaking. He looked like a fool as well. Did he get his message across? No, but his "Don't Taze me 'bro" is now joke fodder for Leno and Letterman.

Think first. Act later.

Edwin's picture

"While I personally feel that Rove belongs in jail, this woman looks like an idiot. Many others who are neutral on Karl Rove will feel the same."

-->Anyone who is neutral on Karl Rove, hasn't a clue about what's going on in the USA.


"If the US government enforced its banking laws like it did its park regulations, we wouldn't be
in this damn park in the first place." OCCUPY.!!

Edwin's picture

Don't be swayed by the "majority of the nation" BS. (By the way, 28% is not over 100,000,000.) Think for yourself. A majority of the nation was cheering Bush after 9/11, now they see how wrong that was.

Rise above mediocrity and complacency. Think man. forget the MSM.


"If the US government enforced its banking laws like it did its park regulations, we wouldn't be
in this damn park in the first place." OCCUPY.!!

upchuck's picture

Just quit paying your bills, toss the letters from collection agencies in the trash, and drink another six pack of beer. This economic house of cards will only hold together as long as the people are willing to support it by paying into it. Something better than debt based slavery lies at the end of this. Have faith in the future and let this system of debt collapse; if not for you; do it for your childrens sake so that they are not strapped with a a quarter of million dollars in debt by 30.

ProgressiveTroll's picture

A group of people did try a citizen's arrest on that fat bastard a few months back. And that didn't work out either. Thus the smug look on his face while people try it. And I've never heard of what has happened to any of the people that have tried to have him arrested. Perhaps a citizens arrest on Harriet Myers or Josh Bolton would be easier. Although I think they've sent Harriet out of the country.

MountainMan23's picture

The key is making the Citizen's Arrest inside a jurisdiction where the police WILL cooperate with the Citizen's Arrest.

Technically Rove is still "under arrest" simply because a citizen said "you are under arrest" but the problem is getting the local authorities to take him into custody.


Democracy is too important to be entrusted to politicians.
Rise Up!
Protest!

rd's picture

It's all nonsense. We're talking about a guy who isn't afraid of congress. It's like the other poster said, if there was a lineup of people, the stunt would have been meaningful.

MountainMan23's picture

It's meaningful.

How many grains of sand does it take to make a beach?

What courage it takes to be the first grain of sand ..


Democracy is too important to be entrusted to politicians.
Rise Up!
Protest!

displaced's picture

No it's not meaningful for one person to do this. If she really wanted to offer a meaningful contribution to the progressive movement she could have

a. organized a rally outside the event
b. volunteered for a blue-state election campaign
c. formed her own organization so they have better control how the media views them
d. run for public office herself
e. volunteered at a homeless shelter
f. donated money for cancer research
g. many many many more meaningful activities that subvert the evil that Rove represents.

MountainMan23's picture

I wasn't suggesting you bury your head in the sand.


Democracy is too important to be entrusted to politicians.
Rise Up!
Protest!

xoites defends Constitution's picture

What makes you so sure she has not done other things?

Usually by the time someone is moved to do such a risky act they have been quite active on a variety of other levels. Making people think is the most progressive thing anyone can do and you can't tell me this act was not thought provoking.

miss_kitty's picture

nice of you to decide how people should contribute to society. Have you got my list ready to go?

How'd you get the job of 'Arbiter of Others' Charitable Activity' because I'm good at telling others how they should live their lives. 'Nosey Parker' is my middle name.

pinkobait's picture

nosey parker! you kill me. :)


"To me, truth is not some vague, foggy notion. Truth is real. And,
at the same time, unreal. Fiction and fact and everything in between,
plus some things I can't remember, all rolled into one big "thing."
This is truth, to me. "

-Jack Handy

Anonymous's picture

I think one could say that this attempt at a citizens arrest was a waisted effort. Symbolically it was a pretty strong message, but thats about it. A citizens arrest can only be made to work if the authorities are willing to go along with it. Otherwise, what jail will you put him in?

I think this is the reason why many of the people in these comments are calling this act "stupid" or "not well thought out". It really wasn't well thought out, but it did look good.

So if she just wanted to make a symbolic statement then you accomplished it. However, if she really wanted this man arrested then her actions were a wasted effort.

Edwin's picture

Maybe she could have made a list of things for other people to do, like you have.


"If the US government enforced its banking laws like it did its park regulations, we wouldn't be
in this damn park in the first place." OCCUPY.!!

Edwin's picture

If everyone waits for a line-up nothing will get done. This patriotic act is already meaningful.

You know, Jesus was unpopular with the authorities too, but it didn't stop him. No way. (As a "dirty old hippie", I think Jesus was awesome, just not the son of god.)


"If the US government enforced its banking laws like it did its park regulations, we wouldn't be
in this damn park in the first place." OCCUPY.!!

Mr. Dave's picture

Jeez, couldn't they have found a woman who was a little more butch for that stunt?

ysbaddaden's picture
)O(

Diabolus est Deus Inversus

Mr. Dave's picture

Well at least Judy (or Emo for that matter) would have been a bit more potent than the somnambulate Edgar Winter look-alike they hired.

xoites defends Constitution's picture

Hired?

What do you think they did? Called Dial A Protester?

What planet do you hail from?

Mr. Dave's picture

I think they intended to use dial-a-protester but mis-dialed dial-an-avon-lady instead. That stunt required a Roller Queen or a Drag King, IMHO.

xoites defends Constitution's picture

So...you have to be a certain kind of person-have a certain kind of "look" to be allowed to express an opinion in this country?

Mr. Dave's picture

It's not so much about image--performance is the key. The woman chosen had no ability or presence.

xoites defends Constitution's picture

And yet she is all over the news and Rove is a little less smug.

I can live with that.

Perhaps you can do better?

If so you have all of my support.

Mr. Dave's picture

Rove a little less smug? What planet do YOU hail from? That guy is a terminal smarm-hole.

I don't think I could have done any better but I think I could have done a better job choosing the right woman for that stunt.

right on_exclamation point here's picture

I'm looking forward to this being something that happens on a regular basis to KKKarl...

Mr. Dave's picture

Roller derby girls to the rescue.

xoites defends Constitution's picture

Still trying to wrap my head around the idea that someone "chose" this person.

It is the exact opposite. This person chose to do this.

You think this action came out of Central Casting or something?

Mr. Dave's picture

The idea is that a stunt like this requires a certain level of planning. For instance, the woman had a pair of hand cuffs in her possession--that required forethought. Superior forethought would have been involving a more capable person to perform the stunt, in addition to the hand cuffs.

xoites defends Constitution's picture

Obviously you think you could do it better.

I can't wait to see you on the news.

Get busy!

Mr. Dave's picture

Like you ever had any doubt ;-)

CEO citizens eyes open's picture

What this lady needed was cover units, when a suspect resist, you call for cover. I will cover anyone who wishes to attempt to arrest rove,chenney or any of the shit-house gang, I am however short of travel money and may need help to get to where ever. My offer stands.-CEO,citizens,eyes,open

MountainMan23's picture

Forget the handcuffs.

You just walk up to the guy and say "You are under arrest."

Then you contact appropriate authorities to take him into custody.

And, as I read the law, those authorities do not have the right NOT to take the person into custody.

If the arrest is subsequently deemed to be invalid, that is the responsibility of the citizen(s) who made the arrest.

But therein lies the problem - you must make the arrest in a jurisdiction where the local authorities WILL take the arrested person into custody.


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Protest!

rodeman's picture

George Mitchell..............touche!

In one sentence you nailed the basta rd.

Anonymous's picture

This woman should be arrested [Deleted. Do not advocate violence on this site-Sitemonitor]

xoites defends Constitution's picture

The correct term is "hanged."

I am not surprised you don't know that for some reason...

Anonymous's picture

That woman is now one of my heroes. What the hell is anyone in their right minds doing listening to Rove. This man should be in prison for lying to the American public about WMD's, outing Plame, undermining U.S. National Security, undermining the Dept of Justice etc etc. We should have a national pig roast with that lying sack of flesh that is called Karl Rove

Zilam's picture

I am glad that citizens are willing to try and arrest him, because God knows that Congress will never do anything to him.

Kathleen's picture

Democracy Now is a must watch today. Professor Mark Crispin Miller is interviewed by Amy Goodman on the election in 2004 and how Rove was involved. Greg Palast has said many of the same things

http://www.democracynow.org/

Watch and Listen to Prof Miller

Primary narrative for a loss "racism"

ysbaddaden's picture

Diabolus est Deus Inversus

ruthless people's picture

Rove is a doughy white version of OJ Simpson, Every knows he's guilty yet he's allowed to walk free. OJ got his, Rove will eventually get his. Turdblossom will have to be looking over his shoulder for the rest of his life and though that's not punishment enough, it's good for now.

rita's picture

lol! rove has gotten so used to citizen's arrests that he didn't even blink. nice try but mr. potato head can get out of any handcuffs by disloding his mr. potato head arm and slip them off.

Gretchen the aspiring elitist's picture

Seriously, that woman tried to the entire world a favor. She should be nominated, celebrated as a hero and put to work getting the rest of the war criminals.

Hell, Congress hasn't done it. Someone needs to get the job done!

Anonymous until 6pm's picture

That woman had some guts, even if it wasn't the correct way to arrest someone. Is saying that she should have brought a taser instead of handcuffs considered inciting violence? if it is, I apoligize sitemoniter.

Edwin's picture

Everyone-- rush out and buy some handcuffs today (or just dust off the ones under your bed :-) ) and follow suit. I'd like to see this done 1,000's of times across the nation!!! Send a very clear message. We're fed up and you leave us no other options.

"Civil disobedience" is often patriotic!!! However I see no disobedience here, just common sense. The powers that be do nothing.


"If the US government enforced its banking laws like it did its park regulations, we wouldn't be
in this damn park in the first place." OCCUPY.!!

kasinca's picture

KKKarl Rove set out to arrange for a permanent GoP majority but I think he created a permanent minority for the GoP.

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