From the Associated Press, July 14:
Norma McCorvey, 61, of TX, better known as "Jane Roe," began screaming that Sotomayor was "wrong" about abortion during the opening statement of the newest member of the Senate, Al Franken, D-MN....
Capitol Police identified the other three arrested as: Robert James, from VA; Andrew Beacham of IN; and Francis Mahoney of FL. Police did not provide their hometowns....
Sweetness & Light has noted the "suddenly meticulously informative AP," keen on getting the name, rank, and serial number of pro-life protesters at the Sotomayor hearings, when it doesn't bother with such details when covering liberal Code Pink protesters.
Wrote Sweetness & Light:
This stands in stark contrast to the way the AP and the rest of our watchdog media treat radical leftwing protesters, such as Code Pink.
You will never see a news report about a Code Pink demonstration even mention who the disruptors are, let alone that they are members of a small professional group of protesters who do these stunts for a living....
And yet Code Pink is such a small group of ubiquitous harridans that surely by now even our oblivious watchdog media must know them each by name.
But oddly enough, their names are almost never mentioned.
For, unlike these abortion protesters, we are always supposed to believe that these leftwing protesters are simply outraged citizens who have sprung up from the grassroots.
Such as when the Code Pinker founder and Obama "bundler" Jodie Evans disrupted Sarah Palin's speech at the GOP convention.
Why the double standard?
And will a member of the committee pay the abortion protesters fines, as Mr. Conyers and others are wont to do for Code Pink?
[AP photo and caption attribution: Sweetness & Light]
Comments:
I'm the biggest free speech proponent on the planet. I'm opposed to laws banning flag burning and "hate speech", but I don't support what Code Pink does. Assault is not protected by The First Amendment. What they do is borderline terrorism.
Posted by: libertarian at July 15, 2009 11:08 AM
"Watchdog media". I wish. This is obviously a misprint and should say "lapdog media".
I think it was good to ID Jane Roe. Might make people ask themselves why the imfamous "Roe" would be such a vocal supporter of life.
I don't like these tactics, but I think Norma can make a very big impact on changing people's minds.
Posted by: Lauren at July 15, 2009 11:49 AMAhahaha, Lauren, you're the only one. I typed "abortion" into the Twitter search engine about 45 minutes after yesterday's Sotomayor screamer was hauled away by the police, and I read back all the reactions to that most recent outburst. Funny: not even the most dedicated forced-birth scolds, who have seemingly dedicated their every waking hour to telling pro-choice Twitterers they're going to hell, had anything positive to say about the juvenile tactics of Randall Terry's flunkies.
Why do anti-choice nutjobs never realize that the human instinct is to run away from wild-eyed screamers of all persuasions? I can't imagine---but it serves my purposes just fine that this is something they have yet to figure out.
Posted by: Michelle at July 15, 2009 12:56 PMThey got their full names, states, and if you read closely, notice that they even inquired as to their hometowns to print, but were denied that information. If this isn't a blatant attempt by the media to single out pro-lifers for retribution, I'm at a loss as to what it is. This isn't like pro-lifers printing information about abortion clinics that's already advertised on billboards or in the yellow pages. This is the media attempting to obtain personal information about private citizens who disagree with their agenda. This is dangerous. I really am starting to get scared of the times we're living in, between national elections being obviously stolen by a liberal fringe radical group, to the media actively attacking anyone who disagrees with the liberal message...I'm starting to feel like I'm fiddling on the roof in Germany.
Posted by: xalisae at July 15, 2009 1:00 PMReread what I wrote. I never said that I supported the tacticts, but rather the printing of "Jane Roe's" name in conjunction with the incident.
Lauren, you expect a pro-abort to read what you wrote instead of just giving you a knee-jerk reaction? Wow, you're optimistic today!
Posted by: Elisabeth at July 15, 2009 3:34 PMHaha, you're right Elisabeth.
Posted by: Lauren at July 15, 2009 5:06 PM"Ahahaha, Lauren, you're the only one."
No, Michelle, I'm with Lauren and I'm sure many others are - they may not be as vocal as the nay sayers.
There is a whole generation who probably doesn't know who Norma McCorvey ("Jane Roe") is. Let's get her name in the news.
I'd be more concerned if no one seemed to give a hoot or a holler about abortion. The more voices, the better.
Posted by: Janet at July 15, 2009 5:17 PM"You will never see a news report about a Code Pink demonstration even mention who the disruptors are, let alone that they are members of a small professional group of protesters who do these stunts for a living...."
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Posted by: kbhvac at July 15, 2009 5:39 PMI'm just shocked beyond belief that our world famous major news media outlets would show bias on this subject. I may have to rest all day to get over the shock.
Posted by: Doyle Chadwick at July 16, 2009 11:30 AMIf this isn't a blatant attempt by the media to single out pro-lifers for retribution, I'm at a loss as to what it is.
X, out of curiosity, how do you feel about pro-lifers holding protests outside the homes of the people who work for the construction company that built that one Planned Parenthood?
Posted by: Alexandra at July 16, 2009 5:49 PMIf those people were informed beforehand what they were building, and either supported that or didn't care, i'd say i think that's appropriate. They're actually complicit in the abortion process, as their work facilitates abortion. So, yeah.
Posted by: xalisae at July 17, 2009 12:48 PM
