Predictably, the radical witches at Code Pink were out to protest in Denver and St. Paul for the recent political conventions, doing their part to bring laughter and tears to the two-week drama. Equally predictably, I caught up with their group from time to time to see how things were going. I’ve put together a short highlight reel we can all share.
Code Pink, the group who tried to run the Marines out of Berkeley and called American troops terrorists, admitting that abortion is killing and calling for collapsing bridges. (That was Medea Benjamin about bridges, by the way. She’s a Code Pink co-founder. Some real intellectual heavyweights they bring to the table, hmm?)
This is the group that repeatedly crashed Republican convention events. Very liberal St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter Jo Mannies claims her press credentials were “stolen” by the Pinky who broke into a Phyllis Schlafly pro-Life event to unfurl a banner on stage (I’m sure Mannies would never have given her creds to the Pinko, oh no). Code Pinkers love getting on the pro-Lifers, particularly with this “war is killing” line. Either they don’t get that the corollary to their argument is that being pro-Choice means being pro-baby-killing … or they do.
Anyhoo, couple more pics below the fold.
The megaphones REALLY got old. I think these ladies have been recruiting from the American Idol rejects line.
Dude. Seriously?
Plus, the whole cafe thing didn’t really gel. If it’s the code pink cafe, why are all the signs about what McCain and Palin are cooking? Are they in favor of his recipes? If not, why are they selling them at their cafe? And really, where’d the cafe thing come from, anyway? Other than signs about cooking and one or two vaguely kitchen-related hats, there was nothing “cafe” about it. Plus their overall theme was
“Make Out, Not War”. Shouldn’t it be like, make CAKE not war? It’s a cafe right?
Ok, so … stilts? It’s stilts now? “Be Tall, Not War!”
You know, here’s another problem with “Make Out, Not War” … it doesn’t make any sense! Make love, not war. I get that .. but make out? It doesn’t match up. Try reversing them:
“Make War, Not Love” vs. “Make War, Not Out” … you see what I mean?
Suffice it to say, the Code Pinkers were looong (the stilts see, get it?) on show, short on substance, and their message was, to say the least, mixed. One thing is for sure, it had something to do with peas. (You know, it’s a cafe, right? So peas? Hey that’s funny, y’all. Bah, you darn kids with your music.)
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I wonder what would happen
ThreeNineNine Tuesday, September 9th at 3:58PM EST (link)if someone went around punching them in the face one by one. Think they’d stick to their idea of “peace”? Ghandi, they are not.
Good lord that was hilarious.
Wintergreen (Diary) Tuesday, September 9th at 4:14PM EST (link)I reviewed the part about building bridges that collapse 4 times. I had tears in the corners of my eyes from laughing.
Great work!
No Hugs
Livingston Tuesday, September 9th at 4:18PM EST (link)You can’t, like, um, hug your kids with nuclear arms, you know.
They're all so dreadfully unhappy.
Moe Lane (Diary) Tuesday, September 9th at 4:24PM EST (link)It’s tragic, really.
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Where are the ostridge costumes?
Liz Carter (Diary) Tuesday, September 9th at 4:37PM EST (link)They obviously have their heads in the sand. As an individual directly impacted by Sept. 11th and a woman, these ladies need to step back into reality. The War was brought to us and we are at War. McCain is the only man that has the experience to bring peace back. “Talking” with terrorist groups is not the answer!
These are the same women who think Palin shouldn’t have had her last child, yet are against her son going to serve his country.
WAKE UP Pink People!
Great Stuff.
phxg (Diary) Tuesday, September 9th at 5:21PM EST (link)So, CodePink believes that every life is sacred, yet on their own website (Yes I went there and yes, I do need a shower now) proclaims that:
I guess the fact that their organization is contradictory and just plain ignorant as to how the world works is not enough shame to keep them in doors.
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. –Aristotle
Code Pink gave up here
sdillard Tuesday, September 9th at 5:21PM EST (link)I live just north of Berkeley. Code Pink has given up on the Marines here, and their “protest permit” has expired.
All that rage for nothing.
Huh
NCConservative (Diary) Wednesday, September 10th at 6:39AM EST (link)Am I the only one that thinks these “wimmins” look like men in drag? Especially that one with the tapped on ‘Mo war” message. Bet she tears it off and puts on a new message the next day.
And that dude sure looks like he is cowering in the corner. That “please dont hit me anymore” look.
“Of course that is my opinion, I could be wrong” — Dennis Miller
People get that way when they're confused
Raven (Diary) Wednesday, September 10th at 9:22AM EST (link)And they all look and sound a bit confused (a state I am regularly refamiliarized with)…
Anyway, people don’t like to be confused. If they stay confused long enough, they get angry. Code Pinkoes have been confused a long time.
“If you do not have a sword, sell your cloak and buy one.”
Luke 22:36
Mannies and Code Pink
CBanks (Diary) Wednesday, September 10th at 9:36AM EST (link)I think the most telling part of this whole episode is that Code Pink used the credentials of notorious liberal columnist Jo Mannies.
For those of you who don’t know Mannies, she’s anti-Republican, anti-Blunt and anti-McCain. Unfortunately and unsurprisingly, she also commands a high post at Missouri’s largest newspaper.
She might not have physically handed over her credentials to Code Pink, but she runs in the same circles as them. You’ve got to wonder how exactly they mysteriously “acquired” her passes.
CBanks I heard about
GPSkins Friday, September 12th at 4:03PM EST (link)that “theft” as well. How incredible? Mannies slams Blunt, slams Republicans in general, and now it comes to light that her ID was “stolen” by someone that just happened to be a Code Pinker? Incredible. Given the status of the MSM in Missouri, this is not good news for Republicans in the state.