{"id":3326,"date":"2008-07-20T17:03:03","date_gmt":"2008-07-20T22:03:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/?p=3326"},"modified":"2008-07-20T20:46:24","modified_gmt":"2008-07-21T01:46:24","slug":"protesters-arrested-at-her-home-as-pelosi-warms-up-netroots-nation-goers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/?p=3326","title":{"rendered":"Protesters arrested at her home as Pelosi warms-up Netroots Nation goers"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Bay Area’s KRON 4 covered a protest that took place yesterday at the home of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. More than 100 people gathered to demand that Pelosi withdraw HCR 362 which calls for a naval blockade of Iran. Eric Garris has posted the video report to Antiwar.com blog<\/a> along with a detailed report from CodePink activist Janet Weil.<\/p>\n

The congresswoman was not at home<\/a>; she was in Texas at the third annual Netroots Nation conference (formerly known as the YearlyKos Convention<\/a>):<\/p>\n

Between 2,000 and 3,000 liberal-leaning bloggers are getting some face time this week, in hopes of gathering strength before the fall election.<\/p>\n

The four-day Netroots Nation 2008 conference<\/a>, which started Thursday in Austin, Texas, will feature more than 150 speakers and 125 panel discussions and events.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

As three protesters were being arrested at her home, Pelosi was participating in an “Ask the Speaker Session” that was live blogged on DailyKos. I can’t seem to find the word ‘Iran’ in the post or the 173 comments that follow it<\/a> but there is a brief exchange regarding the “CodePink dips” in the audience who were “acting up”.<\/p>\n

Updated<\/em>:
\nBarack Obama is so right. There is much more that unites us than divides us. Behold the Netroots defending a scripted event against the protests of “attention whores” and “jerks”.<\/p>\n

A commenter to this post<\/a> writes that “Markos (Moulitsas) called Code Pink \u201cjerks\u201d at a later event.”<\/p>\n

Jason Linkins tweeted this to the Huffington Post<\/a>: “Code Pink exit the room with a trenchant reminder of what attention whores they are.” <\/p>\n

The trenchant reminder<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Before Pelosi speaks, an announcement is made from the podium that disruptions will not be tolerated…we will be arrested.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In this video<\/a> something is thrown at the tiny group as official-looking people escort them out of the hall. <\/p>\n

The CodePinkers promised to be and pictured here<\/a> look subdued during Ms. Pelosi’s presentation. How dare they express themselves when her highness declared the scripted question and answer session was over! Off with their heads! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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