Cruz Manifestly Slams Communism at Campaign Stop

During a campaign event in Elkhart, Indiana, a student asked Republican Presidential hopeful Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) to sign his "economics textbook".  Cruz obliged but noted that the tome was the "Communist Manifesto" by Karl Marx.



Rather than call out thugs to make the disrupter disappear, Cruz made his point through a clever signing statement. WSBT cameras covered how Cruz noted how millions suffered because of this economic ideology and how it impacted his family's history.  Cruz then thanked the student for coming to the event.

This is a much different tact than seems to occur at Trump rallies.  It is not just the Trump riot in Santa Cruz, California.  It seems that pugnaciousness is encouraged and dissent is not tolerated at in the Trump rump.

This is not the first time that Cruz has engaged with opposition in his audience to his advtange.  Last July, Code Pink crashed a rally against the Iran Deal in Lafayette Park near the White House.  Instead of shouting down the opposition or folding the tent, Cruz lent the microphone to Medea Benajamin and other Pink protester to engage with them on their points, rather than staged talking points. But naturally that does not make the news, because the Lamestream Media would rather cover such vital stories as Cruz refers to basketball rings in Indiana.

John McCain: "Get out of here, you low-life scum.”

The Senate Armed Services Committee was preparing to hear testimony from three super-annuated former Secretaries of State when the proceeding was rudely disrupted by Code Pink.  The self proclaimed "peace and social justice" NGO dedicated to protest all US wars through obnoxious grandstanding sought to make a citizens arrest of 91 year old Henry Kissinger.  Kissinger was President Richard Nixon's (and later President Gerald Ford's) National Security Adviser and Secretary of State .

It does not seem like the Capitol Police were prepared for the street theater in Senate hearing rooms, as the pink protesters were at first escorted to the back of the room.  When they continued to agitate, Chairman John McCain decried their lack of decorum and bid a rude adieu to the ideologically addled agitators. The Chairman's ire might have been aided by his memory of spending five and a half years as a POW in the Hanoi Hilton during the Vietnam War. 

What was truly outstanding was former Reagan Secretary of State George Schultz's response to the ruckus.  The 94 year old diplomat stood up to confront Code Pink and then declared:  “I salute Henry Kissinger for his many contributions to peace and security.” This led to a standing ovation which drown out the progressive protesters. 

It was curious that Code Pink wanted to refight the Vietnam war nearly 40 years after the fall of Saigon.  If they wanted to confront a Secretary of State present with a more recent war record, they could have gone after Clinton's second Secretary of State Madeline Albright, who was at the helm at Foggy Bottom during the NATO bombings in Serbia during the Spring of 1999.  

Ironically, Code Pink staged this protest the same day the secret tapes of Congressmen and the Pentagon communicating with Libyan officials in order to  sidestep the warmongering strategy  of  Obama's Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who led America into what was deemed  an unnecessary war in Libya.  Was that really practicing "Smart Power"? 

But progressives have different rules for Democrats and it is dubious if these anti-war agitators would challenge their comrades. 

Red Twilight -- May Day Protest at the White House

As May 1st drew to a close, a strange sight was seen at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, as a small wave of red flags paraded toward the White House.

May Day Protest in front of White House   [Photo: BD Matt]

 

It turns out that a coalition of lefty groups gathered together to demonstrate for May Day in front of the Peoples’ House.

The group looked very caucasian, pretty privileged (lots of smart phones, I-Pads and expensive cameras to capture the moment).  Presumably, these would be the same useful idiots who would be part of an Occupy experience, except they have recently bathed. 

Meager May Day Protest in front of White House  [Photo: BD Matt]

 

While scenic shot may look like the Red Twilight Protest to look like a mass movement, there were less than two hundred participants, mostly youthful individuals who probably  should have been studying for finals.

Obama Giant Puppet at May Day Demonstration in front of White House  [Photo: BD Matt]

  
What leftist protest would be the same without giant puppets?  Since this was more of a mobile protest, the caricature of President Barack Obama looked pretty two dimensional.  

Code Pink Guantanamo Street Theater at White House May Day Protest  [Photo: BD Matt]

The Guantanamo Street Theater part of the show looked like it was sponsored by Code Pink.  They should be happy considering Mr. Obama’s renewed push to close Guantanamo.  But didn’t President Obama sign an order on his first day in office in 2009 to do so?  Imagine President Obama not keeping his word!

IWW demonstator waving Wobbly Flag at May Day Protest at White House  [Photo: BD Matt]

The “wobbly” Red Flag is from the Industrial Workers of the World, a “one big union” organization which was established in America in 1905.   As of 2005, the “Wobblies” have about 5,000 members in their anti-free market union, whereas the AFL-CIO has 13 million members.

Parade of red flags at May Day protest in front of the White House  [photo: BD Matt]

Media moment at the May Day protest at the White House   [Photo: BD Matt]

There was a media scrum for a vocal agi-prop individual.  During these encounter, liquid was being thrown toward the police as the demonstrators periodically chanted “Pigs go home.”  It sound be noted that anarchistic protesters often fill water bottles with urine as projectiles for police.  

No wonder Concord, Massachusetts recently banned bottled water --“The Acquafina is coming.”  This is a sad indictment of the cradle of liberty, when patriots defended their freedom from a tyrannical British government who were going to disarm them. 

Police keeping order at the White House May Day protest  [Photo: BD Matt]

 
Law Enforcement Officers looked ready to stop the charade by taking out plastic handcuffs for the persistent protestors without a permit.

While the White House May Day Protest looked like it was a made for media moment, the violence in Seattle for May Day may be more telling.