Woman Arrested at McCain Event for "McCain=Bush" Sign

By Lindsay Beyerstein, Majikthise
Posted on July 7, 2008, Printed on November 26, 2009
http://www.alternet.org/bloggers/http://majikthise.typepad.com//90700/

A 61-year-old librarian was ejected from an ostensibly public McCain campaign event at the Denver Center of Performing Arts in Denver, CO on June 7 because she was brandishing a deadly memetic weapon: a hand-lettered sign that read "McCain=Bush."



Carol Kreck was standing outside the Denver Center for the Performing Arts, which is located on city property. When she was asked to either discard the sign or get out, Ms. Kreck objected that she was standing on city property.

She was lead away by police officers and subsequently ticketed for trespassing. As she was being removed, Kreck asked if was being arrested. The officer answered, "Yes." (Approximately 1:03 into the video.)



Carol Kreck, QED. McCain=Bush.




As ThinkProgress notes: "McCain has apparently taken a page from the Bush playbook. In 2005, the White House had three activists expelled from a Denver public forum with President Bush because it was the administration’s policy “to exclude potentially disruptive guests from Bush’s appearances nationwide.”"

Lindsay Beyerstein a New York writer blogging at Majikthise.

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