Strong Words From Beauprez on "Town Hall"

Congressman Bob Beauprez kept up his stance regarding President Bush's "town hall" meeting in which three people were ejected for having a "no blood for oil" bumper sticker on their car. He clearly wants no part of being stuck with this one down the line. From The Rocky Mountain News:

Republican Rep. Bob Beauprez called the volunteer's action "momentary authority gone mad." Beauprez, whose office handed out the tickets to Bush's speech, insisted that his staff demanded "no pledge of allegiance to George W. Bush" to obtain one. "This was in no way, shape or form supposed to be a purified crowd," he said..."If someone has been targeted as someone who may dissent," that is not grounds for ejection, Beauprez said.

As Colorado Pols reported yesterday, Congresswoman Diana DeGette has requested a House Government Reform Committee investigation into whether the crowd control techniques used at taxpayer- funded White House events were proper. DeGette also listed incidents in Denver; North Dakota, where 42 people were barred from getting tickets; and Arizona, where a student wearing a Young Democrats T-shirt was denied access to a presidential event on Social Security.

Republican Congresswoman Marilyn Musgrave also spoke out against the event: "If there is a reasonable threat, it is up to law enforcement to determine and I support the law enforcement community decisions."

As for the rest of Colorado's Capitol Hill delegation, Republican Senator Wayne Allard and Congressmen Tom Tancredo and Joel Hefley kept quiet. Democratic Congressmen Mark Udall and John Salazar spoke out against the tactics, as did Democratic Senator Ken Salazar.

Comments

[Essaywhuman?!!]

I'm so glad Marilyn supports the decisions of the law enforcement community. That is when she's not trying to change the law to more harshly deal with people (read: The Patriot Act, being the initial sponsor of the first Constitutional Ammendment specificaly designed to DISCRIMINATE since 3/5ths) In the long run, this is going to go away, and BB will probably be unaffected.

[Ralph]

"I'm shocked. Shocked to learn there's gambling going on here."

"Here are your winnings, Capitain Reynauld."

"Oh, thank you very much."

[Strider]

"In the long run, this is going to go away, and BB will probably be unaffected."

Yeah right.

Since BB is running for Gov, this *is* and *will be* and issue.

[wonderwoman]

Strider,

Do you honestly believe that the average voter will remember this, or care about this in a year? You give them too much credit.

[Ter Ducken]

Voters won't remember, but a clever opposition campaign will remind them.

[wonderwoman]

granted, but if that is the best that the Dems can do, then they are in more trouble than I thought.