PHOTO Code Pink 'taunt' local school children at the White House??

[Jackeens]

...according to this Reuters caption:

Members of the protest group Code Pink taunt local school children with chants about the war in Afghanistan as the children and their families arrive for a Halloween reception by U.S. President Barack Obama and his family at the White House in Washington, October 31, 2009.




Jeez, I know Code Pink's methods are sometimes, well, different....but I somehow doubt they were 'taunting' kids today. :shrug:

[bbinacan]

1. I'd bet they were.

Sometimes their methods remind me of that crazy ass church in KS.

[Sheepshank]

54. It's pretty clear

that zealous activists have no sense of anything or of anyone but their message. I wonder if they realize it's like the PTA people where they turn off so many more people than they are gaining?

Dovetailing on a kids event to get out a message. Totally inappropriate an disgusting. Religious zealots, and activists.....I see no difference. Neither have a sense of boundaries and neither has a place in my life. Their message is totally lost in the overbearing actions.

[HopeOverFear]

2. Not cool.

[jesus_of_suburbia]

18. At all.

Let the kids have their fun.

[majamay]

67. Do you realize that the OP doubts that Reuters is telling the truth about the taunting?

Please read it.

[firedupdem]

3. It's a party for children! They could have given it a rest today. n/t

[yourguide]

46. +1

[Brigid]

58. Make that +2.

Let the kids have some fun for crying out loud. x(

[NYC_SKP]

4. Sometimes they're just attention whores and oblivious to what's appropriate.

This is one time they should STFU and stay away.

Leave the kids alone, let them have their Halloween.

:nuke:

[bluestateguy]

5. Oh heavens to Betsy!

I'm sure they convinced Obama to begin an immediate withdrawal from Afghanistan.

Morons.

[Phx_Dem]

6. I've long thought Code Pinkers were huge assholes. They've proven me right.

Edited to add: They are not assholes because the object to the war -- but the way they go about it. Disrupting senate hearings like a bunch of junvenile deliquents does not help get your message across, it just makes you look bad.

[majamay]

68. But you do realize that the OP doubts that Reuters is telling the truth

Don't you?

[MadBadger]

76. The picture doesnt lie

[majamay]

80. The picture isn't showing them taunting kids

They are looking away from those kids. Are they looking at adults? We don't know.

[Raine]

7. They should at least have enough good sense

to stay away and not tried to spoil the children's good time. That's really TACKY, bothering children! x(

[SpartanDem]

9. When have the words tack and sense ever been associated with code pink?

[sense]

21. Tact?

[Webster Green]

8. Code Pink rocks!

Previous posters on this thread are fucking out to lunch.

Truth to power! None of you could spend a day with Code Pink without peeing in your pants. :rofl:

[FrenchieCat]

11. Code Pink is fine, but Code Pink ain't perfect.....

cause no one is.

They could have given it a rest knowing that kids were coming...

If everyone else can criticize the President 24/7, guess Code Pink can be criticized a
little bit too. :shrug:

[jonnyblitz]

15. yeah i am sure the poor kids are traumatized by those scary

costumes!!! :rofl: oh wait, isn't it halloween? :crazy: the "outraged" posters are fucking PATHETIC.

[5X]

10. Lets make sure we get all the right wing talking points covered. n/t

[stray cat]

12. Facts don't require talking points - were they protesting an event for kids?

[5X]

Looks like they were protesting the war.

[stray cat]

14. I would hope they were not protesting kids in general! But it was an event for kids right?

[Kdillard]

13. Yeah spoiling Halloween for kids will really end the war in Afghanistan.

Tacky and classless. They are influencing no one.

[1badjedi]

24. I would think

tacky and classless would be sending more americans to die in a war no one wants or understands.

Yeah maybe these people could have taken a day off but is the death and destruction in afghanistan getting a day off? Did all those young men and women over there get to come home today and be with their families? Is this alleged holiday more important than human lives being wasted?

I'm sorry but the truth doesn't need a day off since it's been on holiday long enough. And if the truth makes some people uncomfortable then too bad maybe they should speak up too then the code pinkers wouldn't need to make a nuisance of themselves all the time. IMO this government forfeiting our young is the message these kids need to hear/see since one day it may be their neck in the noose for no good reason. Think about that before you get all offended.

[Kdillard]

38. Sorry they are tacky and classless and will not stop any war from being fought

or people from dying. That seems to be the only truth. No protests stopped Iraq from being invaded in the first place nor is anyone from this organization getting anyone out of Iraq or Afghanistan any slower or faster.

[proud2BlibKansan]

45. +1

[Teaser]

70. "I'm sorry but the truth doesn't need a day"

just because your words sound nice doesn't mean that they mean anything.

[TexasObserver]

16. The right has Teabaggers as their embarrassment. We have Code Pink.

Code Shit for Brains would be a more accurate name for them.

They do no good.

[Hansel]

17. I'll second that. nt

[Raine]

59. Agree nt

[Tarheel_Dem]

19. Wow. These days, the left has proven they can be every bit as scary as....

the teabaggers, and just as nutty.

[otohara]

20. It's Fine, These Kids Are Democrats

they're cool.

It's Code Pink, not the Teabaggers...there is a difference.

[AllentownJake]

22. This group does constructive things

it also does destructive things. This is probably one of those destructive things.

[Ocracoker16]

23. good message but not a good time and place

These kids are coming to the WH to have fun. This was a special Halloween event that the Obamas planned for kids in the area. Code Pink is welcome to protest the war, but I don't think it is fair for the kids to have to deal with this disruption.

[NewLIfeArea]

25. Code PInk Shouldn't protect!!!!

I understand Code Pink's protect. They are right to do. but They did in Right place and Wrong time!!!
:shrug: :shrug: :shrug: :shrug:

[Extend a Hand]

26. "Well behaved women seldom make history" (L. Ulrich) n/t.

[Telly Savalas]

31. "Trying to disrupt children trick or treating seldom makes history either" (T Savalas)

[Raine]

60. Then there is just plain behaving badly nt

[mkultra]

64. yes, all rudness is now admirable.

congrats

[liquid diamond]

27. They are lower than scum.

I support their opposition to the war but not their methods. Fuck Code Pink.

[rucky]

63. Fuck Reuters

there's no proof they were even addressing the kids who were attending a White House function the same time CP was protesting in front of the White House - which happened to be on Halloween.

[Dreamer Tatum]

75. So you'd be fine with Teabaggers loitering around a non-political event for children

Um....no, you wouldn't.

There is a time and place for politica, and that wasn't it, plus Code Pink has revealed itself to be shrill and disdainful of decorum. Let them ply their histrionics around adults only.

[rucky]

77. They were dressed in costumes and holding signs.

And that's all we know from the photo. If you have an article that describes Teabagger-like shrillness directed at the kids, send it over.

[Dreamer Tatum]

79. Code Pink's MO is shrillness

To me, they're guilty until proven innocent.

As are anti-choicers.

[iamthebandfanman]

28. hurts the cause, sorry..but it does. n/t

[jillan]

29. There's a time and a place for everything. There were little kids there trick or treating...

I love Code Pink - maybe they could have done this on the steps of Congress yesterday.

[ipaint]

30. Maybe the parents don't mind. Who in their right mind wants

their kids shipped off 12-15 years down the road to fight the neverending war on terror.

And the kids are seeing protesters at the white house. Big fucking deal. Tell the kids free speech is everyone's right in this country and then go have some fun meeting the president and eating some candy.

[hileeopnyn8d]

35. "Shipped off"

Did they restart the draft?

[spoony]

32. That's odd

I thought Code Pink was just being hailed by DU a few weeks ago for coming around on the war. What changed with them, and this site?

[vaberella]

36. No one is bashing Code Pink as an organization. Get it straight.

Some of us are having issues with going on like this with little kids who want to have fun. That's not fun. That's just uncool.

[spoony]

37. "No one is bashing Code Pink as an organization"

In addition to not being relevent to what I said, you must also be fucking joking. You think all of this is because of one event?:

"I've long thought Code Pinkers were huge assholes. They've proven me right."
"When have the words tack and sense ever been associated with code pink?"
"The right has Teabaggers as their embarrassment. We have Code Pink." ("I'll second that. nt")
"They are lower than scum." ("Fuck Code Pink")

If you're going to respond to me, you're going to have to do a lot better than simply trying to bullshit me with such overtly false statements.

[vaberella]

40. Actually I'm not trying to BS you...I actually didn't see those posts.

Those were a bit uncalled for since I like Code Pink and donate. I'm a bit appalled that some on here said that. So I apologize. I have found their actions in the past questionable...but overall their organization does a service and I greatly appreciate them.

[ShortnFiery]

51. No, this is uncool:

[vaberella]

33. I love Code Pink and support them. But I have to admit they go to far. More often than not. n/t

[Jennicut]

34. Taunting the kids is wrong. Taunting the President would be fine.

They should have given it a rest for the day with kids coming there.

[Dreamer Tatum]

39. I wonder if any of those stupid assholes have grandchildren nt

[toocoolforschool]

41. not the right time at all

[Life Long Dem]

42. Yeah I saw this photo yesterday.

I thought it was bad taste to protest during trick or treat time with all the kids trick or treating.

[Undercurrent]

43. Their hearts may be in the right place, but

their brains are out to lunch.

Piss poor timing.

[Odin2005]

44. Jerks.

[proud2BlibKansan]

47. Awesome. They are sending a powerful message to all of those kids!

And if I know them as well as I think I do, they probably had treat bags for the kids as well. Plus some clever songs.

Code Pink is doing all they can to make sure these kids won't be sent to war when they grow up. I applaud them.

[ShortnFiery]

48. Bless Code Pink for doing our not so savory but NECESSARY work!

Children need to know that REAL WAR is not like the XBOX ... there is no "reset button" when you look behind you to see that your buddy's been turned into a pile of gore and mush from an IED.

THEY NEED TO KNOW! :thumbsup:

Much better to teach our children NOT to glorify war NOW than when they are in High School and within reach of the tentacles of the ROTC recruiters.

[Still Blue in PDX]

49. Code Pink is to war protestors as James Dobson is to Christians.

More of an embarrassment than anything else.

I loved Code Pink early on, but all too often it seems they've jumped the shark.

[ShortnFiery]

52. Speak for yourself. Democracy is often UNTIDY. eom

[Still Blue in PDX]

61. I always do. Thanks. nt

[Canuckistanian]

50. I SERIOUSLY doubt they were taunting children

Are there any quotes about what they ACTUALLY said to ANY child?

You don't print words like "taunting children" without VERY specific first-hand observances with DETAILS.

[boppers]

53. Can't we find some issue where Code Pink, PETA, ELF, Phelps, and the Teabaggers can all go at it?

/facepalm

[vaberella]

55. That would actually be funny. I personaly think Code Pink would win.

Teabaggers would be dinner. Code Pink took on all the RNC and came out unscathed...thy could take out anyone.

[Still Blue in PDX]

62. Hmm. I've given money and demonstrated with both Code Pink and PETA.

Does that mean I need to slap myself?

Oh, wait . . . sometimes watching their antics and hearkening back on the fact that I have given money and demonstrated with both Code Pink and PETA, I DO want to slap myself!

:rofl:

[boppers]

71. It's okay. It's how we roll in Little Beirut.

The excessive scenery-chewing theater is just part of the fun.

:D

[Hippo_Tron]

56. Alternative headline "code pink was protesting, school children happened to be there"

I'm not a huge fan of code pink and frankly I've found some of them to be impolite and counter-productive during some hearings I've attended.

That being said, I doubt they intentionally came to taunt school children. More likely they were picketing the White House just like every other day and there happened to be children coming to the White House that day.

[stevenleser]

69. Having talked to several of the leadership over there, I would bet you are right

There is absolutely no way those ladies authorized anything that would have been directed at children. Period.

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

74. At that White House at 8:00 p.m. last week...

Not inside, mind you, but out in Lafayette Square. And there were two protesters -- one from a group has been camped there since the early 1980's and another guy with a bullhorn was keeping up this nonstop monologue on no subject in particular.

The point here is that there are protesters outside the White House pretty much 24/7 and even though I think Code Pink spends most of its time "over the line" in its protests, this is probably a case of their being at the White House at the same time the kids were arriving.

[Vidar]

57. Good for Code Pink!

[mkultra]

65. +1 fuck children

[majamay]

66. I don't see anyone taunting kids in that photo

I am willing to be proved wrong, so feel free to enlighten me as to where the taunting is seen.

[nyc 4 Biden]

72. Thank you Code Pink!

Sorry but I don't think the violence over in our two theaters of war has taken a day off for Halloween.

If you go to the white house on Halloween during wartime you may see some war protesters. Accept that.

I doubt the kids even realized Code Pink were protesting anything. At least in this photo the kids seem undaunted.

Code Pink is a courageous group, and I find it appalling that DUers of all people are throwing them under the bus for this.

[Ed76638]

73. A lot of people bitching over nothing.

"There are kids at the White House"

Well shit, there are kids in Afghanistan and Pakistan being killed by airstrikes, drones, and suicide bombers.

[SIMPLYB1980]

78. Losers. No need to do that with the children around.

:eyes: