"Gunny" Bob said "brownshirt tactics" of pro-Amendment 44 protesters reminded him of "Ku Klux Klan," "Nazi Germany and Hitler's rise to power"
Summary: On Newsradio 850 KOA's The Gunny Bob Show, host "Gunny" Bob Newman said protesters' tactics at an anti-Amendment 44 news conference reminded him of the "Ku Klux Klan" and "Nazi Germany."
On October 27, Newsradio 850 KOA host "Gunny" Bob Newman criticized protesters who disrupted an outdoor news conference by Gov. Bill Owens and other opponents of a Colorado ballot initiative to legalize marijuana possession. Newman said the protesters employed "brownshirt tactics that reminded me of the old newsreels of the Ku Klux Klan back in the '30s and '40s, that reminded me of Nazi Germany and Hitler's rise to power in the '30s."
Amendment 44 would "mak[e] legal the possession of one ounce or less of marijuana for any person twenty-one years of age or older," according to the Colorado Blue Book.
Newman made his comments in reference to the October 27 disruption of an anti-Amendment 44 news conference on the Capitol steps featuring Owens (R) and Colorado law enforcement officials. As the Rocky Mountain News reported October 28 (an online version of the story appeared on October 27), "Protestors of all ages -- most dressed in green, waving signs and chanting loud enough to drown out what he said -- stood on the capitol steps Friday morning to support the legalization of marijuana while mocking Owens." The News further reported, "The Republican governor lined up with Attorney General John Suthers and about a dozen law enforcement officials to explain why they thought the statewide ballot measure was a bad idea."
On his show, Newman stated that the protest of Owens's news conference reminded him of "the old newsreels of the Ku Klux Klan" and "Nazi Germany." According to Newman:
NEWMAN: Oh, it was ugly on the west steps of the Capitol today. The fascist druggies stripping the governor and some of our finest law enforcement officials of their First Amendment rights, with brownshirt tactics that reminded me of the old newsreels of the Ku Klux Klan back in the '30s and '40s, that reminded me of Nazi Germany and Hitler's rise to power in the '30s.
Similarly, the Rocky Mountain News, in an October 28 editorial critical of the pro-Amendment 44 protesters, reported comments made by Owens, who said, "I have never seen a time when people with a permit for the west steps of the Capitol couldn't be heard. These people in green shirts remind me of their predecessors in brown shirts."
As Colorado Media Matters noted, Owens declared September 16, 2006, "Gunny Bob Day," stating in part that "Gunny Bob airs on News Radio 850 KOA from 7 p.m. - 10 p.m., Monday through Friday, educating and enlightening Colorado citizens on a variety of topics from counter-terrorism to survival tactics."
—C.K.
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The Dummy is fully aware of brownshirt tactics and KKK leanings. His racist, military-dictator radio rants are fully consistent with someone who favors suppressing dissenting views through violence
Gov's "lawr n order" stand about pot is silly compared to his thug-buddies at Trailhead messing with election rules and phony ads - they've gone turtle lately, likely scared of a bit of sunlight, or maybe saving up for a heavy whack later this week - or maybe Owens and Pete (plea-bargain)and Benson and Jones want to abort this embarrassment and get back some of their cash.
The real issue here is the CONTEXT. Who can blame the few daring marijuana consumers for being exhuberant and, yes, angry, for the decades-long suppression of their point of view?
What they did, a lot of shouting, is pretty typical for protestors and doesn't really do any harm. What the government does, however, is a REAL suppression of free speech. Anyone who speaks out in support of marijuana reform becomes an immediate suspect and may soon find themselves in jail. Just ask Loretta Nall. That's exactly what happened to her. She wrote an article to the newspaper supporting marijuana reform, and a few days later, was raided by the police. Helicopters and all.
So, we have many millions of people who are intimidated into silence. If anything, those protestors who came out should each be given a medal for their bravery and willingness to stand up for the millions of people who can't.
I'm so sick of this land of bigotry. One of the many damages done by marijuana prohibition is that it sends the message that, "It's okay to hate!" And there's lots of people ready to jump on the bigot wagon.
That the neocons and their enablers like Dummy Bob are ALWAYS tossing around the "nazi" and "fasist" rhetoric?
Newman, (and boy, doesn't THAT name fit) for your enlightenment, since you evidently have ZERO clue as to what the word "fascist" means (wikipedia):
"Fascism is a radical political ideology that combines elements of corporatism, authoritarianism, nationalism, militarism, anti-anarchism, anti-communism and anti-liberalism."
Yeah, that sounds like a typical group of "druggies" all right, interested in nationalism, militarism, and anti-liberalism.
Perhaps you should use words when you don't know what they mean, moron.
"Perhaps you SHOULDN'T use words...." aaarrgh
How do you compare the Supporters of Amendment 44 to the KKK or Nazi's? I was there, I'm sure you weren't. So go ahead and write your biased story from the reports of others. You say it right there in your quote...
QUOTE=On his show, Newman stated that the protest of Owens's news conference reminded him of "the old newsreels of the Ku Klux Klan" and "Nazi Germany." According to Newman:
So let me get this straight... You weren't in Nazi Germany, you weren't at the rally... Where were you and how the f**k did you come up with your "opinions" if you don't know for a fact what either of those two groups were actually doing.
FYI, we were not unruly or disrespectful. We allowed the Governor and his sheriff friend to come up to the podium and speak lies about Marijuana and also allowed them to compare Marijuana to the Baily School shooting.
It wasn't until the little man, John Suthers got up on stage that we started chanting. John Suthers is someone who does not deserve his official position. He has lied to the public and purposefully added false statements to the State's Blue Book in regard to Amendment 44.
Gunny... get a clue.
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