It is expected when those that support the Rule of Law, honesty in government and the Constitution do not appreciate the radical, ethically challenged San Fran Nan Pelosi. But when the grassroots’ leadership of the radical Left—Netroots—boo and hiss her. She lied to them—Obama is using drones to kill people, using the IRS and NSA to spy on people—and San Fran Nan says nothing.
Glad to see the Left is seeing the truth—Obama/Pelosi/Biden/Feistein/Boxer
Support and defend a police State—something conservatives have been saying since January, 2009.
“As Pelosi was saying the country needs a “balance” between security and privacy, Marc Perkel, a 57-year-old activist from Gilroy, Calif., started shouting at Pelosi during her answer and was escorted out of the room.
“It’s not a balance. It’s not constitutional!” he yelled. “No secret laws!”
Others in the room began shouting as well, saying things like “Leave him alone!” or “That’s what a police state looks like right there!”
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Nancy Pelosi booed, heckled at Netroots Nation 2013
By EMILY SCHULTHEIS, Politico, 6/22/13
SAN JOSE, Calif. — House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi was booed by progressive activists Saturday for defending President Obama on the NSA’s surveillance programs and suggesting that alleged leaker Edward Snowden broke the law.
Speaking in a wide-ranging Q&A session at this year’s Netroots Nation conference, Pelosi said it’s unfair to equate Obama and former President George W. Bush on the issue of surveillance.
“People on the far right are saying oh, this is the fourth term of President Bush,” the California Democrat said. “Absolutely, positively not so.”
As Pelosi was saying the country needs a “balance” between security and privacy, Marc Perkel, a 57-year-old activist from Gilroy, Calif., started shouting at Pelosi during her answer and was escorted out of the room.
“It’s not a balance. It’s not constitutional!” he yelled. “No secret laws!”
Others in the room began shouting as well, saying things like “Leave him alone!” or “That’s what a police state looks like right there!”
The moderator, Zerlina Maxwell, worked to quiet the crowd by saying audience members needed to submit questions via Twitter rather than shouting them out, but Pelosi said she didn’t mind.
“I welcome the challenges that people pose because I think that those questions must be answered,” Pelosi said.
She was further booed when she said Snowden did break the law by leaking the information he revealed.
“As far as Snowden: he did violate the law in terms of releasing those documents,” she said.
Some of the crowd erupted in boos, with one man screaming, “You suck!”
“I look forward to working with all of you,” Pelosi continued. “Now that the public knows more – it gives us an opportunity for some of the things we’ve been advocating for a while.”
She continued by saying the real problem is the vast outsourcing of government programs to contractors like Booz Allen Hamilton, where Snowden worked —a line that earned her applause from the audience and allowed her to recover control of the crowd.
“The real problem is outsourcing our national security,” she said, to applause from the audience. “When you outsource, you lose a lot of that strength.”
