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Andrew Breitbart Invites Anti-Corporate Protestors To Post-Rally Applebee’s® Meal

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This weekend, the Koch Brothers, conservative billionaires, hosted a strategic gathering in Palm Springs California for like-minded and occasionally like-walleted individuals and were promptly protested by “hundreds of environmentalists, union members and liberal activists.” Also on hand was the big man of the Big himself, Andrew Breitbart, who brought a film crew (and roller blades!) to the protests in hopes of capturing some material for his sites. Plenty of video is now up, but the most intriguing would have to be the one where, after the police break the protest up, Breitbart invites everyone over to Applebees for a post-rally meal, making sure everyone is protesting good in the neighborhood.

Sure, Breitbart was just doing it to further provoke the Liberals (Breitbart.tv even mentioned the restaurant’s NASDAQ symbol in the video’s caption), but we’d like to imagine that, deep down, he’s just a political Andy Kaufman who really would like to end the day kicking back and eating onion rings with his opponents. What a wonderful world that would be.

UPDATE: Breitbart has written into Mediaite to confirm that he did, in fact, actually go to Applebees and was joined by some of the protesters, claiming that many even “thought [he] WAS the leader!” I wonder if that means he picked up the tab?

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  • skyfet

    He is just trying, he has no credibility. Fox are too ashamed to have him on there set, ABC invited him last Nov, and were forced to drop his behind. He is done, a has been, he should go and hide behind his phony blogs.

  • Harry Flashman

    Why no mentioning that 25 of these “liberal activists” tried to invade the meeting and got themselves arrested?

    Just wondering.

  • Hugo Daun

    skyfet said:
    He is done, a has been, he should go and hide behind his phony blogs.

    He could always try making some YouTube videos…

    AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

  • Liberal Tormentor (formerly Seeing 2012 From My Window)

    Yeah Harry and why no mention that the groups protesting are connected to Soros? I love Andrew, but he’s not really the story here.

    25 Activists Arrested After Protesting Conservative Koch Bros. Meeting

    Twenty-five people were arrested for trespassing Sunday as hundreds protested outside a strategy session of conservative political donors hosted by brothers David and Charles Koch at a resort near Palm Springs, CA authorities said.

    The demonstration had been arranged with authorities, but some protesters crossed the street to the entrance of the Rancho Las Palmas Resort where they were met by deputies in riot gear, Riverside County Deputy Melissa Nieburger said. They were arrested without a struggle, booked at Indio Jail, and released.

    According to Reuters, the rally was organized by the liberal group Common Cause, an anti-conservative group that charges the Koch brothers of influencing politics with their money. It was also sponsored by the leftist group Code Pink, whose founder Jodie Evans was reportedly one of those arrested. Trumpeting the message of those groups, rally speakers accused the brothers of being “anarchists with a checkbook”:

    George Soros and a branch of the Tides Foundation are listed as donors in the most recent annual report listed on Common Cause’s website.

    In addition to the rally, the group also held a pre-protest panel discussion that included Van Jones. After the event, the group posted a quote from Jones on its Facebook page:

    Sunday was the second day of the four-day, invitation-only conclave of about 200 wealthy conservative political activists. It was organized by the Koch brothers, whose Wichita, KS-based Koch Industries is one of the nation’s largest privately held companies.

    The brothers have held similar conclaves in the Palm Springs area and Aspen, Colo., for years, but this conference was met with increased scrutiny. Liberal groups have targeted the brothers for criticism because of their funding of the fight against global warming laws and their financial support of Americans for Prosperity, an organization that has worked closely with tea party groups. It was the environmental aspect of the brothers’ work that brought out Greenpeace activists:

    The group did not say who was attending the conference, and reporters were not allowed inside the resort, but the strategy sessions in years past have included radio talkers Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh, and Supreme Court Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas, according to The New York Times.

    Organizer Samantha Corbin told City News Service the protesters were there to “voice opposition to the Koches’ funding of climate denial groups, far-right political candidates and anti-health care reform efforts.”

    Protesters carried signs reading “Troops Home Now,“ ”Medicare for All“ and ”Tea Party Founded and Funded By The Kochs.”

    Several dozen people dressed in hazardous materials suits and held police tape and a banner that read “Quarantine the Kochs.”

    The protest, which had nearly 1,000 people at its peak, lasted about two hours. And according to other video of the event posted on YouTube, at least one protest admitted to being a socialist while another called for “revolution now!” like is currently happening in Egypt:

    Koch Industries defended the gathering as an exercise in democratic assembly and service to the country.

    “This conference brings together some of our nation’s most successful business leaders, job creators and those who make it a priority to support their communities and our country in significant ways,” said Nancy Pfotenhauer, a spokeswoman for the company.

    “We respect all Americans’ rights to free speech and to peaceably assemble,” she said in a written statement. “It is disappointing that some members of the group protesting today made the choice to not be respectful of the community or of our right to meet.”

    http://www.theblaze.com/stories/25-activists-arrested-after-protesting-conservative-koch-bros-meeting/

  • Pablo

    Hugo Daun said:
    He could always try making some YouTube videos…

    AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

    That “Zoom” you just heard was the post flying over your head.

  • skyfet

    <a href="#comment-3
    Koch Industries defended the gathering as an exercise in democratic assembly and service to the country.

    What a drag, did you noticed you mentioned the Koch bros and Soros in the same copy and paste crap you have here. If you can’t see the similarity, then I can’t blame you. The Koch’s are doing exactly what you accuse Soros of doing, even worse.

  • skyfet

    Pablo said:
    That “Zoom” you just heard was the post flying over your head.

    That sound like a threat to me.

  • Pablo

    skyfet said:
    That sound like a threat to me.

    That’s because you’re an idiot. People with properly firing synapses would know better. How many chromosomes are you packing, skyfet?

  • Hugo Daun

    Pablo said:
    That “Zoom” you just heard was the post flying over your head.

    Nah….you’re mistaken.

  • tatboy

    Political Andy Kaufman… AWESOME! Eatin’ good in the neighborhood ;).

  • Pablo

    Check out the video from Breitbart’s YouTube page below:

  • http://twitter.com/SailRabbits Magister

    You really have to feel sorry for Applebees.

    First some op-ed columnist said something to the effect that the President would feel out of place at one of their salad bars, to which it has become widely known that Applebees doesn’t have salad bars. Now, Breitbart tries to make a viral, where he invites a bunch of protesters to Applebees for a “Bloomin’ Onion” which isn’t on their menu.

    I guess like Xerox and Kleenex, Applebees has become shorthand for a type of place, but obviously those with the largest microphones aren’t eating there and keep getting it confused with other chains, so all of it’s notoriety is simply going to waste.

    If I were Applebees, I’d give Breitbart a menu and offer him lunch.

  • Jim R

    Way to go, Andrew, i anticipate you reporting on the agenda of the Koch Brothers and the purpose of their funding of the Tea Party dupes.

    Populists marching for Billionaires!

  • skyfet

    Pablo said:
    That’s because you’re an idiot. People with properly firing synapses would know better. How many chromosomes are you packing, skyfet?

    I won’t trust you with a fire arm, you might be a danger to yourself and those around ya.

  • tatboy

    Magister said:
    You really have to feel sorry for Applebees. First some op-ed columnist said something to the effect that the President would feel out of place at one of their salad bars, to which it has become widely known that Applebees doesn’t have salad bars. Now, Breitbart tries to make a viral, where he invites a bunch of protesters to Applebees for a “Bloomin’ Onion” which isn’t on their menu. I guess like Xerox and Kleenex, Applebees has become shorthand for a type of place, but obviously those with the largest microphones aren’t eating there and keep getting it confused with other chains, so all of it’s notoriety is simply going to waste. If I were Applebees, I’d give Breitbart a menu and offer him lunch.

    Where in that article did Breitbart bring up that Applebee’s had the “Bloomin Onion”??? Not to be nit picky.

  • skyfet

    Jim R said:
    Way to go, Andrew, i anticipate you reporting on the agenda of the Koch Brothers and the purpose of their funding of the Tea Party dupes.

    Populists marching for Billionaires!

    It’s called useful idiots, marching against their own interest for the wealthy Folks, on behalf of the GOP.

  • tatboy

    skyfet said:
    I won’t trust you with a fire arm, you might be a danger to yourself and those around ya.

    What???

  • Liberal Tormentor (formerly Seeing 2012 From My Window)

    Skyfet says:

    What a drag, did you noticed you mentioned the Koch bros and Soros in the same copy and paste crap you have here. If you can’t see the similarity, then I can’t blame you. The Koch’s are doing exactly what you accuse Soros of doing, even worse.

    Feel free to post links of the Koch Bro’s bringing down any economies around the globe.

  • http://twitter.com/SailRabbits Magister

    tatboy said:
    Where in that article did Breitbart bring up that Applebee’s had the “Bloomin Onion”??? Not to be nit picky.

    The way he moves his hands when he says “those onion things”, it’s what it looks like he’s saying.

  • Hugo Daun

    Pablo said:Check out the video from Breitbart’s YouTube page below:

    Yeah….

    I wasn’t really referring to the article, dude, or even Breitbart…

  • Pablo

    This one is lovely:


    You know what I mean by revolution. What’s happening now in Egypt. Same thing needs to happen here.

    Sounds like someone has been listening to Frances Fox Piven. And maybe Ban Ki Moon.

    Liberal Tormentor (formerly Seeing 2012 From My Window) said:
    In addition to the rally, the group also held a pre-protest panel discussion that included Van Jones.

    Van Jones? How weird is that?

  • Pablo

    tatboy said:
    What???

    Inscrutable, ain’t he?

  • http://twitter.com/SailRabbits Magister

    BTW – @tatboy: No where in my initial comment did I criticize Mr. Breitbart.
    Instead, I suggested that Applebees might need to work on their brand.

  • DEFENDER-90

    God bless Andrew Breitbart for his effort to feed the homeless and unemployed.

  • Pablo

    Hugo Daun said:
    Yeah….

    I wasn’t really referring to the article, dude, or even Breitbart…

    When you were replying to a comment about Breitbart? Oh. OK.

  • Hugo Daun

    Pablo said:
    When you were replying to a comment about Breitbart? Oh. OK.

    I was replying to skyfet’s specific comment: “He is done, a has been, etc…”, that much is true.

    However, I was not referring to Breitbart in my reply.

    I keep forgetting that a lot of folks who comment here have no appreciation/understanding of nuance.

  • skyfet

    Hugo Daun said:
    I was replying to skyfet’s specific comment: “He is done, a has been, etc…”, that much is true.

    However, I was not referring to Breitbart in my reply.

    I keep forgetting that a lot of folks who comment here have no appreciation/understanding of nuance.

    He is one.

  • TangledThorns

    Haha, Andrew is awesome!

  • skyfet

    Liberal Tormentor (formerly Seeing 2012 From My Window) said:
    Skyfet says:

    What a drag, did you noticed you mentioned the Koch bros and Soros in the same copy and paste crap you have here. If you can’t see the similarity, then I can’t blame you. The Koch’s are doing exactly what you accuse Soros of doing, even worse.

    Feel free to post links of the Koch Bro’s bringing down any economies around the globe.

    Interesting! I didn’t know betting against currencies equals bringing down Economies. If that’s the case, a lot of the People who donate to both parties should be locked up. Also, I didn’t know betting against currencies is against the law, perhaps you went to late night law school, you might want to educate us Mitchell.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Eric-Cunningham/1501739 Eric Cunningham

    Breitbart’s looking more like Jim Downey every day. Jon, you’ve got my back on this one, right?

  • Liberal Tormentor (formerly Seeing 2012 From My Window)

    Sky, your ignorance knows no bounds.

  • timcajun

    Andrew, keep doing what you do best, posting on your half truth, spin, changed history and lies, web site! The teas love it, hell they need it! On this site, every time they run out of smack, they send a threat to your site, to rally the troops! The sheep love it, keep it up! That’s how we get a good laugh, because the teas are that stupid and they get excited, thank you!

  • skyfet

    Liberal Tormentor (formerly Seeing 2012 From My Window) said:
    Sky, your ignorance knows no bounds.

    Wow Mitchell, that’s your respond to me pointing out the facts to you. You can’t refute it, so you resort to name calling, classic.

  • Liberal Tormentor (formerly Seeing 2012 From My Window)

    Sky, you need to do some research on Soros and educate yourself.

  • skyfet

    Liberal Tormentor (formerly Seeing 2012 From My Window) said:
    Sky, you need to do some research on Soros and educate yourself.

    lol, Mitchell, this is funny. Looks like you are cornered, lol. What you meant by research is listen to Beck.

    The question is simple, is betting against currency legal or not? if it is then Soros and the folks in wall street, London, Frankfurt etc should be locked up. That’s all.

  • JazzyJim

    TangledThorns said:
    Haha, Andrew is awesome!

    Brietbart is for Corporate Slave Ownership aka Koch Bros./Republicorp and the Republican Chamber of CONmerce that owns the GOP sheep. It’s not “Anti-Capitalist” – it’s Anti-Corporate Slavery as envisioned by the Koch Bros./Saudi Royal Family/Heritage Foundation/Americans for Prosperity/FreedomWork – faux fronts for the theives of America’s liberty and freedom via the Republican Party – using hired posters, bloggers, Fox, Hate AM Talk Radio and marketers as Teabaggers, whom are nothing more than scabs for the GOP.

  • JazzyJim

    Liberal Tormentor (formerly Seeing 2012 From My Window) said:
    Sky, you need to do some research on Soros and educate yourself.

    There are no secrets to Soros. He’s a capitalist. We thought you LOVED THEM?

  • Harry Flashman

    By the way….

    I understand that many of the protesters were bussed in. I wonder who paid for the busses? And why?

    Things that SHOULD make you – and our less than inquisitive media – go hmmmm…..

  • JazzyJim

    Harry Flashman said:
    Why no mentioning that 25 of these “liberal activists” tried to invade the meeting and got themselves arrested? Just wondering.

    You’re saying Americans can’t protest? Which Republic do you represent? You’re a slave to Koch Bros., They want to strip the lands to profit and keep America down; they’re the money behind FreedomWorks, Americans For Proseperity and Teabaggers Cult of Insanity and Stupidity. You do their bidding. You are no more important to them than your ignorant vote.

  • JazzyJim

    Harry Flashman said:
    By the way…. I understand that many of the protesters were bussed in. I wonder who paid for the busses? And why? Things that SHOULD make you – and our less than inquisitive media – go hmmmm…..

    Koch Bros? Hmmmmm (Teabaggers get bussed in AND a food stipened!! Coporate ownership at it’s best!).

  • JazzyJim

    Liberal Tormentor (formerly Seeing 2012 From My Window) said:
    Yeah Harry and why no mention that the groups protesting are connected to Soros? I love Andrew, but he’s not really the story here. 25 Activists Arrested After Protesting Conservative Koch Bros. Meeting Twenty-five people were arrested for trespassing Sunday as hundreds protested outside a strategy session of conservative political donors hosted by brothers David and Charles Koch at a resort near Palm Springs, CA authorities said. The demonstration had been arranged with authorities, but some protesters crossed the street to the entrance of the Rancho Las Palmas Resort where they were met by deputies in riot gear, Riverside County Deputy Melissa Nieburger said. They were arrested without a struggle, booked at Indio Jail, and released. According to Reuters, the rally was organized by the liberal group Common Cause, an anti-conservative group that charges the Koch brothers of influencing politics with their money. It was also sponsored by the leftist group Code Pink, whose founder Jodie Evans was reportedly one of those arrested. Trumpeting the message of those groups, rally speakers accused the brothers of being “anarchists with a checkbook”: George Soros and a branch of the Tides Foundation are listed as donors in the most recent annual report listed on Common Cause’s website. In addition to the rally, the group also held a pre-protest panel discussion that included Van Jones. After the event, the group posted a quote from Jones on its Facebook page: Sunday was the second day of the four-day, invitation-only conclave of about 200 wealthy conservative political activists. It was organized by the Koch brothers, whose Wichita, KS-based Koch Industries is one of the nation’s largest privately held companies. The brothers have held similar conclaves in the Palm Springs area and Aspen, Colo., for years, but this conference was met with increased scrutiny. Liberal groups have targeted the brothers for criticism because of their funding of the fight against global warming laws and their financial support of Americans for Prosperity, an organization that has worked closely with tea party groups. It was the environmental aspect of the brothers’ work that brought out Greenpeace activists: The group did not say who was attending the conference, and reporters were not allowed inside the resort, but the strategy sessions in years past have included radio talkers Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh, and Supreme Court Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas, according to The New York Times. Organizer Samantha Corbin told City News Service the protesters were there to “voice opposition to the Koches’ funding of climate denial groups, far-right political candidates and anti-health care reform efforts.” Protesters carried signs reading “Troops Home Now,“ ”Medicare for All“ and ”Tea Party Founded and Funded By The Kochs.” Several dozen people dressed in hazardous materials suits and held police tape and a banner that read “Quarantine the Kochs.” The protest, which had nearly 1,000 people at its peak, lasted about two hours. And according to other video of the event posted on YouTube, at least one protest admitted to being a socialist while another called for “revolution now!” like is currently happening in Egypt: Koch Industries defended the gathering as an exercise in democratic assembly and service to the country. “This conference brings together some of our nation’s most successful business leaders, job creators and those who make it a priority to support their communities and our country in significant ways,” said Nancy Pfotenhauer, a spokeswoman for the company. “We respect all Americans’ rights to free speech and to peaceably assemble,” she said in a written statement. “It is disappointing that some members of the group protesting today made the choice to not be respectful of the community or of our right to meet.” http://www.theblaze.com/stories/25-activists-arrested-after-protesting-conservative-koch-bros-meeting/

    HAHAHA you’re quoting your own made up story from GLENN BECK’S BLAZE??

  • JazzyJim

    skyfet said:
    What a drag, did you noticed you mentioned the Koch bros and Soros in the same copy and paste crap you have here. If you can’t see the similarity, then I can’t blame you. The Koch’s are doing exactly what you accuse Soros of doing, even worse.

    The Reich Wing Sheep are too dumb to know they’re being played because they obviously weren’t paying attention in school of found it easier to just graduate Jesus Camp and leave all that “education and history” to the elitists. They are morons on parade and every post by them here is incredibly telling of whom they are. Michelle Bachmann’s and Sarah Palin’s and Glenn Becks – damn. Bill Maher is right. America is STUPID – we have to save the ones we can that haven’t been indoctrinated into the moronic of the reich wing assinign.

  • lane

    ‘political Andy Kaufman’ is a perfect descriptor for Breitbart. Like him or not!

  • VoiceofReason

    JazzyJim said:
    The Reich Wing Sheep are too dumb to know they’re being played because they obviously weren’t paying attention in school of found it easier to just graduate Jesus Camp and leave all that “education and history” to the elitists. They are morons on parade and every post by them here is incredibly telling of whom they are. Michelle Bachmann’s and Sarah Palin’s and Glenn Becks – damn. Bill Maher is right. America is STUPID – we have to save the ones we can that haven’t been indoctrinated into the moronic of the reich wing assinign.

    Ahhhhh look who had a big heaping bowl of dumbass for breakfast.

  • JazzyJim

    Pablo said:
    That’s because you’re an idiot. People with properly firing synapses would know better. How many chromosomes are you packing, skyfet?

    How many chromosomes? WTF!!! does that have to do with anything. This is why home schooling needs to be criminal.

    Republicans all have the brain wattage and output of Terri Shiavo. They embarrass monkeys!!

  • VoiceofReason

    skyfet said:
    lol, Mitchell, this is funny. Looks like you are cornered, lol. What you meant by research is listen to Beck. The question is simple, is betting against currency legal or not? if it is then Soros and the folks in wall street, London, Frankfurt etc should be locked up. That’s all.

    Why is he wanted in France?

  • VoiceofReason

    JazzyJim said:
    How many chromosomes? WTF!!! does that have to do with anything. This is why home schooling needs to be criminal. Republicans all have the brain wattage and output of Terri Shiavo. They embarrass monkeys!!

    He might be insuating he has Down’s asswipe.

    That whoosh was it going over you flat head too.

    Damn…..do you libtards have dipshit contests?

    If you are playing stupid…..you;re winning.

  • JazzyJim

    tatboy said:
    Where in that article did Breitbart bring up that Applebee’s had the “Bloomin Onion”??? Not to be nit picky.

    Try watching the video. It’s painful to watch Adrew as the missing member of the Village People on skates, but that is only matched by his dim with – and his attempt to use it as comedy; while gayly cruising the crowd as though on Venice Beach.

  • VoiceofReason

    ^^your

  • JazzyJim

    *dim wit (typo)

  • VoiceofReason

    JazzyJim said:
    *dim wit (typo)

    I thought it was your job description.

  • Pablo

    skyfet said:
    The question is simple, is betting against currency legal or not?

    Michelle hasn’t said that it is. You’re the only one suggesting it. Why are you asking her to prove your irrelevant point?

  • juan

    Thanks, Andrew and Koch Brothers!

    Keep up the Good Work!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Chris-Jones/1384303476 Chris Jones

    Billionaire George Soros funded a protest of the billionaire Koch brothers. Besides giving Andrew some great web content I’m not really sure what that accomplished.

  • nice_thought

    When I saw the above picture of Andrew I thought it was one of those Egyptian protestors who was shouting how much he hates America and Israel.

  • Color Me Badd

    Andrew Breitbart should skip going to Applebee’s and try to lose some weight. What an unattractive fat man he is.

  • skyfet

    Pablo said:
    Michelle hasn’t said that it is. You’re the only one suggesting it. Why are you asking her to prove your irrelevant point?

    Perhaps you should ask you precious Mitchell what she meant by Soros destroying economies. lol, it’s laughable someone would make such claim, this is the side effect of talk radio, when you take their acting as facts. Shameful!
    The closest might be the Malaysian former PM trying to tie Soros to the disaster that resulted in Financial dealings in East Asia. This is a claim that came from one person, and it was never proved in a court of law. Just to remind you what country Malaysia is, they don’t tolerate crimes like that, just see what they do to drug traffickers. There is no evidence to this, yet ignoramus like Mitchell follow what they here on talk radio and spread misinformation. It’s called a smear campaign.

  • skyfet

    VoiceofReason said:
    Why is he wanted in France?

    Let me break is down for ya!

    Being wanted is different from being convicted.

    You are welcome.

  • tatboy

    Color Me Badd said:
    Andrew Breitbart should skip going to Applebee’s and try to lose some weight. What an unattractive fat man he is.

    And here I was picking you as a chubby chasser.

  • Garth

    Who is Andrew Breitbart?

  • Liberal Tormentor (formerly Seeing 2012 From My Window)

    Ask Tommy C Garth, he has has a picture of him above his bed.

  • nice_thought

    Liberal Tormentor (formerly Seeing 2012 From My Window) said:
    Ask Tommy C Garth, he has has a picture of him above his bed.

    Hehe, you may be right.

  • Mr B

    Garth said:
    Who is Andrew Breitbart?

    A former liberal that activated his brain. But, you can call him “daddy”.

  • Mr B

    Do liberals’ protest liberal Billionaires? Or just Conservative Billionaires? Who are some liberal Billionaires that liberals hate for their money and opinions?

    It is wildly amusing when AB shows up at these protests to illustrate that the hired protestors don’t even know why they are protesting.

  • Color Me Badd

    Mr B said:
    A former liberal that activated his brain. But, you can call him “daddy”.

    He is a guy that has been completely discredited but for some reason winds up on cable news every once in awhile when they want cheap ratings cause Breitbart is willing to make up shit for a story.

  • cjd ohio 1

    Color Me Badd said:
    He is a guy that has been completely discredited but for some reason winds up on cable news every once in awhile when they want cheap ratings cause Breitbart is willing to make up shit for a story.

    reminds me of mike barnicle. how about you?

  • CDen

    Because it didn’t happen. No one cares enough about this guy to get arrested. Neither should you.

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