The Liberals would not be celebrating if a priest had sprinkled Holy Water on the Gay guy.

Dislike Gingrich all you want, but it’s pretty damn disrespectful to do what this guy did to Gingrich and his wife.

Moderate said:
The Liberals would not be celebrating if a priest had sprinkled Holy Water on the Gay guy.

I’d rather have Mr. Espinosa sprinkled with urine.

This is of course celebrated by the liberal media. If someone dumped glitter on the Gay guy, the leftist outrage machine would be screeming HATE CRIME!

After sprinkling Gingrich with glitter, Nick Espinosa donned a pimp outfit and went to Planned Parenthood. But before his plane could leave however, Mr. Espinosa deployed the inflatible ramp, grabbed two beers and jumped.

Azarkhan said:
I’d rather have Mr. Espinosa sprinkled with urine.

Mr. Espinosa probably would too.

Liberals are thugs. Nuff said!

Why is he smiling, he ought to be ashamed of himself.

I am a liberal, and I consider this a despicable act, and agree it should not be celebrated. The worst part is, it’s impossible to get rid of glitter. Sure you can brush off large amounts of it, but there’s always some clinging to your skin and your clothes that is just a pain to try to get rid of. I’m not a Newt fan, but he has all my sympathies in this.

This kind of dirty trick should be condemned heartily all around .

What if some nut brings acid , anthrax , etc. ?

skyfet said:
Why is he smiling, he ought to be ashamed of himself.

He’s getting his fifteen minutes.

First of all, you have to give credit to the guy because his stunt generated publicity for his cause. The video Alex embedded in yesterday’s post — which as usual, Mark didn’t link — included the web address for his group, where I suppose one can get more information.

Also, as I touched upon after a couple of playful comments and as I tweeted, it was only a couple of years ago that city blocks were being shut down at any sign of white powder, but the fellow was able to dump glitter on a major US political figure in a a crowded room and was simply escorted to the door without anyone testing for anthrax. He may not have even been asked for identification.

And finally, as I’ve seen this story being bandied around the web and as you can see from the above clip, the protester was trying to draw attention to Newt’s stance on gay rights issues, but I haven’t seen anyone mention Gingrich’s half-sister Candace, who is an out lesbian and a prominent LGBT activist. The protester, included.

It’s a cute little viral, but the coverage also seem illustrative of a few other things.

Azarkhan said:
I’d rather have Mr. Espinosa sprinkled with urine.

That probably happens on a regular nightly basis.

Moderate said:
The Liberals would not be celebrating if a priest had sprinkled Holy Water on the Gay guy.

…well yeah because that would be a completely different context. This is the least threatening gay man ever throwing some glitter on a douche because he wants him to stop demonizing them, and your scenario would be someone demonizing them.

He may or may not have ended up whipping my ass,
but I would have punched him in the F’n mouth if he
had thrown anything on me!

Raygun said:
…well yeah because that would be a completely different context. This is the least threatening gay man ever throwing some glitter on a douche because he wants him to stop demonizing them, and your scenario would be someone demonizing them.

holy water on someone is demonizing? really i thought its called blessing

Raygun said:
…well yeah because that would be a completely different context. This is the least threatening gay man ever throwing some glitter on a douche because he wants him to stop demonizing them, and your scenario would be someone demonizing them.

So I guess if the Gay dumped some bacon on Rep Keith Ellison and said stop the hate, you’d be tingly about that too?

What is Newt or his wife had inhaled the glitter. Would our (wonderful gay?) friend been charged with assault or endangerment?

Magister said:
First of all, you have to give credit to the guy because his stunt generated publicity for his cause.

Yes it did, but it generates what I would think is exactly the opposite kind of publicity than what gay people want. An hysterical flamer tossing glitter on people doesn’t exactly win over the hearts and minds of most people, rather it perpetuates the stereotype of an unhinged malcontent from the ass-less chaps crowd.

brownsound said:
So I guess if the Gay dumped some bacon on Rep Keith Ellison and said stop the hate, you’d be tingly about that too?

Excellent point!

This gay guy wants other people to respect him, yet he doesn’t respect other people…interesting.

Barack Obama is against gay marriage. Its funny that you never see the media or their stooges launching these sorts of attacks toward Obama. As Jon Stewart said, its “selective outrage”.

Did anybody here about Mediaite and other ‘progressive websites in reality being one of those IP harvest farms that you hear so much about nowadays? Anybody wonder whose using this information?

I heard somewhere that this particular guy or this type of campaign already happened at previous stops, not sure if it was Iowa or not.

This guy is a nut:

http://www.theuptake.org/2010/10/11/nick-espinosa-to-emmer-education-not-deportation/

On June 14 he dropped $20 worth of pennies on Emmer at the Ol’ Mexico Restaurant to highlight the plight, and low pay, of immigrant restaurant workers.

Today, 40 minutes into the debate, as Emmer was criticizing Independent Party candidate Tom Horner’s budget, Espinosa walked on stage and approached Emmer to hand him a “Dora the Explorer” doll with its string already pulled and talking away. To his credit, Democratic candidate Mark Dayton jumped out of his chair and tried to take the doll away from Espinosa, then stood in front of Emmer to shield him from the TV cameras. The doll still ended up in Emmer’s lap. Emmer laughed it off : “That one was better than the pennies,” he said once the debate resumed, and rather adroitly resumed his criticism of Horner’s budget.

http://www.theuptake.org/2010/10/11/nick-espinosa-to-emmer-education-not-deportation/

Watch out conservative candidates-the left is now openly promoting physical attacks on Republican candidates. Obviously if this had been done to a Demo’Crupt the media wold have shouted comparisons of Tucson and no doubt another warning from Napolitano about the danger of anybody criticizing O-Mao-Bama. If campaigned with enough force by the Left and mediA and then the American people accept this we’ll see more of this progess to who knows what? Barack Obama has openly talked of bringing guns to knife fights and Trumka and his ilk getting pretty explicit lately. Watch out America! “Crupts want to disable this country by living at their level.

brownsound said:
This is of course celebrated by the liberal media. If someone dumped glitter on the Gay guy, the leftist outrage machine would be screeming HATE CRIME!

When someone on the left does something like this, they are just being creative and comical. When someone on the right does it, it’s hate. This is because liberals have a God-given ability to look at someone and tell if their motives are impure. Hat tip to ABC for publicizing this jerk and encouraging more like him. It’s like interviewing the guy who jumps from the stands at an athletic event and runs on the field.

I think Gingrich is a disgrace as a presidential candidate, but I also think the guy who dropped that stuff all over him and his wife is no better.

Seems that this guy should be frowned upon by the media, not celebrated… This nut should go marry an end table or a lamp but stay away from humans..

Gosh – I wonder why he didn’t throw the glitter on Obama, who doesn’t support gay marriage? oh yeah, that wouldn’t fit the media meme and he would have been declared a racist, but since it was Newt–the media gives him attention and a thumbsup.

Yup, I got it, more double standard bs from the enemedia.

Didn’t realize that assault made you famous. Famous like James Earl Ray or Sirhan Sirhan.

WCinWI said:
I heard somewhere that this particular guy or this type of campaign already happened at previous stops, not sure if it was Iowa or not.

This is essentially Republican candidate intimidation. O-Mao-Obama’s DOJ defends civil rights very unequally so hey, guess it’s no big when the O-Mao-Obama war machine goes into action against the opposition.

Wake up America and especially conservatives-our tax dollars are being used to promote this sh!t!

Azarkhan said:
He’s getting his fifteen minutes.

Shouldn’t even get that. Should get a pair of cuffs handed on him.

Raygun said:
…well yeah because that would be a completely different context. This is the least threatening gay man ever throwing some glitter on a douche because he wants him to stop demonizing them, and your scenario would be someone demonizing them.

He might be the least threatening person to you. What if it was multi-colored anthrax or something? What if it was against a Democrat running for President in 2004 or 2008? You can’t allow one without the other. Assault is assault you fool.

Smug little prick.

Typical Lib and I bet he enjoys people that pee on him….

This could only happen in Barack Obama’s amerika.

Now Barack even has the gay’s attack Republicans.

timzank said:
Yes it did, but it generates what I would think is exactly the opposite kind of publicity than what gay people want. An hysterical flamer tossing glitter on people doesn’t exactly win over the hearts and minds of most people, rather it perpetuates the stereotype of an unhinged malcontent from the ass-less chaps crowd.

I assume the fellow’s goal wasn’t to change people’s minds, but to bring attention to his group and perhaps drive some traffic to his website, where he peppers several of his blogposts with links and political expressions. Anti-fur folks pouring blood on people wouldn’t change anyone’s mind, nor does a naked Pam Anderson cause someone to become vegetarian, it simply draws attention to the cause.

Media is full of these type of empty calorie gestures. The past couple of days, this site has covered an appearance Jon Stewart made on Bill O’Reilly’s show. It was billed as a debate, but I’m sure neither person accepted the gig because they thought they’d persuade the other. In fact, it’s obvious they both could see and understand the other’s position before the cameras ran. The whole point was that they could articulate a stance and in the process, they could get some viral attention for their respective shows.

TfT said:
Gosh – I wonder why he didn’t throw the glitter on Obama, who doesn’t support gay marriage? oh yeah, that wouldn’t fit the media meme and he would have been declared a racist, but since it was Newt–the media gives him attention and a thumbsup.

I’m not the dude, but I’ll guess that the President wasn’t doing a booksigning in Minnesota and that the Secret Service wouldn’t have let someone get within reach of the President, if they were holding uninspected and untested props.

Not The Main Stream Media Narrative: We Are Democrats- We Accept The Bible: NY Dem Rep Ruben Diaz Leads Hispanics in Bronx Rally Against Gay Marriage

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/not-the-main-stream-media-narrative-we-are-democrats-we-accept-the-bible-ny-dem-rep-ruben-diaz-leads-hispanics-in-bronx-rally-against-gay-marriage/

Glitter: Unacceptable and unclever.
Dora the Explorer: Unacceptable, but clever.
Flaming bag of dog poop on porch: Classic.

Obeezy said:
Seems that this guy should be frowned upon by the media, not celebrated… This nut should go marry an end table or a lamp but stay away from humans..

Or a German Shepperd!

Liberal Tormentor said:
Not The Main Stream Media Narrative: We Are Democrats- We Accept The Bible: NY Dem Rep Ruben Diaz Leads Hispanics in Bronx Rally Against Gay Marriage

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/not-the-main-stream-media-narrative-we-are-democrats-we-accept-the-bible-ny-dem-rep-ruben-diaz-leads-hispanics-in-bronx-rally-against-gay-marriage/

You must suffer mightily from an infected ingrown toenail to be such a cheerless sedentary sort of person.

Magister said:
First of all, you have to give credit to the guy because his stunt generated publicity for his cause. The video Alex embedded in yesterday’s post — which as usual, Mark didn’t link — included the web address for his group, where I suppose one can get more information.

Also, as I touched upon after a couple of playful comments and as I tweeted, it was only a couple of years ago that city blocks were being shut down at any sign of white powder, but the fellow was able to dump glitter on a major US political figure in a a crowded room and was simply escorted to the door without anyone testing for anthrax. He may not have even been asked for identification.

And finally, as I’ve seen this story being bandied around the web and as you can see from the above clip, the protester was trying to draw attention to Newt’s stance on gay rights issues, but I haven’t seen anyone mention Gingrich’s half-sister Candace, who is an out lesbian and a prominent LGBT activist. The protester, included.

It’s a cute little viral, but the coverage also seem illustrative of a few other things.

Only a jackass would defend this guy. I don’t think he deserves any “credit” at all. And what is his “cause”? That Republicans are meanies who don’t like gay people ? And as far as “stop the hate” is concerned, how about the people that beat the hell out of Bobby Jindal’s aide after pursuing her from a French Quarter Republican dinner they were protesting? What about the black guy beat up and ridiculed by the union thugs? Not to mention the rowdy and threatening Wisconsin protesters. And yet the left is quick to blame Palin for the Giffords shooting because of her “incendiary” speech. The hate mongers are on the left. Look for more attacks on GOP candidates disguised as pranks. If a gay Republican had dumped glitter on a Democrat politician, saying they “needed a makeover,” he’d be skewered, not interviewed on network TV. And the lefties have the gall to complain about James O’Keefe.

Not a fan of Newt but what this guy did was way out of line.

ONE MORE GOP CANDIDATE BITES THE DUST! CAN HARDLY WAIT TO SEE WHO ELSE DIES BEFORE THE GAME STARTS! GLITTER GINGRICH! PRICELESS!

Magister said:

Dude – Stop being a shill for this guy.

david r said:
If a gay Republican had dumped glitter on a Democrat politician, saying they “needed a makeover,” he’d be skewered, not interviewed on network TV.

I may have missed one, but the only interview I’ve seen is the one embedded above, which is with an ABC News webcast that is produced under the “ABC News Now” brand. Now, it may have also played on the “ABC News Now” digital channel, but I don’t subscribe, so I don’t know.

ABC news should be ashamed. Giving nutty people publicity for a physical attack is disturbing. No matter if it’s an envelope with powder or a glitter attack.

It’s the same reason they don’t show people who jump on a baseball field. It encourages the behavior.

The ABC laughter is DESPICABLE. The guy’s got a screw loose.

WCinWI said:
Dude – Stop being a shill for this guy.

I’m not being a shill. He got some attention and that obviously was his goal.

brownsound said:
This is of course celebrated by the liberal media. If someone dumped glitter on the Gay guy, the leftist outrage machine would be screeming HATE CRIME!

I have to say, excellent point. Also, using glitter in the attack is very homophobic by the gay man.

Wow. Anybody can make it into the headlines at Mediaite. Great job Dan & Co.

Liberal Tormentor said:
Not The Main Stream Media Narrative: We Are Democrats- We Accept The Bible: NY Dem Rep Ruben Diaz Leads Hispanics in Bronx Rally Against Gay Marriage

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/not-the-main-stream-media-narrative-we-are-democrats-we-accept-the-bible-ny-dem-rep-ruben-diaz-leads-hispanics-in-bronx-rally-against-gay-marriage/

You read the headline or the title, only, didn’t you, Michelle in Utah? Again? Well, if you want to continue embarrassing yourself by conveying erroneous information promulgated by disreputable people about unsavory characters, who am I to stop you. It’s the Mexicans crossing the border and stealing ranches in Laredo again, all over again.

I’m not a Gingrich fan but this man took a huge risk. In most states it’s illegal to spit on someone, as that’s battery, which no doubt, is extended to glitter bombing. He didn’t get arrested and should be very happy.

BlueBunny said:
ONE MORE GOP CANDIDATE BITES THE DUST! CAN HARDLY WAIT TO SEE WHO ELSE DIES BEFORE THE GAME STARTS! GLITTER GINGRICH! PRICELESS!

Didn’t know that the death of someone who disagrees with you was a good thing. I believe in Karma. If this had been against a Democrat, I could not support it. I don’t support assault.

Emma said:
I’m not a Gingrich fan but this man took a huge risk. In most states it’s illegal to spit on someone, as that’s battery, which no doubt, is extended to glitter bombing. He didn’t get arrested and should be very happy.

If someone has AIDS, HIV, or a disease that is transmitted through spit, it is actually attempted murder.

The dude’s fifteen minutes are about up, so I’ll let it go, but…

brownsound said:
This is of course celebrated by the liberal media. If someone dumped glitter on the Gay guy, the leftist outrage machine would be screeming HATE CRIME!

lane said:
I have to say, excellent point. Also, using glitter in the attack is very homophobic by the gay man.

No where in the clip does it say that the activist is gay. I’ve personally lionized gay rights activists in blog posts over the years and have marched for LGBT rights, plus back in the 70s, I marched for the ERA and joined the NAACP. Yet, I’m a straight male of European descent.

Also, dumping glitter on a gay person would be an entirely different statement than symbolically using it in a protest against a heterosexual man.

Only a fagot would go around dumping glitter on people.

Zandandido said:
He might be the least threatening person to you. What if it was multi-colored anthrax or something? What if it was against a Democrat running for President in 2004 or 2008? You can’t allow one without the other. Assault is assault you fool.

+1

Magister said:
The dude’s fifteen minutes are about up, so I’ll let it go, but…

No where in the clip does it say that the activist is gay. I’ve personally lionized gay rights activists in blog posts over the years and have marched for LGBT rights, plus back in the 70s, I marched for the ERA and joined the NAACP. Yet, I’m a straight male of European descent.

Also, dumping glitter on a gay person would be an entirely different statement than symbolically using it in a protest against a heterosexual man.

He’s gay. I’m confident on this one…

Symbolically using it as a protest is one thing, you know, like a little glitter party at curb with cute signs and such. Actually having it contact the individual is assault.

Magister said:
The dude’s fifteen minutes are about up, so I’ll let it go, but…

No where in the clip does it say that the activist is gay. I’ve personally lionized gay rights activists in blog posts over the years and have marched for LGBT rights, plus back in the 70s, I marched for the ERA and joined the NAACP. Yet, I’m a straight male of European descent.

Also, dumping glitter on a gay person would be an entirely different statement than symbolically using it in a protest against a heterosexual man.

BTW, I like how the ABCnews TopLine boarder around the split screen is pink. Coincidence? I think not.

Would ABC News be promoting someone if they threw a box of glitter in Pelosi’s face because they disagreed with her politics?
We all know the answer to that one. But if it were to happen, the “protester” would have done a perp walk and ABC News would be doing a segment on “violent, dangerous, unhinged radical right wing loose cannons”.

Magister said:

Also, dumping glitter on a gay person would be an entirely different statement than symbolically using it in a protest against a heterosexual man.

Curious — if the situation was reversed, what would be the acceptable equivalent that could be dumped on a gay person that wouldn’t/shouldn’t be offensive?

@fanofamerica: Milk? Corn? Beach sand? Coal dust may be closer to the line, but most protesters would welcome the added publicity of an arrest and used the small fine to raise funds. So, it really depends on the issue they’d like to discuss.

WCinWI said:
This guy is a nut: http://www.theuptake.org/2010/10/11/nick-espinosa-to-emmer-education-not-deportation/

I’m pretty sure prancing around, dumping glitter on people who disagree with your “lifestyle choice” is proof enough of your insanity, if banging other dude’s in the pooper didn’t prove it first.

Magister said:
@fanofamerica: Milk? Corn? Beach sand? Coal dust may be closer to the line, but most protesters would welcome the added publicity of an arrest and used the small fine to raise funds. So, it really depends on the issue they’d like to discuss.

Disagree. It would labeled a hate crime no matter what it was, while a middle aged straight white male is expected to simply endure the same action.

@fanofamerica: If the thing you were dumping was somehow related to the cause which you were protesting — Milk price stabilization; Ag subsidies; Off-shore drilling or mountaintop removal from my examples — the sexual orientation of the dumpee would not be an issue.

While on the other hand, if you were to dump glitter to draw attention to the dumpee’s sexual orientation or if you were protesting the fact that they were gay and nothing else, it would be an entirely different matter and in my opinion, it’d be worthy of derision.

BTW: Before someone points out that gay marriage is a legitimate issue. I don’t think dumping anything on someone opposing the concept would be the most effect method because there’s really nothing that could be dumped. (“Feel the rainbow” isn’t the right message) If I were advising, I’d suggest standing around reciting bible verses or singing hymns because it’d be a better visual and could not be misinterpreted.

Espinosa says he used only two of the three bags of glitter he had

Ginrich is lucky the guy didn’t come at him with “tons of f***ing sequins”!

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/meet-your-next-viral-video-star-sequins-loving-shopper-drops-f-bomb-on-live-tv/

Magister said:
@fanofamerica: If the thing you were dumping was somehow related to the cause which you were protesting — Milk price stabilization; Ag subsidies; Off-shore drilling or mountaintop removal from my examples — the sexual orientation of the dumpee would not be an issue.

Again, I disagree. That would only be true right up to the point where a it was revealed that the dump-ee was gay. Then it would become a ‘he was dumped on because he was gay.’ Same line of thinking that is used when someone disagrees with Obama’s politics — they are deemed a racist, no matter how legitimate their protest.

JasonsGay
I’m pretty sure prancing around, dumping glitter on people who disagree with your “lifestyle choice” is proof enough of your insanity, if banging other dude’s in the pooper didn’t prove it first.

Tedderman says: You really think gay people are insane? Try this exercise Jason, for one day or for a week wake up each morning and tell yourself you’re gay. Then go out to the nearest gay bar, pick up some random guy, go back to his place and suck his dick. Go ahead, try it…..what, your not gay, well thaty’s the point asshole. Just because you can’t do it doesn’t make it wrong or insane. It just means people are made by our creator and wired differently. Studies show that 10 to 12 percent of all people are gay. If you think that makes them “insane” then you’re retarded.