Code Pink April Fool's Day Hoax in Berkeley: Marines leave!

This video is part of a report to be found at http://www.zombietime.com/zomblog/?p=3 . It shows a fake "news conference" conduted by Code Pink in front of the Marine recruiting center in Berkeley on April 1. The caption in the full report says: "This video shows how essentially amateurish the whole thing was. The first part shows the actor who was wearing the pink uniform, who was claiming to be a Marine Corps spokesman. He was so bad at reading his lines and at improvising that it was painful to watch. The second part shows "St. Stupid's Day" founder Ed Holmes portraying the building's landlord. Notice how in both cases, Medea Benjamin can't stand being upstaged, and cheers louder than the speakers at the podium."

The report explains things more fully:

"Code Pink — which already has quite a track record of ill-conceived stunts — added another lamebrained publicity blunder to their resume today with a puzzling April Fools' Day hoax in Berkeley.

This morning, a press release made the rounds of Bay Area activist groups and media outlets announcing that the Marine Corps was finally pulling its recruiting office out of Berkeley, and that a press conference and subsequent party were to be held at noon outside the office. I immediately suspected an April Fools' Day prank, but couldn't at first figure out who had sent the press release, since the wording only made Code Pink seem like children fantasizing about "wish-facts" that can actually come true if you just pretend hard enough. Surely it was someone yanking Code Pink's chain, mocking them for their infantile antics. So I decided to swing by the office at noon to watch how the whole thing played out — and see if Code Pink or anybody else was actually taken in by the hoax.

Imagine my surprise, then, when I discovered Code Pink themselves setting up the faux news conference. The entire thing turned out to be a Code Pink production.

But why, why? What did they hope to achieve by this?"

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[russsiankid530]

u fukin assholes!! if we ever hav a fuking war in america i hope these fuckers get there heads cut off and get skull fucked!! >:(

[battleax86]

LOL This is the closest thing to a victory Code Pink will ever get...

[Elin48]

@russsiankid530 You have no idea what it means to be a true American russiankid. Civil disobedience in what ever form it takes is what made America great. You take that right away from Americans and you've no longer any thing worth fighting for.

[usmc123100]

@russsiankid530 hell ya and the homos too and devil warshipers

[MrLilmac32]

fuck code pink.....war is the answer......infantry life forever...KILL!!!!!!!

[johns58w]

Propaganda! Are these people serious? Imbecility at a new level.

[JJones5409]

All of you people are fools, I enlisted to the Marine Corps on my own will, all that you people have done is screw some people out of a career, maybe crushed a few teenagers dreams of becoming a Marine depending how far away the next recruiting station is.

Every single one of you people should be ashamed of yourselves for acting out in such a manor, the Marine Corps, and every other branch of service do nothing but serve and protect you, and the rights that you have as an American citizen.

[dukecr125]

I remember when I was 25 and thought it was cool to protest with middle aged women and have mother dress me up in a pink/ male stripper like suit and stand next to a marine station..... O wait...

[greenjeansmjr]

How sweet it is to be so naive.

Thank you all who serve to protect our freedom.

[mhhanh09]

we are the reason that you can do what u r doing, u ignorant fucks... I serve my country proudly and a Marine recruiter did not come and talk me into joining the Corps... I joined on my own and I wouldnt be the man that i am today without the Corps... To think that my brothers and I risk our life for scumbags like you makes me sick to my stomach, I wish that you would bring your protests close to a Marine Corps base, u r some of the saddest individuals i have ever seen

[RichardOhKaNoi]

ignorant fools all of them i say give peace a chance and if it dont work out then by god send in the marines. nuf said

[MrDerby2u]

a bunch of dried snatches getting together and protesting because they're sick of sewing. What, in their minds, could they think they are doing?