Fascism in Fantasyland Short Version AKA Banned from Disney World

On October 27, 2007, John Russell went to the Peace Rally in Orlando, then he went to the annual Florida Democratic Party Convention. John walked in the door carrying John Edwards signs and said hello to the people at Clint Curtis' table. The two women at the next table said that they were also Edwards supporters, that they were covering up their table, and that he could put some signs there. John introduced himself to them, and one immediately took off to get Mitch Kates.

Mitch came right back, shoved John, and said, "Why are you here. You weren't invited. You have to leave." John asked why, and then the women said that he was putting stuff on their table without their permission. John immediately removed the signs.

Mitch’s physical attack would likely have continued, but Mitch realized that John had supporters with him and that he was on camera. So, Mitch took his overly aggressive behavior down a couple of notches. Obviously, the FDP leadership had planned to exclude John if he showed up at the convention as John did not do anything to cause any disturbance. In fact, he was relatively calm after being pushed hard enough that many people would have struck back.

The FDP leadership knew that others were going to try to remove Karen Thurman as chair. See, http://blogs.tampabay.com/buzz/2007/10/karen-thurman-k.html Apparently, Thurman and her supporters did not want John there also calling for her removal. Rather than debate the merits of her leadership, or lack thereof, force was used to silence Russell, one of Thurman’s critics. No wonder Thurman also voted for the infamous “Patriot” Act and the authorization for Bush to use force to start the unconstitutional wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. After all, Thurman also takes money directed to her from Republican lobbyists.




Once again, it’s time for a change in the leadership of the Florida Democratic Party, unless you want more of the same.

The full version of the Fascism in Fantasyland video can be seen at http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-547222172065922876

For more information see:

The video of John Russell asking Karen Thurman about the Miami Herald article.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XM1qEtNIgSM

Michael Collins’ article on Scoop - Florida Citizens Versus Party Insiders
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0707/S00219.htm

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[tongabey]

At this convention, the FDP party preference for Hillary Clinton was so obvious it was a joke. Karen Thurman had said months earlier in Citrus County that Hillary would be our next president. So much for their vision eh?

Furthermore, I'll bet less than a dozen people at that convention, other than the few who actually showed up, even knew there was a state-wide peace demonstration just a few miles away in Orlando that day. Forget peace, the FDP is all about politics,

[tongabey]

The "unity" theme of the Democratic Party is the pivotal issue here and John's observations are absolutely accurate: The Dems are UNIFIED in their determination to allow no dissent, no debate, no discussion, and no diversity if it in any way challenges the insiders. It's a disgrace and a denial of all that led so many of us to call ourselves Democrats. Alas, I guest I'm not a Democrat any more because I refuse to do their lock-step dance. Keep up the good fight John!