Dick Morris Faces Off With Far Left Protesters In Florida
By Tom Tillison
Florida Political Press
In what can only be seen as a gutsy move, noted political pundit and Fox News contributor Dick Morris, upon learning that a very energetic protest was taking place outside a Education Revolution forum taking place in Orlando, FL, decided to go out and engage with the unruly crowd.
As captured in the exclusive video below, Morris and nationally syndicated radio talk show host Mike Gallagher, who were participating in the evening’s forum, proceed to wade out into the middle of the unfriendly crowd, which was not overly receptive to the surprise appearance.
After one protestor refers to him as the “devil” and others refuse to shake his hand, Mr. Morris proceeds to extend an invitation to give a chosen representative of the group an opportunity to speak at the evening’s forum.
BTW, the blond woman with a scarf around her neck is Susannah Randolph, Alan Grayson’s campaign manager during the 2010 election. Obviously, good judgement is not her forte.
I was at the event last night and looked forward to someone from the protesting group standing up and making a case for their point of view. Unfortunately the person the group called their leader used up five minutes of event time saying nothing of substance. His followers in the audience also seemed to lack any true understanding of the event as the young lady who stood up and asked a question on the groups behalf demonstrated. It was obvious from the groups shout outs during the evening they were there to disrupt the event not to have any meaningful dialogue. It was a typical leftist move but happily the speakers nipped it in the bud with grace, wit, and intelligent discourse.
It was respectful of Dick Morris and the event organizers to give time before the meeting for a representative of the opposition to speak for 5 minutes. There were a couple outbursts from the audience on both sides, however overall, the meeting went well without disruption.
We all should learn how to interact with an opposing view in a civil manner when we are in a group setting even when our emotions are high. I am just as guilty of being passionate in my expression when facing Alan Grayson in my neighborhood. I have been watching the Congressional Rules Committee and have been impressed with how the opposition views have stood their ground, presented their case and kept their cool.
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Good analysis, Richard! Wish you would have come up and introduced yourself, I’d have been happy to meet you! The left showed us last night, at least for some, that they’re not interested in civility. I’m also glad to hear that I’m not the only one who felt the gentleman who was given the opportunity to address the gathering said nothing of substance.
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You and Riker are commending the flip-flopping Morris, yet when the tea party leaders in the political tea party showed up at your one and only news conference, you and your gang denounced them.
A little flip/flop here?
Where is the video of the presentation? It played out well despite the distraction. Mr. Reed was very informative. Don’t let the protesters undermine the information given by these panel members that where devoting their time and expertise.
Thanks to Dick Morris and Mr Gallagher for trying to help children in the education process.
Thank you also too for the protestors who entertained me this morning as I watched the video. You can’t help but laugh but at the same time you do realize how warped some peoples views really are.
They were protesting something they had no clue about…….but that is nothing new for the left.
Eileen, I hope your don’t think the fake political TEA Party has anything to do with the real tea parties. Guetzloes fake party was formed for no other reason than to use the tea party name for his own personal aggrandisement. He and his cronies pay nothing but lip service to the values the real tea parties stand for.
[...] that civility thing isn’t going so well. Dick Morris and radio talk show host Mike Gallagher decided to take on some lefties outside an Orlando event they were appearing at. It didn’t go so well as one protester [...]
Kudos to Tom T, Dick M. Mike G et al for bringing up the idea of changing what’s going on in our schools/as a 30 yr veteran of the public school system, believe me, I say things need to change/ this is just a prelude to March when Gov. Scott and our GOP legislators try to change things/watch the fireworks/those unions will fight any change to a system that is great for adults, but not for our children/great work/hang in there and wait for March!
Great video by Oculus Omnis. Glad to be able to see what happened for those of us who could not be there. Great job and thanks for sharing.
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