Jeb's thugs & freedom of the press

GOP leaders say a state function is private, so reporters are ejected during the speech.

LAKE BUENA VISTA - The Florida Republican Party on Saturday called security to eject reporters listening to Gov. Jeb Bush tout his party's accomplishments in Tallahassee. The unusual scene - five hotel security staffers and a sheriff's deputy escorting reporters away from where they could hear the governor - occurred in the middle of a speech in which Bush exhorted party activists to spread the word of Republican successes in Florida.

There isn't a precedent to how the Republicans, and particularly the Bush's, act today when it comes to limiting free speech in public areas. It's way past time that this type of oppression is stopped and if it doesn't stop, people ought to take back their freedom anyway they can. We're past due on real domestic excitement anyway.