There was great Tom-Foolery on Thursday during a fundraiser held for Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) at the home of Alan Ginsburg. Members of Vice President Joe Biden’s staff locked Orlando Sentinel reporter Scott Powers in a closet! The reporter was kept ‘on ice’, as they say in Chicago, for several hours while 150 guests enjoyed their $500 a plate of caprese crostini with over-dried mozzarella and basil, rosemary flatbread with grapes honey and grilled chicken Caesar-garden veggie warps.
Powers had been assigned as the ‘pool reporter’ to cover the event for local media. He was given a brief, 35-minute reprieve from ‘Sheriff Joe’ when Biden and Nelson gave their speeches. But then Biden’s thugs ushered Powers back to the closet. Ginsberg, a wealthy land developer, reportedly has apologized to Scott Powers for his harsh treatment saying he had no idea what had happened. Under Florida law, this action does constitute as being a kidnapping, a felony offense.
Just another indication of the general lawlessness of the Obama administration. Committing U.S. military forces without abiding by the War Powers Act. Refusing to enforce DOMA and Voter Rights laws as is his sworn duty of holding the office of President of the United States. Disregarding the U.S. Constitution with Obama’s health care act, and then ignoring rulings by federal courts. Not to mention his failure to uphold his duty as President to secure our borders, and then launch an unfounded federal action against the State of Arizona which was compelled to take action themselves. We might also throw in his administration’s interference with business of the Wisconsin State legislature, too.
For Barack Obama and Joe Biden to talk about how open and transparent their governing is, and then to detain a reporter against his will, preventing him from performing his job is appalling. This is what one would expect by Muammar al-Qaddafi in Libya. A vile dictatorship suppressing the truth, illegally detaining citizens. Where are Amnesty International, other human rights watchdog groups, and the rest of the Establishment Media on this? This happened on Thursday and the story has not become nationally known until Sunday.
Orlando Sentinel reporter Scott Powers was forcibly detained and locked in a closet by members of Vice President Joe Biden’s staff on Thursday. The incident took place at a $500-a-plate fundraiser for Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) at the mansion of Alan Ginsberg. Powers was held in a closet for several hours during the party, and was only let out for 35 minutes to do his job which was to cover speeches by Biden and Nelson at the posh affair. This is another sign of the utter contempt the Barack Obama administration has for the law and the Constitution. A further example of how Washington has been usurped by ‘The Chicago Way’.
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March 27th, 2011 at 5:16 pm
Man oh man! This is some crazy sheizen, but what can one expect from craaaaaazy joe biden!?!
March 27th, 2011 at 7:52 pm
Was it Bidens closet ?
March 27th, 2011 at 7:59 pm
Wonderful blog entry here by Scott Powers about the incident. He is outraged. Not about being made to wait in a store room. He is outraged at the lunacy and misrepresentations that have appeared throughout the blogosphere.
http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/news_politics/2011/03/how-my-wait-in-a-closet-almost-brought-down-the-white-house.html
So, not exactly “forcibly detained.” The door was unlocked and he was free to leave at any time. This according to Scott Powers. He was offered food and given a table and chair. There was a window. It was a private party and the press had only been invited to cover portions of it. But any excuse for a partisan incident, I suppose.
March 27th, 2011 at 8:26 pm
“He is outraged. Not about being made to wait in a store room.”
Then hes obviously Bidens little b*tch
March 28th, 2011 at 8:57 am
Then hes obviously Bidens little b*tch
Actually he had something to say about paranoid political fanatics like you too:
“bloggers around the country, it seems, had determined that either we had published a story on-line luridly detailing the alleged kidnapping, then later removed it, or we chose to not write about it at all. Either way, we were shilling for Biden and the Democrats.”
He added: “But I discovered that whatever I said was irrelevant to other bloggers and posters who concluded that I was spin-controlling, continuing the cover-up. Some called me a liar and worse. But the real vile was naturally aimed at Biden.”
So, yeah. Umm… made up “facts” such as this by Andrew Z:
“Under Florida law, this action does constitute as being a kidnapping, a felony offense.”
…is yet another example of truthiness from the right wing. Just because you really want it to be true, doesn’t make it so
But keep living in your own self-manufactured reality and see how well it works for ya. Go gold!
March 28th, 2011 at 9:06 am
Oh and what the hell does any of this have to do with the “Chicago Way”? First of all, this was in Florida. Biden is from Delaware. Obama wasn’t anywhere close. Second, the “Chicago Way” in the Untouchables refers to escalating violent tactics and topping your opponent with more artillery. THAT’S the chicago way. Unless you meant deep dish pizza.
Well, keep grasping at straws, Andrew. The overblown hysteria only makes you guys look more desperate.
March 28th, 2011 at 9:07 am
So, I guess he couldnt go to the corner deli for a ham sandwich and instead was cool with sitting in a storage closet for an hour ?
I’d of told Joe to go fck himself.
But thats just paranoid me….right ?
If you cant see how this stinks anyway you look at it, well,… never mind.
March 28th, 2011 at 9:09 am
“Some called me a liar and worse. But the real vile was naturally aimed at Biden.”
did he ever make the case that he wasnt full o sht ?
Or are we just taking his word for it ?
March 28th, 2011 at 9:30 am
Never let the truth get in the way of a good story.
The alleged “victim” claims it did not happen and now he is guilty of shilling?
I am sure there are plenty of other things of which you can take exception, is it really necessary to not only embellish, but to simply make things up?
March 28th, 2011 at 9:31 am
You Lefties are funny on this one…
Here is Scott Powers’ own account, courtesy of ‘ta’:
“The door wasn’t locked, though every time I opened it and stepped out to see what was going on a staffer told me I couldn’t come out yet. He’d let me know.
It was more than an hour, and when I was finally led out, Ginsburg, Nelson and Biden were just getting ready to talk. I listened, recorded the speeches and took notes, then was led back to the little room to wait until they left, about 15 more minutes, before they led me to my car.”
OK, 1st, he may not have been ‘locked’ but he was detained and there was a staffer outside the door the whole time.
2ndly, when he did poke his nose out the door, he was told he could not leave yet.
3rdly, when he was finally let go, he was escorted to his car.
Look up statutes on unlawful detention and kidnapping. What Biden’s staffers did clearly falls within those guidelines. Is Powers or his newspaper going to ‘press’ the issue? OF COURSE NOT!!! Why? Because they are part of the Liberal-biased media.
March 28th, 2011 at 9:32 am
Yes, naturally the reporter to whom this happened is lying. Everyone else who wrote about it based on a single cell-phone shot sent is a joke is telling the truth. Sheesh.
Oh, and keeping journos in hold rooms at private parties is the norm. True, they are usually slightly more upscale than a storage closet, but the implication that keeping Powers (and the press in general) away from guests at private functions is some sort of cover-up game is also BS.
March 28th, 2011 at 9:35 am
did he ever make the case that he wasnt full o sht ?
That is some awesome reasoning. So let me summarize:
Reporter: Hey editor, check out this picture of the shtbox they asked me to wait in. Is that funny or what?
Right winger: OMG! Obama KIDNAPPED A REPORTER!!!!!! THAT’S A FELONY!
Reporter: Uh, no. I just thought it was funny that one of the staffers asked me to wait in this storage room. No one “kidnapped” anyone.
Right winger: LIAR! Why should we believe you?!! Umm… Has anyone made the case that this guy isn’t full of sht? Why is this reporter covering up the murde– umm, kidnapping! Or WAS it murder? Can you prove you weren’t murdered, reporter?
Reporter: Well I’m still alive, for one thing.
Right winger: LIAR! Another example of the liberal media helping Obama cover up one of his Chicago-style kidnapping/murders!
Right Wing conclusion: The reporter is liberal (or alternatively has been tortured) into covering up the massive crime that occurred here. Somehow George Soros was involved.
March 28th, 2011 at 9:36 am
TA, the explain to me why Ginsberg, the property owner, felt compelled to apology to Powers for his shabby treatment?
Let us also keep in mind what happened during the 2008 elections when a FLA TV reporter challenged Biden about comments he made during the primary about Obama. Her TV station was effectively black-balled by the Obama campaign.
March 28th, 2011 at 9:36 am
Look up statutes on unlawful detention and kidnapping. What Biden’s staffers did clearly falls within those guidelines. Is Powers or his newspaper going to ‘press’ the issue? OF COURSE NOT!!! Why? Because they are part of the Liberal-biased media.
Andrew, you’re a semi-smart guy. Stop embarrassing yourself.
March 28th, 2011 at 9:37 am
TA, the explain to me why Ginsberg, the property owner, felt compelled to apology to Powers for his shabby treatment?
Out of politeness? Because a storage closet is a not-too-classy place to put a reporter?
March 28th, 2011 at 9:39 am
Andy, you missed just one thing about this alleged “kidnapping.”
The part you left out from the blog:
“When I arrived I was told I would not be able to speak with any of the people at the party, and that I was to wait in a room until Biden and Nelson arrived. I went in willingly, with the understanding that I was free to leave — but if I left I’d probably have to leave the house entirely, and not get to cover the speeches.”
No one, including the VP, his staff or the party host, are disputing that this reporter was treated shabbily. They should have had a better green room for this guy. Ergo the apology. It was a blunder to be sure. But hardly a kidnapping.
March 28th, 2011 at 9:39 am
http://definitions.uslegal.com/u/unlawful-detention/
Unlawful detention means keeping in custody unlawfully. Under criminal law it means keeping or confining a person in custody without any lawful reason. In civil law it is keeping in custody real property to which one is not entitled. A person is guilty of unlawful detention of real property when entry is made wrongfully without any right or title into any vacant or unoccupied lands tenements or other possessions.
March 28th, 2011 at 9:41 am
False imprisonment is a restraint of a person in a bounded area without justification or consent. False imprisonment is a common-law felony and a tort. It applies to private as well as governmental detention. When it comes to public police, the proving of false imprisonment is sufficient to obtain a writ of habeas corpus.
March 28th, 2011 at 9:42 am
In criminal law, kidnapping is the taking away or transportation of a person against the person’s will, usually to hold the person in false imprisonment, a confinement without legal authority.
Kidnapping is a common law offence requiring:
1. that one person takes another person away;
2. by force or fraud;
3. without the consent of the person taken;
4. without lawful excuse.[2]
It invariably includes committing false imprisonment, which is the common-law offence of intentionally or recklessly detaining the victim without lawful authority. The use of force to take and detain will also be regarded as an assault, and other, related offences may also be committed before, during, or after the detention.
March 28th, 2011 at 9:46 am
Unlawful detention means keeping in custody unlawfully. Under criminal law it means keeping or confining a person in custody without any lawful reason. In civil law it is keeping in custody real property to which one is not entitled. A person is guilty of unlawful detention of real property when entry is made wrongfully without any right or title into any vacant or unoccupied lands tenements or other possessions.
So that settles it. This was nothing close to “kidnapping”. Stop doubling-down, and start examining your insane bias and hatred.
Why did the property owner apologize? I’m realizing now that the only time we see a Republican apologize is during the sentencing phase in front of a judge, therefore to you an apology is some kind of evidence of a felony having been committed. But see, in *real* America sometimes we apologize even outside of the legal system. And there’s nothing wrong with it. It even can be considered empathetic, classy, social, or polite. Qualities one rarely finds on the right, who complain about liberals “apologizing” for everything without understanding why people apologize at all. I blame Ayn Rand.
Anyway, if you’d like to learn more about apologizing, you can start by apologizing to your readers for posting this kind of baseless, politically-motivated garbage accusation.
March 28th, 2011 at 9:48 am
AAARRRRRGGGGHHHHHH!
He was free to leave at any time. He just wasn’t given free run of this guy’s house.
“You may come into my private home but you must stay within a pre-determined area” is not a kidnapping. No different really than hiring a caterer and restricting them to the kitchen. They are there to do a job – the don’t get run of the house.
March 28th, 2011 at 9:49 am
You need to read the two posts after the “unlawful detention”, as I was building a thread to demonstrate my point.
Again:
Kidnapping is a common law offence requiring:
1. that one person takes another person away;
2. by force or fraud;
3. without the consent of the person taken;
4. without lawful excuse.[2]
It invariably includes committing false imprisonment, which is the common-law offence of intentionally or recklessly detaining the victim without lawful authority.
March 28th, 2011 at 9:51 am
Tripling and quadrupling down, even?! Wow.
Did I ever tell you about the time I was “kidnapped” at a restaurant while I waited for my table? It was horrible! They made me wait at what they called a “bar”, probably named after all the bars on the windows– well I didn’t see them, but I’m sure they were there.
Then there was the time I was “kidnapped” at the dentist’s office. They had this “waiting room”, newspeak for “kidnap/torture station”. And let me tell you, if all you had to read while being detained like that was Highlights magazine, you’d call it a kidnapping too.
Just today I was kidnapped at the convenience store where I was ushered by jackbooted clerks towards what they called a “queue” behind other customers.
Socialism comes to the 7-11!!! Submit! Alert Glenn Beck!!
March 28th, 2011 at 9:52 am
I would contend that Biden’s dummy staffer used fraud to force Powers to be detained in the closet. As she had no lawful authority to confine him, that constitutes false imprisonment. While he may have been free to leave the closet, it was with the force of threat that he would not be allowed to stay and would have to leave the premises.
March 28th, 2011 at 9:54 am
OK, last time.
1. that one person takes another person away; (He wasn’t taken away, he went was at the event by choice knowing he’d have to wait separate from the party guests)
2. by force or fraud; (No force, no fraud)
3. without the consent of the person taken; (In his own words, ” I went in willingly, with the understanding that I was free to leave”
4. without lawful excuse.[2] No excuse needed – see above.