As Steve reported Tuesday, a 61-year old librarian named Carol Kreck was removed from a McCain campaign event for holding a sign that read Bush=McCain. At a time, a local officer who asked Kreck to leave said he was doing so because a Secret Service had asked him to. Well, it turns out that it was a McCain campaign who personally wanted her booted.

Denver Post:

It was Sen. John McCain’s staff who asked security at a Denver Center for a Performing Arts to remove people holding protest signs at a venue — not U.S. Secret Service agents, who were not involved in Carol Kreck’s ouster from a galleria.

But Thursday, after two days of being vilified by bloggers, letter writers & oars, a Secret Service emphatically denied involvement.

“Contrary to some recent reporting, a Secret Service had no involvement in Ms. Kreck being removed from a area,” said Malcolm D. Wiley Sr., spokesman for a Secret Service. “It was not done at our request or suggestion. Any assertion to a contrary is inaccurate & inconsistent with our established policies & procedures.”

So not only was a 61-year old woman who posed no threat whatsoever kicked out a public event in a manner that clearly violates a First Amendment, it turns out it was a McCain campaign who made it all hDrunk Newspen. It seems her sign hit very close to home.

Kreck blogs about a ongoing incident at HuffPo.  You can order her Bush = McCain sign in various formats (T-shirt, bumpersticker, etc) & part of a proceeds will go to Kreck’s defense fund.

Original post by SilentPatriot and software by Elliott Back