Hehe, Payback Is a B*tch

 

From the Las Vegas Sun: The idea seemed good to Democrat Shelley Berkley’s campaign at the time: Hold a news conference in front of the Social Security building in Reno to hammer home the accusation that Republican Dean Heller wants to end Medicare and privatize Social Security.
Unfortunately for Berkley, all manner of obstacles from angry security guards to the Heller campaign and even Mother Nature conspired to block that message from getting through.
Although it’s common practice for campaigns to set up a counter-rally at an opponent’s event, they rarely encroach on the actual space being used for a news conference.
But repeating the tactic they used in Las Vegas just one day earlier, Heller’s supporters showed up en masse with a slew of campaign signs — including one measuring 5 feet in width — and crowded into the backdrop of Berkley’s news conference.

Steve Marcus

Sen. Dean Heller is shown during a dedication ceremony for the VA Southern Nevada Healthcare System Las Vegas Medical Center (VASNHS) in North Las Vegas Monday, August 6, 2012.

Although it was Berkley’s event, her supporters were a fraction of the number that Heller’s camp turned out, meaning Heller signs outnumbered Berkley signs. One miffed Berkley supporter complained it was a "slimy tactic."
Heller's group was so large that supporters spilled onto the grounds of the Social Security Administration building, prompting security guards to push the entire event onto a narrow sidewalk in front of the building. (Political events aren’t allowed on federal grounds.)
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2012/aug/16/berkley-press-conference-doesnt-quite-go-expected/
Payback is a bitch, ain't it Shelly?