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Interior Secretary Threatens To 'Punch Out' Colorado Springs Reporter
FOX ^ | November 13, 2012

Posted on 11/13/2012 3:12:25 PM PST by 1rudeboy

Colorado Springs, Colo. (November 12, 2012) – On Election Day, at an enthusiastic gathering of Obama supporters in Fountain, Colorado; Dave Phillips, a reporter for the Colorado Springs Gazette Telegraph, had just finished an interview with Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar about his controversial policies for managing America’s wild horse populations. Just after Secretary Salazar answered final questions about the future safety of wild horses and he turned to leave the interview, he unexpectedly approached Phillips and told him, “If you set me up like this again, I’ll punch you out.” Standing nearby was Ginger Kathrens, Executive Director of the Cloud Foundation, a Colorado-based wild horse advocacy organization. “I was stunned by the Secretary’s rude and clearly hostile comment toward Dave,” said Kathrens.

Kathrens, who had had been granted permission by an Interior law enforcement official to take pictures at the rally added, “ Salazar walked past me, refused to shake my hand, and told me, ‘You know, you should never do that.” It was unclear to Kathrens what he meant. “These threats would have been inappropriate coming from anyone, but the fact that it came out of the mouth of the Secretary of the Interior is alarming,” stated Kathrens. “I can’t believe that a top official in Obama’s cabinet could be so defensive.”

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1 posted on 11/13/2012 3:12:29 PM PST by 1rudeboy
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To: 1rudeboy

If I threatened to punch somebody out at work I would be fired.


2 posted on 11/13/2012 3:17:59 PM PST by forgotten man (forgotten man)
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To: 1rudeboy

>> “If you set me up like this again, Ill punch you out. “

Nothing to see here, just a colloquial form of displeasure. /s

But seriously, we’re not exactly talking about the ambiguous veiled threat which can cause serious problems for the ordinary citizen.


3 posted on 11/13/2012 3:18:11 PM PST by Gene Eric (Demoralization is a weapon of the enemy. Don't get it, don't spread it!)
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To: forgotten man

You must be white, and a male. Like Petraeus, for example.


4 posted on 11/13/2012 3:23:12 PM PST by Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America (IMPEACH OBAMA)
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To: 1rudeboy

“Punch you out”, what does that even mean.
Does he mean punch you?
Does he mean take you out?
Besides he is a democrat he is automatically a sissy bot - just saying.


5 posted on 11/13/2012 3:23:24 PM PST by svcw (Why is one cell on another planet considered life, and in the womb it is not.)
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To: Gene Eric
There was a time in this country when such a public threat by a government official would have been newsworthy, and the official would have been called to accounts. But clearly, those times have gone, Washington is now a personal as well as political cesspool, and no-one cares.
6 posted on 11/13/2012 3:26:45 PM PST by hinckley buzzard
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To: 1rudeboy

“I can’t believe that a top official in Obama’s cabinet could be so defensive.”
= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
IF you want to see a picture of Mz Kathrens, go to dictionary and look up NAIVE.

I think I can understand what she was trying to say but she surely did not use the right choice of words.


7 posted on 11/13/2012 3:29:53 PM PST by xrmusn (6/98 "Hope in one hand and $hiite in the other and see which fills up first".)
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To: 1rudeboy

Feel the love from 0bama’s gang of thugs.


8 posted on 11/13/2012 3:31:00 PM PST by windsorknot
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To: 1rudeboy

I’m torn here.

A reporter versus an administration official... I am eager for the fight to happen, but I want them both to end up as bloody heaps on the floor.

More likely it would end after a few slaps and a lot of tears.


9 posted on 11/13/2012 3:32:53 PM PST by Never on my watch (GALT)
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To: 1rudeboy

Boom Boom!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5IS45jT468&feature=related


10 posted on 11/13/2012 3:33:56 PM PST by Nachum (The List was hacked- www.nachumlist.com)
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To: xrmusn

She’s probably not much of a conservative, so yes, a bit naive.


11 posted on 11/13/2012 3:34:19 PM PST by 1rudeboy
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To: Gene Eric

“If you set me up like this again, Ill punch you out. “

Republican politicians have been “set up” by the MSM, oh..I don’t know..2,824, 631 times? Imagine if a Republican talked that way? Maybe it’s time to STOP imagining...;)


12 posted on 11/13/2012 3:35:33 PM PST by Frank_2001
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To: xrmusn

That was my reaction, too...Mz. Kathrens hasn’t been paying attention to the Obie regime’s MO.


13 posted on 11/13/2012 3:36:50 PM PST by chiller (Do not consume any NBCNews;MTPTodayNightlyNewsMorningJoeMSNBCBrianWilliams)
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To: 1rudeboy

Apparently Phillips doesn’t get it. You’re not suppose to question the Zero or even his minions. You are suppose to show show gratitude for all that the government is doing.


14 posted on 11/13/2012 3:37:47 PM PST by paint_your_wagon
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To: 1rudeboy

The “Knock-out Game” is becoming very popular.


15 posted on 11/13/2012 3:43:02 PM PST by Jumpmaster (Defund the Left!)
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To: 1rudeboy
Sounds like if he were pushed a little bit, he might do something more rash. Need a lefty, environmental, horse rescue type reporter to start dogging his public appearances and shouting out questions like “Do you want to punch me out now?”
16 posted on 11/13/2012 3:45:55 PM PST by Truth29
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To: 1rudeboy
“If you set me up like this again, I’ll punch you out.”

Just goes to show how breathtakingly stupid Kenny Salazar is - that punch would probably cost him six figures. ('Here, Kenny, punch me! I just called you a complete idiot!' ;>) Of course, his comment in Denver back in 2008, to the effect that he wouldn't support offshore drilling even if gasoline was $8 a gallon, didn't exactly suggest a high degree of intelligence.

17 posted on 11/13/2012 3:47:18 PM PST by Ocean Ranger ('unrestricted ocean operations')
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To: 1rudeboy

my frau couls pinch me out harder than this effeminite, urban cowboy little putz. he is an embarassment to my state, among many embarassments.


18 posted on 11/13/2012 3:53:58 PM PST by bravo whiskey
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To: bravo whiskey

could punch. big fingers little keyboard


19 posted on 11/13/2012 3:54:52 PM PST by bravo whiskey
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To: 1rudeboy
“I can’t believe that a top official in Obama’s cabinet could be so defensive.”

Apparently someone has been comatose for the last four years.

20 posted on 11/13/2012 3:58:14 PM PST by rockrr (Everything is different now...)
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