Posted on 11/22/2017 2:45:56 PM PST by Kaslin
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) is still recovering from an attack by neighbor Rene Boucher earlier this month that left him with six broken ribs. Paul’s wife spoke out Wednseday, writing on CNN about some of the unkind press coverage of the incident, saying it has been “hurtful” and “victimized Rand a second time as he struggles to recover.”
She says that since the November 3rd attack her husband “has not had a single night's sleep uninterrupted by long periods of difficult breathing or excruciating coughing.”
“It is incredibly hurtful that some news outlets have victimized Rand a second time as he struggles to recover,” she writes, “delighting in hateful headlines like ‘Not A Perfect Neighbor,’ and concocting theories about an ‘ongoing dispute,’ based on nothing more than speculation from an attention-seeking person with no knowledge of anything to do with us.”
She goes on to describe their relationship with Boucher and the nature of the incident:
Neither Rand nor I have spoken to the attacker in 10 years (since before his wife and children moved away) other than a casual wave from the car. Nobody in our family has, nor have we communicated with anyone in his family. With Rand's travel to D.C. in the last seven years, he has rarely seen this man at all.
The only "dispute" existed solely in the attacker's troubled mind, until, on a beautiful autumn day, he ran down the hill on our property and slammed his body into Rand's lower back as he stood facing away, wearing noise canceling headphones to protect his ears from the lawnmower.
This was not a "scuffle," a "fight" or an "altercation," as many in the media falsely describe it. It was a deliberate, blindside attack. The impact left Rand with six broken ribs, three displaced, pleural effusion and now pneumonia. This has been a terrible experience; made worse by the media's gleeful attempts to blame Rand for it, ridiculing him for everything from mowing his own lawn to composting.
MSNBC’s Kasie Hunt apologized to Paul Monday after commenting on air that Paul’s assault was “one of my favorite stories.”
A Louisville-Courier Journal story on the incident characterized Paul as “not a perfect neighbor” although the headline has since been changed.
Rene Boucher, a 59-year-old anesthesiologist from Bowling Green, is charged with misdemeanor assault over the attack. The motive for the attack is still unknown.
“It was a very regrettable dispute between two neighbors over a matter that most people would regard as trivial,” Boucher’s attorney Matthew Baker told reporters. “We sincerely hope that Sen. Paul is doing well and that these two gentlemen can get back to being neighbors as quickly as possible.”
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Much like the Mueller /Russia ripoff "investigation". ... a blindside attack
It’s beyond shocking that the commonwealth attorney has not upgraded this case to a felony. I hope Paul sues him for everything he has, everything he’ll ever have.
It shows you just how mean and evil these communists are. They hate every one and are so angry at God. They hate themselves and want people to be as miserable as they are because of their worthless soul. They work hard at making others poor and desperate or dead. All their systems they mandate are to destroy civil society and make us into groveling slaves and Rand is one of the few who has the courage to fight the Leviathan.
Prayers for Rand Paul and his family!!!
Exactly
You got that right, it was a deliberate blindside attack
So do I.
This sick-o needs to be charged by the Feds for attacking and endangering the life of a member of Congress and go to jail for several years! The misdemeanor charge is a complete and utter joke!!!
Well put.
Think Rand wants a fence now??????...
Fakebook’s culture of love didn’t ban any of the Democrat users who cheered this violent attack.
Welcome back savagesusie. I am happy to read your words of wisdom and sanity again.
Protective order, too. “I can’t wait ‘til they’re neighbors again” sounds like a continuing threat.
blah, blah, blah — then what was it about, sweetie?
Rand, time to exercise some B-CTRL
Here’s the dirtbag attacker’s attorney’s info.
https://www.lawyers.com/bowling-green/kentucky/matthew-j-baker-3146960-f/
I was blocked for awhile. I can be very offensive at times, but I find that with the brainwashing in our culture that bluntness is the only way to pierce the fog that too many people are in......although the Freepers are so much more educated than most!!!
“blah, blah, blah — then what was it about, sweetie?
Rand, time to exercise some B-CTRL
What on earth are you talking about?
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Well said. Totally agree.
Do not understand how six broken ribs and a near punctured lung is considered a misdemeanor. Now the pneumonia. This is not good.
MSNBC’s Kasie Hunt apologized to Paul Monday after commenting on air that Paul’s assault was “one of my favorite stories.”
Kasie Hunt should be beaten about the head with a wet noodle.
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