Posted on 09/17/2004 11:41:31 AM PDT by Jeff Blogworthy
Bush Sign Ripping Staged Posted by Josh Rhoderick 10:35 AM, Politics & Government
The story, according to Phil Parlock, goes like this:
A West Virginia man said yesterday that Democrats stole his family's Bush-Cheney campaign signs at an event featuring Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. John Edwards.
"They just pounced on us," said Phil Parlock, who took his 11-year-old son, Alex, and 3-year-old daughter, Sophia, to the Democratic rally at Tri-State Airport in Huntington, W.Va.
"She was crying; they were pushing and shoving her," said Mr. Parlock, a Huntington real estate agent. "She was scared."
But there's more to it than that. Is it coincidental that this show of Democratic brutality happened in a swing state?
I'm no journalist, but through a trusted friend in West Virginia (whom we'll call Daisy), I've learned that Phil Parlock, in an attempt to aid Bush in the state, had the incident staged. As far as I know, Parlock's family knew nothing of it. It's also unclear whether or not the Bush campaign or any of its allied 527 groups were involved. It's possible that Parlock was acting of his own accord.
Daisy, who also lives in Huntington, knows Phil Parlock and his family and she made it clear that they were "very nice people." I asked her why she thought Parlock would do such a thing, she mentioned that Parlock is "very very Christian," "incredibly anti-gay," and a strong Bush supporter.
She also mentioned that Parlock, a real estate agent in West Virginia, has attempted to run for a seat on the Cabel County Board of Education on four separate occasions. She didn't elaborate. I'm guessing that she was trying to say that Parlock was hoping to get media attention as a Pro-Bush guy so his fifth and final run would be successful.
Apparently, Parlock planned to blame the attack on a local branch of the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades (IUPAT). IUPAT had staged anti-war demonstrations outside of West Virginia Bush rallies in which Parlock and his family had been in attendance, and it was those demonstrations that inspired Parlock to stage an attack upon his daughter.
Daisy said, "I'm pretty sure he had two men at the airport, and both were from the Mission." She's referring to the Huntington City Mission, a local Christian charity group of which Parlock is a member.
Daisy refused to tell me how she knew this and she also refused to tell me how she knew Parlock (or how well). So it's possible that she's speaking on nothing but speculation.
It wouldn't surprise me if Parlock staged the attack on his own, but a few of the details don't quite add up, so I'm not ready to say that I believe Daisy (which will undoubtedly piss her off).
UPDATE:
A reader tipped me off to this. I'd say it's starting to add up now. Sorry I didn't believe you Daisy!
Kids For Kerry = Blatant Exploitation of your own kids for political gain.
I already did.
The evidence of aggression points to the union members.
It's still a free country last I checked and this man is allowed to counter protest if he wishes. There is not one allegation that he has ever provoked anything except his mere presence.
Completely unacceptable to then attack the man or his daughter for standing there and the union better straighten up.
Its how the democrats and liberals work. All flailing around, spewing out unsound charges, all the while not stopping to think to scrutinze the situation and facts surrounding it. How does one get a "IUPAT for Kerry" t-shirt. I mean, they usually give them out that day at the rally for crying out loud.
What nonsense. Was the union thug with part of the ripped sign in his hand part of the setup, too?
So evidence of his mature and controlled behavior is evidence he is guilty of some wrong-doing?
Good grief.
So, he got his little girl to cry on cue, and his son to take on an expression of contempt hard for an 11 year old to fake that well. Sure doesn't look staged to me.
DU BS.
No, but you can bet Karl Rove does.
DU BSSi, BS ...
So we just need to have a lawyer call them on mr parlocks behalf and threaten a libel suit.
So you would toss your daughter to the ground and attack leaving her to the wolves?
And made sure he got the AP photographer to take pictures.
There are so many holes in this idiotic theory, the lefties should be burning with shame.
But nooooooooooo, they'll wallow in their little pigsty of insanity with complete indifference to rational thought.
That three-year-old sure is a good actress.
How come these things always come through a friend that has to be given a pseudonym (we'll just call her Daisy). Why does she need a pseudonym? Can't you just refer to her as your friend or source? I always wonder if that's one of those details meant to give it more credibility.
You know what's funny about that? It's one thing for freepers to say that it's dangerous for Bush fans to bring a kid to a Kerry/Edwards rally. But the DUmmies don't even realize that complaining to child welfare about this means that they admit that their own party is inhabitated by child-abusing thugs!
If he was just standing there, you are right. But I know lots of people who intentionally provoke responses and then act all surproised indignant when someone actually responds to their provocations. Like one of your buddies here. And experience and common sense teach that people don't repeatedly find themselves in these kinds of situations through no fault of their own.
No, nor did I say he should either toss her to the ground or leave her to be attacked. But no one will shove or push her without having violence done to them.
Yep,their general thoughts were that it was to be expected.
Daisy is as reliable a source as Burkett.
This is an example of what's floating around.
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