"Josh? Hi, my name is Da... uh, Daisy. Yeah, Daisy. Anyhow, I have some information that is gonna make you madder than a rained-on rooster trapped in a barber shop."
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!
Let them if this story get national attention it will show two thing that the father has been invovled in other protest but has not commited a crime nor assaulted anyone. The Union thug has been identified to be nothing more than a union thug.
you might want to read post #29. . .
hehe, the only thing in which the DUer's will be revealing to the world is their collective stupdity.
"Josh? Hi, my name is Da... uh, Daisy. Yeah, Daisy. Anyhow, I have some information that is gonna make you madder than a rained-on rooster trapped in a barber shop."
Sorry but an airport runway is a public forum and not a private hall. The man is free to protest where he likes in this matter. Just because liberals are idiotic filthy animals incapable of controlling themselves it doesn't maek it this mans fault.
What kind of person hides behind their own children?
Speaking of hiding, check your own nick. His is well known, ain't it?
You are saying he paid them to attack his daughter while she was on his shoulders? Come on, anon, nobody believes that!
This wasn't a "rally" per se, it was people greeting a candidate at the airport. It was out in the open, a public place. ANYONE has a right to be there with their opinions spoken or posted. Freedom of Speech is a right, correct?
The kids & dad have probably been to many political activities & nothing like this happened before.
Very wrong. See post #134 on this thread.
Crying Girl or Crying Wolf
[Phil Parlock as "Protest Warrior" - sign-ripping union thug NOT his son]
dislogue.dansch.net ^ | September 17, 2004 | blogger DISLOGUE
Posted on 09/19/2004 9:54:48 AM PDT by RonDog-- snip --
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