Posted on 06/14/2010 6:20:28 AM PDT by Brittany Pounders
How do these people make it to Washington? Or perhaps they are beginning to feel the consequential heat of their decisions? Democrat Congressman from North Carolina, Bob Etheridge, is walking past a student asking him a legitimate question, Do you fully support the Obama agenda? The Congressman, very aggressively grabs the young man and demands, Who are you? Who are you? The student repeatedly asks to be released and the Congressman continues to tussle with him, refusing to let go. And its done in such a way that one must wonder if hes at full mental capacity.
It is doubtful that while this kind of behavior is definitely newsworthy, especially to the residents of North Carolina, this probably wont get run on the mainstream media. Its my opinion that this Congressman should have his next interview from a DC jail cell and the young man who was assaulted should be praised for showing such restraint.
http://www.libertyjuice.com/2010/06/14/democrat-congressman-assaults-student-caught-on-video/
He should resign by noon today and arrested by 12:01pm
I sent this video to my Congressman along with an e-mail that told him how I felt about our arrogant spendthrift Congress.
Looks like he was once a union thug!
Good thing for the Congressman he’s not a conservative Republican. He’ll get away with this.
No, not a “union thug”.
Bobby was the state-wide North Carolina Superintendent of Public Instruction earlier in his career.
In that role he accomplished nothing, and then moved on to higher levels of incompetence.
Has this been on the news? It would lead the major network news if it were a Republican...
The guy looks drunk...
Here’s the video link for those not wishing to visit a blog:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v60oNUoHBYM&feature=player_embedded
Why couldn’t the student have given his name? He kept evasively saying “this is just a project.” The congressman shouldn’t have touched him, but I do not understand why the stupid student could not have given his name. The kid was also a chump.
I'm pretty sure it's not fun to be ambushed by a reporter with a microphone, but that's the job Mr. Etheridge volunteered for; it goes with the territory.
Mr. Etheridge needs to step aside. He has disgraced himself and his state.
There is no rule of law in this country. We are in very, very serious doo-doo.
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He chose not to give his name to the arrogant thug. The congressthug was being threatening and intimidating. And somehow the kid is being criticized?!
Because he didn't want to give his name and he lives in an allegedly free country.
Congressman Drunk should go to jail.
NC supports Obama, as Helms spins in his grave.
Wait a minute. The kid accosted the congressman on the street with a camera running. If he wants cooperation from his interviewee, he can give his name.
The congressman was a chump.
So’s the kid.
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I'm pretty sure there's no requirement in this country to have to identify yourself to other citizens. What are we? Nazi Germany? "Papers please!!" The kid did an excellent job in my opinion.
What the hell is the matter with you? The congressman has no right not to be asked a question. He has no right to grab anybody by the arm and detain him for asking a question. He has no right to yank another human being around by the neck for asking him a question.
And he has ABSOLUTELY no right to know the name of the citizen asking him a question.
This is not feudal England. He is not a Lord.
This is the United States of America. The congressman has no more right to assault another citizen for asking a question than you do.
He has a right to not answer the question and the right to walk away. That's it. Stop being a serf.
The college student approached the congressman. It’s not a question of choosing not to give his name who someone who first approached him. If you are going to accost a public person on the street and ask him for an answer to a question with a camera running, you can jolly well give your name.
The congressman should not have touched him.
The kid was either incompetent and flustered or an arrogant fool. He could have said, “I’m Joe College Student from Podunk U. and I’m doing a class project. Would you be so kind as to answer a few questions.”
The camera was running. You are a congressman. Your answers are going to be recorded and made public. Don’t you have the reasonable expectation to know the name of the person who wants to record your public response?
He should not have touched the kid.
But the kid should not have expected an interview if he’s not willing to give his name.
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