Posted on 06/18/2010 7:30:54 PM PDT by John Semmens
Representative Bob Etheridge (D-NC) was recently videotaped assaulting a student reporter on the sidewalk. The student’s offense: asking him a question about his stance on “the Obama agenda.” Etheridge has brushed aside charges that he has broken the law and insists that he was “within my Constitutional rights” in the incident.
While Etheridge’s behavior would appear to fall within the legal definition of felony assault, the Representative claims he is Constitutionally exempt from any charges under Article I, Section 6 of the US Constitution. “The Constitution says that a member of Congress ‘shall not be questioned in any other place,’” Etheridge argued. “A public sidewalk is obviously one of those ‘other places’ contemplated. So, right out of the gate, we see that the person complaining about me was in the wrong.”
“Secondly, members of Congress are immune from arrest while Congress is in session or when members are on their way to and from that session,” Etheridge continued. “Inasmuch as that pretty much covers 24/7 it seems clear that my accusers have no recourse under the law.”
Etheridge said this isn’t the first time he’s had to “get tough with young punks who don’t show proper respect for their betters. It’s a sad commentary on the decline of our civilization when just any nobody thinks he can accost a member of the government anytime and anywhere he wants. If I have to be a one-man army standing against that I will.”
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THAT was was a good one. Almost had me.
ping
:)
GRRRRREAT work, John! You really had me going. LOL! BTTT!
Gotta love the AZ Conservative...better than the Onion.
LOL. I do wonder why he hasn’t been charged?
Whoops. I was premature with my :) as I caught the article before the ping.
Thanks for the chuckle John.
jeez what jerk..
Delusional Congress sub-human satire alert.
Incredibly arrogant POS. Almost as arrogant as Obozo. His speech sounds like an English Lord during the 1770's. "respect their betters". Better according to who.
Oh lol! got me
I REALLY did not think this was satire.
sorry I missed the semi-satire
Um....this is satire. He didn’t really say that.
Johnny me boy, this one is almost TOO close to reality, TOO true to life.
Good one!
Well, nowhere in the video did he state that he cannot be questioned anywhere else and that is the reason for him molesting the child. Instead, he got aggressive and asked, “Who are you? [I want to come to your house and rape you.]”
The words in brackets above were not exactly uttered but were clear from his actions. He is clearly a child molester. Even on this argument, what an idiot he is! The argument fails since no one forced him to respond to the question. What a moron.
We need an ad that says that the Obama supporting Democrat MOLESTED A CHILD!
sorry missed it, but looking back it says “semi-satire”
The way they write them, statements are believable. Pretty good at getting my blood pressure up before I see the source. Guaranteed to make me laugh.
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