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I tried to find a hole in the Republican-candidate-assaults-reporter story; I couldn't
Canada Free Press ^ | 05/25/17 | Dan Calabrese

Posted on 05/25/2017 9:30:35 AM PDT by Sean_Anthony

Sorry dude. You messed up.

Any time the media jump all over a story that looks terrible for a Republican, I smell a rat. And when the poor, innocent victim is a mainstream journalist, I smell a double rat. My instinct is usually that it’s all just a little too perfect, and usually when I look into it I find that I was right to trust my instincts.

So when I heard that Greg Gianforte, the Republican candidate in the upcoming Montana special congressional election, had assaulted a reporter for asking him questions about health care, my first thought was, “What aren’t they telling us?”

Was the reporter the aggressor?


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KEYWORDS: election; greggianforte; montana; reporter
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To: Flick Lives

Rush has been talking about this in this past hour. Apparently Rush missed the details about the guy barging into his office uninvited and shoving his phone in Gianforte face because he didn’t mention it.

He did say the singing cowboy dimocrat opponent had neglected to pay property and other taxes dating back to 2007 but they were somehow suddenly paid when he decided to run. If he wasn’t civic minded enough to pay his taxes, he doesn’t sound like anything but a corrupt dim plant.

He’s had a couple of callers from there that said they were going to vote for Gianforte and weren’t bothered at all about the altercation.

I heard the audio and it sure doesn’t sound all that violent to me. I wish more reporters would get their @$$ kicked. I am fed up with the media.


21 posted on 05/25/2017 10:13:09 AM PDT by MagnoliaB (You can't always get what you want but if you try sometime you might find, you get what you need.)
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To: marktwain

IF he apologizes, he loses this great advantage.


22 posted on 05/25/2017 10:24:10 AM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: Windflier

I see you’re back, click farmer.

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We have a new Click Farmer that signed up April 7 to post it’s rants.

http://freerepublic.com/tag/by:bogustimes/index?tab=comments;brevity=full;options=no-change


23 posted on 05/25/2017 10:32:33 AM PDT by deport
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To: MagnoliaB

I wish more reporters would get their @$$ kicked. I am fed up with the media.


It’s reached the frustration level where you aren’t alone.


24 posted on 05/25/2017 10:37:05 AM PDT by Flick Lives ("Daddy, what did you do in the Deep State War?")
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To: deport
We have a new Click Farmer that signed up April 7 to post it’s rants.

I'd call that one more of a blog pimp, but at least it shows some sincerity in its comments and replies.

Sean_Anthony never comments, and never replies. His only purpose for posting here, is to drive eyeballs to Canada Free Press to generate revenue.

25 posted on 05/25/2017 10:44:48 AM PDT by Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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To: Sean_Anthony

Here is a flaw in the story that seemed obvious after I heard the audio. If the reporter was grabbed by the neck, how was his voice unaffected so that he could complain as the incident unfolded? And now we have the Fox reporter backing away from the claimed neck grab.


26 posted on 05/25/2017 11:03:13 AM PDT by Rockingham
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To: babble-on
It’s pretty stupid to allow yourself to be goaded into beating up a reporter.

The latest that I have heard on this subject is that the Reporter first barged into a private interview, pushed a telephone which was recording into the man's face, and when Gianforte reached for the telephone, the "reporter" grabbed him by the wrist.

First physical contact was made by the reporter grabbing Gianforte's wrist, at which point Gianforte got up and possibly grabbed the reporter by the lapels, and they both fell down.

The "Grabbed him by the neck" claim has been withdrawn.

27 posted on 05/25/2017 11:28:37 AM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: Sean_Anthony

That’s because the a hole who wrote the story didn’t have a mirror nearby.


28 posted on 05/25/2017 11:58:58 AM PDT by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: marron

What would Bill Clinton do? Oh yeah, laugh it off. Haven’t you noticed everything is a joke to the democrats? They are totally above the law.

How about Seth Rich?

They make mountains out of molehills and molehills out of mountains.


29 posted on 05/25/2017 1:07:07 PM PDT by cradle of freedom
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To: Mariner

Donald Trump didn’t apologize—he is now President. :^)


30 posted on 05/25/2017 1:16:03 PM PDT by cradle of freedom
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To: Stentor

Honestly, I don’t care if he did it or not. How do things look for the election?


31 posted on 05/25/2017 2:02:19 PM PDT by Pining_4_TX (For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. ~ Hosea 8:7)
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To: Pining_4_TX
Honestly, I don’t care if he did it or not. How do things look for the election?

???? I'm an easterner.

32 posted on 05/25/2017 2:37:39 PM PDT by Stentor
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To: Stentor

What? No Magic 8 Ball? ;-)


33 posted on 05/25/2017 7:02:46 PM PDT by Pining_4_TX (For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. ~ Hosea 8:7)
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To: Pining_4_TX
What? No Magic 8 Ball? ;-)

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34 posted on 05/25/2017 7:20:52 PM PDT by Stentor
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To: Stentor

Ha, ha, I knew you had one!


35 posted on 06/03/2017 6:04:30 AM PDT by Pining_4_TX (For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. ~ Hosea 8:7)
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