Posted on 11/01/2006 1:17:09 PM PST by Allen In Texas Hill Country
FREEDOM OF SPEECH: Steve Howards, 54, and his wife were walking their son to piano practice in Beaver Creek, Colo., and were surprised to see Vice President Dick Cheney on the street chatting with citizens. "Many of us fantasize what would we do if we had the opportunity to really tell Mr. Bush or Mr. Cheney how we feel," Howards said, so as he passed by he told Cheney, "I think your policies in Iraq are reprehensible." After dropping off his son, a Secret Service agent approached Howards and asked, "Did you assault the vice president?" Howards said no, and made it clear he didn't even attempt to touch Cheney. "If this had happened, I would think if they were doing their job, I would have been face-down in the concrete five or 10 minutes earlier," he said later. Still, he was handcuffed and jailed, with the Secret Service demanding he be charged with harassment. The Eagle County District Attorney dropped the charge. Howards has filed a lawsuit in federal court accusing Secret Service agent Virgil D. Reichle Jr. with civil rights violations. (Rocky Mountain News) ...Dick Cheney's America: where exercising one's rights has become an act of courage.
It's gotta be true, the Progressive, Collective Bellacio, and Swans all said so.
Owl_Eagle
If what I just wrote made you sad or angry,
it was probably just a joke.
There's no link or anything. Seems to be a DUmmie(Allen) trolling.
so what, Billy C had the SS arrest a couple for flipping him the bird on a campaign trip.
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Assault does not involve contact, that's battery.
This guy could very easily have committed assault or harrassment with NO physical contact.
Thank you. Some friends started beating me over the head with it. I rarely post on FR with the exception of my rant on Calif.
Why does this guy's story keep changing? He is too stupid to know that putting your hands on the vice-president uninvited is not a very smart idea.
kind of like the kids who said they were held by the secret service because of the library books they took out.
A load of BUNK!
too smart lol
You did do a search, right?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1718189/posts
Of course not. The Secret Service is far more professional than this. Democrats have found that false accusations get tremendous legs from their buddies in the MSM, so they try things like this.
Were you born yesterday?
Much like I think about what I'd say to the Sinkmeister if I had the chance.
He is changing his story here. Elsewhere he states that he did touch him because he remembers thinking "He (Chaney) is wearing silk"
When the story changes then someone is lying.
Obviously not. My bad. Just a knee jerk entry/reaction on my part when I get crap like this from some of my friends is Cal.
The funny part is being called a DUer.
Who cares......the VP didn't ask him to go duck hunting, or anything. ;)
"The funny part is being called a DUer."
Not by me.
It's sometimes easy to forget about the 'search' function.
I've done it myself. But TOTALLY by accident.
:0)
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