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Tensions run high as visit ignites clashes (Matt Margolis of Blogs4Bush in brawl)
Boston Herald ^
| 3.26.04
| Steve Marantz
Posted on 03/26/2004 9:01:28 AM PST by mhking
A brawl erupted between opponents and supporters of President Bush [related, bio] last night behind police barricades a block from his fund-raiser at the Park Plaza Hotel.
Two Bush supporters, twin brothers Matt and Aaron Margolis, traded blows at the corner of Arlington and Boylston streets with several men who they said were union members.
The fight started after a man wearing an Ironworkers Local 7 sweatshirt, perched atop a subway entrance, repeatedly taunted the brothers.
``They told us to get out of here or we'd get beaten up,'' said Matt Margolis, 24, of Beverly.
``I said, `I support your freedom of speech - please support mine. Come on down and we can have a conversation.'
``He jumped down and swung on my brother. Then they all jumped in and tore our signs apart.''
One union worker, declining to give his name, said the brothers instigated the brawl.
``They called the guy down, and he obliged them,'' the union member said.
A crowd estimated at 750 to 1,000 was largely anti-Bush, including hundreds of union workers.
``Bush wants to get rid of unemployment (insurance) and overtime - we need to get rid of him,'' said Charlie Walsh, a Local 223 laborer.
The Bush opponents held signs that read, ``Get the terrorists out of the White House.''
Supporters of the president held competing signs that read, ``A vote for Bush is a vote for freedom.''
The clashes followed the detention of two protesters who refused to move to a designated protest area before Bush's speech earlier in Nashua, N.H.
Police said the unnamed protesters were not arrested.
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: boston; gwb2004; unionthugs; unionthugsforkerry
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posted on
03/26/2004 9:01:29 AM PST
by
mhking
To: Howlin; Ed_NYC; MonroeDNA; widgysoft; Springman; Timesink; dubyaismypresident; Grani; coug97; ...
Just damn.
If you want on the list, FReepmail me. This IS a high-volume PING list...
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posted on
03/26/2004 9:02:10 AM PST
by
mhking
(Sporting News' pre-season pick? Cubs over Red Sox in 7... World ends next morning.)
To: mhking
Typical union thuggery.
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posted on
03/26/2004 9:02:57 AM PST
by
CheezyD
To: mhking
When I think 'union' I think 'thug'. Those words are synonyms to me.
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posted on
03/26/2004 9:03:50 AM PST
by
keithtoo
(W '04 - I'll pass on the ketchup-boy.)
To: mhking
I love unions...NOT!
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posted on
03/26/2004 9:05:35 AM PST
by
cyborg
(troll on a stick)
To: mhking
It's looking like things may get very ugly between now and November.
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posted on
03/26/2004 9:05:58 AM PST
by
Bahbah
To: mhking
One union worker, declining to give his name, said the brothers instigated the brawl. Wussy.
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posted on
03/26/2004 9:07:03 AM PST
by
fml
( You can twist perception, reality won't budge. -RUSH)
To: Bahbah
Matt & Aaron bump !
To: keithtoo
I wish I was in a union. It must be nice to skip out on work to bitch about the President.
To: mhking
The unions would vote Democrat if George Washington could come back and run as a Republican.
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posted on
03/26/2004 9:09:26 AM PST
by
xJones
To: fml
Notice how it's always the guy in the wheel chair, the 67 yr old man, the two guys getting beat up by 20 Goonion thugs,
who are always the one to "instigate" the fight with said Goonion thugs?
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posted on
03/26/2004 9:09:44 AM PST
by
MrB
To: Eric in the Ozarks
Do we know Matt and Aaron? If not, I would certainly like to.
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posted on
03/26/2004 9:11:14 AM PST
by
Bahbah
To: mhking
The Union thugs were much more polite in Nashua, NH earlier in the day - they knew that about one in 20 people in New Hampshire holds a concealed carry permit, and that jumping down and attacking someone would be hazardous to their health.
Quite an illustration of the "armed society, polite society" principle.
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posted on
03/26/2004 9:13:59 AM PST
by
mvpel
(Michael Pelletier)
To: mhking
...wishing I was there to set these Union thugs right.
There needs to be a special unit that takes care of these thugs at counter-protest rallies. I'll volunteer.
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posted on
03/26/2004 9:14:11 AM PST
by
lormand
(Dead people vote DemocRAT)
To: lormand
Stalin would love how these Union thugs operate. Especially, since commie agents infiltrated many US unions a many, many years ago.
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posted on
03/26/2004 9:16:51 AM PST
by
ohioman
To: Physicist
Two Bush supporters, twin brothers Matt and Aaron Margolis, traded blows at the corner of Arlington and Boylston streets with several men who they said were union members. Gee. What are the chances.
To: Bahbah
I agree, and its still a long way to Nov.
It might be a good idea to keep the 2 groups separated at protests.
Im surprised the headline wasnt "2 Bush terrorists maul crowd of 20 innocent union patriots.
These 2 brothers have my respect, Unions have less than they did if possible. It must take alot of courage for 20 to pick a fight with 2.
To: mhking
``They called the guy down, and he obliged them,'' the union member said. What he probably actually said was:
"Yeah, day called da effin guy down, and he effin obliged 'em"
To: mhking
"They told us to get out of here or we'd get beaten up..."LOL! Typical rat thugs.
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posted on
03/26/2004 9:21:02 AM PST
by
spunkets
To: No Blue States; bluesagewoman
"Im surprised the headline wasnt "2 Bush terrorists maul crowd of 20 innocent union patriots."
LOL, that would be it if it was in the Missourian.
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posted on
03/26/2004 9:24:51 AM PST
by
Bahbah
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