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Little girl has sign ripped up by anti-Bush protestor
AP ^ | 9/16/2004 | Randy Snyder

Posted on 09/17/2004 7:39:16 AM PDT by Xaviore

Three-year-old Sophia Parlock cries while seated on the shoulders of her father, Phil Parlock, after having their Bush-Cheney sign torn up by Kerry-Edwards supporters on Thursday, Sept. 16, 2004, at the Tri-State Airport in Huntington, W.Va. Democratic vice presidential candidate John Edwards (news - web sites) made a brief stop at the airport as he concluded his two-day bus tour to locations in West Virginia and Ohio. (AP Photo/Randy Snyder)


TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: West Virginia
KEYWORDS: antibush; bush; girl; iupat; kerry; protestor; sophiaparlock
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To: O.C. - Old Cracker

Naaaah... I fixed Avionics.Radioes primarily.


61 posted on 09/17/2004 8:15:37 AM PDT by hobbes1 (Hobbes1TheOmniscient® "I know everything so you don't have to" ;)
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To: Rutles4Ever
Yeah, that's totally the same guy. Someone needs to tell these people "thanks", but "no thanks"...

Another idiot reports in for the Left. Prove your allegation instead of just trying to stir things up like a typical DU'r.

62 posted on 09/17/2004 8:15:55 AM PDT by O.C. - Old Cracker (When the cracker gets old, you wind up with Old Cracker. - O.C.)
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To: O.C. - Old Cracker

LOL!

We call them POGUES now! REMINGTON RAIDER! HAHA! I have not heard that term in a long time. Well done.

FUNNY!


63 posted on 09/17/2004 8:16:02 AM PDT by gunnygail (Founding member of the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy. (I operate the minigun, more fun there)
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To: hobbes1

I had them years ago.


64 posted on 09/17/2004 8:16:17 AM PDT by b4its2late (John John Kerry Edwards change positions more often than a Nevada prostitute!!!)
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To: All

I can't tell, but my question is, who tore up the sign? I think we're all just assuming the guy in the backwards cap did, but I don't know. He may have worn the union shirt to smuggle in the signs for his dad. All I'm asking is, does anyone know?

And is, "he goes to Rally's expecting this to happen" a defense? Maybe he goes to dem rallys just to prove that very point.

Regardless, whether or not the photo was a set-up is not the real issue. No one has come forward to challenge the thrust of the story. The Democratic party should have to answer the serious questions the photo raises. There is no definitive proof the scene was set-up. Perhaps the son was just reenacting what he had witnessed another union member do, so his conduct was accurate. All this talk about set-up is just a distraction.


65 posted on 09/17/2004 8:16:39 AM PDT by Hank All-American (Free Men, Free Minds, Free Markets baby!)
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To: hobbes1

Phil is on with Glenn Beck now.


66 posted on 09/17/2004 8:16:43 AM PDT by b4its2late (John John Kerry Edwards change positions more often than a Nevada prostitute!!!)
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To: O.C. - Old Cracker

I agree. Like I said, this incident is far different from Dan Blather's memos. One can actually PROVE if the "thug" is her brother.


67 posted on 09/17/2004 8:17:17 AM PDT by gunnygail (Founding member of the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy. (I operate the minigun, more fun there)
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To: hobbes1

Phil - "That kid is not my son. No idea who the union worker is."


68 posted on 09/17/2004 8:18:07 AM PDT by b4its2late (John John Kerry Edwards change positions more often than a Nevada prostitute!!!)
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To: Hank All-American

the guy in the backwards cap (allegedly now a son of the Dad with the little girl on his shoulders) has little pieces of the sign in his hands. I think we've been had.


69 posted on 09/17/2004 8:18:33 AM PDT by babble-on
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To: sinkspur

Exploiting a three-year-old is pretty lame. If that turns out to be what's going on, he deserves to be held up to ridicule.


70 posted on 09/17/2004 8:19:00 AM PDT by eastsider
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To: babble-on

You do have to admit the shot looks a little canned, especially the "sad" face affected by the Dad.


71 posted on 09/17/2004 8:24:27 AM PDT by LincolnLover (Just Say No to Rampant Vanity Posting!)
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To: eastsider
There is enough smoke here to doubt this guy's story. He seems to have a goal of getting his name and picture in the paper during presidential campaigns. And he does it by wading into the opposing campaign's rallies.

Maybe he's got a bet going with somebody.

72 posted on 09/17/2004 8:26:00 AM PDT by sinkspur ("I heard that the traditionalists have taken over the FR religion forum"--Cardinal Fanfani)
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To: wmichgrad; babble-on

I have a 5yr old boy and 3yr old girl. They are constantly fighting and she would not sit back and let her brother do something like that without some kind of retribution. I know there is a more drastic age difference and all kids are different. I'm going to chill out on this and let it play out, because I was raging mad when I saw this at work this morning.


73 posted on 09/17/2004 8:26:42 AM PDT by stevio (The Clinton '94 gun ban sunset! WooHoo!)
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To: LincolnLover
What I want to know is why a father would just stand there and let some stranger get his hands on his kid?

Fishy.

74 posted on 09/17/2004 8:26:44 AM PDT by sinkspur ("I heard that the traditionalists have taken over the FR religion forum"--Cardinal Fanfani)
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To: All

But you all are missing the point.

Whether or not the photo was a set-up is not the real issue. I understand certain partison political operatives are claiming the photo was staged, but no one has come forward to challenge the thrust of the story. John Kerry should have to answer the serious questions the photo raises. Remember, there is no definitive proof the scene was set-up. Perhaps the son was just reenacting what he had witnessed another union member do, so his conduct was accurate. Why are we focusing on the identities of the people instead of the photos content? All this talk about set-up is just a distraction.


75 posted on 09/17/2004 8:27:45 AM PDT by Hank All-American (Free Men, Free Minds, Free Markets baby!)
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To: stevio

Dad: If you keep your sign nice and neat, we'll go for ICE CREAM after the parade.

rip, rip, rip, big brother laughs in little girls face

WAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!


76 posted on 09/17/2004 8:30:26 AM PDT by babble-on
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To: Hank All-American
All this talk about set-up is just a distraction.
: )
77 posted on 09/17/2004 8:31:02 AM PDT by eastsider
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To: Hank All-American

YES, FINALLY SOMEONE TALKING SENSE!


78 posted on 09/17/2004 8:31:07 AM PDT by babble-on
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To: O.C. - Old Cracker

You're joking, right? Wait - where's the camera? Is this live?


79 posted on 09/17/2004 8:35:08 AM PDT by Rutles4Ever ("The message of the Cross is foolishness to those who are perishing...")
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To: sinkspur
He likes to get his name in the paper? There are easier ways of doing that in a small city than unfurling a Bush poster at an Edwards stop. Don't make it something it isn't just because you wouldn't do it.

He seems to have a habit of going to Democratic presidential rallies and displaying Republican posters. You may not think that is a good use of YOUR time, but the simplest explanation is the preferred one,and the simplest explanation here is that he is a passionate Republican.

Criticize him for overzealousness, or exploiting his child, or being a kamikaze, but don't make things up out of thin air.

80 posted on 09/17/2004 8:35:52 AM PDT by Taliesan (fiction police)
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