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Man accused of dousing Buchanan with salad dressing in court
WMMT ^ | April 14, 2005 | WMMT

Posted on 04/15/2005 8:49:31 AM PDT by anonymous_user

KALAMAZOO (NEWS 3) - The man accused of dousing former presidential candidate Pat Buchanan with salad dressing has pleaded not guilty in a Kalamazoo court.

Samuel John Messick was arraigned on charges of disturbing the peace Thursday. He reportedly tossed a cup of salad dressing on the conservative commentator at a speech he was giving at Western Michigan University on March 31st.

Buchanan decided not to press felony assault charges against the man.

Messick will be back in court at the end of the month.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption
KEYWORDS: academia; academicbias; assault; brownshirts; buchanan; campusbias; censorship; civildebate; collegebias; court; culturewars; education; educrats; freespeech; holdthecroutons; intolerance; liberaltolerance; notguilty; patbuchanan; pie; saladtosser; universitybias; yadayada
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Pleads "not guilty?" It's ON TAPE!
1 posted on 04/15/2005 8:49:34 AM PDT by anonymous_user
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Buchanan decided not to press felony assault charges against the man.

Come on Pat! You're supposed to be a tough guy...

2 posted on 04/15/2005 8:50:44 AM PDT by frogjerk
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Buchanan decided not to press felony assault charges against the man.

Highly disappointed.

3 posted on 04/15/2005 8:51:51 AM PDT by Phantom Lord (Advantages are taken, not handed out)
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To: frogjerk

Buchanan decided not to press felony assault charges against the man.
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Ya know, I think I would be pi**ed off too and I would nail the scum bag as hard as I could. Maybe these loser leftists might develop a little respect others' rights and politeness, of which, PRESENTLY THEY HAVE NONE. You treat gutter trash, just like gutter trash.


4 posted on 04/15/2005 8:52:50 AM PDT by EagleUSA (Q)
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To: anonymous_user
Buchanan decided not to press felony assault charges against the man.

Gotta admire Pat here. People on the other side would be suing for pain and suffering, but Pat sees it for what it is: salad dressing.

5 posted on 04/15/2005 8:54:40 AM PDT by Tired of Taxes (News junkie here)
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***Man accused of dousing Buchanan with salad dressing in court***

Let me get this straight. Pat Buchanan was in a courtroom when this guy dumped salad dressing on him?


6 posted on 04/15/2005 8:54:51 AM PDT by Cowman (I wish they all could be double barreled girls)
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***Man accused of dousing Buchanan with salad dressing in court***

Case will be tossed.

7 posted on 04/15/2005 8:56:28 AM PDT by billorites (freepo ergo sum)
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Nonetheless, he will find some snake of a lawyer to argue he didn't do it. Lawyers are that way: Truth is the first casualty in court.


8 posted on 04/15/2005 8:56:54 AM PDT by Gunrunner2
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To: Tired of Taxes

That's how I saw it. Prepare for incoming fire.


9 posted on 04/15/2005 8:57:57 AM PDT by cripplecreek (I'm apathetic but really don't care.)
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To: Tired of Taxes

I'm not admiring him for his decision. Until conservatives start filing charges on these punks, they'll continue to have carte blanche to assault speakers and disrupt free speech.


10 posted on 04/15/2005 8:59:33 AM PDT by demkicker (Support DeLay, the Hammer, and the filibuster ban on judicial nominations!)
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Well, if you are ever assaulted by someone throwing food at you, be sure to just brush it off and carry on.


11 posted on 04/15/2005 9:02:36 AM PDT by Phantom Lord (Advantages are taken, not handed out)
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"Gotta admire Pat here. People on the other side would be suing for pain and suffering, but Pat sees it for what it is: salad dressing."

I respectfully disagree. Filing felony assault charges is much different than suing somebody for pain and suffering. Basically Pat is saying, "whoever wants to disrupt my speeches by throwing food on me is welcome to."

I also don't like decision-making based on the opposite of what "the other side would do". That's for liberals.


12 posted on 04/15/2005 9:04:01 AM PDT by L98Fiero
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To: Tired of Taxes

There's a difference between a frivolous lawsuit for pain & suffering vs. pressing charges for assault. Perhaps he would've been more inclined to go after the perp if he were Jewish.


13 posted on 04/15/2005 9:06:41 AM PDT by aynrandfreak (When can we stop pretending that the Left doesn't by and large hate America?)
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National Review and William F. Buckley studied Pat and debated his views on Judaism and they came to the conclusion Pat was not anti-Semitic.
14 posted on 04/15/2005 9:10:10 AM PDT by Gunrunner2
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To: L98Fiero; demkicker; Phantom Lord

Alright, I wasn't there, so I didn't see what happened to Pat. Was he injured? Was it thrown in his face? If so, then felony charges would be warranted. But, if it just dirtied his suit, for example, I'd disagree.

I do understand your points of view, but I like the idea of this side showing a tougher skin.

And, yes, I've encountered far worse than salad dressing (in the rough neighborhood where I grew up, on subways, etc.)


15 posted on 04/15/2005 9:11:06 AM PDT by Tired of Taxes (News junkie here)
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I hope he got tossed.


16 posted on 04/15/2005 9:11:07 AM PDT by GSWarrior (To activate this tagline, please contact the administrator.)
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To: anonymous_user

Pat's needs a Sledge-o-Matic


17 posted on 04/15/2005 9:14:05 AM PDT by stainlessbanner
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To: EagleUSA
Ya know, I think I would be pi**ed off too and I would nail the scum bag as hard as I could. Maybe these loser leftists might develop a little respect others' rights and politeness, of which, PRESENTLY THEY HAVE NONE. You treat gutter trash, just like gutter trash.

That said, I don't think enviro-wackos will be breaking in on any trading or commodities floors in London anytime soon...

18 posted on 04/15/2005 9:18:11 AM PDT by frogjerk
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assaulted by someone throwing food at you
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Thankfully, it wasn't nails & ball bearings via explosive vest !!! ;-))


19 posted on 04/15/2005 9:21:46 AM PDT by GeekDejure ( LOL = Liberals Obey Lucifer !!! -- Impeach Greer !!!.)
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Buchanan decided not to press felony assault charges against the man. [emphasis added]

Felony? That does not compute. Pointing a gun at someone is a felony. Hitting someone with a baseball bat is a felony. Salad dressing is simple assault, a misdemeanor, in most jurisdictions.

Maybe the leftist had added acid to the salad dressing? More likely, the reporter simply botched the story and doesn't understand the difference between a felony and a misdemeanor. At any rate, the article is missing key facts or is simply wrong.

20 posted on 04/15/2005 9:21:52 AM PDT by BillF (Fight terrorists in Iraq & elsewhere, instead of waiting for them to come to America!)
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