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Queens College First Hand Freeper Report (Alan Hevesi Shooting Remark)
June 1, 2006 | TFine80

Posted on 06/01/2006 12:46:39 PM PDT by TFine80

I was at the Queens College Commencement this morning, and I saw the whole thing occur. I also called up the Post and spoke to a reporter immediately afterwards -- so it's possible that I helped trigger this.

The context was this. There were lots of Democrat politicians there: Schumer, Hevesi, Jay Hershenson (CUNY Vice Chancellor), and Helen Marshall (Queens Borough President). Schumer spoke first, and they were all patting each other on the back, saying how great they all were and how important it was that graduates vote in the future. A few other not-so-subtle digs on Bush and Pataki, but nothing major. Hevesi gets up and gives a normal speech, and towards the end begins talking about how great Schumer is. Then he said -- and I quote because I immediately wrote it down -- Schumer would "put a bullet between the President's eyes if he could get away with it." There were a fair number of gasps, but then of course some people are pretty oblivious at these types of events. It slightly seemed that he caught himself and then said, "Well, he's a really tough guy" or something along those lines -- trying to put the remark in context.

I immediately called the Post and spoke to a reporter, and when I got back from the ceremony today saw that the AP was covering it.


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: appallingdems; bush; commencement; hevesi; queenscollege; secretservicewhereru
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The nature of the remark reveals that this something he has actually thought about, even in jest. It's hard to say something like this by accident. It will be interesting to see what the headlines are like tomorrow.
1 posted on 06/01/2006 12:46:42 PM PDT by TFine80
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To: TFine80

Troublemaker! (only kidding!) LOL Good call!


2 posted on 06/01/2006 12:49:08 PM PDT by areafiftyone (Politicans Are Like Diapers - Both Need To Be Changed Often And For the Same Reason!)
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To: TFine80

Thanks for sharing an eye-witness account of this. What will be really, really interesting is to see just how Schumer handles this.

Will he apologize for having someone "speak for him", will he publicly castigate this idiot or will he just smile his little snarky little smile and keep quiet?

Will be interesting.


3 posted on 06/01/2006 12:49:49 PM PDT by Chuck54 (I would not trade my "hand" for anyone's.)
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To: TFine80
*Headlines tomorrow*?:

Bush Lacks Sense of Humor

4 posted on 06/01/2006 12:50:49 PM PDT by small voice in the wilderness (Quick, act casual...if they sense scorn or ridicule, they'll flee)
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To: TFine80

Chuckie Schumer is scared to death of guns. If he worked up the nerve to pick one up and point it at someone, he'd expect it to go off all by itself.


5 posted on 06/01/2006 12:50:52 PM PDT by Kenton
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To: TFine80
Ooops. Did I say that out loud? - Hevesi
6 posted on 06/01/2006 12:51:41 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (A Moose Once Bit my Sister. Yeah. She Turned Moose-lim.)
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To: TFine80

He should be arrested, and Schumer should sue him for defamation of character (because Hevesi said that SCHUMER had the backbone to put a bullet where I cannot bring myself to quote.) Whatever job Hevesi holds in NY should be vacated immediately because he's on hisway to jail -- or should be.

Thanks for the first hand report.


7 posted on 06/01/2006 12:51:59 PM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
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To: TFine80
Instigator!!!!

I'd buy you a bottle of Bourbon if I were there.

8 posted on 06/01/2006 12:52:03 PM PDT by theDentist (Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll. 17,400+ snide replies and counting!)
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To: Kenton

No Schumer is scared to death of guns in the hands of citizens.

The police state, and people of privilege, may certainly have fireharms.


9 posted on 06/01/2006 12:53:10 PM PDT by MeanWestTexan (Many at FR would respond to Christ "Darn right, I'll cast the first stone!")
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To: TFine80

Well, Alan Hevesi has officially ended his political career. Many were talking about him as the Next Mayor of New York. That just can't happen now.


10 posted on 06/01/2006 12:53:19 PM PDT by jebeier (RICE '08)
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To: TFine80

Good job! Why didn't they arrest him like they would you or me if we made such a remark?


11 posted on 06/01/2006 12:53:27 PM PDT by Palladin ("Governor Lynn Swann."...it has a nice ring to it!)
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Good catch. They deserve the notoriety. Just how will they explain this violent remark to their anti-gun leftist followers???
12 posted on 06/01/2006 12:54:07 PM PDT by tioga (Spring is here, and allergy season is in full bloom.)
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To: TFine80

Most liberals would put a bullet not only between the President's eyes but ours as well if they could get away with it. They honestly don't believe we have the right to criticize them.

BTW, Hevesi just threatened the President of the United States. I look forward to his arrest.


13 posted on 06/01/2006 12:54:10 PM PDT by Hillsdale Guy
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To: TFine80

This is the first I've heard of this. Yes, it will be interesting to see the msm spin or they'll totally ignore the remark.


14 posted on 06/01/2006 12:54:46 PM PDT by mtbopfuyn (I think the border is kind of an artificial barrier - San Antonio councilwoman Patti Radle)
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To: Kenton

Heh! Kind of like Chuckie's sex life?


15 posted on 06/01/2006 12:55:07 PM PDT by Palladin ("Governor Lynn Swann."...it has a nice ring to it!)
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Well, Alan Hevesi has officially ended his political career. Many were talking about him as the Next Mayor of New York. That just can't happen now.

Why not? The lefties in tnhe New York establishment share his sentiment.

16 posted on 06/01/2006 12:55:54 PM PDT by Hillsdale Guy
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To: Kenton
Chuckie Schumer is scared to death of guns. If he worked up the nerve to pick one up and point it at someone, he'd expect it to go off all by itself.

You might not be 100% right. Look at Chuckies grip with this Tech-9. Girly. But he does seem to be enjoying himself.

17 posted on 06/01/2006 12:57:30 PM PDT by isthisnickcool (What is it about "illegal" you don't understand?)
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To: Kenton
Never seen this one before have you...


18 posted on 06/01/2006 12:57:43 PM PDT by Dead Corpse (It is not the oath that makes us believe the man, but the man the oath.- Aeschylus)
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To: TFine80

garbage in...garbage out

19 posted on 06/01/2006 12:57:50 PM PDT by Doogle (USAF...8th TFW...Ubon Thailand...408thMMS..."69"...Night Line Delivery...AMMO!!)
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To: Chuck54
http://www.wnbc.com/politics/9306297/detail.html

He is already apologizing all over the place.
20 posted on 06/01/2006 12:58:17 PM PDT by edcoil (Reality doesn't say much - doesn't need too)
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