Braun calls her rescue by students 'humbling'

Chicago Tribune ^ | 5/1/07 | Azam Ahmed

[Mike Bates]

Two students who helped former U.S. Sen. Carol Moseley Braun as she was being robbed at knifepoint reaffirmed her faith in humanity, she said Monday.

"When something like this happens, when one person's right decision makes a difference, it's humbling," said Braun, who broke her left wrist. "It reminds you of how big a difference one person can make."

Braun stressed the importance of how these two strangers, University of Chicago junior Zachary Trayes-Gibson and freshman Rachel McFadden, saved her life.

Braun was attacked shortly after midnight Saturday when the assailant sprung from behind some bushes near her home in Hyde Park.She screamed as her attacker yanked at her purse. Braun said she wasn't trying to fight him off, but the purse was strapped across her chest and therefore difficult to remove. He pulled out a knife to cut the strap, slashing her glove open and leaving a slight cut on her left hand, she said.

[Mike Bates]

From the last paragraph:
"Frankly I take some responsibility for dawdling in front of my car," she said.

Being a true liberal, naturally she didn't want the punk to accept total responsibility for his actions.

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[caver]

Yea, but is she still a liberal after being mugged?

[Chi-townChief]

One the a.m. talk show hosts (Big John Howell on WIND) here in Chicago referred to Ms. Braun as a “stout women” capable of defending herself.

[So Cal Rocket]

The rescuers:

[Chi-townChief]

OOPS - woman, singular.

[P-40]

"I plan to take the sensible steps that I didn't take that night."

I wonder what her sensible steps will be? Wearing an easily detachable purse?

[SlowBoat407]

"Frankly I take some responsibility for dawdling in front of my car," she said. "I plan to take the sensible steps that I didn't take that night."

Henceforth, she plans to announce to all would-be muggers a schedule for her withdrawal from the neighborhood.

"I know that I am only making the problem worse by my presence," she said. "Once I withdraw from the Hyde Park neighborhood completely, I expect there will be no more assaults."

[Mike Bates]

Yea, but is she still a liberal after being mugged?

Once a Klintoon appointee, always a Klintoon appointee.

[rightwingintelligentsia]

Being a true liberal, naturally she didn't want the punk to accept total responsibility for his actions.

Eventually, she'll find a way to blame Bush.

[Mike Bates]

“Stout” is charitable.

[hsalaw]

Must be conservatives. Libs would have hemmed and hawed and tried to negotiate with the attacker, so as not to damage his self-esteem.

[Mike Bates]

Certainly. The mugger couldn’t find a legitimate means of support because of those cruel, inhumane Bush policies.

[IslandJeff]

She still has time to jump into the 2008 Presidential race: she could, potentially, run as a gun-rights, tough-on-crime Dem.

/snicker

[blitzgig]

Hooray for the two students! They did a heroic deed. (I’m no Braun supporter, but I wouldn’t wish armed robbery on anyone! So glad she wasn’t badly hurt.)

[camle]

and the crook got away...
wonder if she wished she had a gun at that time.

[theDentist]

Two students who helped former U.S. Sen. Carol Moseley Braun as she was being robbed at knifepoint ...

Were these the folks "helping her" find her wallet?

[faloi]

wonder what her sensible steps will be? Wearing an easily detachable purse?

Hiring armed security guards at all times so she can be anti-gun and be protected by people armed with guns, thus preserving the liberal ideal.

[henkster]

She just couldn’t “surrender” her purse fast enough.

[Mike Bates]

Were these the folks "helping her" find her wallet?

You must be very familiar with the ways of Chicago.