Posted on 01/13/2010 8:50:35 AM PST by freespirited
A reporter trying to question Massachusetts Senate candidate Martha Coakley was involved in a scuffle with one of her aides.
John McCormack of the Weekly Standard fell Tuesday night as he tried to speak with the Democrat while simultaneously videotaping her and trying to pass a metal grate on a Washington sidewalk.
Photos and video of the incident show Coakley aide Michael Meehan trying to help McCormack up. A scuffle broke out as Meehan tried to block McCormack and determine if he was an operative of a rival campaign.
Coakley is seen ignoring McCormack. The trip prompted criticism, since Coakley was in Washington seeking money from lobbyists while polls show a tightening race.
Republican Scott Brown and independent Joseph L. Kennedy are also seeking to succeed the late Sen. Edward Kennedy.
(Excerpt) Read more at boston.com ...
LOLOLOLOLOLOL
Some of the comments are priceless.
Here’s one:
“He deserved it ( choke) he was walking on the Kennedy’s sidewalk”
-Martha Coakley
Heard that, too, but the same headline is
still at the link. They may have changed
some article text.
After Rush quoted their article of the ‘push down’, they changed they whole article! Only after Rush quoted it!
The treasonous Boston Glob ran porn site photos that had already been exposed as a hoax as “evidence” that US military were raping Iraq women.
They can rot in Hell for their siding with evil.
I expect nothing BUT Stalinist revisionist history from the Pravda Media.
This is why print journalism still matters. So they can't expunge their writings to fit the new revision of events.
The Glob has yet again been caught in a lie.
Oh pleeze that was no stumble it was a shove and then an insincere sorry to complete the CYA action of Meehan.
Is that an SEIU shirt under his suit coat?
Am I seeing things or is Meehan wearing a sweater under his suitcoat that is the exact SEIU shade of purple?
“Four eyed, forelorn, flyin purple people beaters...”
there’s a song in there somewhere.
If by stumble they mean roughed up and pushed to the ground and then roughed up again. That’s a bit like saying Nelson Mandela lived in government housing for a while.
“The man was pushed. Book him, Dan’l. Assault and Battery.”
My favorite comment, so far, as I read through them on the original article:
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chiron02149 wrote:
“He deserved it ( choke) he was walking on the Kennedy’s sidewalk”
-Martha Coakley”
Remember the lines from “Chicago” He ran into my knife. He ran into my knife ten times.
The US Navy's newest agression against the peaceful empire of Japan has failed today. The American's attempt to use the USS Arizona as a submarine has ended in tragedy.
of course he stumbled. did he also hit the demholegoon’s fist with his face?
To all:
I don’t advocate mass emailing people, but if you do want to express your displeasure with his tactics, this is his email address:
Hopefully he hasn’t disabled it.
“McCormack told the Herald he met Coakley Jan. 5 after a radio debate at the WTKK (96.9-FM) studios, where he asked her four questions.
“She knew that there was a reporter who asked her a question. We had met before. I asked her four questions.
She saw me get knocked to the ground and kept walking,” said McCormack. “I wouldn’t say I was surprised. ... She’s decided she’s entitled to the seat without answering questions on issues that are of national importance.”
McCormack said there is a 10-inch rip on the right leg of his suit pants and a tiny bruise on his right leg from the incident.
An Associated Press photograph shows Coakley looking at McCormack while he’s lying on the sidewalk.
Michael Meehan, the Coakley campaign volunteer involved in the scufffle, told the Herald he did not push McCormack. He said he was escorting Coakley to her car outside the restaurant when she encountered a scrum of reporters and Republican operatives.
“I did not push him,” said Meehan, who is president of Blue Line Strategic Communications in Washington, D.C. He said he is volunteering for Coakley and has 25 years of experience as a Senate press aide.
(He has released a statement and apology.)
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/politics/view.bg?&articleid=1225332
Lies .. they always lie, then apologize when
the truth is incontrovertible.
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