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Etheridge apologizes for confrontation caught on video
The Hill ^ | 06/14/2010 | Christina Wilkie

Posted on 06/14/2010 11:00:57 AM PDT by Pyro7480

Rep. Bob Etheridge (D-N.C.) on Monday apologized for behaving aggressively during a confrontation on the street with a young man who claimed to be a student.

"I deeply and profoundly regret my reaction and I apologize to all involved," he said in a statement released by his office.

A video of the incident, in which Etheridge can be seen swatting at a camera and grabbing the young man by the coat collar, appeared online Monday morning.

"Throughout my many years of service to the people of North Carolina," Etheridge said, "I have always tried to treat people from all viewpoints with respect. No matter how intrusive and partisan our politics can become, this does not justify a poor response. I have and I will always work to promote a civil public discourse."

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonscene.thehill.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; US: North Carolina
KEYWORDS: assault; chicagoway; dc; democrats; drunkdrunkdem; etheridge; expelthethugs; nc; northcarolina; typicaldemocrat
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To: stinkerpot65

See post #18.

Nothing truly sincere in this apology.


21 posted on 06/14/2010 11:08:50 AM PDT by bolobaby
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To: stinkerpot65
"Pretty sincere apology. Can’t ask for much more than that."
I hope that's sarcasm.
I'd ask that he have enough common sense to not assault constituents who ask him a question.

22 posted on 06/14/2010 11:09:20 AM PDT by astyanax (Liberalism: Logic's retarded cousin.)
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To: Pyro7480; governsleastgovernsbest

Hey, would the MEDIA be interested if a REPUBLICAN congressman assaulted a student??????


23 posted on 06/14/2010 11:09:36 AM PDT by Recovering_Democrat
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To: Doc Savage
I apologize. I should NOT have had those last three Bourbons.

"Who are you, boy? Don't you know how good the liquor is when you're a Congressman?"

24 posted on 06/14/2010 11:10:06 AM PDT by EternalVigilance (It's the spending, stupid!)
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To: Pyro7480
I hope the victim presses charges as well..... but as with every demoRAT altercation or infraction of any evil wrong doing, "it's over & done with now, no harm, no foul, move along now"!

Rat bastard commie pig! I hope & pray that both victims (including the camera man) files assult charges against this commie pig.

25 posted on 06/14/2010 11:10:10 AM PDT by rcrngroup
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To: stinkerpot65
The video was taken LAST WEEK. Only after it went viral did he bother to make an apology. Not when it happened. Not immediately afterwards.

This isn't an apology, it's a "sorry I got caught" mea culpa.
26 posted on 06/14/2010 11:10:12 AM PDT by OCCASparky (Obama--Playing a West Wing fantasy in a '24' world.)
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To: notaliberal

Is she a lush? I mean, I must say, if I were a Congressman, I’d be a lush too. Why not? Hell, I’d be drinking beer for breakfast. I’d have a flask in my jacket. I’d be smoking doobies in the cloak room.


27 posted on 06/14/2010 11:10:39 AM PDT by Huck (Q: How can you tell a party is in the majority? A: They're complaining about the fillibuster.)
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To: stinkerpot65
I disagree. The apology is pure spin.

"I have always tried to treat people from all viewpoints with respect."

The question posed was viewpoint neutral.

"No matter how intrusive and partisan our politics can become, this does not justify a poor response..."

There was nothing intrusive or partisan about the students actions. They were polite and well within their rights.

28 posted on 06/14/2010 11:11:07 AM PDT by fullchroma (Tell me who you are! We The People!!!)
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To: stinkerpot65
Can’t ask for much more than that.

I can. I'd like a conviction for Assault and Battery.

29 posted on 06/14/2010 11:12:19 AM PDT by Lurker (The avalanche has begun. The pebbles no longer have a vote.)
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To: stinkerpot65
Pretty sincere apology. Can’t ask for much more than that.

You're kidding, right? If this was a Republican, they'd be demanding his resignation right now. And the Republican would be hammered relentlessly by the press, the liberal elite and the Hollywood establishment. The video would be playing constantly on the media, 24/7, on TMZ--everywhere, until his reputation was destroyed. The lawyers would have served him papers in a lawsuit, before EOB today, and the kid would be lauded as some kind of hero, instead of being treated like some kind of pariah. So, no, I'm expecting much, much more from this POS "Public Servant" who would try to man-handle and bully a kid for asking a simple, honest question.

30 posted on 06/14/2010 11:12:25 AM PDT by erkyl (We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office --Aesop (~550 BC))
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To: Pyro7480
Styx Pieces of Eight Front Pictures, Images and Photos

If those kids hadn't suggested that Styx had the greatest album in 1978, they wouldn't have had such a violent response.

31 posted on 06/14/2010 11:14:03 AM PDT by Snickering Hound
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To: Pyro7480

It would be fun to see a well done compilation of all of these Democrats disrespecting people...Reid saying tourists stink, Boxer demanding to be called “Senator”,etc.etc.The subtitle would be something like, “the party who claims to be for the common man/working people...etc.” One such video would pretty much cover all of the races in the various states and would be irresistible to watch.


32 posted on 06/14/2010 11:14:06 AM PDT by Anima Mundi
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To: PhilosopherStone1000

Could be a shape shifting militia member


33 posted on 06/14/2010 11:14:51 AM PDT by Augustinian monk ("Too many freaks and not enough circus tents")
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To: PhilosopherStone1000
They just can’t help themselves, can they.

No, they cannot. We have liberal First Selectwoman. She couldn't help but trash the U.S. for the Japanese interment camps while giving the Memorial Day address to our town.

She told us about the fact that they called them "relocation" camps instead of the "interment" camps because that was nicer. Her father was in one of those camps and he volunteered to fight for the U.S. Still she had to get her shot in.

34 posted on 06/14/2010 11:14:56 AM PDT by raybbr (Someone who invades another country is NOT an immigrant - illegal or otherwise.)
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To: Pyro7480

If anyone has updates on the charges if any, please update us.

Also, noteworthy, but not shocking, CNN doesn’t cover this tree falling in the woods; to them it didn’t make a sound...no sign of it on their unbiased website.


35 posted on 06/14/2010 11:15:45 AM PDT by CincyRichieRich (Keep your head up and keep moving forward!)
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To: Pyro7480
..."I deeply and profoundly regret my reaction and I apologize to all involved," he said in a statement released by his office.

He's only sorry he got caught on camera and it made the 'net. I, too, hope the young man presses charges. At any rate, we can only hope that more Dems follow Etheridge's example and give us more insights into what NOT to aspire to.

36 posted on 06/14/2010 11:17:29 AM PDT by Monkey Face (I wear a yellow ribbon for my army hero grandson, and for the intrepid CG explorer!)
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To: Snickering Hound

If those kids hadn’t suggested that Styx had the greatest album in 1978, they wouldn’t have had such a violent response.


Sorry, great album; but the humor flew over my head like an SR-71. Also, my kids like Scooby Doo, so if you had said, “if it hadn’t been for those meddling kids, we would have gotten away with it, too” ...I would have gotten that.


37 posted on 06/14/2010 11:18:24 AM PDT by CincyRichieRich (Keep your head up and keep moving forward!)
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To: Huck

LOL.. You nailed it!


38 posted on 06/14/2010 11:19:44 AM PDT by divine_moment_of_facts (Give me Liberty.. or I'll get up and get it for myself!)
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To: CincyRichieRich

CNN: think, Ted Turner, Founder.
Ted Turner: think, Jane Fonda, Wife
Jane Fonda: think, AKA Hanoi Jane

What don’t you understand about CNN’s liberal views?


39 posted on 06/14/2010 11:20:06 AM PDT by Monkey Face (I wear a yellow ribbon for my army hero grandson, and for the intrepid CG explorer!)
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To: Pyro7480

He needs to be CHARGED for ASSAULT!! PRESS CHARGES!!!


40 posted on 06/14/2010 11:20:09 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion...the Human Scarifice to the god of Convenience.)
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