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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
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To: Pyro7480
I hope he does, too. It will look real good on his resume this fall.
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posted on
06/14/2010 11:29:07 AM PDT
by
Blood of Tyrants
(The US will not die with a whimper. It will die with thundering applause from the left.)
To: Lurker
He grabbed the kid by the arm and wouldn’t let him go. THen he grabbed his neck - not his collar.
If I were that kid’s parent, there would be some serious legal steps being taken.
Yes, he’s sorry all right.
Time to remind him who he works for.
To: notaliberal
It was reportedly a Pelosi event.
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posted on
06/14/2010 11:33:46 AM PDT
by
Gondring
(Paul Revere would have been flamed as a naysayer troll and told to go back to Boston.)
To: t1b8zs; kevkrom
"Whoever by force or violence, whether against resistance or by sudden or stealthy seizure or snatching, or by putting in fear, shall take from the person or immediate actual possession of another anything of value, is guilty of robbery, and any person convicted thereof shall suffer imprisonment for not less than 2 years nor more than 15 years." --DC ST § 22-2801
Disclaimer: IANAL.
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posted on
06/14/2010 11:35:42 AM PDT
by
Gondring
(Paul Revere would have been flamed as a naysayer troll and told to go back to Boston.)
To: Pyro7480
I just called his office to leave my thoughts. A real live person answered:
Phone: (202) 225-4531
To: A Balrog of Morgoth
He’s know this crap could cost him the election in NC.
To: DM1
is this yutz in a competitive district by any chance? After a little research, it seems that, from March 4, 1901 (yep, over one century ago) until the present, the North Carolina 2nd Congressional District has had a Republican Congressman only from January 3, 1995 through January 3, 1997.
So, I would predict that Etheridge could have been filmed helping Joran van der Sloot beat Stephanie Flores to death and his District would still re-elect him.
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posted on
06/14/2010 11:37:57 AM PDT
by
Polybius
To: Pyro7480; All
Send the VIDEO to everyone on your mailing list. Everyone.
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posted on
06/14/2010 11:38:18 AM PDT
by
left that other site
(Your Mi'KMaq Paddy Whacky Bass Playing Biker Buddy)
To: Polybius
well that is depressing
still this year with this video maybe a miracle will happen
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posted on
06/14/2010 11:38:51 AM PDT
by
DM1
To: Pyro7480
He has brought dishonor on the house, the republicans should be calling for an impeachment hearing.
To: stinkerpot65
No matter how intrusive and partisan our politics can become... Not too sincere when he has to add that.
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posted on
06/14/2010 11:40:04 AM PDT
by
TankerKC
(This is the internet, not a court of law.)
To: Huck
I love this guy. Who are you? Who are you? Dammit, wheres my highball? What the hell? Where am I? Come here sonny, you little..lol. That guys a riot. I want to meet him. LOL! I've been lmao too. The guy's a total mess, but hillarious in his own drunken-uncle sort of way.
You gotta love the part near the end where he jerks the kid to him, then puts his arm around him and gives him a sort of man-hug.
The poor kid must have been like "wtf?"
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posted on
06/14/2010 11:43:21 AM PDT
by
AAABEST
(Et lux in tenebris lucet: et tenebrae eam non comprehenderunt)
To: stinkerpot65
Pretty sincere apology. Cant ask for much more than that.
Actually I can ask for a lot more than that. Assault, battery and theft (you did notice he took the kids cell phone) usually call for more than an apology, no mater how sincere. And that one wan't particularly sincere as he tried to justify his actions by claiming it was intrusive.
Put it this way, if i grab some woman, take her purse and then get caught, can I just say I'm sorry and get away with it? If not then neither can this congress critter.
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posted on
06/14/2010 11:44:18 AM PDT
by
GonzoGOP
(There are millions of paranoid people in the world and they are all out to get me.)
To: Pyro7480
“No matter how partisan this little p.o.s. was, I still shouldn’t have done this on camera.” That’s what he meant.
I wish just once I’d see someone knock the snot out of one of these “royal” representatives. Once the congressman grabbed his neck he would have been within his rights to kick the bastard in the cods.
To: A Balrog of Morgoth; All
"...At least this one has the sense to apologize without using some weasel phrase like if anyone was offended..."
Well, sorta. While not technically "weasel words" per-se, "Throughout my many years of service to the people of North Carolina" sounds awfully self-serving to me.
Somewhat like "You dumbass voters need to forget about me assaulting those hooligans, and just concentrate on how long I've been slopping all that good old gummint gravy back down there to ya'all at home in North Carolina...."
That's the old "Well, Mussolini did make the trains run on time, you know" defense.
To: Kartographer
Good point. The congress folks can demand to know who’s asking them questions but an Arizona cop can’t ask a possible illegal alien where he’s from.
To: SusaninOhio; Lurker
He took a swing at the kid while he had him by the wrist too.
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posted on
06/14/2010 11:48:53 AM PDT
by
valkyry1
To: A Balrog of Morgoth
"I deeply and profoundly regret my reaction and I apologize to all involved," he said in a statement released by his office. To all involved? I live in North Carolina's 2nd Congressional District and I wasn't involved, but I feel like he owes me and my fellow constituents an apology for causing us all embarrassment for his actions. He's only sorry that he was filmed during his assault and battering of the student who asked him if he fully supported Obama's agenda. I wonder what he would have done if the kid asked him if he voted for Nancy Pelosi to be the Speaker of the House?
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posted on
06/14/2010 11:49:17 AM PDT
by
Dixie Yooper
(Ephesians 6:11)
To: Pyro7480
The guy was plastered wasn’t he.
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posted on
06/14/2010 11:49:28 AM PDT
by
valkyry1
To: Recovering_Democrat
I wish some republican congressman would get his nephew to help him with a scam and watch the media go nuts. Then they could both do a press conference and say “Ha! Got cha’!”
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