Nope, Sean had been at the debates, security told him to wait, but he wanted to leave, so he did, which is when the thuggish Paulbots attacked him. He hit Ron Paul with it, along with the video, when Paul was on his T.V. show and Paul just shrugged it off,as though it was no big deal.
I heard differently. I happen to have been outside where they were doing their talk, it was in a restaurant/bar, with windows that you could partially see in from the street. Not on the debate, but on the tv show. Now, it’s very possible that Hannity was at a different place, not at the restaurant.
I can tell you that Ron Paul had very little control over Paulbots in 2008. There was hostility between Paulbots and the official campaign in 2008. The belief was that the official campaign didn’t know what it was doing, so Paulbots pretty much did whatever they wanted to. Hopefully that’s not going to be how it works this time around.