Columbus had a national embarrassment last year when one of their lefty residents assaulted and injured an American soldier home on leave.
You can bet that if a gay, lesbian, or transgendered student had been assaulted, the politicians and school admins would be tripping all over themselves to get to the microphone to apologize, and to announce swift punishment of the perps...
Rape is rape. The mayor should do his duty in protecting citizens from assaults, or he should get the hell out of his job.
Beck kept demanding to know if the mayor was outraged that the administrators who covered this up were transferred to other positions but were still working. The Mayor kept saying I can't comment because the criminal investigation, for which I am responsible, is ongoing. Beck kept demanding that he wasn't asking about the criminal investigation and the mayor kept saying "you are asking about it."
Beck didn't want to understand that the administrators who covered it up (if they did) and even the higher administrators who transferred them to new positions, will ALL be investigated to see if they broke the law. So the mayor would screw that up by making political comments about what has taken place so far. The defendants would all say the investigation was biased and their defenses were prejudiced.
Not to mention that as the investigation is underway, there are all kinds of claims - that the girl was willing, that she was raped, that the administrators obstructed justice, etc. To take sides anywhere in this until the prosecutors charge someone would blow the investigation.
Be sure to watch Glenn on Hannity & Colmes tonight too. 8pm Fox. Glenn didnt say who would be on the show to counter his view ala Colmes.
I was going to sit out this campaign, but I know what I'll be doing now. Campaigning for either Ken or Betty and AGAINST this disgraceful excuse for "MANHOOD" !!!
Stay outta NW OHIO Coleman. You are finis!
Has anyone heard from the dad of this young girl? I was so happy to hear "mom" speak out as she did! If Glenn and Stu are successful in planning their charity event in Columbus soon, this precious little girl will have her education paid for and NEVER HAVE TO STEP IN THAT GOD-AWFUL school again...
a rare bird to be sure.....
I would respect liberals more if they stood up for what they believe and actually walked the walk.....
but what we get is limosine liberals busy spending my money and everyone else's but their own....sending their kids to private schools and making sure their families have the best health care and retirement around yet denying it for others.....
Coleman said on Wednesday that he was not going to take listening to the host of a national radio show who does not live in Columbus bash the city, so he picked up the phone, Ivanic reported.
"I felt compelled to give (Beck) a call and say, 'Hey, guy. What are you talking about?'" Coleman said.
The exchange between Coleman and Beck lasted about eight minutes.
"I wanted to know, 'Mr. Mayor, what are you doing to make sure that this kind of situation never happens again?'" Beck told Ivanic. "As a man, as a father, are you at all concerned about what I like to call the Cardinal Bernard Law syndrome happening at your school district, where they've taken a problem and shifted that to another school?"
Beck said he was outraged by Coleman's answers during the interview.
"I think anyone who heard the whole interview is outraged by the answers," Beck said.
He said he didn't hear answers from Coleman that he wanted to hear.
"He was a very strong politician who stuck to his talking points and wouldn't be shook and wouldn't talk about what I really wanted to talk about, and that was, 'Are you comfortable having someone in the school administration transferred to another school. Shouldn't they have been fired?" Beck said. "That question, he wouldn't answer."
Beck said he was glad to see that local media outlets continue to cover the story.
"I appreciate the fact that you guys are on the story," Beck said. "When somebody says, 'Let's not call the police because we don't want to involve the media,' I'm glad there are other media people that have sirens on them that say, 'Wait a minute, who are you trying to protect?' You guys are on the story, and I appreciate that."
I have been listening to Glenn Beck. This is a real problem and I'm looking forward to Hannity and Columbes tonight. If Columbes gets out of line I wiill be upset. This is a terrible assualt on a young girl. Schols need to be brought into line. The left wing liberal RATS are what is cusing this. America needs to get started on the idiots. Our children are precious and this incident is what we need to get started on. These idiots who raped her need to be brought into line. I don't care what the Nazi's and Communists think!
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it's about time as politics in col are a national embarrassment
April 20, 2005 Interview with Columbus Mayor Coleman...This will start the WMP.
The link on Glenn Beck's Web Page.....You can click the WMP link from here if you wish.
The real kicker was when Glenn Beck asked Coleman if he sent his kids to the school district. Coleman sent his kids to a catholic school. Funny that hasn't been mentioned. Beck showed remarkable interviewing ability during that bout of questions. Beck is a quick thinker.
Beck was polite, but asked emotional, probing questions which were direct and predictable from the views one heard from his discussion of the issue, and which Coleman had to know about since he decided to call Beck to set the record straight, if I'm not mistaken. Beck certainly didn't blindside Coleman.
Coleman dodged Beck's questions with the the "I'm the head of a criminal investigation" strawman, if anyone is interested in my opinion.
longjack
Glenn Beck Rocks!!! If you haven't heard the Michael Jackson "calls" you must. Glenn Beck is a great American and is my favorite radio host in all of America.