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I pretty much agree with your take. I've heard the event called a rally and a "press the flesh" event which made me think it was open (no ticket required).

It's one thing to drag someone out of a private party for saying something the host doesn't like and a totally different matter to physically assault someone who says something one doesn't like at a public event.

We don't know for sure which this was. You may be right that it was a closed event. In which case I agree what happened was justified. If it was a public event, I think it was an assault.

I just think all too often we tend to justify actions of Republicans that we would condemn if done by Democrats. I think we should be better than that. I also think we should treat other political activists the way we want to be treated in similar circumstances.

John Francois Kerry has stolen all the headlines, so it is hard to tell, but my guess is if this was a town hall meeting, this guy's "ejection" would be big news.

The fact that the drive-by-media isn't all over it means it could be the guy was a party crasher, and there's no there, there.

Or it could be that Kerry has so botched "New Drapes '06" that the drive-by-media doesn't have time to take down Allen.