Assailant Was a Coakley Staffer on Loan from the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee?

Weekly Standard ^ | January 13, 2010 | John McCormack

[maggief]

Or just a really good lookalike?

A tipster tells me that the man who was pushing me outside of a Capitol Hill fundraiser Tuesday night for Massachusetts Democratic Senate candidate Martha Coakley is Michael Meehan.

Meehan heads up a firm called Blue Line Strategic Communications along with his partner David DiMartino, who was outside the fundraiser with Coakley tonight and introduced himself to me there. The AP reported on Monday that Meehan is also working for Coakley: "The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee also dispatched Michael Meehan, a media consultant with ties to Massachusetts, to assist the Coakley camp with messaging."

[Right Wing Assault]

In the bottom pic in post #1, it looks like he is fondling that woman’s, uh, blouse.

[PajamaTruthMafia]

The Goons are out in force! This is the MassachusettEs I’ve known and loved all these may years!

That photo should be on the front page of every newspaper in America!

[maggief]

http://hotair.com/archives/2010/01/13/video-coakley-campaign-shoves-weekly-standard-reporter/

Comment:

That’s definitely Michael Meehan. The man in the lower right hand corner at the beginning of the video is his business partner David DiMartino. All bios are easily searchable on google for those interested in background.

Butters on January 13, 2010 at 9:05 AM

[Diogenesis]

The AG of Massachusettes did nothing but pay for, encourage, condone, and incite, this assault and battery.

How Bulger is that?

[maggief]

http://hotair.com/archives/2010/01/13/video-coakley-campaign-shoves-weekly-standard-reporter/

John McCormack is on Laura Ingraham right now.

OmahaConservative on January 13, 2010 at 9:10 AM

http://www.1290kkar.com/

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Anyone catch what was said?

[Right Wing Assault]

[hoosiermama]

What other media is picking this up? Do we have contacts or email addresses...(other than my long out of date list)

We need to distribute the information mmm mmm mmm

[maggief]

Right, the AG ignores an assault in progress.

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Caught the tail end of her broadcast ...

Laura Ingraham will be “unleashing” on her web page.

http://www.lauraingraham.com/

[maggief]

Woohoo! THE AP!!!

http://www.bostonherald.com/news/politics/view.bg?articleid=1225332

Reporter, Martha Coakley aide scuffle
By Associated Press

[Riflema]

Of course, you can always contact Mike directly at his office this morning to let him know you'll be doing whatever you can to help his candidate: Blue Line

[Lovely-Day-For-A-Guinness]

That photo may very well be Martha's Kim Phúc moment, the famous photo of the naked napalmed girl running down the road.

There Martha is, naked for all the world to see that she's devoid of any compassion and fairness for the average Joe as she continues down the road.

[melancholy]

Ping...............

The 0Banana Republic thuggery is staring us in the face!

This isn’t a union “thug” as you may expect; this IS a democrat staffer knocking down a Weekly Standard reporter.

I fear that you’re witnessing a preview of the ‘10 & the ‘12 elections with thuggery in control.

The powers that be had better think about what they are doing and that closing the last civil recourse for the American people will have an unpleasant reaction.

Our peace and tranquility are in the balance.

[Riflema]

Just called Coakley's Boston campaign office as a consituent to ask if she was exercising her executive judgement as AG to report assaults.

They told me Martha wasn't present at last night's altercation...

[maggief]

Related thread:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2427302/posts?page=4

AP: Reporter, Martha Coakley aide scuffle
AP ^ | January 13, 2010

[maggief]

They told me Martha wasn't present at last night's altercation...

"You lie!"

[BallparkBoys]

Thanks...

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

Sent to Drudge. Hope he PLASTERS it!!!!!!

[maggief]

BUMP!

[azishot]

I fear that you’re witnessing a preview of the ‘10 & the ‘12 elections with thuggery in control.

We also saw the black panthers outside a voting place in the '08 election.

Thuggery at it's best.....

[onemiddleamerican]

Just called Coakley's Boston campaign office as a consituent to ask if she was exercising her executive judgement as AG to report assaults. They told me Martha wasn't present at last night's altercation...

Candidate for the U.S. Senate seat left empty by the death of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., Massachusetts Attorney General Democrat Martha Coakley speaks with the media as she arrives at a fundraiser in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

A supporter of U.S. Senate candidate Democrat Martha Coakley helps journalist John McCormack of The Weekly Standard as Coakley looks on as she was leaving a fundraiser in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Martha, I think you're BUSTED!

Side note: I hope AP provides their photographer, Jose Luis Magana, with a bodyguard for the remainder of the Coakley campaign. And hopefully any other photos he took last night are safely stored on more than one computer.